Line #48 Main/CreatorPreferredAdaptation


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6	->''"I was sort of embarrassed of the book, because the movie had streamlined the plot and made it so much more effective and made connections that I had never thought to make."''
7	-->-- '''Creator/ChuckPalahniuk''' on [[Film/FightClub the film adaptation]] of his book ''Literature/FightClub''
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9	Let's face it: Most of the time, [[AdaptationDecay a work is at its best in its original form]]. However, sometimes there are exceptions to this, and be it by AdaptationDistillation, AdaptationExpansion, {{Woolseyism}}, or SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing, the new version of a story comes out so much better than the old that even the original creator admits the superiority of the new one.
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11	Compare ApprovalOfGod, which refers to fan-works that the creator has a positive opinion on, even if they don't {{Ascend\|edFanon}} into canon. Contrast DisownedAdaptation. See also SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing.
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13	!!Examples: (sorted by medium of the adaptation)
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18	* Some anime directors prefer the dub of their work over the original audio.
19	** ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': Creator/CrispinFreeman claims that series composer Music/YokoKanno said something to the effect of; "Our Spike (Creator/KoichiYamadera) good. ''Your'' Spike (Creator/SteveBlum) sexy!" It's debatable whether this means she prefers one to the other, though.
20	** It's been said that Creator/HideakiAnno prefers some of the performances in the Creator/ADVFilms English dub of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' to the Japanese version, though Anno tends to be nebulous about such things, and indeed later strongarmed Creator/{{Netflix}} into re-dubbing the show with a new cast when it was picked up for streaming on the platform in 2019.
21	** Creator/HayaoMiyazaki reportedly prefers the French dub of ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' (with Creator/JeanReno in the title role) to the original.
22	** Akinori Nagaoka and Mami Watanabe, the respective director and writer of the ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar'' {{OVA}}, said they prefer the English dub over the original Japanese.
23	** Allegedly Yasuhiro Nightow told Creator/JohnnyYongBosch that his performance as Vash the Stampede in the English dub of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' was his favorite, and that it was exactly the kind of voice he had in mind when he created the character.
24	** Creator/KunihikoIkuhara was a big enough fan of Creator/RachaelLillis' performance as [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]] to name his car after her.
25	** ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'': When working on the TV series, the director even played Pamela Weidner's performance as Yoriko from the OVA for Creator/EtsukoKozakura, and reportedly told her to "do that!"
26	%%** ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld''
27	* Despite the fandom's reaction to the event, Hajime Isayama of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has gone on the record to say that he preferred how the anime handled [[spoiler:Annie]]'s VillainousBreakdown to the way it ended up in the manga, since it more closely matched his original plan for how he wanted that scene to go and he regrets not using it. In fact, he outright pushed for many of the changes himself in order to 'improve' on the manga.
28	* Yukito Kishiro very much liked the [[Film/AlitaBattleAngel live action adaptation]] of ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'', to the point of officially taking part in its worldwide promotion. This is from the man who ''{{disowned\|Adaptation}}'' the '94 [=OVAs=].
29	* Ichiei Ishibumi prefers the fourth season of ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' produced by Passione, as opposed to the first three seasons by TNK. In fact, he claimed on his twitter that he's sure Passione is able to create not only a 5th, but a 6th Season as well, simply because their adaptation is the best rendition of his work to his eyes.
30	* Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', once stated that the ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' manga most resembles the world that he was trying to convey in the first two generations of the video games.
31	* Yasuhiro Nightow has nothing but praise for the 1998 animated version of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''. After the anime ended, he started having anime-only characters cameo in the manga, and cribbed the anime's climax to use in his story several years later.
32	* ''Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart'': The manga author Aoi Hiiragi reportedly preferred the film over her original manga, originally being CutShort at the fourth issue. The film [[AdaptationExpansion provided an actual resolution to the film]] while expanding further on the themes of what Hiiragi wanted to put in the manga.
33	* When ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' was given an international re-release on DVD in Japan, the English dub was so good that it was set as the default factory audio.
34	* Creator/AkiraToriyama has gone on record saying he prefers the manga version of ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'' compared to the anime as the manga's author Creator/{{Toyotaro}} listens to his ideas and suggestions. He even went so far as to call it the true sequel to his ''Manga/DragonBall'' manga.
35	* Satori Tanabata admitted in an afterword that he preferred the manga adaptation of ''Literature/VillainessLevel99'' compared to the original web novel, especially because of the way that it handled Alicia Ehnleit's wariness of Yumiella.
