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Angel M Cazares
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Wow. I never thought Ghibli would be interested in Parasyte (also surprised that Hollywood wanted to make a movie of it). I am assuming Ghibli wanted to make it into a two-hour movie.
I am satisfied with the adaptation Madhouse gave us, but a Ghibli adaptation sounds very intriguing. Last edited by Angel M Cazares on Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:17 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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MarshalBanana
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Doesn't sound like something you would see from Ghibli, sure Mononoke was violent, but mostly they have a very Disney level of child friendly content.
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Angel M Cazares
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I don't know about that. Besides Princess Mononoke and Nausica, Ghibli has done other stuff with violence and deep themes: Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday, Whisper of the Heart. Totoro and Kiki are definitely Disney-like and children friendly, but you could argue that the latter also has deep stuff. |
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Chrno2
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That would have been an interesting project. But they would have probably done a film. I wonder if they could have been able to put all the story into one feature? Then there's the fact that Ghibli's "house" style. I don't think it would have worked in terms of the level of action and violence, but visual quality is what they excel at. It's funny that no one ever mentions how Ghibli were involved with the Devilman films. Which is why it looks the way it does and you can see their house style. And they pretty much got the violence down considering it is a Go Nagai product and you must make sure you have violence. But maybe it could work considering.
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Blue21
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Parasyte seems too far removed from Ghibli's style for an adaptation to work IMO.
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GATSU
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angel: Well, the whole 'humanity being wiped out from the inside' angle sounds like something Miyazaki would go for...
 And that Madhouse adaptation would be better if they used the actual manga's character designs.
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LinkSword
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It probably would have been a totally different thing keeping just the basic concept.
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maximilianjenus
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ok, this explains why the parasyte anime took so long to come out.
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Souther
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A while ago, I saw a clip of the 1987 OVA and thought it looked very good for its age. I guess that explains why, I never knew that until today. |
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Chrno2
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If you check the credits, it doesn't say Ghibli, it says, Studio Totoro. However there were other studios involved, but look at the house style and you'll see it. Miki looks like she could fit into any Ghibli world. Again you don't think about these things. Hell, I sure as hell didn't. I saw it decades ago raw through many of the "traders" I used to hang with. But it's the 2nd film with Siren where the style is more prevalent. This could have been one of those cases where either they didn't want their main name associated with a non-Ghibli production, but who know. Would be nice if ANN or anyone that may know a little on this matter to maybe do some digging on this little tidbit I've provided. I'd be curious to know myself. I and many others consider the 2nd installment the best one animation-wise. I know a guy he's a BIIIIIG Siren fan. When their studio and a few others handled it her designs an animation it was like poetry in motion. Considering how hideous or characteristically strange Go's female villains are, there is a certain charm when done right and you just kind of forget about the fact that they're evil. Or maybe not.
Maybe ANN should do a column called the most "hideous females that you can't help but fall in love with". |
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Xristophoros
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it is certainly a surprise to hear suzuki say this. the only resemblance i can see with regards to parasyte being in line with ghibli sensibilities is princess mononoke (to an extent). ashitaka and his cursed arm having a mind of its own is similar to migi and his relationship to shinichi. there is also the theme of the environment and all species having their place in the world that can been seen in both works. aside form that...
unfortunately, parasyte will go down in history as being yet another generic and under achieving anime series. despite its promising start, it quite literally fell apart half way through. what a shame... it had to resort to all the typical tropes that plague so many anime series such as poor and contrived storytelling, generic archetypes, illogical character motives and lackluster production values. obviously in miyazaki's hands a film based on this source material would have been a different beast entirely and one worth watching. |
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Beatdigga
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This is kinda how I felt when I learned Liam Neeson wanted to play Ra's Al Guhl in Arrow but couldn't. Not that Parasyte TV is anywhere near as bad as Arrow Season 3, but oh what could have been.
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MarshalBanana
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It is probably not worth mentioning since they have done outsourcing for lots of shows over the years. For some reason In-betweening is commonly outsourced. Though I didn't see any mention of them in the credits for any of the OVAs. If were involved I imagine they did the backgrounds, which do look very nice, even if a bit to static. |
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Jayhosh
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I would definitely watch that.
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GATSU
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Souther: It looks good, 'cus of the bubble, where they had the luxury to invest in a quality adaptation. Compare it to, say, Abashiri Family or Black Lion a few years later.
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