I've talked about Death Note quite a bit on this blog, and that includes the live-action adaptations. You know my thoughts on them, but here's an interesting bit of information from a survey.
This survey comes from What Japan Thinks, comprised of 1,114 members of the goo Research online monitor group. 65.4% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 16.5% in their twenties, 28.6% in their thirties, 24.8% in their forties, 10.1% in their fifties, and 7.7% aged sixty or older.
Q: What do you think were good live-action movie adaptations of manga and anime?
Rank Score
1 Death Note 100
2 Umizaru 89.0
3 Rookies -Graduation- 50.2
4 Nana 40.0
5 Gegege no Kitaro 30.6
6 Kaiji Jinsei Gyakuten Game 30.4
7 Gantz 29.7
8 Ping-Pong 28.7
9 Yatterman 27.8
10 Dororo 26.6
11 Detroit Metal City 24.9
12= Touch 22.7
12= Honey and Clover 22.7
14 Ashita no Joe 21.5
15 Kimi ni Todoke 20.6
16 Azumi 17.9
17 Satorare Tribute to a Sad Genius 17.2
18 20th Century Boys 14.4
19 Cutie Honey 14.1
20 Paradise Kiss 12.4
21 Beck 9.1
22 Kamue Gaiden 8.9
23 Love ★ Kon 8.4
24 Soranin 7.7
25 Saru Rock the Movie 6.2
26 Space Battleship Yamato 5.0
27= Prince of Tennis 4.5
27= Happily Ever After (Jigyaku no Uta) 4.5
27= High School Debut 4.5
30 Dragonhead 4.3
31= Casshern 2.9
31= Otakus in Love (Koi no Mon) 2.9
33= Cromartie High School THE☆MOVIE 2.4
33= Dragonball Evolution 2.4
35 Jigoku Koshien 1.9
36 The Neighbor No. Thirteen (Rinjin No 13) 1.7
37= Sakigake!! Otokojuku Be a Man! Samurai School 1.4
37= Boys on the Run 1.4
If people really liked those adaptations, so be it. I'm honestly quite surprised to see that they were so well received over in Japan. Perhaps it has something to do with the quality or expectations that Americans have from cinema when compared to what Japanese viewers think?
Did you guys see the Death Note live-action adaptations? Would you side with Japan on this issue, or do you see things a different way?
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Oh wow that's sad that I only recognize of few of those titles :/
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