Good manga with compelling storylines are always an inspiration for filmmakers. The film industry has quite a few live action movies adapted from Japanese manga. Not only Japanese cinema, Hollywood is also attracted and there are many movie works adapted from comic books. However, making a film adaptation is also a huge challenge for filmmakers and actors because of the great shadow of the original's success. Therefore, to create a live action film adaptation of the best manga, the most successful is an extremely difficult task, but not necessarily impossible. In fact, there are many successful manga adaptations. In this article, Topshare will introduce to you 20 best live action movies adapted from manga you should not miss.
1 Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) (2014)
Kuroshitsuji is adapted from the manga of the same name by Toboso Yana. Photo: Internet
Black Butler (Live Action) - Official Trailer
Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler), also known as Black Butler, belongs to the action, fantasy, and comedy genre. This is a live action film adapted from the manga of the same name by Toboso Yana. The content of the film revolves around the life of a boy Ciel Phantomhive and a demon butler from hell. The two signed a contract in exchange for Sebastian to take his soul after his wish to avenge Ciel's parents was fulfilled. Sebastian Michaels is called the black butler because he is a mysterious guy, dressed in black from head to toe, but Sebastian is extremely loyal to his master Ciel. Is that a negative or is there another reason why the black butler obeys Ciel so well? That is the content that the original manga refers to, but Kuroshitsuji's live action can be considered a side story compared to the original work, set in 2020. In other words, it is the story of 130 years after the plot. of the original.
2 Death Note (2006)
Manga Death Note is always in the top of the best-selling comics of all time. Photo: Internet
Death Note - Trailer
The Death Note manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata has sold millions of copies since its release in 2003 and is consistently among the top grossing manga of all time. Death Note was adapted into a movie by Netflix two years ago, but it will never be as good as the 2006 classic starring Tatsuya Fujiwara and Kenichi Matsuyama.
Death Note is about Light Yagami - a teenager with a genius mind who happens to own a notebook of the god of death - which can kill anyone when describing the cause of death on the pages of paper. Confronting Light is L - an eccentric intelligent detective who always makes Light's crimes can be exposed at any time. Death Note has a very complicated and brain-damaging content, but the smartest handling of the 2006 version is knowing how to choose the best materials and minimize the story effectively.
3 Battle Royale (2000)
Battle Royale once entered the top 250 best movies of all time by IMDB. Photo: Internet
Battle Royale (2000) - Trailer
Battle Royale is drawn by Masayuki Taguch based on the story of Koushun Takami that shocked millions of readers when it was first released in 2000. The main character is Shuya Nanahara - a high school student caught up in a massacre. bloody that his enemies are none other than his classmates.
Battle Royale is easily reminiscent of the famous Hollywood Hunger game series, but in fact, Japan had two extremely successful movie adaptations two decades ago. Shock, horror, violence, easy to make viewers "stop" with content classmates killing each other. In addition, Battle Royale was once in the top 250 best movies of all time by IMDB.
4 Rurouni Kenshin Movie Series
Rurouni Kenshin Movie Series is considered one of the most successful live action adaptations of Japanese cinema. Photo: Internet
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno Official UK Trailer (2014)
According to the original manga, the film is about Himura Kenshin, a human known as the fastest sword-drawing assassin. He can defeat his opponent in a single blow. The most interesting thing is that the sword Kenshin uses is a reverse blade. The changes in the life of the main character are clearly depicted. He was originally a cold person, considered cold-blooded by everyone, but after a battle, Kenshin killed a young woman named Tomoe, on his face he also had a deep cross-shaped scar engraved with images. that. It's like a mark that awakens the real person in the depths of his soul. Kenshin decided to put down his sword and only use his reverse sword to go around so that he could protect the young women and take his name Rurouni. However, is his life associated with a killer career? Once again he decided to stay at the dojo when he received an offer to help them. Regarded as one of the most successful live action adaptations of Japanese cinema, Rurouni Kenshin Movie Series is also on the list of the best Japanese action movies of all time.
