Reviewing EVERY Live-Action Anime Adaptation In History
1,099There are so many more live-action anime than your nightmares accounted for.
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Table of Contents:
0:00 - 40 Years of (Mostly Unwatchable) Live-Action Manga Adaptations [OST: Lucky Channel]
1:14 - Mighty Atom (1959) [OST: Tetsuwan Atom]
3:11 - Maboroshi Tantei (1959)
3:30 - Sennin Buraku (1961)
4:08 - Harenchi Gakuen (1970) [OST: Same]
5:47 - Android Kikaider (1972) [OST: Android Kikaider: The Animation]
6:53 - Wild 7 (1972) [OST: Light Up the Night by Protomen]
7:26 - Lone Wolf & Cub (Shogun Assassin) (1972-76) [OST: Lone Wolf & Cub: Sword of Vengeance]
11:48 - Golgo 13 (1973) [OST: Golgo 13: The Professional]
12:56 - Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977)
13:35 - Lady Snowblood (1973) [OST: Shura no Uta, Lady Snowblood cover by Michael Leduc]
14:29 - Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974) [OST: Same]
16:36 - Ai to Makoto (1974)
16:58 - Barefoot Gen (1976-80)
17:23 - Black Jack: The Visitor In the Eye (1977)
18:43 - Circuit Wolf (1977), Champion of Death (Karate Master)(1975), Kochikame, They Were 11, Yakyuu-kou no Uta (1977)
19:13 - Hi no Tori (Phoenix) (1978) (OST: Black Jack Hi no Tori Hen)
19:57 - Haikara-san ga tooru (1979)
20:15 - Lady Oscar (1979) [OST: Rose of Versailles]
21:02 - Iga no Kabamaru (1981)
21:13 - Sukeban Deka (1985) [OST: Same]
22:39 - Hana no Asuka-gumi (1988)
23:04 - A Homansu (1986) (OST: S A A B 1 9 8 4 V A P O R W A V E)
23:29 - Maison Ikkoku (1986)
24:36 - Peacock King (1988-90), Riki-Oh (1991) (OST: Riki-Oh Anime)
25:17 - Minna Agechau (1985), Summer Vacation 1999 (1988)
26:35 - Yawara! (1989)
27:02 - Bataashi Kingyou, Nozomi Witches, Osu! Karate-bu, The Dragon from Russia (1990)
27:33 - Sakura no Sono (1990) (OST: Sakura no Sono by Mika Kobayashi)
28:02 - The Guyver (1991), Guyver 2: Dark Hero (1994) (OST: Guyver OVA)
28:52 - Kekko Kamen, Tokyo Love Story (1991)
29:22 - Wangan Midnight (1991), 8-Man: For All the Lonely Nights, Oira Sukeban (1992)
29:57 - City Hunter (1993) (OST: City Hunter anime)
30:45 - Tsuge Yoshiharu World: Gensenkan Tsujin, Tokyo Bablyon (1992)
31:32 - Crying Freeman (1995)
31:53 - Dr. Kumahige (Mack the Knife) (1995)
32:31 - Fist of the North Star (1995) (OST: Hokuto no Ken anime)
33:08 - Eko Eko Azarak (1995)
33:44 - Garouden (1995)
34:11 - Black Jack, Heisei Harenchi Gakuen, Oishinbo, Shota no Sushi (1996)
34:38 - Iguana Girl (1996)
25:50 - Itazura na Kiss (1996) (OST: Itakiss anime)
37:39 - Kindaichi Case Files, Psychometrer Eiji, Glass Mask (1997)
38:07 - Great Teacher Onizuka (1984) (OST: GTO anime)
38:35 - Salary Man Kintaro (1999)
38:48 - What Happened In the New Millennium?? - (Uzumaki, Hell Girl, Meteor Garden, Marmalade Boy, The Wallflower, Ouran High School Host Club, Cutie Honey, CAsshern, Yatterman, Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Tetsujin 28, Gantz, Oldboy, Ichi the Killer, Azumi) (OST: FLCL)