History Main / LiveActionAdaptation

* ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'' pulled off the adaptation quite successfully, though it's somewhat inspired by the more odd ''Sailor Myu'' theater musicals performed since the original show ended and had a vastly different plot from the anime and the manga.
** [[WesternAnimation/ToonMakersSailorMoon The American version of the show]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was originally going to be]] [[RogerRabbitEffect a live-action and animated hybrid where the live-action girls transform into animated heroines]]. They then decided that this was too expensive to do, and that dubbing the anime was cheaper than simply just remaking it. [[http://www.moonsisters.org/moonsisters/ToonMakerS/ToonmakersSailormoon.htm Here's a page entailing what the show would have been like.]]
** A live-action [[CulturalTranslation Hollywood adaptation]] languished in DevelopmentHell for years, with many different people suggested to be a part of the project. The earliest project supposedly would have starred Geena Davis as Queen Beryl, and the most recent rumor suggested Lindsay Lohan as Sailor Moon herself. None of these ever came to pass (and how real any of these actually were was often questioned despite their prevalence in the rumor mills).
* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'', which had a fairly 'normal' setting. It only lasted nine episodes, but short Japanese dramas are fairly common and this length does not mean that the show failed.

* Creator/ADVFilms and Creator/{{WETA}} worked on one for ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' in 2003, but after languishing in DevelopmentHell for years upon years, chances of it actually manifesting became even more slim in 2011 when Creator/StudioGainax quietly withdrew ADV's rights to adapt the material. The only actual trace of the project was concept art by WETA workshop, but that was it.
* Zac Efron expressed interest in producing an adaptation of ''Literature/FullMetalPanic!'', drawing a lot of hate from those who only knew him from ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' and didn't know or care that [[JustForFun/OneOfUs he loves the series himself]]. Eventually he said "it's more than likely not going to happen," which is unfortunate since ''FMP'' is a franchise which could ''actually work'' as a Hollywood movie.
* ''Manga/{{Gokusen}}'', about a school teacher who is the daughter of a {{yakuza}} boss.
* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' has two 13-episode live-action adaptations, one in 1998, the other in 2012. It also had a 4-episode miniseries set in Taiwan in 2014, and an 11-episode series set in Japan later that year. There was also a live-action film released in 1999.
** The prequel series ''Manga/BadCompany'' and ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'' also had live-action adaptations: ''Bad Company'' got a film in 1998[[note]]Unfortunately [[NoExportForYou never subtitled]][[/note]] and ''GTO: The Early Years'' got two miniseries, one from 1995-1997 (5 episodes) and one on Amazon Prime in 2020.

* ''Anime/MaisonIkkoku''
* ''Manga/{{Saikano}}'' was given a live-action film in 2006.
* ''Manga/BoysOverFlowers''. Also available in Mandarin, [[Series/BoysBeforeFlowers South Korean]], and Thai.
* ''Anime/WickedCity'' had a live-action version produced in Hong Kong that uses little from the original aside from the VaginaDentata scene.
* ''Manga/{{Nana}}'' had a live-action version before the 2006 {{anime}} version. It's also been a feature film and a manga series... and was #1 in Japan for all three simultaneously.
* A live-action stage production of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' led to the line "Live-action is no substitute for the real thing" in a fan-made music video.

* Creator/JamesCameron and Creator/RobertRodriguez produced and directed a [[Film/AlitaBattleAngel partially live-action version]] of ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita''. Though there are live-action actors, Alita and other cyborgs were created using Mo-Cap CGI.
* A [[http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/009767.html live-action version]] of ''Manga/SukebanDeka'' hit theaters in Japan in September 2006 (and was imported to the United States under the title ''Yo-yo Girl Cop''). There are also three live-action ''Sukeban Deka'' TV series, and a MadeForTVMovie.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' has a 13-episode live-action series (2011) and four stand-alone specials (2006, 2007, 2011, and 2012) that feature the teenage Shin'ichi solving cases. The series and the 2006 specials take place pre-manga and the 2007 special involves Conan temporarily returning to Shin'ichi form.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' got one [[http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/negima-drama/ in 2007]]. Its quality is still up in the air.
* ''Manga/Golgo13'' starred in two live-action films before he even had his first anime. The first one was released in 1973, where he was played by Ken Takakura, which was followed by a 1977 sequel titled ''Golgo 13: The Kowloon Assignment'', which replaced Takakura with Sonny Chiba.

