One Pound Gospel Drama - Thoughts on the adaptation

Re: One Pound Gospel Drama - Thoughts on the adaptation

feeds@yuku.com (childisfatheroftheman) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:19:44 GMT

I know if this was the American market, having a live adaptation would likely mean no animated version. Usually, you wouldn't be able to get two seperate production companies to agree to adapt the same concept so close to each other, because the perceived market would be too small. Also if one did become popular, the other would almost be sure to tank. But, that's not always true. There was a Sabrina the Teenage Witch prime-time sitcom and a Saturday morning cartoon. Same for...

Re: One Pound Gospel Drama - Thoughts on the adaptation

feeds@yuku.com (jopojelly) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:32:01 GMT

I wonder about that too, but really, I don't think there's too many people who are wanting an anime adaption, this late after the series started, especially now that the series has already been adapted into television. Of course, I thought that Mermaids Forest wouldn't be animated again, but that happened, but that was a different story.

I'm thinking having a Drama will reduce the chances of it being animated, unless the TV share was somewhat high.

And it...

Re: One Pound Gospel Drama - Thoughts on the adaptation

feeds@yuku.com (Yusaku Godai) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:00:50 GMT

I can't remember if we talked about it on the board or not, but Yoiko and I discussed it when the drama first started coming out. Do you think that having the drama will HELP One Pound Gospel get a possible TV anime series? Or do you think that having the drama will make it very unlikely to have a TV anime?

Thoughts anyone?

Re: One Pound Gospel Drama - Thoughts on the adaptation

feeds@yuku.com (Yoiko Hibiki) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:52:20 GMT

Dumping Aunt Mizue was a shame. I really felt like she drove a lot of the plot towards the end of the manga by meddling and trying to get Angela "defrocked" if that's the correct term. I suppose they had a more limited number of episodes to deal with that might have prevented them from introducing that angle into things though.

Re: One Pound Gospel Drama - Thoughts on the adaptation

feeds@yuku.com (Yusaku Godai) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:43:46 GMT

I share your frustration with the lack of inclusion of so many of Kosaku's opponents. If I had to venture a guess, I think that the producers chose KAT-TUN guy, Kazuya Kamenashi to play Kosaku in hopes of getting some attention for the show based on him being in it. Unfortunately he isn't much of a boxer and it almost seems as if they've written around this fact, deliberately playing down the in ring action where so many of Gospels chapter's take place.

I guess...

Re: One Pound Gospel Drama - Thoughts on the adaptation

feeds@yuku.com (jopojelly) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:43:17 GMT

Yeah, I, too, am confused as to why these Doramas can't find any foreign actors! I recently watched the dorama for Nodame Cantabile, and any "European" characters with more than a few lines was clearly a Japanese person with a bad wig!

....Although, I guess most foreigners who were persuing an acting career wouldn't be in Japan in the first place....

Re: One Pound Gospel Drama - Thoughts on the adaptation

feeds@yuku.com (Kaze no kaeru) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:02:59 GMT

jopojelly wrote:
"Well, in regard to Mukoda and her love story and her kid, while they do stray from the original story, they seem to make the story more suitable for a TV drama...."

I do believe that they made an acceptable decision with the changes on the Coach's story, because Dorama needs a lot more back story for a character to have...

Re: One Pound Gospel Drama - Thoughts on the adaptation

feeds@yuku.com (jopojelly) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:59:44 GMT

Well, in regard to Mukoda and her love story and her kid, while they do stray from the original story, they seem to make the story more suitable for a TV drama....her kid's bully troubles and the little love between Mukoda and that guy add more story lines into the mix, captivating the audience. Without them, it's just the progression of the love between Angel and Kosuke.....which is good and all, but maybe not enough for dorama watchers.

Re: One Pound Gospel Drama - Thoughts on the adaptation

feeds@yuku.com (tierum) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:59:10 GMT

I'm in agreement with ya'all as well. Angela's family added so much to the storyline, I'm saddened that they would just remove them altogether. I was excited about the possability of seeing them portrayed in live-action. How many changes can they make before we can't call it OPG anymore? The basic storyline is there and the main characters, but the supporting cast all seems to be pulled out of thin air....

Re: One Pound Gospel Drama - Thoughts on the adaptation

feeds@yuku.com (Yusaku Godai) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:31:07 GMT

I definitely agree with what you're saying. Of all of Takahashi's manga that could be adapted into a live action series, I think OPG is a natural (and easy) fit. Therefore, why the producers decided to make the changes they did is really confusing to me. I have to say I don't have any qualms with the casting (even changing up Takos for "Tiger"....I mean, it probably is pretty hard to find a Mexican actor who can speak Japanese IN Japan). But the liberties they take...

One Pound Gospel Drama - Thoughts on the adaptation

feeds@yuku.com (Kaze no kaeru) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:19:53 GMT

Just finished watching the first episode of the new drama adaptation of 1 Pound Gospel and I must say I have a lot of mixed feeling about it. The locations of the story are awesome and they truly brought to life the different settings of the manga and if you do a careful comparison, the resemblance is impressive (the gym especially took me by surprise). The actors played their part fairly according to the script; but that is just it.
Perhaps my biggest issue is the changes they did to...