This Early Anime Adaptation Is An Underrated Gem

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In the modern age, the topic of adapting manga or anime franchises into live action is a frequent venture with far more bad examples than good. While it seems like a film or series based on a beloved anime comes out every few months now, back in the early 2000s, they were a much more novel idea.

Describing a film as "ahead of its time" sounds like a compliment, and in some ways it is, but it's also a frank description of why a project didn't work. It's worth wondering whether some films released almost two decades ago might have been more popular if they came out today.

Netflix's Yu Yu Hakusho Should Learn From This Live-Action Anime Adaptation

One of the biggest names in the history of early anime was Tatsuo Yoshida, who, in the early 60s, founded Tatsunoko Productions with his two brothers. The crown jewel of their output was unquestionably Mach GoGoGo, better known in the US as Speed Racer. While that iconic series is the work that has best stood the test of time, Tatsunoko has put out tons of beloved material over the last sixty years. Gatchaman, Karas, Robotech, Macross, Psycho-Pass 2, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and many more well-received series have Tatsunoko's name in the credits. It's still producing solid content today, with series like Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood coming from the studio just last year. Film adaptations of Tatsunoko properties are somewhat rare, limited almost exclusively to the outstanding Speed Racer adaptation by the Wachowskis. There is at least one more, however, based on one of their hottest properties.

Released in 1973, Neo-Human Casshern was created by Tatsuo Yoshida and directed by Tatsunoko veteran Hiroshi Sasagawa. The show only ran for 35 episodes, but it's gone on to multiple