* ''Manga/VideoGirlAi'' adapted into a Hong Kong film (which used a laser disk instead).
* ''Film/LupinIII'': The first movie (''Film/StrangePsychokineticStrategy'') is available on DVD in region 1 from Creator/DiscotekMedia. A second film was released in 2014, for the 40 year anniversary of the first film.
** A live-action spin-off TV series has also been released in Japan that focuses solely on [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Inspector Zenigata]].
* A live-action ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' movie has supposedly been in the works. [[DevelopmentHell Nothing's substantial come out of it so far, though.]]
* The live-action version of ''Manga/NodameCantabile'' was about as popular as the (later) anime.

* In the weirdest example of MultinationalShows, ''Manga/HanaKimi'' received two almost simultaneously live-action adaptations series in Japan and Taiwan.
* Speaking of Taiwan, this country has seen releases of drama series based in manga, being the most notorious the ones who adapted:
** ''Manga/TheDevilDoesExist''
** ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'' (Which also had a 2018 film adaptation in its home country)
** ''Manga/BoysOverFlowers''
** There was a Hong Kong adaptation of ''Manga/InitialD'' as well.
** Ditto for ''Manga/ItazuraNaKiss''.
** Also ''Manga/Mars1996''.
** ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', starring a Taiwanese actor and a Korean actress as the counterparts of Hayate and Nagi.
* There are also several manga that were remade into Korean live-action series: ''Series/BoysBeforeFlowers'', ''[[Series/TheCityHunter City Hunter]]'' (both had Lee Min Ho as lead), ''Dr. Jin'', and ''Series/PlayfulKiss'' (which also had a Japanese and a Taiwanese version). ''Manga/HanaKimi'' will have one starting in August 2012.
* ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' got an extremely trippy [[Film/SpeedRacer live-action adaption]] in 2008, courtesy of the [[Film/TheMatrix The Wachowskis]]. Despite a massive ad campaign banking on the popularity of the show and attempts by the film to pull in both the American and Japanese fanbases (right down to including clips of both the Japanese ''and'' American themes), it became a huge disaster at the box office, putting the brakes on yet another potential franchise revival.
* Two other Creator/TatsunokoProduction shows saw Japanese film adaptations -- ''Anime/NeoHumanCasshern'' and ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}''. ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' was set to get one as well, but had languished in development hell for years while Imagi's CGI version was announced. After the CGI film plans fell through, Nikkatsu's live-action version went into production in late 2012 and was released in 2013.

* ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'' has a live-action movie. Different from most in that it does not try to stand on its own, but rather is only there to show how much more ridiculous the entire thing would look in live-action.

* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''
** It got an [[CulturalTranslation Americanized]] [[Film/FistOfTheNorthStar live-action debut]] starring Gary Daniels as Kenshiro and Costas Mandylor as Shin. The film was [[RecursiveImport dubbed in Japanese]] with Creator/AkiraKamiya and Creator/ToshioFurukawa reprising their respective roles from the anime series.
** There were also a few unlicensed live-action versions made in Taiwan and Korea. They make the American version look passable by comparison.
* ''Manga/SlamDunk'', retitled as ''Kungfu Dunk''. The only thing in common is the sport.
* ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' got a live-action film in 2006.
* ''Manga/DetroitMetalCity'' features Kenichi Matsuyama, previously in the Manga/DeathNote movie mentioned above. It also features [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons.]]
* ''Manga/CryingFreeman'', which had both American and Hong Kong feature film adaptations.
* ''The Manga/{{Guyver}}'' has had two. The first one had Creator/MarkHamill in a supporting role and the second with David "[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]]" Hayter as Sean Barker (a stage name he almost used in ''MGS'').
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' had one. It was a far-future UC title called ''G-Savior''. It was made in Canada. Needless to say, it wasn't that good. [[CreatorDisownedAdaptation Even Tomino officially denounced it.]] It doesn't help that it was funded in Yen (Canadian dollar is worth a lot more), featured unknown Canadian actors to be dubbed in Japanese, was [[LargeHam ham-tastic]] in terms of acting, and the tech looked on par with that of nearly two-hundred years prior. Not to mention that it was TOO realistic.
* The anime of ''Anime/BoogiepopPhantom'' confused many American fans who had no idea that it was actually the sequel to a live-action film adaptation of a series of light novels. Of course even after viewing the film or reading the novels, the show still tends to make little sense...
* ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'', despite never airing in English and being virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, had an English-language film made anyway... by the French. Most fans like to forget it ever existed. It was actually made a year before the anime debuted, so it didn't even have a fanbase in the west that could have saved that clunker from sinking like a stone.
* ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'' was turned into a live-action movie trilogy that is among the most expensive (and successful) Japanese film projects to date. However, it has been said that it is difficult to follow if you haven't read the original manga, as the films try very hard to be faithful to it, which means trying to cram 24 volumes into three (albeit long) movies.
* ''Manga/HotarusWay'' has a "drama" adaptation.
* ''Manga/{{Kaiji}}'' has one with [[Manga/DeathNote Live-Action Light]] as the title protagonist.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries:''
** The show had, in America and a few other countries anyway, a stage adaptation of the anime simply called ''Theatre/PokemonLive''. Team Rocket is more treacherous, and Mrs. Ketchum at one point lets slip out that she had a fling with [[BigBad Giovanni of Team Rocket]]. CanonDiscontinuity through and through, but the "Who is Ash's father?" EpilepticTrees only had richer soil to grow in.
** An unofficial fanmade trailer, titled ''WebVideo/PokemonApokelypse'', has received much attention and was even purported to be real at some point. However, it has [[http://shogungamer.com/news/live-action-pokemon-movie-full-hd-trailer-and-interview-its-creators since been proven to be a fan project]]. While there are no plans for an actual fan film, the producers had stated that the possibility is not entirely ruled out.
* ''Anime/HellGirl'' got a Live-Action Adaptation that was set within the timeline of the first anime season, retaining the anthology format while notably averting the anime storyline. [[CompressedAdaptation At a mere 12 episodes, there wasn't much room for them anyway.]]
* ''Literature/{{Paprika}}'' is getting the live-action treatment from Creator/WolfgangPetersen; this shouldn't be too difficult since A) all of Satoshi Kon's movies are shot as if they are live-action and B) we've already seen that [[strike: American]] film audiences can handle [[Film/TheMatrix trippy]] [[Film/{{Inception}} dream]] plots.
* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' had a live-action movie in the works, which was [[DevelopmentHell later dropped]]. Creator/{{Netflix}} then made a [[Series/CowboyBebop2021 live-action series]], but cancelled it mere weeks after the first season premiered, turning a cliffhanger finale into a major DownerEnding.
* Little known (in the West) manga series ''Manga/KyouKaraOreWa'' (''Today, It's My Turn!!'') somehow managed to get a film version after a six-episode OVA series proved to be somewhat popular. The main characters' defining traits (their ''yankee'' hairstyles, blonde perm for one and HUGE spikes for the second) were carried over as well as the makeup budget would allow, and the comic violence remained, though toned down somewhat to allow for real world physics.
* A [[Film/SpaceBattleshipYamato big-budget live-action adaptation]] of ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' hit the big screen in Japan back in December 2010.
* Creator/WarnerBros made [[Film/{{Bleach}} a live-action movie]] out of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' in 2018.
* It was recently announced that ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' would be getting a Hollywood adaption. Little is known about it, but they're apparently going to try to make it more realistic. A lot of fans are worried about how that is going to work out.

* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' got the live-action drama treatment in July 2011. The fandom pretty much exploded [[{{Squee}} in glee.]] It also got a live-action movie in 2012.
* ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' was made into a two-part affair, released in 2010-11. Kenichi Matsuyama count: 3.
* ''Manga/ArakawaUnderTheBridge'' got a live-action TV series and film.
* ''Manga/OnePoundGospel''
* ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' has been put into production for a TV series with Starz Network.
* ''Manga/{{Kochikame}}'' has a live-action TV series. Basically a live-action cartoon.
* In early December 2011, ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' got the live-action treatment, with Yui Aragaki playing Akane Tendō, Kenta Kaku and Natsuna playing male/female Ranma, Kento Nagayama playing Kunō, Maki Nishiyama playing Nabiki, Kyōko Hasegawa playing Kasumi, and Yuta Kanai playing Gosunguki among others ([[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-10-06/live-action-ranma-special-cast-further-revealed full list here]]). Sadly, early reports from translators suggest that it rates at best a 2 on the SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification.
* ''IS: Otoko Demo Onna Demo nai Sei'' has had a TV drama adaptation.

* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' had a successful film adaptation in 2015, which got a sequel titled ''Assassination Classroom: Graduation'' the following year.
* {{Josei}} manga in general are much more likely to be adapted into live-action than anime, considering their target audience might not be that much into cartoons. Most 20+ volume series, like ''Waru'', ''Galboy!'' and ''Keirinyarou'', were adapted into live-action shows.
* The ''Manga/LiarGame'' manga got a live-action adaptation that has run as a two-season drama and two full-length movies so far.
* A live-action movie of ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'', with Tomohisa Yamashita as Joe Yabuki, was released in 2011.
* ''Anime/{{Gigantor}}'' has a 2005 live-action movie.

* ''Manga/BlackButler'' is having a live-action movie, tragically, the only character from the series that will be present is Sebastian; the main character being a descendant of Ciel.
* After four years of TroubledProduction, including creative differences, the director quitting, and the movie being split into two parts, the Japanese ''Film/AttackOnTitan'' movie premiered in 2015 - the first part in August, the second one in September.
* A live-action ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish'' movie being released in December of 2014, starring Masaki Suda from ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''.
* There is talk of a live-action ''Manga/Cyborg009'' [[http://www.archaia.com/archaia-titles/cyborg-009/ movie in the works]], with F.J. [=DeSanto=] (who is also writing the modern adaptation of the series) producing it.
* In Japan, there are sometimes live shows for children done using costumes that look like the actual anime characters called "kigurumi" or "animegao" that are usually 30 minutes in length. ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'', ''Anime/ShimaShimaToraNoShimajiro'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'', ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'', ''Anime/YumeNoCrayonOukoku'', ''Manga/HimitsuNoAkkoChan'', ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' and ''Anime/PrettyCure'' are just a few of the shows to get this treatment.
* ''Manga/BunnyDrop'' had a live-action movie released the same year as the anime adaptation. Like the anime, it only adapts the pre-timeskip portion.
* ''Manga/KinKyoriRennai'' has one, which was well-known for having ticket sales outnumbering the ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'' movie on its opening weekend.
* ''Manga/{{Orange}}'' will have a movie adaptation on December 2014.
* ''Anime/AnoHana'' got a live-action adaptation in 2015.
* Spoofed in-universe in the 77th episode of ''Anime/YoKaiWatch'', where Jibanyan says that Next Harmeowny is making a Sailor Pears film of this type.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' will be getting a live action film adaptation produced by Lionsgate.
** An unlicensed live action ''Naruto'' movie was made in China in 2017; however, it was given poor reviews.
* ''Anime/Kite1998'' was [[Film/Kite2014 adapted in 2014]], starring India Eisley from ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' as Sawa and Creator/SamuelLJackson as [[AdaptationNameChange Detective Karl Aker]], Sawa's legal guardian.
* An adaptation of ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' was [[Film/GhostInTheShell2017 released in 2017]], starring Creator/ScarlettJohansson as Major Kusanagi, Creator/PilouAsbaek as Batou and Creator/TakeshiKitano as Chief Aramaki.

* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Parodied (but of course!) at the end of episode 293. [[DarthWiki/RuinedForever The platoon's reaction is what seals it.]]
** Keroro also says George (or Johji) Nakata--in reality the voice of Giroro--is rumored to be starring in the live-action Captain Geroro movie in a much earlier episode.
*** Finally, there are in fact, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnrIng84KQA actual live-action adaptations by this point]]. Some of them are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnzTfAtxwCs&NR=1 quite strange.]]
*** A roadshow and an appearance at a wrestling match don't actually count, but it's worth noting that 1. [[AuthorAppeal Mine Yoshizaki would definitely approve of hot chicks in a Keroro roadshow]], and 2. [[CastingGag Keroro's voice actor is a wrestling fan.]]

* [[CueTheFlyingPigs Hell froze over]] when it was [[https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/07/one-piece-getting-a-live-action-tv-adaptation/ announced]] that, of all things, ''Manga/OnePiece'' would be getting a western-produced live-action TV series adaptation. Six years later, the [[Series/OnePiece2023 first season]] would release on Creator/{{Netflix}} and even more shockingly has gotten very positive reviews.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' has [[Film/FullmetalAlchemist2017 a film adaptation]] directed by Fumihiko Sori released in December 2017.
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' got [[Film/{{Gintama}} two live-action movies]] released in 2017 and 2018 adapting the Benizakura and Shinsengumi Crisis arcs respectively, along with two webseries side-stories.
* ''Manga/{{Is}}'' and ''Manga/VideoGirlAi'', both of them mangas by Masakazu Katsura, will both be receiving a live-action TV adaptation in 2018.
* ''Anime/ThrillerRestaurant'' got one in 2010. Oddly though, it was one part animated before the second half went live-action.
* ''Manga/ScreamingLessons'' got one despite never really having an anime.
* ''Manga/{{Saki}}'' and its spin-off ''Manga/SakiAchigaHen'' each got four episodes, a TV special, and a movie, airing over the course of 2016 to 2018.
* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' got a live-action film in 2019, and a second in 2021. The latter actually adapted the culture festival before the anime did, and Tsubame [[RoleReprise shares an actress in both adaptations]].
* ''Manga/BoysOverFlowers'' is known for its [[AdaptationOverdosed overdose]] of this kind of adaptation, as seen here:
** A 1995 film.
** A 2005 TV series that got two later seasons in 2007-2008.
** A two-season Taiwanese adaptation in 2001-2002, and its later 2018 remake. Has the MarketBasedTitle ''Meteor Garden''.
** [[Series/BoysBeforeFlowers A 2009 Korean adaptation]].
** A 2018 adaptation of its sequel manga ''Hana Nochi Hare''.

