Worst Anime Adaptations - The Weekly Planet Podcast

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Western Anime and Manga Adaptations are not good so we talk about all of them today. Plus news of the Aquaman spin-off, Danai Gurira leaves The Walking Dead, Kingsman Prequel casting, news of Captain Marvel and Avengers Endgame, Terminator and Alien updates, World War Z 2 is dead and the future of Disney.
0:00 The Start
3:20 Aquaman Spin-Off
7:36 Danai Gurira leaves Walking Dead
9:18 The Simpsons Renewed
10:43 Kingsman Prequel
13:04 Child’s Play trailer
18:56 Captain Marvel website
23:43 Avengers Endgame image & assorted whatevs
32:18 Infinity War CGI
33:36 Pet Semetary trailer
36:30 New Shaft trailer
37:58 Terminator: New Title & Alien 5/3
41:57 World War Z 2 over
42:52 Disney Updates
45:33 Best Worst/Anime Adaptations
Oldboy spoilers (spoilers 55:30 - 58:31)
1:35:36 What We Reading/What We Gonna Read
1:38:55 Letters It’s Time For Letters
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[@Cyberstein21]

1:17:18 Mason: "I don't think something can be camp and earnest at the same time" What about Ernest Goes To Camp?

[@thebadbandito]

CyberStein got him

[@dimitreze]

it bothers me that the 3D goat and the 3D guy are mirrored

[@danielclark-hughes692]

That "guy" is Nick "Maso" Mason, you philistine! How *dare* you! Lol

[@mattemery4081]

Like.... they are posing in opposite directions?

[@kevinm5940]

Matt Emery he means their positions are swapped from the logo

[@jacquesachille7365]

Composition reasons I'd guess XD

[@JustJohnny]

Bahhh.

[@Wyeuca]

Costas Mandylor sounds like the name of a Star Wars character.

[@Fourtgru123]

I know right? Every time they said his last name I was like "why are they talking about Mandalore?" and I was so confused I had to stop everything I was doing instantly and contemplate life

[@mahoutsuguy863]

Brotherhood isnt a sequel, it's a canon anime. The original FMA anime was forced to make it's own ending due to lack of source material at the time. Once the Manga finished, they were able to make an anime that covers the full intended story...so you can watch both but brotherhood is the full animated version of the source material. I'd say give it 4 eps.

[@hollandscottthomas]

Brotherhood is way better too.

[@tomkeast5246]

Brotherhood also cuts it down a bit if I remember correctly. Definitely do brotherhood and yeah give it around 4 eps

[@supersizesenpai]

i've been listening to the old Weekly planet episodes and hearing him call Brotherhood a sequel almost killed me. As an avid anime watcher I couldn't help screaming at my computer " its not a fucking sequel" even tho I know its not their fault but it triggered me so badly. 😂😂😂

[@wisewolftony]

@@tomkeast5246 I think it only cuts down the very beginning like the first volume of the manga. Due to the fact that the first anime covers that seeing how that was the only bit of manga that was out at the time for them to follow. So pretty sure Brotherhood just decided to skip that aspect. Seeing how the other already covered it and that it actually isn't important to the overall plot of the series. Other then that I have read the manga and from what I remember it's basically a 1 for 1 comparison with them leaving out little to nothing from the manga.

[@wisewolftony]

@@hollandscottthomas Yea it always drives me insane when I see people online talking about how the first anime is better then Brotherhood. I mean people have the right to like it more and I will respect that. But anytime I ask them why they think it's actually better. I have yet to get an actual valid reason. Legit the only reasons they always give me are this. That the first anime is more dark and mature and that it covers one minor arc at the start of the manga that brotherhood skips. Which neither of those are legit reasons for why it's better. For one I never found anything in the first anime to be more darker or mature then Brotherhood. And second the only reason Brotherhood skips those episodes is because they are unimportant to the overall plot. Brotherhood has the far superior plot, much better action, music, animation might not be far to judge seeing how one is much newer yet still far better in Brotherhood. And then it does a much better job with certain characters. Like Riza Hawkeye, Greed, Bradley just to name a few. Riza gets very little development in the first anime, Greed is nearly as complex of a character nothing but a guy in love with Dante. Bradley doesn't get a single badass moment like he does a ton of times in Brotherhood. I dislike the whole only way to kill a homunculus is to burn the bones of their past selves. As it makes every fight pointless and ruins the whole them being this near unbeatable monsters. Also Dante is a shit villain pretty sure every single villain in Brotherhood is more compelling and fleshed out then her other then Gluttony who's just a big dumb monster. Dante is just your same generic boring "I Want to be immortal" type of villain. Plus man that ending is one of the weakest of all time. Literally zero setup at all for there being this alternate world that is the same as are real world. Such a lame ending that it needed a film just to explain it and wrap it up.

