Books/movies that would make a great manga or anime

[NeophyteNihilist]

Every once in a while while I'm reading a novel or watching a movie I start thinking of how it would be as a manga/anime, most I think would be horrible, but a few seem like they were made for it. The two that most stand out in my mind are the series His Dark materials (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) ans Stephen Kings "The Dark Tower." I was wondering if any of you agree with me about those series, or have some other stories you think would make a good manga/anime.

[Katara]

I can totally see His Dark Materials as an anime. They could really make it into a dark and meaningful series, if done by the right people. And to see that final scene with Coulter and what's his name. Yeah, that would be kinda cool to see. :amuse

I can't agree with you on Dark Tower just yet, seeing as I've only read The Gunslinger but it seems like potential anime-style material.

I'd like to add Ender's Game/Ender's Shadow. Not necessarily the entire octet as a series but rather just the one/two book(s). As a series or a movie, I wouldn't mind to see. I've always thought the graphics that some animators use (like that from Tekhnolyze or Last Exile, etc.) would be astounding for the Battle School and Eros.

[SDF1]

The Wizard of Oz.

Seriously.

Think about it... it's like the first magical girl anime. Strange young girl finds herself transported to a fantastic new world / situation with her small, cute furry companion. Meanwhile, she immediately does something to upset the balance of power in the world, and has to use her newfound abilities / responsibilities to put the world back the way it should be.

Of course, there is a group of strange companions to help her out, including an anthropomorphic creature. She's up against a great and terrible power, who sends hoards of evil minions to destroy her, but ultimately fails. Finally, she reaches her goal and has to learn that the powe was within her all along.

Honestly, am I talking about the Wizard of Oz, Inuyasha, Escaflowne or Cardcaptor Sakura?

I would LOVE to see someone turn Oz into a bitchin' anime.

[Utz]

Harry Potter? :X Maybe not hehe ^_^;

Although I do agree, Ender's Game would be a great manga/anime.

[NeophyteNihilist]

I would LOVE to see someone turn Oz into a bitchin' anime.
The only problem is iats a musical...wait thats not a problem, an anime musical would be kickass.

[Raikage~Majere]

The Dragonlance and Sovereign Stone series would both make great manga or anime. Full of action, romance, betrayal, and comedy. One series has forgotten gods and dragons, a world of rivals(racists), and the Majere brothers. The second is just as cool, but the armor of a few of the characters shows up in great ways, one erupts into flames which forms into the armor, and another's armor flows over him like water.

[jkingler]

Ender's Game - Card
The Veldt - Bradbury
Childhood's End - Clarke
Across the Nightengale Floor - Hearn

And I will stop before I get carried away, but allow me to say this: DISCWORLD!!! :yelling

[Voynich]

Witchblade would make a good anime. They turned the comics into a series...but well..it's kinda boring. Would be way more fun as anime.

[ghostgal]

Laura Joh Rowland's Sano Ichiro series!!! fights, mysteries, plots, sex(mf/mm/inc/zoo/dolls..XD).... Man, it has everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Raistlin-sama]

Dragonlance.... Raistlin in animeform would be awesome...

Seriously they have all things an anime needs even comic relief (Tas!)

[Fongie]

The triology (Directly translated from swedish..) the Tale of the clan Otori

It would make a GREAT anime.

[chdragonfly]

The triology (Directly translated from swedish..) the Tale of the clan Otori

It would make a GREAT anime.
yes it would, i heard they are making a movie of it right now..though that was some time ago
it would be an awesome anime...i mean the tribe's skill and takeo's swordmanship..and the story ..its made for animation!!
though we call it the tales of the otori
book 1: across the nightingale floor
book 2; grass for his pillow
book 3; brilliance of the moon
(such poetic titles)

[jkingler]

I agree about The Otori Trilogy. Hence my mentioning it in my post :P

But here are some more:

Books

The Hobbit
LOTR
Midshipman's Hope

Movie

The Professional (Leon)

[meatpie]

"The Godfather" (starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino) would be awesome as a manga or anime.

