In pursuit of a criminal who can control peoples’ minds, the Major discovers a secret that threatens to change everything she has ever believed. The 2017 film of the same name is set in the future and features Scarlett Johansson as Major Mira Killian, who is a cyber-enhanced commando of an elite police task force.
Masamune Shirow’s manga series Ghost in the Shell is counted among the epics in this genre. Ghost in the Shell (2017) Image credit: IMDb Other actors in prominent roles include Sota Fukushi and Hayato Ichihara. This is celebrated director Takashi Miike’s 100th film, starring Takuya Kimura as Manji and Hana Sugisaki as Rin.
Decades later, a young girl named Rin Asano requests Manji to help her avenge the killing of her father by a powerful samurai lord and his assassins. Blade of the Immortal (2017) Image credit: Netflixīased on the immensely popular manga series by Hiroaki Samura, Blade of the Immortal is a story of Manji - a wandering samurai in feudal Japan who becomes immortal, following an incident that leads to his sister’s death. The cast includes Margaret Qualley, LaKeith Stanfield, and Shea Whigham, among others. As Turner turns into a vigilante, with some encouragement from his classmate Mia, a determined detective called L starts pursuing him. He realises that he can use it to kill anyone by merely writing the person’s name in it. The story revolves around an American high-school student who discovers “Death Note”, a notebook that belongs to a death god Ryuk. Starring Nat Wolff as Light Turner, this Hollywood film - written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata - is based on the acclaimed manga series of the same name. However, he suddenly finds himself, all those he cares about, and his city under attack by Yukishiro Enishi, who seeks vengeance for something Kenshin had done when he was an assassin.Ī sequel to the original trilogy, the film stars Takeru Satoh as Kenshin, besides Emi Takei, Munetaka Aoki, Yū Aoi, and Mackenyu in other prominent roles. Set in the early years of the Meiji period, the film shows a former assassin - Hitokiri Battōsai - living peacefully as Himura Kenshin and continuing his pledge never to kill. The Final is the fourth film in this series and the last in the story arc. The Rurouni Kenshin film series is among the many adaptations of manga series in the 1990s written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021) Image credit: Netflix
Here are some of the most famous live-action films adapted from manga. Moreover, manga’s popularity has led many Hollywood producers to faithfully bring the pages of the comic books to the big screen, resulting in an increased interest and fan-following across the world. These critically acclaimed as well as commercially successful movies have traversed the borders of Japan. Live-action films, adapted from manga, have brought the best of both worlds to their fans.