Black Lagoon, Black Butler (for the most part), and Cowboy Bebop are other examples of anime working in live action. Especially Black Lagoon.Burchy22 said:Yeah...anime to film is never going to work with the west until Japan calm their shit, leave out the school girls and go all black leather like superhero's had to do before they were gradually accepted into western film.
I would say its pretty damn hard to find an anime that would work as a live action movie, but I wouldn't say impossible, I would say something like Hellsing or Death note could definitely have a decent chance in the west if done good enough.
OT: I remember liking this movie long ago. Thanks for bringing it up, now to find it again.