Animated or Live-Action?

[Dameg]

I didn't know it, but these are beautiful drawings!
A mangaka who also draw between manga-style and more realism, is Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto, Billy Bat). He's one of my favorite mangaka (well, he does seinen, so of course it's a good point for me )

As you can see on this 2nd picture, his characters have very different faces, we don't recognize them only because of their clothes and their hair-color ^^' We even recognize them when they grow old. Of course, from a series to another, you can find some characters who look almost the same...

*Reading more about Masakazu Katsura* Hmmm he also draw seinen (Zetman)... very good very good... Gonna find some volumes right now...

[SuperBlue]

I always thought Roxas, from Kingdom Hearts, gave off a bit of a Tobias vibe, in both appearence and personality.

[trynyti]

I think another attempt at a live action show would be great. It would keep the personification and depth of the characters more than an animated version would. Sure, an animated series would technically have more freedom than a live action show, but compare what they can do nowadays with special effects and CG as opposed to back in 1998 when the show first came out...

Not that I dislike animation. I would just prefer to be able to feel that connection with my favorite characters.

[Gyt Kaliba]

A mangaka who also draw between manga-style and more realism, is Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto, Billy Bat). He's one of my favorite mangaka (well, he does seinen, so of course it's a good point for me )

It's ironic you mention that, because I just picked up the first boxset of the Monster anime today! I've never seen it, but having heard so many good things about it, I couldn't pass it up when I found it on the cheap.

*Reading more about Masakazu Katsura* Hmmm he also draw seinen (Zetman)... very good very good... Gonna find some volumes right now...

The two picture examples I posted are from Zetman. Lemme know what you think of it, though depending on where you're from you may not find volumes released. The US doesn't have it yet, though we've gotten some of his other shonen stuff, like I"s (which is one of my other obsessions, and the source of my avatar/sig), Video Girl Ai, and DNA2 (well, the anime we got on this one, not the manga). His shonen isn't your basic DBZ/Naruto/Bleach/One Piece fare by any means though (not that I don't like those too), so be sure not to dismiss those just because they're shonen.

Oh, and be warned - Katsura likes his fan-service.

[Dameg]

A mangaka who also draw between manga-style and more realism, is Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto, Billy Bat). He's one of my favorite mangaka (well, he does seinen, so of course it's a good point for me )

It's ironic you mention that, because I just picked up the first boxset of the Monster anime today! I've never seen it, but having heard so many good things about it, I couldn't pass it up when I found it on the cheap.

*Reading more about Masakazu Katsura* Hmmm he also draw seinen (Zetman)... very good very good... Gonna find some volumes right now...

The two picture examples I posted are from Zetman. Lemme know what you think of it, though depending on where you're from you may not find volumes released. The US doesn't have it yet, though we've gotten some of his other shonen stuff, like I"s (which is one of my other obsessions, and the source of my avatar/sig), Video Girl Ai, and DNA2 (well, the anime we got on this one, not the manga). His shonen isn't your basic DBZ/Naruto/Bleach/One Piece fare by any means though (not that I don't like those too), so be sure not to dismiss those just because they're shonen.

Oh, and be warned - Katsura likes his fan-service.

Monster is really nice ^^ Now I buy and read all the series this mangaka make. I just love them!
I knew your pictures were from Zetman ^^ I can find where pictures are from (website)... don't forget I studied computer science 2 years, I'm not a newbie
Volumes not released? In France? lol After Japan, France is the country who buy the most manga! We have more manga here than in the US, than in any other country in the world! (And there are 14 volumes of Zetman released in France now) lol don't worry for me ^^ I already found 10 of them in French and the next 2 in English from free as Ebooks ^^ (We have less scanlations in French than in English, but more manga in shops) I told you, I'm not a newbie. You're talking to the Gloomy Pirate here, man!
I'll see for the shonen manga later. I'll begin with the seinen. And I think you understood me ^^ I don't like so much shonen like Bleach or Naruto... Too long, many battles for... nothing... It's always the same things, so I got bored very quickly. Now that doesn't mean I'll never read them (except DBZ, I never liked it), but I won't buy them! I think I'll even sell my Inuyasha and my few One Piece books... And I'm now a little angry against Higanjima who begin to be a long series. 20 books is good, more than 30 is... too expensive ^^' and I'm afraid it'll become like so many other shonen series. (PS: I read more manga than I watch the anime. For Monster, I watched only the beginning, but read the full manga. Anyway, don't worry, for Monster, the anime follow very closely the story of the manga. More than Death Note, even.)

