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* After becoming famous for ''Literature/HarryPotter'', [[Creator/JKRowling J. K. Rowling]] hasn't returned to fantasy since, writing first [[Literature/TheCasualVacancy general fiction]] and then [[Literature/TheCuckoosCalling mystery thrillers]]. So her most iconic work is something of a BlackSheepHit.

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* After becoming famous for ''Literature/HarryPotter'', [[Creator/JKRowling J. K. Rowling]] hasn't returned didn't return to fantasy since, outside of Harry Potter until 2020, writing first [[Literature/TheCasualVacancy general fiction]] and then [[Literature/TheCuckoosCalling mystery thrillers]]. So her most iconic work is something of a BlackSheepHit.Then came the ''Literature/TheIckabog'' in 2020) and ''Literature/TheChristmasPig'' in 2021.
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* ''Series/YoureOnlyYoungTwice1971'' was a light comedy written by Jack Trevor Story who had mostly only written for crime series such as ''No Hiding Place'' and ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen''.
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** Their adaptation of ''Literature/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'' is an oddball for multiple reasons: it was the studio's first light novel adaptation, is adapted wholesale from its source material rather than having an original plot, has an animation and art style that differs greatly from TRIGGER's usual quirks, and is mainly a SliceOfLife comedy. The studio wouldn't do another wholesale adaptation until ''Anime/DeliciousInDungeon'' in 2024.

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** Their adaptation of ''Literature/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'' is an oddball for multiple reasons: it was the studio's first light novel adaptation, is adapted wholesale from its source material rather than having an original plot, has an animation and art style that differs greatly from TRIGGER's usual quirks, and is mainly a SliceOfLife comedy. The studio wouldn't do another wholesale adaptation until ''Anime/DeliciousInDungeon'' ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' in 2024.
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** Their adaptation of ''Literature/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'' is an oddball for multiple reasons: it was the studio's first light novel adaptation, is adapted wholesale from its source material rather than having an original plot, has an animation and art style that differs greatly from TRIGGER's usual quirks, and is mainly a SliceOfLife comedy.

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** Their adaptation of ''Literature/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'' is an oddball for multiple reasons: it was the studio's first light novel adaptation, is adapted wholesale from its source material rather than having an original plot, has an animation and art style that differs greatly from TRIGGER's usual quirks, and is mainly a SliceOfLife comedy. The studio wouldn't do another wholesale adaptation until ''Anime/DeliciousInDungeon'' in 2024.
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* Hiroya Oku is a seinen manga artist best known for his sci-fi horror works such as ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' and ''Manga/{{Inuyashiki}}'', but he started his career with ''Manga/{{Hen}}'', a romantic comedy manga. There's also a manga he created while working on ''Gantz'', ''Me-teru no Kimochi'', which tells the story of a {{Hikikomori}} that, after the death of his father, falls in love with his step-mother.

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* Hiroya Oku Creator/HiroyaOku is a seinen manga artist best known for his sci-fi horror works such as ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' and ''Manga/{{Inuyashiki}}'', but he started his career with ''Manga/{{Hen}}'', a romantic comedy manga. There's also a manga he created while working on ''Gantz'', ''Me-teru no Kimochi'', which tells the story of a {{Hikikomori}} that, after the death of his father, falls in love with his step-mother.

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* Creator/StuartGordon and Creator/BrianYuzna, best known for graphic horror movies like ''Film/ReAnimator'', ''Film/FromBeyond'', and ''Film/{{Society}}'', also wrote the Creator/{{Disney}} family comedy ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids''. Gordon was originally slated to direct as well, but had to drop out due to illness.



