My reactions to the rumors of a live action Rurouni Kenshin movie

 ^-Hopefully the movie won't be so CGI dependent as to look like this

Well, according to This site and a few others, there is apparently a live action Rurouni Kenshin movie in the works. I am skeptically exited about this for a few reasons.

My number one concern about a live action Rurouni Kenshin movie is the studio mentioning that CG technology has advanced enough to do the movie. What is this? Rurouni Kenshin is a martial arts anime that is actually pretty grounded compared to a lot of other Martial arts anime, which means that CG wouldn’t logically be that important. George Lucas had enough CG to do Star Wars back in 2000 ish, but Rurouni Kenshin doesn’t need NEARLY as many special effects as a Star Wars movie does. The fact that CGI was a major concern to create such a movie worries me, for I’m afraid this may turn into Star Wars: Episode -2: The Shogunate Strike Back

On the optimistic side, the actor selected for the role looks like he’s capable of the job. He’s apparently been in a few dramas, and has taken sword training before. These would be absolutely essential for anybody who plans to play Himura in a movie. Unfortunately, nobody else has been announced for the cast. Furthermore, we are going entirely off rumors, so nothing is for certain. The important thing is our lead looks good, see:

He certainly looks like he'll satisfy Kenshin fangirls and their borderline lesbian tendencies.

Anyhoo, hopefully I’m wrong and it won’t turn out to be a lame CGI fest. Maybe they’ll capture the essence of the show, and make another live action Death Note. I thought those were the Japanese equivalent of Spider man.

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