5 Uchuu Kyoudai (2012)
Uchuu Kyoudai Movie is a comedy fiction film. Photo: Internet
Uchuu Kyoudai - Movie Trailer
Uchuu Kyoudai Movie is a humorous fiction film with content revolving around the dream of becoming an astronaut of two brothers Hibito and Mutta. In the summer of 2006, the two of them saw a strange object flying towards the Moon, gradually nurturing their dream. As time passed, Hibito played by Okada Masaki became an astronaut, however, his older brother Mutta played by Oguri Shun was fired, resulting in unemployment. Although the two cousins live two different lives, when Mutta receives a letter from his younger brother, it is the letter that spurs him towards his dream once more. This movie has a main cast including Oguri, Tsutsumi Shinichi, Okada, Arai Hirofumi, Shiomi Sansei, Inoue Yoshio... promises to bring many interesting things to the audience.
6 Oldboy (2003)
Oldboy (2003) is so successful that most people will forget the original. Photo: Internet
Oldboy - Trailer
Oldboy was published in 1996 with a story by Garon Tsuchiya and art by Nobuaki Minegishi. The opening will make the reader feel strange when a man was kidnapped and imprisoned for 10 years for no reason, suddenly one day he was released and set out to find the person who harmed him.
Because Park Chan Wook's 2003 movie was so successful, almost everyone will forget the original. One of the four pillars of Korean cinema, giving its work a violent and bloody quality. Along with that, although quite a few people already know the ending from the manga, they are still surprised and haunted by Park Chan Wook's ingenious innovation.
7 Parasyte (2014)
Parasyte is based on the manga series of the same name by Hitoshi Iwaaki. Photo: Internet
Parasyte Part 1 Live Action Film - Official Trailer
Two episodes of Parasyte are made based on the manga series of the same name by Hitoshi Iwaaki. The work is set when an alien parasite landed on Earth, infiltrating the human brain to control the body. However, one of them fails to capture Shinichi Izumi and the student becomes an unlikely hero in the tumultuous time. The horror and black comedy elements on the story pages continued to become the highlight of the two film adaptations, helping Parasyte win the hearts of fans.
8 Hot Road (2014)
Hot Road is a romantic but tragic love story between high school girl Kazuki and rebellious boy Haruyama. Photo: Internet
Hot Road (2014) - Trailer
Hot Road is a romantic but tragic love story between high school girl Kazuki and rebellious boy Haruyama of the Nights motorcycle gang, when both were not yet in their twenties. Through the manga series, author Taku Tsumugi wants to highlight the instability in the psychology and life of young Japanese people. The movie Hot Road also depicts that, with the "talented boy and girl" actor Rena Nounen - Hiroomi Tosaka, on the background of heartbreakingly beautiful scenes.
9 I Am a Hero (2016)
I Am a Hero is a memorable live-action film based on the comic book. Photo: Internet
I Am A Hero Official Trailer
Kengo Hanazawa's series revolves around Hideo Nakata - a manga artist whose career failed, but now has to flee from the zombie apocalypse raging throughout Japan. On that journey, Hideo gradually discovers his true self, becoming a hero in times of turmoil. The film adaptation removes most of the supernatural elements in the story, successfully balancing humor and horror like the original. And the zombie creatures in the movie have scary shapes and creative moves. All make I Am a Hero a memorable live-action film based on the comic book.
10 20th Century Boys (2008 - 2009)
20th century boys owns a large fan base with a brain-damaging plot, extremely attractive. Photo: Internet
20th Century Boys - Trailer
20th century boys is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa, published officially in Big Comic Spirit from 1999 - 2006. 20th century boys owns a large fan base of millions around the world with the plot. Brain-damaging, extremely charismatic, revolves around a guy Kenji and his group of friends from childhood who are gradually drawn into some vague plot, whose fear of a calamity that the whole world will suffer. suffered by a character claiming to be Kenji's childhood "friend".