* The Mitsuru Adachi series Hiyatari Ryoko received a live action Japanese TV show adaptation in 1982.

* ''Manga/TheWayOfTheHousehusband'' had a live-action adaptation starring Creator/KenjiroTsuda in 2020.
* The manga ''Big Tits Dragon'' was adapted into the film ''Film/BigTitsZombie''.

* ''Film/{{Battleship}}''

* The ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' series of comic books were adapted into a live-action film that shares its name of the second book in the series, ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''. Despite being a failure at the box-office (thank you, ''Film/TheExpendables'') it was well-received by critics.
* ''Series/{{The Tick|2001}}'' had a short-lived prime-time live-action adaptation on Creator/{{Fox}} in the early 2000s. [[ExecutiveMeddling It had some problems]]. [[ScrewedByTheNetwork The problems weren't with the show]].
** Amazon has rebooted the live-action series.
* The ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' franchise has had many live-action incarnations dating all the way back to the late forties and early fifties. Among the more famous ones are George Reeves's ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'', Creator/ChristopherReeve's ''Superman'' movie series, and Creator/ChristopherNolan's ''Film/ManOfSteel'' reboot.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' is much the same way as ''Superman''. There is rarely a few years that go by without some new incarnation.
* ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' and ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' can now be added to the list of DC comics that got a live-action adaptation.
* ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} also managed to receive a [[Film/Catwoman2004 movie adaptation in 2004]], although it wasn't exactly well-received and the character was an original one only tangentially related to ''Batman'''s Catwoman.
* Before developing their own film company, Creator/MarvelComics licensed out their characters to other studios, and still do for some of their properties. Notable versions include the film adaptations of ''Film/SpiderMan1'', ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', ''[[Film/TheFantasticFour The]] [[Film/FantasticFour2005 Fantastic]] [[Film/FantasticFour2015 Four]]'' and ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}''.
** Of course, there's the ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' movie that ties in four years worth of [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel superhero motion pictures]] and brings together the heroes of ''The Incredible Hulk'', ''Iron Man'', ''Thor'', and ''Captain America'' for the culmination of one of the most ambitious superhero movie projects to date. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has become the biggest and most successful film franchise in history, with over 24 critically and financially successful films released as of 2020.
* The ''Film/SinCity'' movie is one of the most faithful comic-to-film adaptations made with an almost complete recreation of three stories from the comic. It was even co-written and co-directed by Creator/FrankMiller. Its sequel, on the other hand, didn't fare so well. Not because it was any less faithful, but because of an inexplicable SequelGap.
* There have been five live-action adaptations of Creator/ReneGoscinny's and Creator/AlbertUderzo's ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': 1999's ''Film/AsterixAndObelixTakeOnCaesar'' (based mostly on ''Recap/AsterixTheGaul'', with [[AdaptationAmalgamation many elements lifted from several other comic book stories]]), 2002's ''Film/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra'' (based on ''Recap/AsterixAndCleopatra''), 2008's ''Film/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames'' (based on ''Recap/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames''), 2012's ''Film/AsterixAndObelixGodSaveBritannia'' (based on ''Recap/AsterixInBritain'') and 2023's ''Film/AsterixAndObelixTheMiddleKingdom'' (a wholly original adventure).
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' has had [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 three]] [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze live-action]] [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII films]], as well as the live-action television series ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'', all of which were produced during the 1990s. The [[WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}} 2007 movie]], however, is straight-up CGI animation.
** And now a [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014 fourth]] in the form of a [[ContinuityReboot Continuity Reboot]], with the Brothers and Splinter as [[SerkisFolk Serkis Folk]]. Unlike the previous series, though, this only had one sequel, ''[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOfTheShadows Out of the Shadows]]''.