What about Scarface?

[mgrace]

The Otori Trilogy would be an awesome Manga or Anime.... Written by an Aussie..
Kaede Would be super hot anime star.... Takeo would be awesome but.. they would have to do some cutting due to R rated stuff like Takeo early days swimming with his friend and visting the yoshihara and visiting some boys.. YUCK...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoniex would be a good Anime

[Katara]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoniex would be a good AnimeJust the fifth one?

And I'm beginning to think the Otherland series by Tad Williams series could be made into a beautiful anime too. Thinking of the multiple worlds makes me want to read it again.

And all you guys mentioning that Otori trilogy makes me want to pick it up...

[Mangekyou_Master]

Harry Potter? :X Maybe not hehe ^_^;

Although I do agree, Ender's Game would be a great manga/anime.

That'd be pretty cool. Dragonlance and The Song of Ice and Fire trilogy (one of the best series ever.).

[chdragonfly]

what about artemis fowl...it could be a great anime..

[mgrace]

Could I suggest Indiana Jones.. Would be an AWESOME Anime / Manga.....

Be soooo goood......

[NeophyteNihilist]

what about artemis fowl...it could be a great anime..
I'm not dissing the series, but I really can't see that as anime.

Could I suggest Indiana Jones.. Would be an AWESOME Anime / Manga....Be soooo goood......
That would be sweet! James Bond might make good anime series as well.

[Low-fi Boy]

Harry Potter would make a good anime, I've seen some people's anime-style fanart of the books on various sites. One thing wrong would be the British style of humour and things, though.

[Giant Enemy Crab]

Teh Terminator, I Robot, and the Matrix (except it's techinecailly beeen made into short anime films).

[Raistlin-sama]

Well as a follow-up on my earlier post, a dragonlance comic is actually being made (comic, not manga mind you) I'll be sure to check it out.... Even if it isn't manga (and I can somehow get it here in Denmark...)

[meekozy]

I'm writing a novel right now even if I'm a kid...Well I hope it gets published but it's already a manga like story.....so when it's published(The percentage would probably 1%) I hope I get to make an anime out of it!

Well, Harry potter would kick ass as an anime.....

[NeophyteNihilist]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Beowolf would make a sweet anime miniseries.

[muse_of_mirth]

^Beowulf WOULD rock!

Anyway, I think Anne Rice's 'Vampire Chronicles' (Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, etc...) would be an AWESOME anime movie/series...

And just about anything fantasy-wise...I also think Jacqueline Carey's 'Kushiel's Dart Trilogy' would be an awesome anime...it's really the only way they COULD make those books into some other media with all the goings-on and whatnot (anyone who's read those books would know what I was talking about, hehe...*wink wink*).

[NeophyteNihilist]

Hopefully, if Beowolf was ever made into an anime series, the creaters would incorporate some of the characterization of John Gardner's novel Grendel.

[darkspark]

[QUOTE=NeophyteNihilist]I'm not dissing the series, but I really can't see that as anime.

maybe not an anime, but a manga. ever read deathnote? it would run something like a cross between that.. and... wow, what's a fairy manga? ya, that would be a bit weird, lol ^_^

[Ruri]

This might seem strange, but I think "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins would make a great anime miniseries.

[Not a Ninja]

I think the Hungry City Chronicles would make anime series / movie series. Seeing cities eat each other in the middle of a huge airship-pirate battle with extra robots would be the best thing ever.

[Katara]

I think the Hungry City Chronicles would make anime series / movie series. Seeing cities eat each other in the middle of a huge airship-pirate battle with extra robots would be the best thing ever.Air pirates?! O_O!! Makes me want to read the series itself... :amuse Skies Of Arcadia!!!

I'd kinda like to see Perdido Street Station by China Miéville as either a manga or an anime movie. Not sure about the length but maybe even a series.

