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NEWS: Live-Action Akira Film's Plot Listed by Casting Call

Don't forget Big B which was a Malaysian remake of Four Brothers which was loosely based on The Sons of Katie Elder.

@md07

The problem isn't the fact that there's an adaptation. What you cited does not address the issue because those have changed characters that correspond with the setting, and some of which have changed titles as well.

Are the asian characters in those films addressing each other as "Hello, Mr. David Atkinson" or some such?

As mentioned that's the problem here. The solution is to either stop calling this Akira or change the characters, since the story itself is already pretty different.

Prove that you are Asian American.

Now, Toei's Spider-Man series was only made for the Japanese audiences

provide another link for the South Korean movie you claim is a remake of "Phone Booth". All I found was that one link you posted but every other piece of information I have found on the internet including reviews I saw mention nothing of it being a remake of "Phone Booth". For all we know, that site you posted could be mistaken.

Paranormal Activity Tokyo Night is not a "semi-remake, semi-sequel". That doesn't even make any sense. It is a canonical sequel to the main Paranormal Activity franchise.

As far as the list of remakes are concerned it's interesting that you leave out a big piece of information in all of this. The majority of all those Asian remakes of Western properties are CO-PRODUCED by the Western companies and in many instances are spearheaded by the Western companies.

It even says as much in some of those links you provided. The owners of Saturday Night Live have been trying for years to extend the SNL brand internationally as they have also tried to make a SNL Spain and SNL Italy. BBC is producing the Chinese The Office. Disney produced the China High School Musical film. Paramount produced the Asian remake of Ghost. Fox produced the Japanese Sideways.

In fact, in regards to the Japanese remake of Sideways that movie actually takes place in California (not Japan) like the original film.

Another interesting thing to point out is that in every instance of those Asian remakes, the advertisement and the remake's own credits make it quite clear that they are remakes of American films. Unlike many Hollywood remakes of Asian films where they try to hide the fact that they are remakes (e.g. in the not so good Hollywood remake of Infernal Affairs, you have to wait a couple of minutes during the end credits for it to give credit that it's a remake).

Finally this goes back to what I was saying before at the beginning of my post. This is about ASIAN AMERICANS. This has nothing to do with Asian countries and what they do over there. There are Asian Americans in the United States but they, and other people of color in Hollywood, are discriminated against and not given lead roles and are limited to stereotypical nonsense while whites get all the opportunities even if the roles don't necessarily call for whites. Incidents like this Hollywood Akira movie are prime examples of this and this needs to stop.

That's what Hollywood is doing for Akira, the same thing that Toei did for Spiderman. Cater it for the audience. How's that any different??

Why do people hate it when Hollywood remake Asian film, but yet when Asia remake American films, they either keep silence or sometime praise (and bash the original American film) Asia for remaking American film???.
I compare the bashing of American live-action adaptation of anime/manga to the bashing of American remake of Asian film. Because people are being inconsistent and hypocritical. Also, we don't even know the final cast of Akira, so we can't just "shoot first, ask later".

Is my Facebook profile good enough for you??? My last name Do is Vietnamese. Can I also ask to make sure you're not a hypocrite, because some of your comments are somewhat missing a lot of thing and maybe a little hypocritical.

That's what Hollywood is doing for Akira, the same thing that Toei did for Spiderman. Cater it for the audience. How's that any different??

Is this link good enough??

I double check and did some research. I stand corrected, Paranormal Activity 2 is a prequel to the first, while Tokyo Night is a sequel to the first one. So I agree it's not a remake, it's a sequel. But it's still adapting American franchises for a Japanese audience.

Yes, and Takashi Shimizu who directed Ju-On: The Grudge, directed the American remake. Also, Hideo Nakata who directed the original Japanese film, The Ring also directed the American version of The Ring 2. How's that any different???

Also what does US company co-producing these Asian remake of American films have to do with your argument??

Also you forgot that the Chinese remake of What Women Want didn't have Paramount Picture involvment in it, they didn't co-produce the remake.

The American remake of The Grudge took place in Japan just like the original film, so what?? Most of the Asian remake of American films have took place in Asia. Only the Japanese remake of Sideways took place in California.

Well I praise Asia for acknowledgement of the original film, I would like US doing this for their remake of Asian film too. But there are time that US does acknowledge the original film they do remake on.

Why do people hate it when Hollywood remake Asian film, but yet when Asia remake American films, they either keep silence or sometime praise (and bash the original American film) Asia for remaking American film???.

Would it make you feel better if Japan/Asia want to do the same thing to American film, novel? Would you be OK if Japan/Asia whitewash or should I say "yellowwash" American film when they make their own version like maybe for example, a Japanese Green Lantern. Because I wouldn't mind if Japan/Asia return the favor to America by doing their "own version" of American film, or whatever.

Would it make you feel better if Japan/Asia want to do the same thing to American film, novel? Would you be OK if Japan/Asia whitewash or should I say "yellowwash" American film when they make their own version like maybe for example, a Japanese Green Lantern. Because I wouldn't mind if Japan/Asia return the favor to America by doing their "own version" of American film, or whatever.

The majority of all those Asian remakes of Western properties are CO-PRODUCED by the Western companies and in many instances are spearheaded by the Western companies.

What would you want Japan/Asia to do to make up for all those
"whitewash" like you claim? Would having Japan/Asia whitewash American stuff make you feel better, or is this not enough?

Because I'm not a pro-Asian supremacist that pull double standard on how 2 countries handle each other stuff unlike most people.

supremacist: An advocate of the supremacy of a particular group, esp. one determined by race or sex.
supremacy: The state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status

So...the reactions so far summed up?

"OMG! It's an adaptation that's slightly differant from the source material! Those white-imperialistic-yankee-hollywood-dogs are raping my childhood!!!!"

And I offer this advice here for free. Whereas Hollywood with all its writers and creativity goes for the most shallow watered down route.

Nobody cares about that aside from Akira's fans, of which there aren't that many. It's an old movie, an old franchise. Daryl Surat routinely busts out the anecdote that when he asks rooms full of con goers whether or not they've ever seen it (much less heard of it) only a few hands go up.

The vast majority of people who will see this version of Akira have never heard of the original, or will have in passing mention only.

Whether or not this film retains *anything* beyond the character names (and probably the bike - can't imagine them removing the bike) remains to be seen, but saying it's going to fail financially because they changed the location has no basis in truth or rational thought.

no basis in truth or rational thought.