* Franchise/TheSmurfs got their own [[Film/TheSmurfs live-action movie]], with the eponymous Smurfs being CG. The first of a planned trilogy, with the [[Film/TheSmurfs2 second film]] released in 2013. Unfortunately, the performance of ''The Smurfs 2'' has caused Sony to cancel plans for the third movie in the trilogy, instead opting for an all-CGI ContinuityReboot with their [[WesternAnimation/SmurfsTheLostVillage next movie]] in 2017.
* ''Film/MenInBlack'', [[AdaptationDisplacement believe it or not]], is [[InNameOnly loosely]] based of a [[ComicBook/MenInBlack comic of the same name]].

* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' has been adapted to live-action twice: ''Film/JudgeDredd'' in 1995 (with Creator/SylvesterStallone as Joe Dredd) and ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' in 2012 (with Creator/KarlUrban as Joe Dredd).
* ''Film/AtomicBlonde'', adapted from the graphic novel ''The Coldest City'' by Antony Johnston.
* ''Franchise/TheCrow'' has had four movies and a TV series.
* ''Film/TankGirl'' (which is mostly live-action, [[ArtShift with some animated sequences]]).
* FrancoBelgianComics: After the success of both the ComicBook/{{Asterix}} movies mentioned above, there's been an rapid increase in Francophone live-action adaptations of comic books, both classics like ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}} (2005), ComicBook/LuckyLuke (1991, [[Film/LuckyLukeAndTheDaltons 2004]], [[Film/LuckyLuke2009 2009]]), ComicBook/{{Marsupilami}} ([[Film/HoubaOnTheTrailOfTheMarsupilami 2012]]), ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio ([[Film/TheAdventuresOfSpirouAndFantasio 2018]]) and ComicBook/GastonLagaffe ([[Film/GastonLagaffe 2018]]), as well as contemporary humor comics like ComicBook/{{Lou}} (2014), ''L'Élève Ducobu'' (2011, sequel in 2012), ''Les Profs'' (2013, sequel in 2015), and ''Tamara'' (2016). Spirou and Fantasio, Marsupilami and Gaston Lagaffe are actually part of a SharedUniverse in the comics of Creator/AndreFranquin, but [[invoked]][[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot sadly]] none of the movie adaptations ([[Film/HoubaOnTheTrailOfTheMarsupilami 2012]], [[Film/GastonLagaffe 2018]] and [[Film/TheAdventuresOfSpirouAndFantasio 2018]]) are related (jokes about the "Dupuis Cinematic Universe" abound).
* Predating the above by some 40-50 years, there were two films made out of ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' in TheSixties, ''Film/TintinAndTheGoldenFleece'' and ''Film/TintinAndTheBlueOranges''. Those were original adventures, their plot was not adapted from any album of Creator/{{Herge}}.

* ''Film/{{Skippy}}'' was a 1931 film starring child star Jackie Cooper, based on a comic strip about a mischievous boy. For many years, it was the only film based on a comic strip, comic book, or graphic novel to receive an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Picture, until ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' and ''Film/Joker2019'' came along.

* ''ComicStrip/Blondie1930'' has been adapted in several media, most prominently in a series of live-action films from 1938 to 1950. They made 28 movies!

* ITV actually made a live-action ''ComicStrip/AndyCapp'' sitcom in 1988. [[BritishBrevity It only lasted for six episodes.]]
* Sweden has a very long tradition of turning humor comic strips and comic books into live-action movies, with the 1940s and 1950s being the golden age. Swedish comics that have been made into live-action movies more than once include ''ComicStrip/NittioettanKarlsson, Kronblom, 47:an Löken, Åsa-Nisse'', and ''Biffen Och Bananen''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhpilPSA1hM There's a live-action parody of]] ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' about Black Friday, which is more of a [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue "where are they now"]] sort of deal rather than being about the actual holiday.
* ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'' had a live action TV series from 1958 to 1963, a 1987 TV Movie called ''Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter'', and a 1993 movie with two direct-to-video sequels.
* The [[Film/LittleOrphanAnnie first live-action adaptation]] of ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie'' was made in 1932. Since then we've had ''Film/Annie1982'', ''Film/Annie1999 and Film/Annie2014'', all based on [[Theatre/{{Annie}} the Broadway show]], and ''Film/AnnieARoyalAdventure'', written as a sequel to that story.
* ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' inspired a film serial in the 30s, a TV series in the 60s, and [[Film/DickTracy a feature film]] in 1990.

