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== Adapted from
* ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'' pulled off the adaptation quite successfully, though it's somewhat inspired by the more odd ''Sailor Myu'' theater musicals performed since the original show ended and had a vastly different plot from the anime and the manga.
** An [[Cultural Translation|Americanized]] live-action adaptation languished in [[Development Hell]] for years, with many different people suggested to be a part of the project. The earliest project supposedly would have starred Geena Davis as Queen Beryl, and the most recent rumor suggested Lindsay Lohan as Sailor Moon herself. None of these ever came to pass (and how real any of these actually were was often questioned despite their prevalence in the rumor mills).
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** [[Hayate the Combat Butler]], starring a Taiwanese actor and a Korean actress as the counterparts of Hayate and Nagi.
* There are also several manga that were remade into Korean live-action series: [[Boys Before Flowers]], [[The City Hunter|City Hunter]] (both had Lee Min Ho as lead), Dr. Jin, and [[Playful Kiss]] (which also had a Japanese and a Taiwanese version). [[Hana Kimi]] will have one starting in August 2012.
* ''[[Speed Racer (film)|Speed Racer]]'' got an extremely trippy live-action adaption in 2008, courtesy of
* Two other [[Tatsunoko Production]] shows saw Japanese film adaptations -- ''[[Neo-Human Casshern]]'' and ''[[Yatterman]]''. ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' was set to get one as well, but this changed into a CGI adaptation instead and got an American partner.
** it did get one in 2013, the CGI version has been cancelled for years.
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* ''[[Kaiji]]'' has one with [[Death Note|Live Action Light]] as the titular protagonist.
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' had, in America, anyway, a stage adaptation of the anime simply called ''[[Pokémon Live]]''. Team Rocket is more treacherous, and [[Hot Mom|Mrs. Ketchum]] at one point lets slip out that she had a fling with [[Big Bad|Giovanni of Team Rocket]]. [[Canon Discontinuity]] through and through, but the "Who is Ash's father?" [[Epileptic Trees]] only had richer soil to grow in.
** An unofficial fanmade trailer, titled ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDX1m0Y2Vkg Pokémon Apokélypse]'', has received much attention and was even purported to be real at some point. However, it has [https://
* ''[[Hell Girl]]'' got a Live Action Adaptation that was set within the timeline of the first anime season, retaining the anthology format while notably averting the anime storyline. [[Compressed Adaptation|At a mere 12 episodes, there wasn't much room for them anyway.]]
* ''[[Paprika]]'' is getting the live-action treatment from [[Troy|Wolfgang]] [[The Perfect Storm|Peterson]]; this shouldn't be too difficult since A) all of Satoshi Kon's movies are shot as if they are live-action and B) we've already seen that <s> American</s> film audiences can handle [[The Matrix|trippy]] [[Inception|dream]] plots.
* A live action ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' movie has been "almost about to start" for several years now, and a live-action TV series has been bandied about as recently as 2017. While it doesn't deal with trippy dream plots, aliens, or time travel it might have a problem with looking too much like ''[[Serenity]]'' (or is it the other way around...?).
* Little known (in the West) manga series ''Kyou Kara Ore Wa!/From Today On...!'' somehow managed to get a film version after a six-episode OVA series proved to be somewhat popular. The main characters' defining traits (their ''yankee'' hairstyles, blonde perm for one and HUGE spikes for the second) were carried over as well as the makeup budget would allow, and the comic violence remained, though toned down somewhat to allow for real world physics.
* A [https://web.archive.org/web/20131208151524/http://yamato-movie.net/movie_yokoku.html big-budget live-action adaptation] of ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato]]'' (better known in the West as ''[[Star Blazers]]'') hit the big screen in Japan back in December 2010.
* Warner Brothers are on the talks on securing the rights to make one out of ''[[Bleach]]''.
** They succeeded and it scheduled to hit theaters in 2014.
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* A live-action ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' was co-produced by [[Netflix]] and released in 2017.
▲== Adapted from Board Games ==
* You know Hollywood is running out of ideas when they're developing movies based on ''[[Board Games]]'': [[Risk]], Ouija, Battleship(s), and [[Monopoly]] all have movies in development.▼
** ''Clue'' is actually a pretty good movie.▼
*** There was even a ''[[Game Show]] adaptation'' in the UK, under its original name ''Cluedo''.▼
** And completely left of field, and not even a boardgame, is ''Viewmaster''. Yes, a Viewmaster movie is in the works.▼
== Adapted from Comics ==▼
* The "[[Scott Pilgrim]]" series of comic books were adapted into a live-action film that shares its name of the second book in the series, "[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]". Despite being a failure at the box-office (thank you, ''[[The Expendables]]'') it was well-received by critics.
* ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' had a short-lived prime-time live-action adaptation on [[FOX]] in the early 2000s. [[Executive Meddling|It had some problems]]. [[Screwed by the Network|The problems weren't with the show]].
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* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' has had [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|three live-action films]], as well as the live-action television series ''[[Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|Ninja Turtles the Next Mutation]]'', all of which were produced during the 1990s. The 2007 movie, however, is straight-up CGI animation.
* ''[[Archie Comics]]'' typically sticks to cartoon adaptations however in the early 90s they tried out a live action [[Made for TV]] movie. It was called "Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again".
== Adapted from Films ==
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* ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|Mowgli's Story.]]''
* [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland (film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''. According to ''Entertainment Weekly'', this may have kicked off [[Follow the Leader|the trend]] for Live-Action Adaptations of [[Disney Animated Canon]] over the next decade, which [[Beauty and the Beast|already]] [[The Lion King|has]] [[Mary Poppins|a number of]] [[The Little Mermaid|live stage]] [[Tarzan (Disney film)|productions]], not to mention Disney On Ice.
** Just as a reference, live action adaptations released or in production as of early 2018: ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]] '' (2010), ''[[Maleficent]]'' (2014), ''[[Cinderella (2015 Disney film)|Cinderella]]'' (2015), ''[[The Jungle Book (2016 film)|The Jungle Book]]'' (2016), ''[[Pete's Dragon (2016 film)|Pete's Dragon]]'' (2016), ''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (2017), ''[[Aladdin (2019 film)|Aladdin]]'' (2019), ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'' (2019), ''The Lady and the Tramp'' (2019), ''[[Mulan (2020 film)|Mulan]]'' (2020), ''The Little Mermaid'', ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''Cruella
== Adapted From Literature ==
* ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]'' has two live-action movies based on the series.
** And the book series was based on the
* ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' has one for the first book. The sequel is also announced to show on 2013.
* ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' was a book before it was a movie.
== Adapted from Newspaper Comics ==
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* ''[[Popeye]]'', starring [[Robin Williams]] and Shelley Duvall.
* ITV actually made a live-action [[Andy Capp]] sitcom in 1988. It only lasted for six episodes.
== Adapted from Puppet Shows ==
* Although the original was not, strictly speaking, animated, the live-action film adaptation of ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' is very much in the same spirit. Though confusingly, ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' refers to the original as an animated puppet series, apparently defining ''animation'' broadly as ''giving the illusion of life'' rather than the usual definition.
▲* You know Hollywood is running out of ideas when they're developing movies based on ''[[Board Games]]'': [[Risk]], Ouija, [[Battleship (film)|Battleship(s)]], and [[Monopoly]] all have movies in development.{{when}}
▲** ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'' is actually a pretty good movie.
▲*** There was even a ''[[Game Show]] adaptation'' in the UK, under its original name ''Cluedo''.
== Adapted from Theme Parks ==
* Films based on [[Disney Theme Parks]] rides: ''[[The Haunted Mansion (film)|The Haunted Mansion]], [[The Country Bears]]'' (based on the now-defunct—at least at Disneyland—Country Bear Jamboree), ''[[Mission to Mars]]'' (which got a ride of its own with EPCOT's "Mission: Space"), and ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' (the only really successful one so far, although ''The Haunted Mansion'' is going to get [[Continuity Reboot]] thanks to [[Pan's Labyrinth|Guillermo Del Toro]]).
== Adapted from Toys ==
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* And then there's even a live action ''[[Barbie]]'' movie in the works.
* The ''[[American Girls Collection]]'' also had a share of live-action films released to mixed or positive reception, starting with a [[Made for TV Movie]] based on Samantha Parkington's stories in 2004, and was followed by ''Felicity: An American Girl Adventure'' (2005), ''Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front'' (2006), the 2008 theatrically released film ''Kit Kittredge: An American Girl'' along with ''Chrissa Stands Strong'' (2009). A direct-to-DVD film involving Girl of the year 2012 McKenna Brooks is due to be released in time for the London Olympics.
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== Adapted from Video Games ==
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* A movie based loosely on [[Zombies Ate My Neighbors]] is currently in production, and although it isn't confirmed to be live action yet, the previews seem to be pointing that way. [http://www.slashfilm.com/horrorcomedy-zombies-ate-neighbors-development-based-90s-video-game/ Here's the info.]
* ''Trauma Team'' by Atlus is being made into a live action television show, by the same man behind the ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' adaption.
== Adapted from [[Web Comics]] ==
* a live-action adaptation of the Krakow Studios comic ''[[Spinnerette]]'' has progressed far enough to post trailers on [[YouTube]].
== Adapted from Western Animation ==
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