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What is the worst live-action anime adaptation?

By YPB Team

Botched casting, compressed plots and effects budgets that never stood a chance, from infamous blockbusters to films most viewers never finished. Cast your vote!

  1. Dragonball Evolution — ranked #11
    Dragonball Evolution
    The 2009 adaptation so poorly received that its screenwriter publicly apologised to fans.
    1000pts
  2. Death Note (2017) — ranked #22
    Death Note (2017)
    Netflix's American retelling, which split Light's role and drew a 37% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.
    813pts
  3. Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) — ranked #33
    Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
    A live-action remake of the cult anime film, made as an international co-production.
    665pts
  4. Tokyo Ghoul (2017) — ranked #44
    Tokyo Ghoul (2017)
    A live-action take on a body-horror manga whose effects budget could not match its ambition.
    597pts
  5. Ghost in the Shell (2017) — ranked #55
    Ghost in the Shell (2017)
    A visually faithful remake sunk by casting controversy and a hollowed-out script.
    597pts
  6. Fullmetal Alchemist (2017) — ranked #66
    Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)
    A Japanese live-action attempt to compress a sprawling manga into one two-hour film.
    517pts
  7. Fist of the North Star (1995) — ranked #77
    Fist of the North Star (1995)
    An American adaptation of the post-apocalyptic manga, released straight to a small audience.
    517pts
  8. The Guyver (1991) — ranked #88
    The Guyver (1991)
    An early American attempt at a manga adaptation, remembered mostly for its rubber suits.
    423pts
  9. Devilman (2004) — ranked #99
    Devilman (2004)
    A Japanese adaptation of Go Nagai's manga, routinely named among the worst films ever made in Japan.
    310pts
  10. Attack on Titan (2015) — ranked #1010
    Attack on Titan (2015)
    A two-part Japanese adaptation that cut fan-favourite characters and invented new ones.
    310pts
  11. Cowboy Bebop (2021) — ranked #1111
    Cowboy Bebop (2021)
    Netflix's series remake, cancelled after a single season despite a well-liked cast.
    310pts
  12. Knights of the Zodiac (2023) — ranked #1212
    Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
    The Saint Seiya adaptation that reached cinemas two decades after the franchise's peak.
    310pts
  13. Bleach (2018) — ranked #1313
    Bleach (2018)
    A Japanese film covering only the opening arc, with the rest of the story left unmade.
    0pts
  14. Kite (2014) — ranked #1414
    Kite (2014)
    A Western remake of the notorious anime, stripped of everything that made the original discussed.
    0pts

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Comments

Warner Bros. filmed Bleach's opening arc in 2018 and stopped there. Being included at all is the insult: https://youpick.best/articles/one-piece-vs-naruto-vs-bleach-ranked https://youpick.best/articles/attack-on-titan-ranked-many-ways

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