[@MrTrick.]

No Star Wars news? James, you're going too easy on him

[@brunoreyna8491]

42:50 ;)

[@joesingh8397]

Praying for you James. We're with you mate! You guys make my life better and I am grateful for both of yous! Thank you.

[@keiranharvey3421]

Listen to you guys all the time. sometimes I listen to old ones

[@orangetd88]

Same.

[@sykosomatik23]

Watch FMA brotherhood. It's the one based on the manga and it's much better than the first one.

[@danielclark-hughes692]

Just don't remind me of the chimera scene, that shit still hurts

[@alexmott507]

Also it's super depressing So it's got that going for it

[@daspacemonkey5837]

Yeah, FMA Brotherhood is not a sequel, but a "re-boot" of sorts that is much more faithful to the manga. I'm guessing Mason watched the original. He should definitely scrap that and go on with Brotherhood. Other recommendations: Samurai Champloo One Punch Man Gurren Lagann Hunter x Hunter Afro Samurai All of those are easy to get into, and are pretty interesting. I would recommend Tri-gun, Cowboy Bebop, Attack on Titan, Kill la Kill, and Evangelion once you've gotten your anime groove goin'. The first season of Sword Art Online presents a great idea, but gets real dumb after that (like the Walking Dead!) You want to get real weird with it? Give FLCL or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure a try.

[@namegoeshere5220]

It also is the one that didn't catch up to the manga and had to start bsing the story and lead to some wet fart of an end with a weird dumb twist. Also watching Brotherhood, you dont have to watch that bad movie that followed the original anime.

[@Salty010]

they already watch one punch man and enjoy it...

[@Kal-El936]

Love a longer one

[@LawofCinema]

There's literally a moment in Dragon Ball super where Goku slicks his hair back but it pops up, Mason is right

[@AllYouWantAndMore]

The original Death Note is incredible. Nothing even gets close. They're missing so much of Kira's evil side.

[@spiderjeranimo4992]

The original is good untill a certain person dies

[@paulcagliarini8099]

Best manga I've read and best anime I've watched, just a perfect story in my opinion

[@Phoenix-pb4sm]

@@spiderjeranimo4992 It's still good after he dies, just not as good.

[@Phoenix-pb4sm]

@@paulcagliarini8099 Even after you-know-who dies? That was the show's one giant mistake IMO.

[@paulcagliarini8099]

@@Phoenix-pb4sm Yeah even after he dies, I loved it

[@hegmonster]

45:00 HOW did you fail to mention "Nutcracker 2: Crack in the Habit?" You ear-drilled us for an entire episode with that bit! (to our great amusement) (was it a future bit? Maybe it was, I only discovered you in the plague-torn world of 2021.)

[@cozmicmedia5538]

This video started playing from auto-play during your guys' extended break in 2021. I first thought it was ironic when Mason said "we're back baby," assuming you were on break before this video too. Then hearing that he said that with little legitimacy at the time has me thinking Mason has finally obtained the power to see through time after your guys' time travel adventure (in 2021).

[@gerasandoval8649]

That 3D artwrork is incredible

[@vsauce4678]

Wow what a longer one I must admit I do enjoy a longer one

[@yourmom4976]

"That's what she said"

[@Brevincampbell12]

I remember Speed Racer. I loved that movie back when I was young

[@martinnaranjo3185]

Have you guys done one for Videogame movies?

[@EDM.and.KPop.and.Dadrock]

What’s the time stamp for the La Blue Girl discussion?

[@soiheardthis4638]

Anyone else get excited because they thought they were gonna be selling 3D models of their icons haha

[@arthurfleckkev2854]

No blue will smith Jeanie talk ehh ? Musta done this before

[@JonU6924]

24:47 this bit always leaves me dead.