* ''Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' had one in November 2021, [[Film/CliffordTheBigRedDog sharing the name with the rest of the series]], courtesy of Creator/{{Paramount}}. Clifford himself is [[StarringSpecialEffects animated in CGI]].
* The ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' book series got [[Film/ArtemisFowl a live-action movie]] in 2020, courtesy of Creator/{{Disney}}. The film notably makes enough changes from the books (giving the eponymous character an AgeLift is just ''one'' example) that it reaches InNameOnly levels.

* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' was ''[[DevelopmentHell supposed]]'' to get one in 2012, which has been SavedFromDevelopmentHell (albeit now part of the franchise's second reboot) and came out in 2022.
* The 2007-2017 ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' directed by Creator/MichaelBay, adaptations of the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' toyline.

* A ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' live-action movie was released in 1987. It bombed at the box office, and plans for a sequel fell through.[[note]]Sets and costumes had already been built, they ended up in the Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme movie ''Film/Cyborg1989''[[/note]] A new ''Masters'' movie has been in DevelopmentHell for the past several years, though recent news suggests that casting might be starting soon.

* And then there's even a live-action ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'' movie in the works.
* The ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'' also had a share of live-action films released to mixed or positive reception, starting with a MadeForTVMovie based on Samantha Parkington's stories in 2004, and was followed by ''Felicity: An American Girl Adventure'' (2005), ''Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front'' (2006) and the 2008 theatrically released film ''Film/KitKittredgeAnAmericanGirl'', as well as films based on Girl of the Year characters like ''Chrissa Stands Strong'' (2009). ''[=McKenna=] Shoots For The Stars'' (2012) and ''Saige Paints the Sky'' (2013).

* ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' and ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation''. Then there's the 2021 ContinuityReboot, ''Film/{{Mortal Kombat|2021}}''.

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' had two official live-action adaptations:
** The [[Film/StreetFighter 1994 movie]] starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme and Creator/RaulJulia is the first and better known of the two, having come out at the peak of the franchise's popularity shortly after the release of ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Super Street Fighter II Turbo]]'' and features its entire roster minus Fei-Long and Akuma. It was criticized for taking creative liberties with the established canon of the games at that point, mostly due to the filmmakers ignoring the tournament plot of the games in favor of having the movie revolve around Guile leading an international task force against M. Bison and Shadaloo. It has since developed a bit of a cult following throughout the years.
** ''[[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi The Legend of Chun-Li]]'' released in 2009 starring Creator/KristinKreuk was released to tie-in with the console ports of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''. [[InNameOnly It barely had much to do with the games outside the names of the characters.]]
** A few fan-films had also been made such as ''WebVideo/StreetFighterTheLaterYears'', ''WebVideo/StreetFighterHigh (and The Musical)'', and the officially endorsed ''Street Fighter Legacy'' and ''Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist''.
* ''Film/{{Doom}}'', starring Creator/DwayneJohnson and Creator/KarlUrban. Infamously tried to make the franchise's usage of Hell and demons figurative instead of literal.

* ''Film/DOADeadOrAlive''.
* Creator/UweBoll's ''Film/HouseOfTheDead''. The first in a long line of painfully shallow video game adaptations for Boll.
* ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''. A surprisingly ''Disney'' backed adaptation, one that's not even that bad, really. Starring Creator/JakeGyllenhaal as the Prince, named "Dastan" here.
* In seemingly perpetual DevelopmentHell for the 2010s: ''Franchise/MassEffect'', ''VideoGame/BioShock1'', ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', ''VideoGame/TheSims'' and ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' (again).
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcNriiII9zo A YouTube video of a live-action adaption]] of ''VideoGame/HotelMario''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfX643fzzZw These are the live-action]] ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Faces of Evil]]''!
* ''Film/WingCommander''
* ''Film/DoubleDragon1994''
* Creator/TakashiMiike did the live-action adaptation of ''Ryu Ga Gotoku'', also known as ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' in the west. It was an adaptation in name only, focusing on a minor character and original characters as well as dumbing down any important plot elements from the game. Still was an entertaining film, just an adaptation in name only.
* A movie based loosely on ''VideoGame/ZombiesAteMyNeighbors'' was confirmed to be in production in 2011, and although it isn't confirmed to be live-action yet, the previews seem to be pointing that way. [[http://www.slashfilm.com/horrorcomedy-zombies-ate-neighbors-development-based-90s-video-game/ Here's the info.]] As of 2023, there has been no further updates on the project.