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39	* ''Literature/TheElricSaga'''s author Creator/MichaelMoorcock considers the ''Elric - The Ruby Throne'' graphic novel adaptation by Titan Comics his favorite one yet, with several liberties being taken that Moorcock himself wished he had thought of them first.
40	* Creator/ReneGoscinny commented that a pun added to the English translation of ''Recap/AsterixInBritain'', to replace one that didn't work in English, would also have worked in French (as a parody of Britishisms) and he wished he'd thought of it.[[note]]It's the bit where the chap responds to an angry fruit seller saying "So this melon's bad, is it?" with "Rather old fruit" -- the French joke was that Obelix later observes the complainer is now wearing the melon on his head, because ''chapeau melon'' is French for a DashinglyDapperDerby.[[/note]]
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44	* Author Dodie Smith loved Disney’s ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', saying that it was a great improvement from her original 1956 novel.
45	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBFG'': Creator/RoaldDahl reportedly stood up and clapped at the end when he first saw it.
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48	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
49	* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'': Not necessarily as a whole, but Creator/PeterBenchley wished he had the classic line "We're gonna need a bigger boat" in [[Literature/{{Jaws}} his novel]]. Benchley also admitted the movie had much better character development. And while he likes the way he wrote the shark's death (getting so hurt it dies of its wounds), he admitted that Spielberg's explosive depiction worked for the big screen in a way that the original wouldn't have.
50	* In the book ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'', [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Clarisse]] is abruptly revealed to have been killed by a speeding car. The film changed this so that she lived and escaped with the exiles. The author Creator/RayBradbury preferred her survival, and included it in the stage adaptation and semi-official video game sequel.
51	* Creator/JamesMCain noted he preferred the movie ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'' to his original story -- specifically the framing story element. He also thought it ended better.
52	* ''House of Series/DarkShadows'' was much closer to Dan Curtis's original vision for the [[BreakoutCharacter Barnabas Collins]] character, much more [[AdaptationalVillainy monstrous]] than the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire he became. Neither [[CreatorBacklash Grayson Hall nor Jonathan Frid]] cared for this take as much as Curtis.
53	* Creator/PhilipKDick did not live to see ''Film/BladeRunner'' completed, but he felt that what he had seen of the work-in-progress was superior to its source material, his novel ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'', and was amazed at how the book was "escalated into such stunning dimensions."
54	* Janet Evanovich feels ''Film/OneForTheMoney'' enhanced the tone of her novel, even though the film is disliked by critics and much of the fan base.
55	* On the author's commentary for ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' film, Creator/WilliamGoldman mentions wishing certain lines were in the book. Although [[SelfAdaptation he wrote the script]], certain lines ("Dream of large women") were added to the film.
56	* Nick Hornby, the writer of ''Literature/AboutABoy'', prefers the ending of the 2002 movie to that of the original book.
57	* P.D. James was reportedly quite happy with how the film version of ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' came out and admitted that certain details from the movie (such as the SterilityPlague afflicting women instead of men) made more sense than in the novel.
58	* Creator/ChrisClaremont, who wrote ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', prefers the [[Film/DarkPhoenix 2019 adaptation]] of his work compared to ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', despite the backlash it got.
59	* Despite he and the rest of his ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'' cohorts having done material built off it, including ''ComicBook/SupermanExile'', Dan Jurgens had taken issue with ''how'' Creator/JohnByrne ended his ''Superman'' run--or more specifically, the fact that it ended with [[spoiler:Superman executing a beaten and depowered General Zod]] at the end of ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlSaga''. Jurgens has said [[http://comicbook.com/2015/07/06/superman-legend-dan-jurgens-man-of-steel-handled-zods-death-bett/ that he prefers how]] ''Film/ManOfSteel'' handled its version of [[spoiler:Superman killing General Zod, done as a heat-of-the-moment decision made to protect an innocent family Zod was actively threatening over the outright execution Byrne went for.]]
60	* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' co-creator Creator/BobKane loved the idea of ComicBook/TheJoker being the killer of Bruce Wayne's parents in [[Film/Batman1989 the 1989 film adaptation]] and wished he would've done it had he introduced the Joker at the same time as Batman.
61	* Creator/StephenKing:
62	** In an interview on the DVD of ''Film/TheMist'', he said that he liked the movie's [[ShootTheShaggyDog bleaker ending]] better than that of the original story, and wished he'd thought of it himself. In fact, when he first saw the new ending that Frank Darabont came up with, he personally intervened to get the studio to approve it; they wanted to remain faithful to the more hopeful ending of King's original story.
