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bigtakilla on 16 November 2016
hershel_layton said:
Feel like something will make it suck

The CG. I saved you two hours of your life and some money with a teaser.



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Farsala on 16 November 2016
Super_Boom said:
Farsala said:

Ah but when I hear the name "Edward" or "Alphonse", in what world would I think that they would be Japanese? It might be fictional, but they don't give fictional names to the main characters.

In Rurouni Kenshin, Himura Kenshin has a japanese name, but red hair. So they give him a japanese actor with red hair, which is fine.

The names are definitely western-inspired, as that's what Amestris takes inspiration from; but it's still a Japanese story adapted into a Japanese anime with a target audience in Japan. 

Now, whether or not the movie will be good...I have no idea, since I don't really watch live-action anime adaptations...but given who the target audience is, I don't really care if they want to use actors from the source material's origin country, especially given that the characters aren't completely European to begin with.

@bold, all is fine but I still think the criticism is warranted.



Raistline on 16 November 2016

Well, if they are even close in the storyline, we at least know it will be better than live action Dragon Ball.



Birimbau on 16 November 2016

I don't see it working, like most movie adaptations of japanese hqs.



Stefan.De.Machtige on 16 November 2016

Okay, i guess. It looks like they were filming in Florence Italy or similar. Nice :).
Since this is more fantasy Europe/Japan then anything else, i think any actor could do as long as they are good and fit with the others.

The more of these live adaptions i see, the less i believe they could work. Strange.



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