Hollywood has a strange history with Japanese adaptation. Cultural changes should be expected, but showing less concern than current comic book adaptations are going to bother the anime fandom, some of whom are almost as self-interested given they seem to want to exclude new people, use random Japanese words and think they’re being kawaii (spoiler: that means cute and no, they’re not), and will tell you all American animation is terrible except when they like it. Avatar: The Last Airbender has no Japanese connection at all and thus makes me question how they actually describe “anime” versus “animated”. And don’t dare call it a “cartoon” because you get the anime elitists AND the animation elitists who think the term is important to describing maturity. Sorry, where was I?
Oh right, bad anime adaptations. They may or may not come from anime as an origin point. Some were manga or light novels but if it’s got an anime adaptation Geoff Thew of YouTube channel Mother’s Basement slapped it on a list of Hollywood adaptations of Japanese animated classics (in the West at least) and even ranked them. I need to get something out fast and it’s a long video so even if you disagree with his list you may like to know what else is out there. NOTE: Some swearing, though not a lot, and some graphic violence.
