Mandalay has a Full Metal Panic

[Chris Beveridge]

The Hollywood Reporter has a piece (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i701e5f503331aba0beae0430fe927543) up that indicates that Mandalay Pictures has acquired the rights to produce a&nbsp...

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[Setis]

Oh God, I hope they don't ruin my beloved FMP.

[Orihimes_Boyfriend]

First Evangelion then Cowboy Bebop then Dragon Ball Z. Now Full Metal Panic? Uhhhhh enough with the live action anime movies. FMP needs to say where it belongs with light novels and anime.

[treatment]

As I said in the OT-forum regarding this news....

I want Megan Fox cast as Chidori!!! :P

[Zeether]

No, no, no.

Hollywood, please stop this. PLEASE.

[Kouji Tamino]

...Don't know if want.

[Daichi]

Hollywood, Put the pen down and walk away.


You have the right to stop making anime-live action adaptations, anything said will result in me not caring.

[Suwako Moriya]

I'm going to take a wild guess that this will be based more on the action side of FMP rather than the comedy side.

On a side note, I wonder if Hollywood will get desperate enough to make a live action series based on a low key slice of life series.

[Herron]

Ha no one's cried about Zac Efron being named as a possible star in the movie! (Boy gets so much hate... but he's not that bad).

I just read about this on comingsoon.net (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=54300) and at first I was like Full Metal Panic... the anime right... no way... really? Knowing the little that I do about FMP, which is very little, it could be a good adaptation. The thing to remember about the Hollywood adaptations is that they mostly just take the premise of the property, they really aren't about adapting the source or being tied down to the original plot points most times. A few will make it in, but they'll ignore stuff that they think "won't work" for an American movie audeince(even though that's just stupid).

I just take them as I come, no real reason to be too upset.

[Tenkyoken]

First Evangelion then Cowboy Bebop then Dragon Ball Z. Now Full Metal Panic? Uhhhhh enough with the live action anime movies. FMP needs to say where it belongs with light novels and anime.

You have a really great point. To me, manga is a medium of art that transitions really well into anime. Even then, often times much is lost in translation. The move to live-action really doesn't jive with the original art and intentions of the creator. Its kind of like trying to use windows paint to create a hand-drawn picture. Can you do it? Yes. Will it be as good as the original hand drwan one? Not in my opinion.

All the same FMP has a more universal feel to it. Characters are from all around the world, the idea of a soldier in civilian life has some great comedy to it, and the mechas are a bit of a stretch, but doable. Its not ideal but if it has to be done, FMP has the best chance of succeeding.

[Damius]

Hmmm....I hope this will be good at least... Will wait and see.

[something]

Every one of these announcements is completely hilarious to me.

Assuming the R1 anime companies are generally not involved in this and won't take a hit when they inevitably tank, then Hollywood can go take as much of a bath on this as it wants to. Not my concern. It might even move a couple more DVDs, and if so, then good.

[Rhodes]

It could be ok if they just focus on Mithril as an organization.

[Buster Blader 126]

I just take them as I come, no real reason to be too upset.

I couldn't have said it any better myself.

I can't really judge such an action, much less the movie, until things actually get going and the movie actually gets made. I will then judge it accordingly when/if it comes out.

One could also just not watch the movie as well, if it does ever get made. Simple as that.

[TornadoTatsumaki]

No, no, no.

Hollywood, please stop this. PLEASE.

You said it man.

Hollywood will you PLEASE stop ruining anime by churning out live action,nonsensal, crappy americanized conversions of our favorite anime series'? Anime is a hobby and medium that we hold dearly our love for it. It is NOT a cash cow marketing whore. So quit it!!!!:angry:

[treatment]

No, no, no.

Hollywood, please stop this. PLEASE.

You said it man.

Hollywood will you PLEASE stop ruining anime by churning out live action,nonsensal, crappy americanized conversions of our favorite anime series'? Anime is a hobby and medium that we hold dearly our love for it. It is NOT a cash cow marketing whore. So quit it!!!!:angry:

ok, guys.

you need to really ante up your nerd rage a few more notches.

it's failing the nerd-rage scale compared against ANN-forum's ridiculous nerd-raging for the same news.

:P:bigsmile::beat:

[Mr. Nail Bat]

It is NOT a cash cow marketing whore.

I hate to break it to you like this, but...

[The Great Bear]

It is NOT a cash cow marketing whore.

I've heard that there is this new invention called "money." People exchange it for goods and services, and it's required for simple things, like, oh, I don't know, leasing/renting workspace, buying equipment and paying employees? Now this might just be rumor and innuendo, but I've heard [from somewhere] that animation companies need this thing called "money" as well. And so they are more than happy to sell something called "the rights" to things they have made in order to, oh, I don't know, pay the bills and fund future anime?

Let's get real. We can be pessimistic about how well the material will be treated in Hollywood's hands, but let's not forget that there is a reason why people sell the rights to things. Because they're worth something. And they need that money to live. Anime is not a charity.

[Suwako Moriya]

Let's get real. We can be pessimistic about how well the material will be treated in Hollywood's hands, but let's not forget that there is a reason why people sell the rights to things. Because they're worth something.

True, and there is one other thing we can consider. Which is the fact there is nothing forcing us to watch whatever the end result of this ends up being. Or maybe I'm wrong. Perhaps random people in suits do go around forcing people to watch stuff.

My strategy is to pretend stuff like this doesn't exist and yet hope it ultimately results in something beneficial for the company. Which by the way sounds a bit contradictory on my part.