It took Yukihiko Tsutsumi three films to bring the massive, confusing world of 20th century boys to the screen. As a result, the film adaptation has both time and space to convey the quintessence of comic books, especially flashback elements mixed with reality, giving viewers a journey to solve problems. hammer but extremely interesting.
11 Edge of tomorrow (2014)
Edge of tomorrow received a large amount of requests to continue part 2. Photo: Internet
Edge of Tomorrow - Official Trailer
Edge of tomorrow's original name is All you need is kill composed by Hiroshi Sakurazaka with famous illustrations by Obata Takeshi - the author of the legendary Death Note manga. The story is about Kiriya Keiji - a young soldier living in a future where humans are invaded by a large alien force. In addition, Kiriya Keiji also accidentally possesses a special ability that can return to a single point in time in the past every time he loses his life.
Hollywood + Manga has always been a recipe for failure many times, but thanks to the ingenious hand of Doug Liman and the excellence of actor Tom Cruise, the adaptation of Edge of tomorrow has brought an excellent new breeze to the world. unthinkable for the American fantasy series, causing the film to receive a large amount of requests to continue the second part.
12 Liar Game (2007, 2009, 2010)
Liar Game is a mind fighting manga created by Shinobu Kaitani in 2015. Photo: Internet
LIAR GAME : THE FINAL STAGE Trailer
Liar Game is a mind fighting manga created by Shinobu Kaitani in 2015. The story follows naive girl Nao Kanzaki and con artist Shinichi Akiyama participating in a fictional game called Liar Game. The guys in this game often find all sorts of unbelievable ways to trick each other and if anyone fails, they will have to carry on themselves a huge debt.
One of the reasons Japan almost always makes manga adaptations great is because directors and writers respect the spirit of the original. The tense atmosphere, the insecurity of not knowing who is friend or foe in Liar Game's games in the series starring Erika Toda and Shota Matsuda has created many dramas that are not inferior to manga.
13 Inuyashiki (2018)
Inu Yashiki's life changes when his body gains the power to become an advanced fighting machine. Photo: Internet
Inuyashiki (2018) - Trailer
Inuyashiki, also known as Superman Uncle - is a series created by Oku Hiroya - the author of the world famous Gantz manga, about an old man named Ichihiro who turns 58 years old and is a burden on his family. Inu Yashiki's life changes when his body gains the power to become an advanced fighting machine.
If the 2017 anime version received a lot of praise for its good colors, well-balanced frame layout, content that adheres to the original, and the music that "elevates" the work, the real-life version of the acting received. The response was positive for the serious investment in visuals, acting and effects, along with the close and rich depiction of the inner life of the Japanese.
14 Ichi the Killer (2001)
Ichi the Killer (2001). Photo: Internet
Ichi the Killer (2001) - Trailer
The violence of the Ichi the Killer manga series was perfectly adapted by director Takashi Miike to the big screen. There, the incarnation of Tadanobu Asano in the role of the bloodthirsty boss Kakihara made the audience terrified and haunted. There were some sources that said this was one of the inspirations for Heath Ledger to play the Joker in The Dark Knight later. Some scenes of violent abuse in Ichi the Killer have made the live-action film banned in many countries around the world.
15 Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (2007)
Hanazakari no Kimitachi deserves to be the benchmark for manga adaptations. Photo: Internet
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e MV
Adapted from the popular manga for women by Hisaya Nakajo, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e for short as Hana Kimi revolves around Ashiya Mizuki - a Japanese girl who lives in the US because she is a fan of high jump superstar Sano Izumi who has returned to her home country and disguised herself. become a man, attend an all-boys school to meet Sano. However, "the needle in the bag will one day come out", life at an all-boys school causes Mizuki to encounter many unforgettable troubles.
