Animated or Live-Action?

[SuperBlue]

hmmm..how bout an artsyle similar to A:TLA but a little less cartoony. That was a nice Eastern/Western mix

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TLA has some awesome visula effects too, especially when it comes to animating fire

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An Animorphs show made by whoever was responsible for the visuals in TLA would look EPIC

[crystalclear]

I'm not into anime though, so I don't find anime-style animation appealing big eyes != realistic. creepy too.

At this stage I think live action would be best, just make sure it has a good budget, good actors, and a good director. Also, they need fans/readers input, really. Most movie adaptations suck.

[organismal]

what i think would be excellent is if hayao miyazaki (studio ghibli) directed an animorphs movie. he has a somewhat realistic anime style, and its beautiful. he doesn't compromise quality and consistently handles darker themes in childrens movies excellently. think princess mononoke.

but ideally, for movie or tv show, i'd have to say live action, probably supplemented with some cgi for the morphing at all. something along the lines of fringe on fox.
i woudn't be able to stand a fully cgi series. the thing with cgi is that it never is 100% realistic, but because that's what animators are going for, suspension of disbelief of whatever doesn't happen so the entire time i'm bothered by how character x is moving strangely and is weird and oh, it's because he's animated.
i just hope that whoever handles it, they won't absolutely butcher it ):

[Chad32]

I've already said I'm opposed to it because it's the most expensive route. Does it really need to be realistic enough that we actually think the Yeerks are really out there? Because we all know if you pay attention, the Anis wouldn't last past the identification of Cassie's mother. Yeah, one of the Anis is the daughter of the person in charge of the Gardens. Gee, who could that person be? It's not like it's easy to see who the staff at the Gardens is. Oh wait...

[Dameg]

Unfortunately with tradition cartoon animation, there's a stigma that stuff that looks like that is just for little kids. Not teenagers or higher. Animorphs is a kid's series, but it's the older group that's nearing their teenage years.

Although Avatar and Japanese animation is quite good and more adult oriented.

I believe even though live action could be done, it would be the more expensive option. You have all the animals and trainers, and safety regulation because of the large predators. I don't think animatronic animals would work.

Well... maybe I have a different opinion because the French/European cartoons are still traditional, usually...
And I remember very well the old American cartoons, the old Disney's... and the Japanese anime...
Really, the CGI is cool, but not so much for the dramatic cartoons... at least, what I've seen until now.

[Bito]

I agree with the ones who want a realistic, traditional cartoon. Something anime-style would be alright too, as long as it don't look like this:

(haha).

But what Enki suggested (The Iron Giant) very looked cool too!
Western style would fit Animorphs very well, I think.
I could actually imagine an Animorphs cartoon to look like that!


I also agree about a tv series - it would be cool to watch a good-budget live action series or even full-lenght film(s)!
I have not watched the old tv series, but according to what you have told about it, it sounds rather.. bad ;p
But of course I would like to see a live action made in a good way.
But I guess that is not going to happen 

[SuperBlue]

I agree with the ones who want a realistic, traditional cartoon. Something anime-style would be alright too, as long as it don't look like this:

(haha).

OH GOD NO!!! THOSE AREN'T THE KIND OF ANIMORPHS WE'RE TALKIN ABOUT!!!

[Enki]

Oh, when I think of "live action" I mean the human characters and most of the sets are real, but the aliens, ships, and the animals are cg... like the vast majority of movies made nowadays. A "cg" movie would be when 100% of everything is cg... which is lame.

The technology is such now a days that I would have no problem with a fully cg Ax, or morphing sequences, or even all of the animals when they are in morph. I think that would be much better over using real animals, since they don't exactly behave like real animals... I just can't see training a real gorilla to punch someone in the face with the accuracy and intent that a human-in-gorilla-morph would have.

Movies like District 9 and Avatar have raised the bar on cg animation. They're even starting to animate creatures to move in a realistic way (rubbery and over exaggerated cg creatures are a huge pet peeve for me). 

[crystalclear]

I've never seen any traditional cartoon that is realistic To me cartoon != realistic, but to each their own

Oh, when I think of "live action" I mean the human characters and most of the sets are real, but the aliens, ships, and the animals are cg... like the vast majority of movies made nowadays. A "cg" movie would be when 100% of everything is cg... which is lame.

Maybe this is because I'm a multimedia design student, but to me a full CG movie is the coolest thing ever I enjoy them more than live action, and while watching I can also study the techniques used.

[Enki]

I've never seen any traditional cartoon that is realistic Undecided To me cartoon != realistic, but to each their own Wink

Hmm maybe the correct term is naturalistic? What I mean is a style that is closer to correct proportions, using natural color schemes, etc.

[Chad32]

So you've never seen Avatar: The Last Airbender? Or some Japanese anime? There are realistic cartoons out there. Just like there is unrealistic CG.  

I guess a mix of live action and CG would be ok if they can do it right.

[crystalclear]

No, because like I said I'm not into anime I know about Avatar, but never really watched it because I'm not interested with the theme. I know there's unrealistic CG, most pixar/disney/kids-related stuff are not realistic, yes.

Like I said, for Animorphs, the best would be live action mixed with CG, especially if they can make the CG part at least as good as Garfield the movie.

[Chad32]

I watched a Garfield movie. That was good. It was Tale of two Kitties.

[Gyt Kaliba]

I'm not into anime though, so I don't find anime-style animation appealing big eyes != realistic. creepy too.

Don't take this as me picking on you please, I just had to point it though.

1. Not all anime has the big eyes, though it is a pretty big trend, I can't lie...
2. The big eye thing is actually our fault, the godfather of anime based his art style off of Betty Boop.

It should also be said that when I say I want an anime-style or actual anime one, I don't mean them anime-ing it up - just the high level of animation that most anime have. You just don't find that kind of animation in most US toons nowadays!

[SuperBlue]

That's what I was tryin to say too