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'Twilight' May Get an Anime Treatment

March 18, 2009 08:08:27 GMT

During the DVD audio commentary of 'Twilight' final sequence, director Catherine Hardwicke was overheard suggesting that there could be an anime adaptation of the vampire drama.
'Twilight' May Get an Anime Treatment
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"" could get its anime adaptation. Pointing out on the possibility was Sci Fi Wire, noting that during an audio commentary included on "Twilight" DVD, director Catherine Hardwicke has personally hinted on the matter when she responded to 's remark that he looks like "an anime character" in the final sequence of the vampire drama.

"Hey, I think there's going to be an anime version of this in Japan. So you will be an anime character," so the filmmaker reportedly stated about the anime possibility. She was heard saying those words after Pattinson commented on his look at a scene in which Bella and Edward are discussing about transforming her into a vampire, "I look Asian in this scene. I do, I look like an anime character."

"Twilight" DVD is set to invade North American stores on March 21. It will contain bonus features which include extended scenes and deleted scenes with introductions by director Catherine Hardwicke, music videos from , and , a "making-of" segment, and commentary featuring Hardwicke as well as the film's stars Robert Pattinson and .



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posted by -_- on Dec 05, 2009
Psh, we don't want a load of crappy twilight fangirls talking about how ''edward ish soo gorguis, if u don liek him, go awaaay! anime neerrds!'' ¬¬ And anime isnt strictly japanese anyway, it stemed from Betty boop, bambi and other western cartoons ^^
posted by Renesmee Carlie Alex on Nov 25, 2009
OMG OMG OMG I'D LOVE TWILIGHT IN ANIME IT WOULD BE LIKE MY HEAVEN
posted by supersqueak on Nov 25, 2009
Twilight would be an amazing anime. Too bad it wont be.
posted by Hira on Nov 24, 2009
I really don't understand. Haven't they gone to far already? Why in gods name, do they have to ruin manga? Harry Potter didn't do that. Lord of The Rings didn't do that. Stephanie Meyers seems to be an attention seeking whore, who will ruin anything and everything to get money. Even anime. I mean, shouldn't they ask manga fans what they think, instead of some little fangirl bitches? True manga fans are totally disgusted at this idea! You can tell by the comments that they don't like this! Reference 'ashe' 'Jessica' and 'JustNO''s comments. Take your glittery boys and mutant babies away from anime.
posted by ashe on Nov 24, 2009
EVEN if edward was real, he couldnt have sex with your fangirl self anyway. you need a heart beat to have a blood flow, and a blow flow equals a boner. which to have sex with. Also, dont you think its a LITTLE dumb for "vegetarian vampire" to go to a high school full of girls BLEEDING BETWEEN THE LEGS. so edward can take his glittery chewed up left nipple and get the hell away from any sort of anime.
posted by Biohazardous on Nov 19, 2009
In all truthfullness, Twilight is perfect for anime. Love triangle? Check. Vampires and werewolves? Check. Sparkling Bishounen? Oh dear god, check. But one thing that good anime has that the Twilight books don't have is PLOT. 300+ pages of Bella talking about how beautiful Eddieplops is does not a good story make, despite what you want to believe. Another thing is likeable characters. Truth be told, I hate the main two (Bella and Edward) with every fibre of my being. She is basically a shallow, self-centered bitch, and he is incredibly creepy. Now, this would be okay if the author acknowledged these flaws and made other characters react appropriately, but noooo, we're told that Eddieplops is SO ROMANTIC and that Bella is just the best person ever *gagpuke*. And don't get me started on Pedowolf... One more thing Twilight is lacking: Character Depth. Oh god, I've seen stick figures with more character depth than the vast majority of Twilight characters. And for some reason, the characters that have actual depth to them (Jasper, Rosalie, Leah, for example) are relagated to background roles. Anyways, I ranted too much. I'll take my leave.
posted by Anti-Twilight on Nov 17, 2009
Why Twilight? Why not Harry Potter? >:(
posted by OuranFan01 on Nov 16, 2009
It is obvious by screh8rs comment that they know nothing about anime. There are plenty of animes aimed at girls, such as Ouran High School Host Club, Fruits Basket, Negima, Chobits, and Romeo X Juliet. Maybe you need to understand anime, instead of watching it simply because Twilight is one.