63	** He feels the same way about the original 1976 adaptation of ''Film/{{Carrie\|1976}}'', to the point where it's the chief reason why he doesn't like [[Film/TheRageCarrie2 the sequel]] or either of [[Film/{{Carrie 2002}} the]] [[Film/{{Carrie 2013}} remakes]] -- he feels that they do a disservice not to [[Literature/{{Carrie}} his book]], but to Creator/BrianDePalma's film.
64	** He also prefers the happier ending of the film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Cujo}}'' to the grimmer ending of the book, which he views as something of an embarrassment in hindsight, having written it when he was at a very dark point in his life due to cocaine addiction (such that he can barely remember writing half of it).
65	** He is very happy with the ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'''s adaptation over his short novella.
66	* Creator/MarkMillar:
67	** He has said that the ''Film/KickAss'' movie is superior to the comic book. He had originally devised the comic story as a movie pitch.
68	** He also liked ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' so much that he seemingly forgot that [[ComicBook/TheSecretService his original comic book]] wasn't actually called ''Kingsman''. Indeed, the series took the adaptation's name for the collections.
69	* Creator/ChuckPalahniuk prefers the ending of the film version of ''Film/FightClub'' to his own, feeling that Creator/DavidFincher emphasizing the narrator's romance with Marla was more in keeping with the message he was going for, and that the point of the story was to show the narrator "reaching the point where he can commit to a woman." He's even said that he's a little embarrassed by the novel nowadays.
70	* Christopher Priest, the author of ''Film/ThePrestige'', had this reaction to seeing the movie: "'Well, holy shit.' I was thinking, 'God, I like that,' and 'Oh, I wish I'd thought of that.'"
71	* Creator/JKRowling has said that there are some things in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies which she wished she had made up when she wrote [[Literature/HarryPotter the books]]. The only such thing she has named specifically is the [[CanonForeigner talking]] ShrunkenHead from the third film. Ironically, the fandom tends to regard the shrunken head as TheScrappy.
72	* Andy Weir once expressed regret that ''Literature/TheMartian'' didn't open with the accident that stranded Mark Watney on Mars, instead of leaving it to a flashback mid-way through. [[Film/TheMartian The film]] corrected this.
73	* Gary Wolf preferred the film ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' to the novel he wrote, ''Literature/WhoCensoredRogerRabbit'', upon which it was based. He loved it so much that when he wrote a sequel to the film, he retconned the first story [[AllJustADream as a dream]]. It was also a matter of practical marketing, since the movie was so much more popular than the book, he figured people who got the later books would [[AdaptationDisplacement expect something more like the movie]].
74	* ''Film/TheIncredibleMeltingMan'' was intended as a parody of horror movies by the director, but ExecutiveMeddling intervened and saw to it that the film became pretty much the type of movie it was intended to spoof, much to the director's dismay. A couple decades later, ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E04TheIncredibleMeltingMan riffed on the movie]] and unintentionally restored the parody element, resulting in the director vocally approving of the ''[=MST3K=]'' episode (unlike several others). (It helped that the episode was filled with [[TakeThat shots at]] ExecutiveMeddling and Hollywood in general, as a means of therapy for Best Brains after the horrors they endured making ''Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000TheMovie''.)
75	* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': Author David Mitchell was highly impressed by the film, citing it as an example of a PragmaticAdaptation done right, plot changes and all. He was particularly blown away by the AllStarCast as well.
76	* When Creator/MichaelCrichton wrote ''Literature/JurassicPark'', he intended to mix not just a park going horribly wrong, but also the child-like wonder of dinosaurs come to life. [[ExecutiveMeddling The publishers wouldn't allow it]] as they thought the novel wouldn't sell with that angle, and told him to [[CerebusSyndrome focus on the horror aspect]]. Come Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[Film/JurassicPark film adaptation]], and Crichton was able to help him tell the story with the tone he wanted in the first place.
77	* Despite the critical backlash and poor reception from hardcore fans of Creator/FrankHerbert's ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', Herbert spoke very positively of [[Film/{{Dune\|1984}} David Lynch's 1984 film adaptation]]. He also liked the idea of there being different stages of Spacing Guild navigators, the one appearing in the film being identified as a Third Stage Guild Navigator. He would incorporate this concept into his later ''Dune'' books. Herbert even admitted that his own script for a ''Dune'' movie was horrible.