[@LawofCinema]

James Marsters, who played Piccolo in DB Evolution, actually voices a character in Dragon Ball Super

[@SteveM2]

No sure if someone else mentioned this, but the Captian Marvel website was hosted on AngelFire, which was a competitor of Geocities at one point. So you guys weren't too far off! It was also built with Microsoft FrontPage.

[@thebadbandito]

You've gotta watch Perfect Blue, it's basically where Black Swan came from. Ghost in the shell, the anime, had scenes that inspired scenes in Blade Runner and Paprika was one of the best movies I've ever seen and it was the direct inspiration for Inception.

[@JCOdrjones]

The 1995 anime inspired scenes in 1982's Blade Runner?

[@Theashy360]

FINALLY I LOVE YOU GUYS

[@threesmallpeopleinabigtren5056]

Finally. The egg based podcast we deserve.

[@zanelendlovu3285]

i love how he says, "i'm not watching it", so final

[@elbaecc]

YAAAASSSSS, its here! I m not into Anime, but I am going to listen to it anyway, with James and Maso walking all over the bad ones.

[@magnamic5614]

I love anime and can't wait for them to roast GitS live action. Alita is a good adaptation but as I've always said, these guys are the only one who can walk all over the things I love but I would not care...because it's James and Maso.

[@wazgod6306]

Here for the bad boys of podcasting 😊

[@LegendMkr7]

I have started using the term the bad old days.

[@inknimation3510]

My advice for anime would be to try starting with shorter self contained series like samurai champloo, cowboy bebop, death note or some of the netflix stuff instead of sprawling epics like dragonball or gundam. Above all else you absolutely must watch Mob Psycho 100 and One Punch Man.

[@steliokantos9428]

The cat knew you were all talk and no claw.

[@Lalaithlen]

Maso, watch brotherhood, it's like a "remake" of fullmetal more condensed and faithfull to the manga.

[@FairFuse]

It says "Best Worst/Anime Adaptations" in the description, meaning either "Best Anime Adaptations" or "Best Worst Adaptations".

[@wazgod6306]

"Cats were once worshipped as Gods. They have not forgotten."

[@EpoxyMuffin]

The trench kinda reminds me of the movie "Cold Skin".

[@victorgrubbs5213]

I think you guys would REALLY get along with a Kevin Smith

[@Ltdpimpnosis]

Wait! We need a whole episode about these gall stones! 2cm??!?!?? 😬

[@thecataclysman]

‘My name is James also known as the artist formerly known as Prince’

[@hegmonster]

1:01:00 I only just got used to "Ashoomed" and "Pre-Shoomed" and now you're hitting me up with "In-Shoe-Ler?" Are you doing this on purpose? Purposh?

[@Wolfhammar]

Speed Racer is GREAT, if you go in expecting it to be terrible. Plus it makes racing actually interesting.

[@aesthete18]

Can anyone tell me if the Aquaman news has spoilers? I haven't seen Aquaman.

[@ChartreusianInfusion]

Fairly minor and uninteresting spoilers...but, yeah, kinda. Nothing major.

[@aesthete18]

@@ChartreusianInfusion Alright thank you!

[@RogersArbitrary]

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade was a pretty decent live adaptation of the anime Basilisk.

[@CHAMP12345]

Anti microbial shirt on the microphone 😂😂😂

[@XepherTim]

It's weird how they keep getting hung up on the Aquaman center of the earth thing. It's not actually the center of the earth lol

[@x73v]

Yessss so keen. I like anime so I know this will be a good ol romp over these... "movies"... lol

[@NotebookTheater]

Cut out the middle man and watch Lowarts series on FMA vs FMA brotherhood vs the manga. its like watching the series on fast forward while getting to linger on all the good stuff.

[@christophercomtois7175]

Personally Mason Full Metal Alchemist (not brotherhood cause I haven't been able to bring myself to watch it) is my favorite complete story ever told not just anime. But the first two episode are like a two parter have to watch them both. Honestly though I used to catch epsidoes here or there that would play after others and it turned me off wasn't until I gave it a real go that I fell in love. So just give it one more go it's good and goes real dark at times but still has fun.

[@hollandscottthomas]

Nah, Brotherhood is WAY better.

[@quentin7408]

I enjoyed Speed Racer, I can't imagine any one else trying to make that movie.

