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MyNavi Poll: When Fans Are Let Down by Foreign Live-Action Adaptations
posted on by Ko Ransom
Casting complaints top informal fan poll on adaptations of anime/games
On Tuesday, the Japanese website MyNavi posted the results of its member survey on when viewers feel let down by foreign live-action adaptations of Japanese anime or games.
Out of 380 votes cast by the self-selected male respondents, these were the top five choices:
| 1 | The cast looks nothing like the characters from the original | 42.9% |
| 2 | The protagonists have been turned from Japanese to foreigners | 39.0% |
| 3 | The adaptation is completely different from the original | 36.8% |
| 4 | There are characters with completely different personalities | 23.7% |
| 5 | They just turned the original into a regular action movie | 19.7% |
Out of 482 votes cast by the self-selected female respondents, these were the top five choices:
| 1 | The protagonists have been turned from Japanese to foreigners | 45.2% |
| 2 | The cast looks nothing like the characters from the original | 43.0% |
| 3 | The adaptation is completely different from the original | 33.8% |
| 4 | There are characters with completely different personalities | 20.8% |
| 5 | The signature lines don't work as well in a foreign language | 19.7% |
The survey was conducted among the users of the MyNavi News site's members when they logged in between February 10 and February 14, and multiple answers were allowed.
[Via Yaraon!]
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