78	* ''Film/BeingThere'': Jerzy Kosinski wrote Chance the Gardener as a denunciation of style over substance and as the kind of person TV was turning us into. Creator/PeterSellers saw Chance as the meek inheriting the Earth and played him as such. Kosinski admitted that Sellars saw Chance in a way he never did.
79	* While Music/StephenSondheim died two weeks before the premiere of the [[Film/WestSideStory2021 2021 adaptation]] of ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', he did get to see the final cut beforehand and said that he preferred it to the [[Film/WestSideStory1961 1961 version]].
80	* Creator/HenryDeVereStacpoole praised the [[MissingEpisode now-lost]] 1923 movie version of ''Literature/TheBlueLagoon'', by calling it a "splendid film and a happy realisation" of his novel.
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84	* Creator/UmbertoEco thought that William Weaver's English translations of his novels were better than the originals.
85	* Creator/LeoTolstoy consistently praised Aylmer and Louise Maude as they translated his works and occasionally stepped in to assist them. He even said of the Maudes: "Better translators, both for knowledge of the two languages and for penetration into the very meaning of the matter translated, could not be invented."
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89	* Robert Kirkman, creator of ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'', prefers [[Series/TheWalkingDead2010 the TV series]] over the original comic on a number of points. In particular, he's a huge fan of Daryl, a character created for the show, to the point where he feels that [[CanonImmigrant bringing him into the comic]] would do a disservice to the show. He also feels that Shane and Carol's arcs were handled better on the show.
90	* Hilary Mantel has openly lauded Creator/TheBBC in their adaptation of her novels ''Literature/WolfHall'' and ''Bring Up the Bodies'' ([[Series/WolfHall the series]] covered both novels despite taking the title from the first one). She even says she is now considering incorporating some of the series' characterization in the upcoming final installment of her trilogy, ''The Mirror and The Light.''
91	* Creator/GeorgeRRMartin:
92	** Martin hasn't stated that he prefers ''Series/GameOfThrones'' to his series of books it is based on ([[SeasonalRot and has hinted at the reverse as the show progressed]]), but he has gone on record that there are slight differences he wished he had thought of; for example, he stated he considers the show version of Shae a much better character than his book version. In addition, he's apparently said that he might move some of the TV-only characters [[CanonImmigrant over to later books]], citing Natalia Tena's performance of Osha as being more interesting than how he had written it.
93	** Martin [[https://twitter.com/HBO/status/1560405581655162882 admits in answering fan questions]] through {{Creator/HBO}}'s {{Website/Twitter}} account that he actually liked the significant AdaptationPersonalityChange given to King Viserys I in ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''--describing his show iteration (as portrayed by Creator/PaddyConsidine) as something more akin to ''Theatre/KingLear'', and thus more compelling and sympathetic to watch.
94	* Creator/JimHenson was so impressed with Paul Haenen and Wim T. Schippers' performance on ''Series/{{Sesamstraat}}'', the Dutch adaptation of ''Series/SesameStreet'', as Bert and Ernie respectively, that they are the only performers for Bert and Ernie to be allowed to write their own sketches.
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98	* Music/BobDylan loved Music/JimiHendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower" on ''Music/ElectricLadyland'', and began to incorporate some of the cover's elements into his own performance. Dylan wrote in the liner notes of his ''Biograph'' box set "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way. Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."
99	* Music/RingoStarr started using the modified lyrics of "With a Little Help from My Friends" after Music/JoeCocker's version changed the line "what would you think if I sang out of tune" to "what would you do if I sang out of tune".
100	* Music/TearsForFears love Gary Jules and Michael Andrews' stripped down cover of "Mad World" (which renewed the popularity of the original). They have commented that the original new wave mood of the song was of its time and not necessarily fitting to the lyrics. Since the cover came out, they play a sort of hybrid version of theirs and the Jules/Andrews version [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqtV_Syt0SM when playing it live]].
101	* Music/BillyJoel has said that he prefers Music/GarthBrooks's cover of "Shameless" to his own version of the song.
102	* Singer/songwriter Doug [=MacLeod=] broke down in tears when he heard Eva Cassidy's cover of his song "Nightbird". [=MacLeod=] felt so strongly that Cassidy's version was superior that he has never subsequently performed the song himself, telling any requesters to go listen to the cover version instead.
103	* Trent Reznor of Music/NineInchNails spoke highly favorably of Music/JohnnyCash's cover of [[Music/TheDownwardSpiral "Hurt"]], stating that although he was apathetic at first, upon seeing the music video he realized that Cash ended up making the song his own.