[@JamesMichaelParry]

FMA Bortherhood is similar to the original series but is essentially a better adaptation of the manga because as I understand it the manga was finished. I really enjoy it. Four episodes will do it...maybe

[@EpoxyMuffin]

Oldboy is basically just Oedipus

[@ImAlexGoodwin]

Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 has a better atmosphere and soundtrack, but Brotherhood is closer to the original manga after a certain point. The original series caught up to the manga before the manga could finish, so the anime went in a different direction. If you decide to watch Brotherhood, skip the first episode because it subtly-not-subtly foreshadows a ton of stuff later on in the series. I like both, but if you didn't like the first episode of the 2003 series, then neither FMA nor FMAB may be for you because those first two episodes really set the stage for the whole franchise.

[@samwatson-tayler2805]

If the Caravan Of Garbage episode on Dragonball Evolution is shorter than an average episode of the Weekly Planet, I'll be disappointed.

[@zaimhilmi5463]

1:20:00

[@wisewolftony]

Funnyt thing is Maso that you should actually start with Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. As it's not an actual sequel series which furthers the point of you saying it's hard to know where to start with anime. But Fullmetal is based off of a manga by the same name. It's just when the original anime came out the manga only had like 10 or so chapters out at the time. So the anime only had a few episodes worth of source material to go off of. Which means after about 10 or so episodes the anime creators had to come up with their own story which was completely different from the manga in every way. A handful of years later after the manga was completed they decided to make FMA Brotherhood a anime that follows the plot of the manga from start to finish. And it a much better series due to that reason. As the plot of the manga is much better then the first anime as well as character development and animation.

[@NessieJapan]

Nutcracker 2: Release the Crackin'

[@alexanderbrown5879]

As far as I’m aware the only good western live action adaptation of a manga and/or anime is Live Die Repeat/Edge of Tomorrow/It’sGroundhogDaywithAliensandTomCruiseonabeach based on All You Need is Kill

[@DUDE16914]

I will always recommend Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. It's not a sequel its just a reboot, but changed a few plot points. I'd say give it 3-4 episodes.

[@MrMike11233]

Not really an anime guy, so most of this podcast was gibberish to me; still, overall amusing and entertaining.

[@wazgod6306]

I'm with you. Regardless of how I feel about the main topic, I'm always down for the laughs. Sometimes I learn something, not often 😉, but sometimes.

[@Prophetelf]

Shameless is still on the air I think

[@luckyspurs]

Wow, imagine having to work with James Cameron 5 movies back to back.

[@EwwyGooey]

Aqua-verse, who'd a thunk it

[@wazgod6306]

"Who are the 8 Muppets who hit the dislike button!? KZbin get on this! oh you're on it? ok then."

[@Sabakryou]

i love Death Note and i like the Netflix Note too

[@Buckpwns]

My favorite anime adaptation has to be Guyver 2 dark hero the first Guyver sucked but the second one was awesome

[@ltshep713]

FMA and Brotherhood are just 2 different versions of the show. FMA is shorter and more concise, but (I feel) that brotherhood has the superior finale and a stronger overall story (it’s just a bit drawn out). I say this as someone who was shown both series by my girlfriend who is a much bigger fan than I am.

[@skaterzy13]

The Fullmetal Alchemist part was the only thing that ever hurt me hearing 😂

[@jcfire93]

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is the best TV show I've ever watched!

[@my2randomcents]

1-10 director Spike Lee with Oldboy and Blakkklansman

[@EpoxyMuffin]

I'd bet money that the Avatar Prequel movie is about how that dude's twin brother died.

[@ashleighcalloway886]

Yay

[@Mirinmaru]

Maso! You should definitely not watch the regular Fullmetal Alchemist series, skip it entirely and watch Brotherhood instead It is not a sequel, it is a remake of sorts that more closely follows the manga and it is bloody brilliant

[@coltonclement]

No one knows how to start Gundam but its not Fate I haven't seen Gundam and a few fate.

[@Phoenix-pb4sm]

If they don't understand what Brotherhood is, imagine trying to get them to understand what Dragon Ball Super is. It's a sequel series that replaces the non-canon sequel series "Dragon Ball GT", which are both sequel series to "Dragon Ball Z" which is a sequel series to Dragon Ball except Dragon Ball Z is also kind of not a sequel series because in the manga it was just part of the original series.