[Jagermonster]

I think The Call of Cthulhu would make a good manga/comic. Herbert West: Reanimator would be a good anime. A Shadow over Innsmouth would be one hell of a manga. At the Mountains of Madness would be an amazing manga.
Really, any of just about any of Lovecraft's stories would be good anime of manga.

[rizahatake]

I want to go home by Gordon Korman. It will totally laugh your head off!

[Quoll]

I'm surprised no one mentioned the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.

[Narikaa]

I'm surprised no one mentioned the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.

Heh, I had it in mind when I saw the thread title. :amuse

I think The Wind on Fire trilogy by William Nicholson, would make a great anime. And possibly a good manga, too.

[Catatonik]

David Gemmells books. All of them.

His characters are always multi-faceted, there's heroes that defeat handfuls of men with ease, and so much great action and drama.

I could also gor for a manga of Terry Pratchetts Discworld books.

[Sho]

I think Wheel of Time would be too complex for a manga or anime, but who knows.

But I think The Last of the Renshai would be absolutely perfect for both. It would be similar to Rurouni Kenshin Trust and Betrayal IMO.

[Renegade Raine]

I SOOOO want to see The Illiad as a manga series.

And ANY Tarentino flick would make a kick ass anime/manga.

[neko-sennin]

The Dark Tower would make an awesome series in either manga or anime. Pity Marvel's already tapped Stephen King for that project...

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[Rinali]

I would go for the Harry Potter series

[spirishman]

the abhorsen triology(sabriel,lireal and abhorsen) would seriously rock, the long dark tea time for the soul would be pretty cool to(douglas adams is teh ruler
) and I know someone already said the anne rice vampire chronicles, but blood & gold would be the more awesome if it was made into a series

[sharingan_shadows]

Cirque Du Freak series!! Hands down!! Oh god!! I think I'm gonna die when I see Darren bathing in the Waterfalls!!! >.<!!

[9Tail-Hokage]

I'd like to see how an author could describe the battles in Naruto. You know, give us specific emotions that a character's feeling. Then there are potential pairings; word characterization can be more effective than visual most of the time. That'd interest me some.

[jkingler]

I'm surprised no one mentioned the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.
It would have to be seriously simplified, but, then again, that could be a very good thing. There is entirely too much filler in the series anyways :-P

I think if they just stuck to the crucial parts (character developing scenes, pertinent backstory, major action scenes, etc.) that it could be as good as the books are, and in the right hands (like the team who did Samurai X), it could be much better.

[Shadowscar]

I think Deltora would be a good anime. It is a serias with over 15 books so it would be quite long.

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[Scared Link]

Sin City or Kill Bill.

[waster]

naruto is best anime

[Once_Upon_a_Goth]

The Ring Of Five Dragons

[Miharu_Watanabe]

I think Deltora would be a good anime. It is a serias with over 15 books so it would be quite long.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Sousake/kakashicopycopy.jpg

I KNOOWWW :laugh I was gonna say that lol

[Valdens]

napoleon dynamite. that would be a truly great anime.

[Dream Brother]

*Resurrected*

I'm not quite sure why you chose to put 'movies' in the title -- considering what this forum deals with -- so I'm only going to address this from the perspective of books.

he two that most stand out in my mind are the series His Dark materials (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass)

That would work very well in the right hands. I imagine it being highly reminiscent of something such as Spirited Away.

I don't share the enthusiasm that some of the posters here have for an Ender's Game adaptation; I just can't imagine it being as powerful in the anime medium. Same goes for Miéville's Perdido Street Station, which I was also surprised to see mentioned (a brilliant book that far surpasses Card's work, in my opinion). I suppose it would at least be interesting to see attempts to adapt those two books for anime, though. Ender's Game would be a far safer bet out of the two.

Tales of the Otori is a brilliant nomination for an anime adaptation. I fully agree with this one. If you gave this to (for example) the people who did the Rurouni Kenshin Trust/Betrayal OVAs, it would be very special indeed.

This might seem strange, but I think "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins would make a great anime miniseries.

