Anime has a storied history of its live-action adaptations going horribly wrong. Low-budget effects, questionable casting decisions, and unfortunate costume designs have plagued anime’s live-action adaptations since time immemorial, and Dragon Ball fans have been there to witness the medium’s slow evolution firsthand.As dire as things have looked for fans hoping to see Super Saiyan Goku powering up live on the silver screen, hope for a live-action anime has begun to well up from a rather unlikely source: Netflix. Recent live-action renditions of Yu Yu Hakusho and One Piece have restored a bit of faith in the possibility of anime being adapted well, especially by Netflix. With the streaming giant setting the stage for genuinely good live-action anime adaptations, could it be possible that one of the biggest names in anime, Dragon Ball Z, could finally see the adaptation it always deserved?All the things that make it difficult to adapt anime to live-action are the exact things that Dragon Ball prides itself in. It is filled with quirky-looking character designs, ridiculous story beats, and — above all — intense and unrealistically epic fight scenes that push the limits of human imagination. Goku is a character with nearly divine powers who is constantly fighting enemies that quite easily destroy entire mountains and even planets with a single ki blast. Adapting Dragon Ball into live-action could very well be pushing the limits of what has ever been attempted in a live-action series before.
Anime has a storied history of its live-action adaptations going horribly wrong. Low-budget effects, questionable casting decisions, and unfortunate costume designs have plagued anime’s live-action adaptations since time immemorial, and Dragon Ball fans have been there to witness the medium’s slow evolution firsthand.
As dire as things have looked for fans hoping to see Super Saiyan Goku powering up live on the silver screen, hope for a live-action anime has begun to well up from a rather unlikely source: Netflix. Recent live-action renditions of Yu Yu Hakusho and One Piece have restored a bit of faith in the possibility of anime being adapted well, especially by Netflix. With the streaming giant setting the stage for genuinely good live-action anime adaptations, could it be possible that one of the biggest names in anime, Dragon Ball Z, could finally see the adaptation it always deserved?
All the things that make it difficult to adapt anime to live-action are the exact things that Dragon Ball prides itself in. It is filled with quirky-looking character designs, ridiculous story beats, and — above all — intense and unrealistically epic fight scenes that push the limits of human imagination. Goku is a character with nearly divine powers who is constantly fighting enemies that quite easily destroy entire mountains and even planets with a single ki blast. Adapting Dragon Ball into live-action could very well be pushing the limits of what has ever been attempted in a live-action series before.
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