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Hollywood Pictures began to have a strong interest in classic Japanese anime, and from time to time listened to foreign media reports and prepared to shoot live-action films about what anime, such as "Dream", "Ghost in the Shell", "Star Cowboy", "One Piece", "Your Name" and so on.
But the real person, has always been a difficult thing to say, the most afraid of the casting is not appropriate, the plot is magically changed, sometimes even the special effects are fifty cents, it is difficult to convince.
And let the Americans shoot the japanese animation live-action version is even more unsatisfactory, and the setting with that layer of clothing alone lacks the soul of the original. (It may also be in line with their culture)
Even so, the trend of live-action animation is still very hot, and even if the derogatory voice continues, there are still many people who want to continue to squander those classic works.
In 2017, the classic anime Saint Seiya announced that it would shoot a live-action movie, and it was said that the film would be filmed by Sony Pictures in cooperation with the producer of the animation --- Toei Animation.
In terms of the crew, it is directed by Tommek Barkinsky, the director of the American drama "Demon Hunter", while the original manga author Masami Uchida and the animation director Kozo Morishita will also participate in the production process of the film in the future, while the martial arts director of the fight plot is Zheng Jizong, one of the members of the chengjia class.
It was not until this summer that the film officially announced the start of filming, and the film was scheduled to be released in 2023, and on September 22, the main casting list of the film was officially announced.
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The news came from foreign media Hollywoodreporter, the highlight of which is that the protagonist Hoshiya will be played by Makoto Nitta.
Shinda Majinsuke, born in Los Angeles, USA, returned to Japan at the age of 17 to enter the show business circle, and his father was Shinichi Chiba, who played the role of "Male Bully" in "The Wind and Clouds".
In 2014, he made his debut in the Japanese drama "World Of Wonders Autumn Special" in 2014, and starred in many comic films in his acting career of about 8 years.
The more famous representative works include "Jojo's Wonderful Adventure: Immortal Diamond Chapter 1" Hongcun Yitai, "Langke Sword Heart Final Chapter" Of Yukiyo, with a good level of acting skills, this time playing Hoshiya should be no problem.
The heroine of the film, "Athena", is played by Madison Eastman, whose representative works include "Brave Game 2" and "Annabelle 3".
It should be noted here that the real name of the human body of the live-action "Saint Seiya" "Athena" is called Senna, while in the original work it is Johto Saori.
It is clear that the name and casting are not the same character, and it is most likely that the film is original.
Johto Saori is the childhood goddess of old fans, and suddenly the hostess candidate said that she would change it, but she couldn't accept it, couldn't she find the best person to play Miss Saori?
Then the news also revealed the remaining five actors--- Shaun Bin, Famick Jensen, Nick Starr, Diego Tinoco, Mark Dacascos, and there are currently only four actors with clear roles including the male and female protagonists.
The plot of the film will take the original route, Hoshiya is set as a street orphan, the "small universe" has also been changed to the mysterious power "Cosmo" contained in the body, one day the power awakens he puts on the Pegasus Holy Cloak, facing the mysterious girl who controls his own power, Hoshiya joins a supernatural war.
In the film, Sean Bin plays a mentor character, Alman Kiddo, corresponding to Mitsumasa Johto in the original game, who not only discovers the human form of Athena's reincarnation, but also recruits Hoshiya to become a "Saint Seiya"; as for Diego Tinoco, he is responsible for playing a hired killer who is entrusted to kill the goddess.
It seems that the plot of the film should still follow the route of the original work, but many details of the setting have changed.
However, compared to this, netizens were surprised to find that none of the officially exposed casts were black.
In this Hollywood where "political correctness" is becoming more and more intense, black casting is basically the standard of every film, and the director does not care whether it is reasonable or not, anyway, it must be added to it, and netizens at home and abroad are already strange.
Therefore, when seeing that the casting of the "Saint Seiya" live-action movie did not appear black actors, everyone was a little surprised, and even couldn't help but laugh at "this is not true".
In particular, the heroines in the "politically correct" hard-hit areas did not choose black people, and in this regard, the film's eye-catching degree should be better, and it can be seen that the crew is still somewhat measured in the selection of people.
However, pay attention, there is no "political correctness" to make trouble, that at best just makes the film's reputation return from negative points to positive points, and whether it can pass or not depends on the comprehensive level of the film itself.
Or that sentence--- script, casting, special effects, these three things are not less than one point.
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The scripts of live-action movies and original animations are often not exactly the same, and it is inevitable that they will be modified, but whether they can retain the original characteristics will test the screenwriter's work.
From the perspective of the film's open production team, the quality of the script should still be guaranteed, as long as Sony does not arbitrarily influence the original author's thinking.
Although there is no "political correctness" in the currently released cast list, there are many other issues to worry about.
On the casting news that has been learned, there are still three actors corresponding to the role information is not clear.
In addition to Hoshiya, the other members of the "Bronze Five" and the main Golden Saint Seiya did not disclose the news, especially the actors selected for some roles also had certain requirements.
For example, the Purple Dragon is Chinese, the Green Dragon Sacred Cloth worn, the martial arts moves used, all of which are typical Chinese elements, so for domestic netizens, the casting of the Purple Dragon must be a Chinese, otherwise it cannot be said.
And even if not, at least you have to find a handsome Asian who understands Chinese kung fu to play.
In addition, there is a moment, although the moment is a boy, but he looks as beautiful as a girl, and his heart is as pure and flawless as a girl, but where should he find such an actor in reality?
Decent male actors are basically not, choose women to reverse the string, it seems to be overdone again, it is really difficult to do.
In terms of special effects, it should be not a big problem, and the movie pictures made with the current technology can be fake and real, and there is no need to worry about being seen as special effects.
However, the film side estimates that it will be improved at that time, if it is directly based on the restoration of the anime, I am most afraid of looking a little abrupt, or there will be a feeling of social death.
The movie version of the superhero next door has to be improved to look good, and "Saint Seiya" should also be changed here, otherwise it is the hollywood large-scale killing scene of Matt.
Finally, the cultural concepts between Americans and Japanese people are not the same, so it is easy for them to direct and shoot live-action films, which is easy to add some of their unique values in the West, and it is easy to make the plot of the film contradict the original.
Most importantly, whether the producer can understand the heartfelt Chu-ii blood of Japanese animation, so that everyone can have a kind of "burning!" when watching the movie. The surging blood of the "Small Universe" is also a major point of the "Saint Seiya" live-action movie.
In summary, the performance of the live-action movie "Saint Seiya" is still so worrying.
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The filming phase of the film will soon be completed, and the rest is a long behind-the-scenes special effects production.
The film is still a long time away from the release, there is still a lot of work to be done in the later stage, and the progress of the film is still in its infancy, and how the finished film will be in the future remains to be further observed.
In short, success or failure, the trend of Japanese animation live-action is already unstoppable, if the overall production level of live-action movies can not keep up in time, then the industry will eventually become a thing that is disliked by anime fans.