[@pawa101]

Whatch BrotherHood, Its better and plot and momentum move well. You will enjoy! Plus its wild as hell at times.

[@HankMeldrum]

My family calls it eggs in a basket

[@ElMoShApPiNeSs]

1:13:30 Underappreciated joke

[@RascalMcBants]

The pet cemetery is just a normal pet cemetery, they originally go to bury the cat there, then the local guy leads him to an ancient Indian burial ground. they bury the cat, then later the boy there. Pet Cemetery just sounds better I guess. Anyway, that's more or less what happens.

[@sh2157]

100% watch full metal alchemist brotherhood fantastic series

[@jmace2424]

Little did they know the Cowboy Bebop remake would be worse than all of them.

[@Mickeykaline]

The first Full metal alchemist ends differently than the manga because they caught up to the manga too quick so they went in their own direction. Brotherhood is the full manga

[@Kantohammer]

According to the arcade game, Homer is 35.

[@tastysuccman7223]

Shameless is still going

[@bryanbarajas5499]

Speed Racer. Best. Movie. Of. All. Time.

[@hollandscottthomas]

I always assumed Maso was the goat. Maybe it's a beard thing. Or maybe James sounds more suited to a suit/glove combo.

[@wazgod6306]

I thought Mason was the Han Solo goat because of how much he loves to hear about Star Wars. 😂

[@wazgod6306]

I also believe James' dad was a goat, not 100% sure but still.

[@Phoenix-pb4sm]

I always thought that too. I have known othewise for a while but it still seems wrong.

[@rushaholic]

Anime fans can be great but usually the worst people to deal with. I've worked many, many conventions all over Australia and New Zealand and when the con is Anime based, you know you are in for a hellish time as nearly every kid in the place is borderline autistic and in need of a slap in the face. At least when it's just a general pop culture con, most of the attendees are somewhat "normal" and you can have a decent conversation with them. The most you'll get from an anime fan is either "can you get Akatatai Non Wakasi Con Takahara Kai season 2 on bluray?" or "why is Akatatai Non Wakasi Con Takahara Kai season 2 on bluray so expensive?" AAArrrrgh!!! Anyway, I'll see you all at Madfest in Sydney next month!!

[@krusnik94]

You guys should watch My Hero Academia. It's like Sky High as an anime

[@Aleph-Noll]

its honestly so good.

[@Phoenix-pb4sm]

Except without all the Eugenics lmao

[@krusnik94]

@@Phoenix-pb4sm I would say less eugenics but not without any

[@jueshihuanggua3162]

Just typical shonen, pretty forgettable for me

[@toniton9434]

@@jueshihuanggua3162 I'd say Black Clover is a more typical shounen for me, it's too identical to naruto as its tropes, etc. But MHA seems like it marks the new and evolved shounen and its state right now but yeah i wonder man ur comments on this thread have all been againts majority you know

[@jayharyu927]

So, I didn’t... didn’t hate speed racer. Like, not even remotely good, but especially when I was younger I found a lot to like there. Fuck, I think I just like bad shit now I think about it

[@quentin7408]

re listening, hah do do in the pizza talk.

[@vsauce4678]

The hobbit movies were the most uninteresting waste of time I’ve endured. Just a pain to site through.

[@AndorRobotnik]

Mason is really a fan of Dragon Ball or is it a bit?

[@Brevincampbell12]

FEMA Brotherhood isn't a sequel it's a redo

[@vsauce4678]

1:19

[@GGMCUKAGAIN]

DB evolution was so spectacularly bad cinema sins broke their no source material rule!

[@there2b]

Spike Lee's Old Boy suuuucks!!!

[@Aleph-Noll]

you should watch brotherhood instead of fullmetal alchemist

[@jonnyjohnson650]

👍👍

[@jackjackson4851]

😂😂I liked The One

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

Mason you remind me of a child who quickly gets bored with new things and then abandons it. Because if that, I’m not sure what anime to recommend. But if I had to, _Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood_ is a classic. It’s much more comprehensive and thorough in its storytelling then its predecessor _Fullmetal Alchemist_ .

[@HankMeldrum]

Definitely watch Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

[@thehyperionsoldier6481]

C'mon guys, it's time you video an episode! I speak On the behalf of all your followers, please do it!!!!!