Very interesting suggestion. I would never have thought of this for an anime series. I can imagine it playing out like a Victorian era Monster -- it would have the same sort of long length and eerie tone, and the constant suspense and twists also invite comparisons. Lovely book, anyway.

I nominate:

Broken Sky, by Chris Wooding.
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman.
The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny.

Matthew Stover's Heroes Die would also work pretty damn well as a manga, if it had the benefit of an artist who could conjure up that dark and beautiful Berserk-esque style.

[banovotn]

That's some necro-post there, Dream Brother. I guess you're off the hook 'cause you're a mod?

Anyway, I'm gonna go with the crowd and say Discworld. Really, any one of them would work.

I also agree that Wizard of Oz would make a great anime.

And for my own contribution, I nominate a sci-fi classic: Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers. I see it with a kind of Cowboy Beebop style, sorta serious, but with some elements of comedy.

But really, I just want to see those awesome battle suits in action. I was disappointed they were cut from the movie in favor of tits and football.

[Lord Yu]

There was a Starship Troopers anime OVA.
http://animesuki.com/series.php/1153.html

[Crimson Dragoon]

Broken Sky, by Chris Wooding.


I remember reading those books when I was a kid. What I didn't remember is what the books were about.

[Tyrael]

That's some necro-post there, Dream Brother. I guess you're off the hook 'cause you're a mod?

Anyway, I'm gonna go with the crowd and say Discworld. Really, any one of them would work.

I also agree that Wizard of Oz would make a great anime.

And for my own contribution, I nominate a sci-fi classic: Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers. I see it with a kind of Cowboy Beebop style, sorta serious, but with some elements of comedy.

But really, I just want to see those awesome battle suits in action. I was disappointed they were cut from the movie in favor of tits and football.

If you have a point to make or the subject is one that could provoke discussion then I see no problem with necro-ing threads in the LD at any rate. Don't think that would work in most other sections though.

I think Gibson's Neuromancer, with it's buckets and buckets of imagery, would work well as an anime/manga. It has already had such a lot of influence on the anime/manga industry, and, in turn, has been influenced so much by Japanese culture in the first place that it really makes sense. I would love to see Naoki Urasawa take a crack at that book actually.

[Huike]

The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny.

Bloody good call, was gonna suggest that one myself.

[Dattebayo-chan]

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice would probably make a great yaoi manga.

[~Flippy]

I would like to see Brokeback Mountain as a manga.

[Cardboard Tube Knight]

Books:

The Giver
Redwall (whole series)
I Am Legend
The Bible (no really)
Fight Club
Choke
Sandman (I consider it a book)
Othello (just to see anime Iago)

That's all I can think of.

Movies:

Fight Club (funny, here it is again)
Ghostbusters
Juno
Angel (its a show but whatever)
Law & Order (show, but whatever)
I,Robot
Casino Royal
Jumper
Underworld
Snatch

I am sure I will have more.

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

I would love to see Grendel as some sort of abstract anime.

[yamoto]

scarface will be a cool manga or anime

[Kyuubi Whisker]

I second everyone who said Ender's Game.

[StrawHat4Life]

The Dollars Trilogy would make a great anime or manga imo.

[Adsone]

Bartimaeus Trilogy or The Chronicles Of Amber.

[Yakushi Kabuto]

I really want to say something by Mercedes Lackey, but that's because anything fantasy with pretty things, silliness, and deep emotions is something I would really love to see animated/drawn out. Or, I could totally go for some DragonLance. :iria

[banovotn]

There was a Starship Troopers anime OVA.
http://animesuki.com/series.php/1153.html

Holy shit. I wish I could watch it, but my comp is screwed up right now.
Thanks for the link though!

[Lo$tris]

Twilight all the way!! :wtf

And I would like The Count of Monte Cristo to be done again. But this time they should stick to the time-line and NOT focus on Albert (they have reuined his character!). The Count is the best character that I have ever come across in the literature, he should be the focus. (and no yaoi please :D: )