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Latest 'Which Anime Do You Want To See As Live-Action' Offers Surprising Answers
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Manga series are adapted just as much, if not more often, into live-action drama series or films. A recent poll asked fans specifically what manga from Shonen Jump's "Golden Age" they thought would be the most difficult to give the live-action treatment. Dragon Ball was the #1 choice (and correct if we can trust Dragon Ball Z: Evolution as a barometer).
Charapedia asked 10,000 fans which anime they'd most like to see adapted into a live-action series or film. The series might surprise you. Quite a few of the top responses are school and sports dramas instead of fantastical fantasy series.
Top 20 Anime Fans Want To See As Live-Action
- Gintama - 342 votes
- My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU - 248 votes
- CLANNAD - 226 votes
- Sword Art Online - 220 votes
- Kuroko's Basketball - 203 votes
- One Piece - 194 votes
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - 190 votes
- K-ON! - 184 votes
- Durarara!! - 178 votes
- Psycho-Pass - 157 votes
- Mekakucity Actors - 152 votes
- Haikyu!! - 146 votes
- Barakamon - 142 votes
- Mobile Suit Gundam - 131 votes
- Tokyo Ghoul - 125 votes
- Love Live! - 120 votes
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - 117 votes
- Natsume's Book of Friends - 91 votes
- Minami-ke - 91 votes
- Toaru Series - 87 votes
Gintama is regularly a top pick in character polls among female voters, who made up about 48% of the respondents this time around. Fans also voted on their favorite live-action adaptations.
Top 10 Live-Action Adaptations
- Rurouni Kenshin - 585 votes
- Death Note - 413 votes
- Nodame Cantabile - 304 votes
- Hana Yori Dango - 250 votes
- Black Butler - 222 votes
- GTO - 115 votes
- Kaiji - 111 votes
- Ouran High School Host Club - 102 votes
- Thermae Romae - 99 votes
- Kindaichi Case Files - 96 votes
What are your favorite live-action adaptations? Which anime series do you think would best lend itself to a live-action adaptation? Who would you cast? Tell us in the forums!
[Via Yara-On!]