[Betenoire]

[It is NOT a cash cow marketing whore.

In regards to at least Eva Gainax respectfully disagrees.:catgirl:

At his point anything that might help spur another FMP anime series or help make the market feasible for Tokyo Pop to continue the light novels is OK with me. If it also can net me some cool toys so much the better. If the movie seems to suck, I won't go. A bad Hollywood movie won't ruin a franchise for me. I didn't stop caring about Batman because of Joel Schumacher's Batman and Robin or Superman because of Superman III, IV or lives. Hopefully it will get some more cash into the hand of someone in the anime industry (and the original author as well). I just see it as another in a line of movies (Speed Racer, Transformers, GI Joe) that shows that Hollywood is running short of truelt original ideas and is swinging away at anything that may make money. If it appears to suck I won't go see it. Hollywood makes more than a hundred movies a year I don't go see. So it comes from a property I really like. It's not like any number of people haven't decried the big screen adaptation of their favorite book. It doesn't make them like the book less.

It does strike me as odd however, that in this current time with cancellations and multiple delays to base projects on a genera that is not at it's strongest level.

[DKL]

Oh, I actually read this now...

You know, I'm actually very tempted to say that Full Metal Panic actually has a lot of teenie-bopper qualities to it [actually, I do not know if I'm using that word right], when you think about it very carefully (mercenary posing as a high-school student where problems on the battlefield and his love-life are an everyday part of his routine).

Even the political aspect of TSR, insofar as Yasuhiro Takemoto has treated it, isn't exactly the most sophisticated politicking I've seen in anime (HEY, even Miyazaki gets it... and his stuff is usually aimed at kids).

And I'm still bothered at how long it took for these supposedly hardened veterans to find a damn mole in their ranks.

Yes, this is me going against the grain.

[Garasharp K7]

I read about the flick on /m/ yesterday. The shitstorm over there was hilarious.
Can't say I'm either shocked or elated about the thoughts of a live action FMP, to be honest. I love the show, but I'm pretty neutral on the whole remake thing, really. But if it gives the anime, light novels or manga more exposure - and perhaps leading to another series or the rest of the books being released - then that's certainly no bad thing.
Anyway, regardless how the film turns out, it won't ruin the original series. Certainly won't stop me from loving it, that's fer sure.

Mind you, I'll be royally pissed if Bonta-kun doesn't make an appearance. :)

[karen0586]

As I said in the OT-forum regarding this news....

I want Megan Fox cast as Chidori!!! :P
Actually, that wouldn't be a bad choice. Now someone just has to dye her hair blue :P.

[karen0586]

The Hollywood Reporter has a piece (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i701e5f503331aba0beae0430fe927543) up that indicates that Mandalay Pictures has acquired the rights to produce a&nbsp...

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I have a split reaction to these news. Is there any movie made that would actually make any sense of the original material? In a good way of course. As for Zac Efron as Sousuke... I'm refraining on commenting on this. We have yet to stablish if he can do more than dance and sing on the screen, but realistically, would he even watch and understand Sousuke's character as he is portrayed in the manga/anime? Just something to think of.

[tuxpower]

At his point anything that might help spur another FMP anime series or help make the market feasible for Tokyo Pop to continue the light novels is OK with me. If it also can net me some cool toys so much the better. If the movie seems to suck, I won't go. A bad Hollywood movie won't ruin a franchise for me. I didn't stop caring about Batman because of Joel Schumacher's Batman and Robin or Superman because of Superman III, IV or lives. Hopefully it will get some more cash into the hand of someone in the anime industry (and the original author as well). I just see it as another in a line of movies (Speed Racer, Transformers, GI Joe) that shows that Hollywood is running short of truelt original ideas and is swinging away at anything that may make money. If it appears to suck I won't go see it. Hollywood makes more than a hundred movies a year I don't go see. So it comes from a property I really like. It's not like any number of people haven't decried the big screen adaptation of their favorite book. It doesn't make them like the book less.

I'll agree with this one. As far as the movies made from the properties that I care for (Speed Racer, I'm looking at you :angry:), I'll just pretend that it doesn't exist and enjoy the original even more.

As I told one of my co-workers who was disappointed by the Watchman movie, I told him "Go to the bookstore and look at the original graphic novel (manga? :bigsmile:) or even rent the "motion comic" (anime? :sweat:) and you'll enjoy it even more." (Please don't let this get onto the topic of that movie... don't want the moderators :bowsmiley: upset at me...)

[Isuzu Inugami]

Hollywood will you PLEASE stop ruining anime by churning out live action,nonsensal, crappy americanized conversions

See, I just don't get how the presence of one form of media somehow devalues another form of media. Is the anime going to catch Ameri-cooties from the movie or something? If you don't like it, ignore it. It's not like the Japanese creators are going to adopt it into the canon work.

Anime is a hobby and medium that we hold dearly our love for it.

Sure. So let's hope the Hollywood movie gets more people into it.

It is NOT a cash cow marketing whore.

Alas for anime. The industry could use some cash-cow-dom these days.

[The Great Bear]

Is the anime going to catch Ameri-cooties from the movie or something?

I'm going to have to remember this line for the future :)

[Suwako Moriya]

Alas for anime. The industry could use some cash-cow-dom these days.

When it comes to cash cows, my feelings are simple. So long as we get other things in addition to the cash cows, I'm perfectly fine with them.