This may be relevant to various interests....

[starshadow_rivaulx]

Lifted from the Animaxis Newsletter:

Hello! from Tokyo Japan.

The rumor that Natsuki Takaya's manga "Fruits Basket" will be made
into a live action movie in Hollywood.

I love this manga, and yes, if the castings were done according to
how they look like, or carry the atmosphere of the manga characters
- then I love to watch it. But... if it's going to be made in
Hollywood, then the 12 zodiac animals would definitely look western...
Hummnnnn....

The author, by the way, in her twitter stated "please don't ask me
about this thing" and refrained from commenting. So may be this topic
is not so concrete yet...

Comments

[darthanne.livejournal.com]

This could be really good or really really bad. I'm always in two minds when something I love is either made into a movie or manga into live action.

Fruits Basket is one of my favourite animes - still working through the manga very slowly.

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

Given that it is going to be a Hollywood adaptation of a much-enjoyed anime/manga, my fervent hope is that it will not inspire the same reactions as Avatar did when it came out.