It’s sounding like more live-action anime projects are likely on the way, as Crunchyroll and Sony are interested in developing some.
The superhero well isn’t exactly dry, as there’s a whole ocean of IP to adapt from, but for Marvel, apart from its big success with Deadpool & Wolverine, the MCU has been waning in popularity since the release of Avengers: Endgame. That could be part of a broader superhero fatigue, James Gunn’s new DCU will be the real test of that, but Hollywood quickly moved on to video game adaptations, with movies like the Sonic the Hedgehog pair of films and the Super Mario Bros. Movie all doing very well, and shows like The Last of Us and Fallout proving very popular. But there’s another IP mine that Hollywood is clearly interested in tapping: anime.
We’ve already seen it with the live-action One Piece adaptation, which has done incredible well, and Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton is currently working on a Naruto movie – there was also those bad live-action Cowboy Bebop show, Death Note movie, and Ghost in the Shell adaptation, but still, clearly anime is where it’s at next alongside video games). So it shouldn’t be surprising to hear that Sony and Crunchyroll are having discussions about more live-action adaptations.
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