Hanazakari no Kimitachi has been released for more than a decade, but the film still deserves to become the standard for manga adaptations by exploiting natural, close comedic situations. Many countries remake Hana Kimi, including Taiwan and Korea, but still can't compare to the legendary trio Horikita Maki, Oguri Shun, Sano Izumi that year.
16 Hana Yori Dango (2005)
Hana Yori Dango - the original version of the movie. Photo: Internet
Hana Yori Dango (2005)
Needless to say, the popularity of Hana Yori Dango when the Vietnamese-titled work This Rich Son has been adapted countless times through Taiwanese, Chinese, and Korean versions, but the version is true to the spirit. The most original manga can only be from Japan in 2005.
The story of a poor girl who overcomes difficulties Tsukushi overcomes class guilt to come to the young tycoon Tsukasa under the hands of Japanese directors becomes attractive, unbelievably neat and without a single trace. superfluous minutes - minus points that many other versions still have, especially Korean.
17 Anohana (2015)
Anohana Movie is a live action adaptation of the manga of the same name. Photo: Internet
Ano Hana Live action/Secret Base [MV]
Anohana is a name that is no longer strange to those who are fans of Japanese manga and anime. Anohana Movie is a live action adaptation of the manga of the same name. This is a touching movie about friendship, deep in there are also meaningful lessons that everyone should learn. The main content of the film revolves around the reunion of a group of close friends since childhood. Time goes on, bad things keep happening, events in each person's life have made them separate, each person in a place. However, there is one person in the group who always wants to bring old friends back together. In that group of friends, everyone changed, only the little girl Menma remained the same, followed by a very touching story of friendship that took away the viewers' tears.
18 Hotaru No Haka (2008)
Movie Grave of the Fireflies. Photo: Internet
Grave of the Fireflies Live Action Trailer
Hotaru No Haka (The Grave of Fireflies) Movie is a movie set in wartime Japan inspired by the novel of the same name by author Nosaka Akiyuki and the manga and anime of the same name. The story of the war left so many painful losses, those two children, who were living a happy and loving life with their parents, only because of the war, their parents died along with the terrible bomb. that bounce. The older brother Seita and the younger sister Setsuko had to struggle with a difficult life in front of the famine as well as the coldness of the surviving relatives. Where will the fate of these two poor children go? The film exploits the viewer's psychology thoroughly, not only touching but also carrying a deep human meaning.
19 Ao Haru Ride (2014)
Ao Haru Ride Movie is a live action film adaptation of the manga of the same name. Photo: Internet
Ao Haru Ride Trailer
Ao Haru Ride Movie with the Vietnamese name is Spring Road, is a live action film adapted from the manga of the same name. It's the story of Kou and Futaba, who both go through all the anxiety in their lives. The movie touched so many people. Especially the crying scenes in the movie make viewers unable to hold back their tears because it is so perfect. Everyone will find themselves going through that time, having the same feeling as the two of them, experiencing exciting days filled with youthful love. A romantic love story that touches everyone's heart, so gently but deeply.
20 Kimi Ni Todoke (2010)
Kimi Ni Todoke Movie is a live action film adapted from the manga of the same name by author Shiina Kuraho. Photo: Internet
Kimi Ni Todoke (2010)
Kimi Ni Todoke Movie is a live action film adapted from the manga of the same name by author Shiina Kuraho. The content of the film revolves around the student Sadako, a special girl, because of her dark appearance, she is often isolated from her peers. The story is about Sawako Kuronuma played by Mikako Tabe, a rather kind but unapproachable girl nicknamed "Sadako", because they find Sawako quite similar to the image of the main character in the horror movie "Ringu". However, after meeting Shota Kazehaya played by Haruma Miura, an active and sociable boy, her life changes completely. Shota behaves very politely towards Sawako, making her always admire and admire him. One person does not want to make friends and the other is quite open, quite popular with friends because of his kindness, where will the story go? Will the feelings of the two of them make the other girl change her mind?
