By David on July 18, 2008
VIZ Media is stepping up their presence in Hollywood:
Based in Hollywood, VIZ Prods. will be run by Jason Hoffs, a former production exec at Amblin and DreamWorks, who most recently had his own producing deal at Sony.
VIZ effort is another recent example of publishers, from the New York Times to vidgame companies such Capcom, becoming proactive in exploiting film projects hatched from their content.
“Properties like ‘Naruto,’ ‘Bleach,’ ‘Death Note,’ ‘Vampire Knight’ and ‘Monster’ are just a few properties that show the massive appeal of manga to many different demographics, and we have an almost endless pool of titles to draw from,” Hoffs said.
- VIZ Media Enters Movie Business, By Michael Fleming, Variety.com
What do you think? Are we going to start seeing Bleach, Naurto and Death Note live action anime films?
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I love anime. Specifically, series involving any of the following things: weird fantasy elements, super-powers, robots, aliens, wicked humor, crazy villains, horror, ninjas and samurai. I guess that means I like a lot of anime. I am pretty particular about the quality of animation and voice acting. If the character designs and animation quality aren't of über-quality, I quickly loose interest.The first anime-related series I ever watched was Battle of the Planets - otherwise known as Gatachman. The first true theatrical anime feature film I saw was Akira. My first exposure to manga was later in life when I read Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy.There are so many incredible elements of Japanese culture. Some of the most exciting to me are the style of design and storytelling. I'm a web designer & illustrator, and I find myself looking to Japanese design for inspiration all the time.Anime blogging has taught me even more about Japanese culture and anime than I ever expected, and I continue to learn more every week. In fact, I'd love to travel to Japan. Rachel and I hope to visit sometime within the next few years.
Hmm… I don’t know… Death Note is already a live action movie in Japan, but I’m curious to see how Hollywood does these animes.
It seems like Japanese anime is definitely taking a presence here in the US. I wonder how US cartoon makers will do about this situation….seems fairly tricky in the long hall.
xSubarux – It will be interesting to see how Viz handles their properties. Will we see more live action anime? It’s hard to say…
Naruto – I don’t think US animation will change much (Hollywood is too entrenched in CG animation). But it might mean we see more live action anime.
I think anime production companies are looking to Hollywood for support, though. We might end up with more Japanese/US co-productions like Afro Samurai).
Yes, Afro Samurai was a good synergy production…but I serious wonder how long it’ll last. Because I’m sure the Japanese will be fairly protective of their skillful drawings. It could potentially go beyond just the animation and into games too….again, tricky that’s all I can say…
Naruto – I agree with you that it’s going to be tricky. They’re faced with a variety of challenges, including:
– Will fans be alienated?
– Are ‘mainstream’ audiences (i.e. non-anime fans) going to be interested?
– Can they keep the integrity of the original show/manga?
It will be interesting to see what happens.
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Ummm…I think we’ve to update about anime comes to live action film. (Now we only see Dragonball come to live action film).
If they will make it. I think they should do like Anime Live Action film (means you use the same characters in anime) like if you use Ichigo Kurosaki, you just do like anime do!