posted by AnimeFanGirl on Nov 16, 2009
@ "Twilight"- for cripes sake, they aren't real people! Also, just because Twilight MIGHT become an anime doesn't mean you can insult true anime fans. It also doesn't mean you know everything about anime either. (Unless, of course, you have previously watched and understand anime)
posted by mellodrummer on Oct 21, 2009
Dear anime nerds, U dnt hav 2 watch it! If u dnt like a twishow chnge the friggin channel! I'm sure being u know how 2 use a remote. Anime snt jst 4 guys. Twilight is awesome, the director should jmp off mt everest tho. & for those sayin rpattz dsnt shower he has millions of grls after his skinny bones & u? Try the twi-anime thng, if it dsnt wrk out jst cancel it. Stop making such a drama, which u supposedly hate & jst dnt watch the fuckin thing! Chillax & live ur somewat of a life.
posted by screwh8rs on Oct 21, 2009
First of all,like over half of the antia-twilight anime nerds r jst afraid 2 c som actual grls around anime hangouts or somethin. I mean have u even seen a grl b4? Twilight the book was cool true the movie was a disappointment.jst let the anime industries decide if they wnt 2 make a hunkalishous vampire show.who knows it could b cool.also dnt use rpattz as the anime version or kristen & go by the book!& u h8rs ur jst afraid 2 possibly hav real interactions w girls.so let the world turn & stop dissin twi-fans cuz we can also strt dissin the anime/comic nerds.B^( <- nerd. NOW CRY!
posted by rainbowsareawesome on Sep 30, 2009
No just no. I like anime but I've had enough of Twilight.
posted by chibi_wiccan on Sep 26, 2009
ok... in my personal opinion, you guys are being way too harsh about what other people think. I personally think that as long as it was NOTHING like the movie, it would be alright. Because, yes, the movie was a piece of complete and utter crap. And yes, anime is better than the Twilight movie, but thats only because the director had no talent whatsoever and should be pushed off Mount Everest. go ahead and make it into an anime. I, for one would totally watch it. And for those of you who are not all that into Twilight, you don't have to watch it/read it.
posted by Renesmeefail on Sep 25, 2009
Twilight reads like bad manga anyway.
posted by John smith on Sep 01, 2009
Ah! US is only for US and Japan is only for Japan. Dont spread a wrong rum0r bcoz it will n0t turn into anime.
posted by chh on Aug 25, 2009
i liked twilight but its played out ppl got way to obsessed wit it and it will just ruin anime
posted by blueothello on Aug 24, 2009
@your Bella Has much has I would hate to see this book/teen Drama Farce of a movie that destroyed Bram Stoker's or Anne Rice's Vampire (I know there are other Author's both these two are the ones I heard about the most pre-Twilight)I don't want them to destroy Anime as well. Next thing we know there'll be Twilight the Comic Book or Twilight the Musical(the latter is VERY likely). Lastly a Twilight Television Series which will haunt the airways for many years. So please Japan just pass this fucking fad over. You didn't pass the emo protagonist fad over nor the Every protagonist has amnesia but this Sparkling Vampire fad is a phase in 10 years we'll look back at how stupid this whole thing is and then hopefully all harm made by this Book will be purged out of america if not God Help Us All.
posted by ignorant wanderer on Aug 22, 2009
again with the 'twilight anime' crap. i seriously think that twilight is just plain OVERRATED.For cripes' sakes someone's gotta stop this tragicome farce. and as i previously commented, IT MUST FREAKIN' KEEP to ANIME TERMS or drop the whole 'twilight-anime is gonna be amaazing' bullshit.
posted by John smith on Aug 19, 2009
I think it's very hard 2 adapt it into an anime version because 1. Whos animation company in japan wants 2 animate it? 2. If they turn it into an anime they need a lot of money and they need 2 get a permission from the creator of twilight, and if by a chance they turn it into an anime series, it depends upon the team and the director of the anime 2 make it a good series.., but again it's very impossible that japanese animation company would want to animate the twilight.
