Forum - View topicBad foreign adaptations of American properties?
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Snomaster1
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There's been a double standard that recently has gotten to me. Whenever a bad American version of a popular foreign property gets made,it gets the bad criticism it deserves. But,whenever a bad foreign version of an American property gets made,there isn't as much criticism of that as it would have been if it were American.
An example of a bad foreign version of an American property is the "Witchblade:Takeru" manga. Let's just say it could have been a lot better than it was. I once saw the anime version of "Witchblade." It was pretty good for the most part. The lead character of this show,Masane Amaha not only has a great body,which plainly clear by looking at her,but she also has a great heart. She's willing to go through a lot for her daughter,Rihoko. The anime company GONZO did a good job with this one. There was also a manga series based on the anime that was also well-done. Sadly,"Witchblade:Takeru" was not. The manga,centered around a fifteen-year-old girl named Takeru,who lives in a Buddhist monastery,has nightmares about being the Witchblade's next host. Basically,it has the requisite demon slashing that you'd expect with something like this. What made it even more problematic for me was the portrayal of Americans in the manga's second half. Why on earth would the creators of this portray Americans as outright villains when the very people who created the franchise in the first place were Americans? It makes no sense. If I were doing an American version of "Sailor Moon" or some other Japanese property,I wouldn't use it to trash the Japanese. That would not only be wrong but disrespectful to the Japanese creators. Didn't the people at Top Cow,the people who created "Witchblade" have any idea what the creators of this manga were doing? They had demons,perfect villains to start with. They should have kept them. Or,what's wrong with having good Americans helping Takeru battle evil Americans? That would have been a better thing and far better than just trashing all Americans as bad to start with. I read the ANN review of this a few years ago and I read enough of the manga to agree with the review. The insertion of Americans as villains was unnecessary and would probably be seen as disrespectful. I don't know if there were other bad foreign version of American properties but I know this. "Witchblade:Takeru" could have been a lot better than it was. It's a shame that the creators of this manga felt the need to use an American property to attack the country that had created it in the first place. I think it would have been a lot better if the manga had stayed with it's original villains rather than being transformed into a vehicle for America bashing. Last edited by Snomaster1 on Thu May 23, 2013 12:46 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Touma
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I think that you are being too sensitive and taking this too personally.
If I remember correctly the bad guys were the US military, and they have always been fair game for bashing, even by American media. It has been a long time since I read Witchblade Takeru. Since there are only two volumes I plan to read it again before I say anything else. Your title made me expect more variety in your post. Is there anything other than Witchblade Takeru that you were thinking of? |
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RAmmsoldat
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The spawn manga didn't float my boat. Its been a while since i read it but it just seemed lacking from what i remember. I still have the first volume but i cant say I have the desire to re-read it which is a shame as spawn was one of scant few American comics I've given a fair shake and enjoyed.
You really are fond of these "leave america alone!" kinds of topics aye Snomaster1 |
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Snomaster1
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Well,Touma. I'm not saying that they shouldn't have done it. Maybe they should have made an individual member of the U.S. military one of the bad guys. The guy could have been of Korean and Chinese decent and wanted to strike back at the Japanese for some atrocity that happened to his family long ago.
They could have gone that route. They could have not trashed the entire U.S. Military but made that guy or a group of rogue soldiers the villains. What's wrong with a little balance? If I were doing an American version of a Japanese property,I wouldn't use it to take a swipe at the Japanese because it would be disrespectful to the Japanese creators of that property. I probably would have a good Japanese character as a salute to the to the creators of that property. If I had a Japanese villain,I'd have a Japanese hero helping to defeat him or her. My point was that I wouldn't have bashed the Japanese with their own property like the creators of "Witchblade:Takeru" did with ours. I also tried to make the point that the bad foreign version of an American property should receive the same amount of criticism as the bad American version of a foreign property. That's all I'm saying. |
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