... I think we should create or revive a thread for the manga/anime fans... I created one, a long time ago... here it is: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2187.0

[Gyt Kaliba]

Ahh. Sorry if that came off as me treating you like a newbie, I didn't mean to I promise! I just wasn't expecting to find someone so well versed in anime/manga here hehe.

You're lucky because you're right, France gets all the anime/manga that I want, grah! They even got the I"s novelization, though I'm considering buying that for the sheer purpose of having it (even if I can't read it xD; ).

That is what I meant by his 'shonen' stuff not being what you'd think of for shonen though. I"s is a 15 volume romantic-comedy, Video Girl Ai is also 15 volumes of romantic-comedy/sci-fi, and DNA2 is 5 volumes of romantic-comedy/sci-fi. His seinen work is actually more about battles than his shonen ones, LOL! But seinen battles are handled so much differently as you well know, so I think you'll like Zetman (and be sure to let me know what you think of it!)

*goes to the anime/manga thread so as to stop derailing this one*

[Dameg]

Well, I study Japanese, I'm French (and manga are fashion in France), and I'm a pirate... What did you think? ^^
His shonen are exactly the perfect number of volumes ^^ I'll try some of them. Later. I'm already on few things: X-Men (all the comics I can find), Detroit Metal City (manga, seinen), and Love Monster (manga, mature shojo)... and the 4 series I'm taking from the library (4 French series, and only one was translated in English, so you don't know... and won't, except if you come in the French RAFschool, 'coz we'll read French comics there (well, maybe my 4 series are a little mature, so if I have too young students, I'll pick some others...)).

[esplin]

I would want animated CGI, Avatar style

[Gyt Kaliba]

Sorry, still getting my bearings here, so I didn't know you studied Japanese (that's cool btw). As for the France thing...believe it or not, I am just NOW noticing that little flag near our avatars. xD; I'm not that observant lol.

I'll have to check out that thread too, cuz I'd definitely be interested in seeing/reading about those. I'm 21 so I'm old enough, just have to see who else shows up I guess.

Back on topic, maybe we'll get some kind of new show if Animorphs 2.0 goes well. We can hope at any rate, right?

[Dameg]

No problem, Gyt ^^ I knew you didn't know   For the French comic books, I have few series (4 or 5 I think) in English (I take and keep them for my friends). Frenches and Belgians also make a lot of comic books, and we also have the American comics here, and in fact we translate a lot of things from the other languages to French ^^' so I let you imagine how much choice we have in our book shops and our comic book shops, even if of course everything from the other countries isn't translated =_=' (if you see the Japanese book shops one day... b careful not to have a heart attack nor a stress crisis... it's a way to become allergic to manga...).

Esplin my dear, I'd like too, but I think that'll stay a dream ^^'

[WildAtHeart]

For a tv show, i'd want traditional animation...pretty much in anime/manga style...i'd want it to look kind of like Death Note

For a movie, i'd want live-action

[SuperBlue]

Yea if they do a movie it'd probably be best to go live action. if they do a TV show then the best way to go is animated

[Semeir-Cooraf-Armaheen]

I think the first show sucked because of budgeting limits, really. I could see the potential.

A show with Avatar-style animation would be beautiful--but expensive. THAT should be saved for movies made out of the Chronicles books. In fact, when I saw Avatar, I kept thinking "Damn, they kinda look like Andalites!"