104	-->"I pop the video in, and wow... Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps... Wow. [I felt like] I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn't mine anymore... It really made me think about how powerful music is as a medium and art form. I wrote some words and music in my bedroom as a way of staying sane, about a bleak and desperate place I was in, totally isolated and alone. [Somehow] that winds up reinterpreted by a music legend from a radically different era/genre and still retains sincerity and meaning-- different, but every bit as pure."
105	* Uwade Akhere posted a cover of Music/FleetFoxes' "Mykonos"[[https://www.instagram.com/reel/B0ENRU-lk_Y on her Instagram]], which got a glowing comment from lead singer Robin Pecknold, who would even go on to [[PromotedFangirl enlist her for their next album]] ''Shore'':
106	-->'''robinpecknold''': I wrote this song and your version is better! Such a beautiful voice !
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111	* Vincenzo Bellini preferred Maria Malibran as Amina in his opera ''La Sonnambula'' even though the character was first portrayed by Giuditta Pasta.
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115	* Shinji Hashimoto and Creator/TetsuyaNomura, the creators of ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', apparently liked the dub voice actors so much that whenever special-edition re-releases of the games come out of Japan, they use the English vocal track exclusively. It helps that many of the English voices are the original voice actors from the original English releases of the Creator/{{Disney}} movies. Many Japanese fans also agree.
116	* Creator/MasashiKishimoto, the creator of ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', considers the best adaptation to be... [[VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3 the Ultimate Ninja Storm video game series]]! He often says himself that it's more exciting than the manga, as detailed in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130307125047/http://www.saiyanisland.com/2013/03/masashi-kishimoto-comments-on-naruto-shippuden-ultimate-ninja-storm-3/ this 2013 Saiyan Island interview]].
117	* Tom Itagaki considers the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn version of the original ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' to be the definite version, moreso than the Model 2 arcade original or the later [=PS=] port that added Ayane and Bass to the roster, to the point that it's the version of the game included in ''DOA Hardcore''.
118	* Even though it's a MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover, the writers behind ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' generally churns out favorable results from HumongousMecha series that wind up not being well received in their original animated form (various ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' being a few prime examples). Creator/KenichiSuzumura, the voice actor for Shinn Asuka in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', stated he preferred how the events of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' handled his character.
119	* Creator/ShinjiMikami, who made the [[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom SNES Aladdin]] video game, said he preferred [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames the Genesis version]], due to its better animation and implementing a sword (something he had wanted to do in his version).
120	* ''VideoGame/TurtleHead'': Pikasprey has outright stated that the FanRemake ''Unmasked'' is better than the original in every respect after playing through all of it, as it expands on the plot significantly, gives the originally flat cast of characters more personality, and adds much more content.
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124	* Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, creators of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' differ on this. Eastman considers the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 CGI series]] to be the best incarnation of the Ninja Turtles, while Laird prefers the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 version]] which he worked on as a supervisor.
125	* Creator/JamesTynionIV, who wrote the ''ComicBook/BatmanTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' comic miniseries, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/JamesTheFourth/status/1128739336529297408 gave high praise]] to [[WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the movie adaptation]].
126	* Creator/JuddWinick, who wrote the original comic version of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', prefers the animated version he wrote. The primary reasons are due to AdaptationDistillation and patching up some of the odds and ends.
127	* During his lifetime, Creator/DrSeuss stated that Creator/RalphBakshi's adaptation of ''Literature/TheButterBattleBook'' was the most faithful of any adaptation of his work.
128	* Dav Pilkey, who wrote the original ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' books, praised [[WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderPantsTheFirstEpicMovie the movie]] for sticking close to spirit of the books while making all the right changes. [[http://i.imgur.com/PsE4sZn.png He's stated]] that one of the things he loved most about the movie was how it gave Mr. Krupp more depth as a character, something he wished he'd done. He gave similar praise to its [[WesternAnimation/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderPants cartoon]].
129	* While Creator/AlanMoore is infamous for disowning most every adaptation of his works, [[https://animesuperhero.com/toonzone-presents-interview-tribute-dwayne-mcduffie/ he liked]] the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E2ForTheManWhoHasEverything episode]] based on his story ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'', having personally authorized the creative team to make changes to the original (such as removing Robin and toning down the bleakness of the imaginary Krypton).
130	* Michael Rex, author of ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'', described the ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'' AnimatedAdaptation as having "honored" his books and has praised them for expanding upon his own material and going much deeper into his world and characters.
131	-->'''Michael Rex:''' "One of the things that I am most happy with about the show is that it IS the books."
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