For someone to start making changes to that can be very difficult for them. Many authors have an intense emotional investment in their work, especially in their characters.
I'm not sure how I'd react if Netflix wanted to do one of mine. The rise of Netflix has seen a number of novelists cheerfully alter their style to make their novels easier to translate to the screen.
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It's a good movie (and the live action movie is enjoyable too), but it wasn't an easy process. Ghibli's 'Kiki's Delivery Service' is Hayao Miyazaki's reinterpretation of the original story and the author of the book, Eiko Kadono, was, originally, not happy about that. I understand where you are coming from (the 1995 US Judge Dredd movie broke some of the basic rules of the source), but this doesn't just happen in the States. Down with american Netflix bastardization of anime. The initial 'venture capital' budgets by the streaming giants will tail off as they mature, which will be an added pressure. But if there are any special effects (and there are often lots in anime, as they incur no extra cost), the CGI cost will make the studio much less likely to allow anything that isn't capable of being wrapped around one of the movie industry's half dozen standard scripts. You really need someone high up in the corporate food chain to be a fan. Others choose a smaller press or self-publish. Commercial publishers do exactly the same thing, 'editing' their authors' first drafts, until their authors are famous enough to threaten to walk if they cannot write what they want. There are now additional pressures due to censorship of anything offensive to multiple contemporary activist groups, so any source from pre-2000 may not stand much chance. In general, for commercial reasons, anything deemed too quirky is likely to be removed and the story changed so that it fits a standard model. They are paying for the patents but want to build their own gizmo. Studio bosses want a series/movie based on select component parts of the original. Fans want a live action version of the original. Harry Potter) you have a lot more leverage.
If your work is a big enough hit in its original form (ie. It is possible for a book or anime to be made into a good series/movie and still be close to the source, but you have to be very lucky. Cowboy Bebop anime themed cafe coming to Tokyo and Osaka next month Live-action Cowboy Bebop cast revealed by Netflix, but there’s someone missing from the crew What’s wrong with Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop? The characters, our old-school fan says Source: Hollywood Reporter via Anime News Network/Rafael Antonio Pineda In terms of character and thematic arcs, it’s a one-and-done in the best possible way, and maybe that mentality could have helped Netflix’s "Bebop" find more fans than it ultimately did. The ideas the anime "Bebop" team used for its single season are the best ones they had.
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Yes, there was a "Bebop" anime movie, but that came after the TV series ended, and in terms of narrative fits in the middle of the TV series’ events as a stand-alone story that doesn’t alter the tone or messages of the series as a whole. The original "Bebop" anime may not have been created in the current anime environment of keeping a series alive for as long as possible, but even by 1998 there were plenty of franchises that tried to extended their relevancy and revenue streams with sequels, spinoffs, alternate continuities, and filler arcs to postpone their grand finale. From start to finish, though, the anime "Bebop" clearly feels like a series where everyone is putting all their creative cards on the table, and not holding anything back. There’s already been a lot written by displeased viewers discussing how and why they felt it failed to live up to the anime’s legendary legacy. While the Netflix "Bebop" is far from the only live-action anime adaptation to fall far short of the standard for success set by its source material, it’s definitely one of the most high-profile.