posted by tsk-tsk on Aug 18, 2009
you people just critizize because you secretly think that you love it.go to a phiscologist and -get.over.yourselves. whoever gives good feedback is great.if the thoughts arent good keep them inside.id***s
posted by animeisfarfromtperfe on Aug 18, 2009
Some of y'all are REALLY overestimating the quality of anime overall. I have no love for "Twilight", but come on. For everything awesome like "Monster" or "Cowboy Bebop", there's cheesy, melodramatic garbage like "Vampire Knight" and "Angel Sanctuary". How much inexplicably popular anime is out there where there's some story about a cutesy, clumsy girl falling for a broody, bishounen pretty boy? Happens all the damn time in anime! And that's essentially "Twilight's" whole pitch. If I were going to be foolishly optimistic, depending on the studio and if they take some massive creative liberties, they could crank a decent story out of this sucker not just pandering to tweeny fangirls. However, more than likely, it would just be "Vampire Knight" revisited. Whatever, a lot of people eat up this cheesy melodrama, so wouldn't shock me Twilight: The Anime does happen.
posted by Alie.. on Jul 31, 2009
Umm.. Yeahh.. Twilight becoming an anime would be kinda weird.. Umm.. Since, like, they screwed up the movie.. Who *knows* what they could do if they tried to make an anime.
posted by What?! on Jul 31, 2009
Oh Hell no! Crappy books are meant to stay crappy books, not become anime. No... Just no... (Yes I have read them and seen the movie, thank you very much.)
posted by Adachi on Jul 29, 2009
This can go one fo to ways: A) (The unlikely route): It could turn out being a decent horro/romance or B) (The obvious way): It'll look, sound, and be shit. (Also: Twilight fanfags are BITCHES AND WHORES)
posted by Breanna on Jul 29, 2009
Ah...I REALLY hate Twilight (but I have read the series and seen the movie because my friends wouldn't stfu about them) as an otaku, I suppose I'll watch the first episode and see how it goes.
posted by Twilight&HP on Jul 26, 2009
I think that IF Twilight does become and anime it would not be to bad. Because one if u want u could read it or two if u think it is stuped u could not. For me I think that if they made it into anime it would be cool.
posted by NightGaze on Jul 23, 2009
I-I'm not sure what to think of this. xD It'd be cool if they made it right... Liike, don't make Ed look like Rob. Lol, but seriously I think they're stretching Twilight WAY too much now.
posted by ♥Your Bella on Jul 19, 2009
All of you are just hating, n wft is that "anime terms" and "twitards" i mean come on seriously GET A LIFE!! you just critisize cuz u don't got nothing better 2 do, u sick low-lifes.., Twilight is way better than any of your stupid anime characters with ur stupid "anime terms" or wutever the f**k u call them, if you ask me Twilight "should" become an anime movie so all of you can see that it would be a real success n everyone will love it, screw your "anime terms", AND 4 THE REST THAT DONT LIKE IT CAN F**K OFF!!
posted by ignorant wanderer on Jul 18, 2009
i think this is going a little too far. true, edward might look good in anime form. but IF the anime were to use the original(book) as the guide, and not use the friggin' movie(which practically spoils everything)then it might turn out OK. and it should be in japanese.IT MUST KEEP TO THE ANIME TERMS. therefore i say, it depends on how it's gonna end up. plus, the book is better cause' its up to the reader's imagination to take control and take form on how everything turns out-esp.the characters. twilight might be better off having fan-art in japanese style rather than an anime. god, this is highly aggravating!
posted by ruuchia on Jul 14, 2009
wtf indeed. I thought we were done with the Twilight stuff. An anime out of Twilight? It's getting kinda... stretched out? Aren't people trying too hard with this franchise?
posted by Sane on Jul 14, 2009
This... This is truly disgusting. If it happens, I'm done, it's seppuku for me! On the topic of Twilight cosplayers.. they don't exist. Oh look, let me put on a white t-shirt and not bathe for a month and OH MEE GEE IM EDWARD?!!?@1?! Just a bit of a fact for you twitards. Robert Pattinson DOES NOT bathe, and also DOES NOT like being Edward Cullen, put that in your sparkles and snort it.
posted by oshytwhathastheworld on Jul 14, 2009
this would disgrace the name of anime. seriously. and Lil Miss Twilight, anime are always in Japanese unless they are dubbed. apparently you don't even know what it is. ugh. twitards...
posted by Bex on Jul 13, 2009
*laughs* rob thinks he looks like an anime character *laughs some more then turns and walks away* god kids these days...
posted by Cheerios Ate my LIFE on Jun 30, 2009
Jessica: HELL YES!! Lenalee: XD rofl. Yes, Hellsing and Jiro from Black Blood Brothers will help us. REAL VAMPIRES TO THE RESCUE!!