* Creator/QuentinTarantino: Tarantino's style is very well established across his oeuvre, whether he's doing [[Film/ReservoirDogs crime]] [[Film/PulpFiction thrillers]], [[Film/IngloriousBasterds war movies]], [[Film/DjangoUnchained westerns]], [[Film/KillBill kung fu revenge flicks]], [[Film/{{Grindhouse}} grindhouse]] [[Film/DeathProof pastiches]], [[Film/TheHatefulEight and much]] [[Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood more]]. His biggest oddball is ''Film/JackieBrown'', not just simply by the fact that it's his only adaptation, but it's also mostly driven by [[SpeechCentricWork dialogue and witty banter]] with sporadic bursts of violence in-between. Therefore, it shares its artistic DNA with Creator/ElmoreLeonard, the author of [[Literature/RumPunch the original novel]].

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* Creator/QuentinTarantino: Tarantino's style is very well established across his oeuvre, whether he's doing [[Film/ReservoirDogs crime]] [[Film/PulpFiction thrillers]], [[Film/IngloriousBasterds war movies]], [[Film/DjangoUnchained westerns]], [[Film/KillBill kung fu revenge flicks]], [[Film/{{Grindhouse}} grindhouse]] [[Film/DeathProof pastiches]], [[Film/TheHatefulEight and much]] [[Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood more]]. His biggest oddball is ''Film/JackieBrown'', not just simply by the fact that it's his only adaptation, but it's also mostly driven by [[SpeechCentricWork dialogue and witty banter]] with sporadic bursts of violence in-between. Therefore, it shares its artistic DNA with Creator/ElmoreLeonard, the author of [[Literature/RumPunch ''Rum Punch'', the original novel]].novel.



* Creator/EdgarWright is best known for directing stylish, GenreBusting films that also serve as an AffectionateParody and GenreDeconstruction with [[ChekhovsArmoury clever foreshadowing]] and [[MickeyMousing careful craftsmanship]]; his more well-known examples include the ''Film/ThreeFlavoursCornettoTrilogy'' (which consists of ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'', ''Film/HotFuzz'', and ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'') and ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''. [[Film/LastNightInSoho His recent directorial effort]], however, is a straightfoward PsychologicalHorror thriller with none of his trademark humor, but plenty of [[Main/{{Anvilicious}} blunt social commentary]] on the [[DeliberateValuesDissonance rampant misogyny]] of TheSixties. Because of this, ''Last Night In Soho'' is considered to be his most serious and darkest film to date, especially considering ''Shaun Of The Dead'', despite having some horror elements, was a comedy at its core.




* Creator/StuartGordon and Creator/BrianYuzna, best known for graphic horror movies like ''Film/ReAnimator'', ''Film/FromBeyond'', and ''Film/{{Society}}'', also wrote the Creator/{{Disney}} family comedy ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids''. Gordon was originally slated to direct as well, but had to drop out due to illness.

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* Creator/{{A24}} is best known for producing [[Film/TheFloridaProject dramas]] and [[Film/{{Hereditary}} horrors]] for mature audiences, but they have made [[Film/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn2021 one family-friendly film]].

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* Creator/{{A24}} is best known for producing [[Film/TheFloridaProject dramas]] and [[Film/{{Hereditary}} horrors]] for mature audiences, but they have made [[Film/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn2021 there are a couple of examples that provide evidence to the contrary:
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** ''Film/CivilWar2024'' is arguably a better example. In a sharp contrast to the artsy, mid-budget independent films that run the gamut of genres and styles which A24 is best known for, ''Civil War'' marks their first outright action movie and their first foray into blockbuster filmmaking[[note]]though its $50 million budget and decidedly hot-button subject matter do differentiate it from a normal action blockbuster[[/note]].



* Creator/MichaelBay is best known for his over-the-top, effects-heavy blockbusters like the Film/TransformersFilmSeries (the first five released between 2007 and 2017) and ''Film/Armageddon1998''. He deliberately went against type with the small-scale, darkly comedic, true-crime thriller ''Film/PainAndGain''.

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* Creator/MichaelBay is best known for his over-the-top, effects-heavy blockbusters like the Film/TransformersFilmSeries (the first five released between 2007 and 2017) and ''Film/Armageddon1998''. He Because it was [[DoingItForTheArt a passion project of his]], he deliberately went against type with the small-scale, darkly comedic, true-crime thriller ''Film/PainAndGain''.

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