posted by Lenalee on Jun 30, 2009
Lil Mis Twilight...if it becomes an anime, it WILL be in Japanese. If it comes out in english first that's called a CARTOON...THIS is why we need to keep Twitards and their stupid glitter away from our anime. HELLSING WILL PROTECT US!!
posted by Save the Anime on Jun 30, 2009
On another note...HELLSING COULD TOTALLY KILL EDWARD. REAL VAMPIRES DON'T FUCKING SPARKLE...
posted by Save the Anime on Jun 30, 2009
NO! We do not need moronic Twilight fangirls invading out perfectly good anime, too. It's bad enough that the entire sci-fi/fantasy/horror section has been raided and thus anything remotely vampire-ish is checked out or out of stock. LEAVE OUR ANIME ALONE! Anime has STYLE, PLOT, DEPTH, CHARACTER...most things Twilight lacks. The only thing Twilight has going for it is a "hot" cast and a shallow, over-done storyline. While some anime resemble eachother, the key differences are hat make each one unique. If Twilight were to become an anime, most fans would complain about every other anime, and the fact that it wouldn't been in english for quite some time if at all. It's a terrible idea to make it an anime. Leave anime storyline creation to the Japanese. And leave Twilight to the current Twitards.
posted by htothel on May 17, 2009
NO! if that happens this franchise has gone waaaaaaay too far.
posted by Luckyfoot on May 08, 2009
Oh, I sooo hope they make a Twilight anime, it would be absolutly fantastic!! Lol hope its english dubbed ;) ^_^
posted by twilighter2009 on May 01, 2009
JustNo, I dissagree with you. I think Twilight would make a great anime. The movie wasn't that bad. REAL MEN SPARKLE! =D
posted by JustNO on Apr 22, 2009
No, seriously. They already made a bad movie of the book and now anime?! Keep the glitter away from my good anime --_--
posted by Nessie_cullen on Apr 21, 2009
I love this idea! =D Go Twilight, Edward could look pretty hot in Anime form.
posted by Lil Miss Twilight on Apr 19, 2009
I love twilight, and anime but I'm scared it'll ruin it but a twilight anime would be cool, just make sure it's in English and not Japanese or Chinesse ...
posted by el and mel on Apr 18, 2009
please make a anime we would so watch it and is there a manga getting made of it aswell X
posted by ProphitAngell on Apr 13, 2009
This hurts my soul.
posted by suta on Apr 11, 2009
FAIL! Just pure fail. Anime has characterized STYLE, why do we want to add on the delusional Twilight fangirls? all of a sudden we'd get cosplayers who don't even LOOK like cosplayers. Anyone can put one a t-shirt and a pair of jeans and call themselves Bella. but please, at a convention, do we really want to see a bunch of 14 year olds fighting on who is a better Bella? Or who gets the sparkly Edo?
posted by BellaCullen on Apr 02, 2009
That would be so awesome!!
posted by twilighter2009 on Apr 02, 2009
Hale yeah! Please make a Twilight Anime! I would totaly watch it! =D It would be a mix of two things I love. ^__^
posted by Jessica on Apr 02, 2009
LOL NO. D: NO Twilight Anime, the Anime Community does not need to be plauged like that. Now if Haruhi Suzimiya does a spoof, that's completely different.
posted by - on Mar 29, 2009
the twilight dvd on 21 march. it`s so awsome!
posted by You\'ve got to be ki on Mar 26, 2009
Oh hells to the no. Get this Twilight bullcrap off my anime.
posted by Nobody on Mar 26, 2009
Wow guys, Edward is fake. And Robert Pattinson is never going to be anybodies, and so when you say that he is yours, you only look like a faggot fangirl, who quietly cries herself to sleep at night over a picture of a guy that they could never have. Get. The. Freak. Over. Yourself. And die.
posted by renesmeeculleniscool on Mar 20, 2009
Listen, Twilight, Edward Cullen is a fictional character. Bella is so awesome, and Jacob, I don't really like him. And, yes, Taylor Lautner is back as Jacob in New Moon! YAY!
posted by twilight obsessed on Mar 20, 2009
ok dakota fanning is going to do great and i dont like jacobs charector either because he imprints on bellas kid :( but he is hot in real life robert pattinson is hotter
posted by twilight on Mar 19, 2009
i just love this movie!!!!!!!edward is mine !!!!get lost bella!!i wish jacob vanished from this saga!!!he is suh a fuck
posted by nazdar on Mar 18, 2009
oh my god i can't wait!

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