* ''WebVideo/TheLegendOfNeil''
* ''[[VideoGame/KunioKun Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun]]'' got a live-action TV drama, with the pilot episode screened at the Shitamachi Comedy Film Festival on September 14, 2013.
* Two ''VideoGame/DungeonSiege'' movies. By Creator/UweBoll, of course. At least, the first one had a few well-known actors (Creator/JasonStatham, Creator/RonPerlman, Creator/RayLiotta, Creator/BurtReynolds).
* Creator/{{Paramount}} produced a hybrid live-action/CGI film adaptation based on ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' for a [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 2020 release]]. It is currently the highest-rated video game movie adaption on Rotten Tomatoes. [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 A sequel]] would release in 2022, while a third film and a Knuckles-focused series are scheduled for a release in 2024.

* The music video for Music/PoetsOfTheFall's "[[https://youtu.be/0f_hewSrAH4?list=PLjACqN5i5sDWHzZPRsc95iVv4mAEagYJh War]]" adapts a few scenes from ''VideoGame/AlanWake,'' featuring Ilkka Villi, Alan's model and live-action performer, fighting [[TheHeartless Taken]] played by the band members, while the vocalist also plays a solitary camper singing the lyrics.

* While the planned ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' theatrical film (which was supposed to be [[Film/{{District9}} Neil Blomkamp's]] first movie) never got off the ground, Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries did manage to release two live-action webseries (''Film/Halo4ForwardUntoDawn'' and ''Film/HaloNightfall''), both of which are original stories set in the games' continuity. However, an official adaptation of the "main" story wouldn't come until 2022, when an AlternateContinuity [[Series/Halo2022 live-action TV series]] was ''finally'' released by Creator/ParamountPlus (after the original deal with Creator/{{Showtime}} fell through).
* The ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' movie franchise, spanning six films and a [[Film/ResidentEvilWelcomeToRaccoonCity reboot]]. [[AdaptationDecay Not exactly]] [[InNameOnly the best adaptations out there]], though the reboot film at the very least attempts to follow the plot of the games (despite making numerous questionable changes). Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2022 released a [[Series/ResidentEvil2022 TV series]] somewhat based on the games but like the film series isn't a particularly good adaptation and got cancelled after just one season.
* ''Film/Rampage2018'', based off the Midway arcade game of the same name featuring Dwayne Johnson and Creator/JeffreyDeanMorgan.
* ''Film/Uncharted2022'', starring Creator/TomHolland as Nathan Drake and Creator/MarkWahlberg as Sully. The first production from [[Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment PlayStation Productions]].
* The MMORPG ''VideoGame/RocoKingdom'' got a hybrid live-action/animated television series titled 洛克王国魔法学院 (''Roco Kingdom Magic Academy'') in 2014.

* The Korean webtoon ''Itaewon Class'' has a completed [[Series/ItaewonClass live-action TV adaptation]] with the same name.

* ''Series/AllOfUsAreDead'' is a Netflix adaptation from a 2009 webcomic of the same name created by Joo Dong-geun.

* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' had ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'', starring Matthew Broderick. Though the film was a critical disaster and despised by fans, it made enough money to spawn a direct-to-DVD sequel, ''Film/InspectorGadget2''... starring French Stewart. Ironically, the latter was more faithful to the cartoon show that spawned it.
* ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'' had three live-action film adaptations, with ''Film/{{Casper}}'' released in 1995 and was the first to have a fully CGI character in the lead role, and was followed up by two direct-to-video prequels: ''Film/CasperASpiritedBeginning'' (1997) and ''Film/CasperMeetsWendy'' (1998) that don't follow the same continuity as the original.
* ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'' got ''Film/FatAlbert'', starring Kenan Thompson as the lead character and used a plot in which a depressed teenage girl ends up summoning the characters from the cartoon into the real world.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' got an Creator/MNightShyamalan adaptation in 2010 -- ''Film/TheLastAirbender''. (The name was changed to avoid confusion with James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}''; they agreed to change it even though ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' came first.) They condensed the first season into a movie, hoping to make another two movies based on the other two seasons. However, the film was a disaster (largely because of the original creators not being involved as well as changing a number of things around) dashing any hope for more movies despite the film ending on a SequelHook. In 2018, Creator/{{Netflix}} announced a live-action version of the series with show creators [=DiMartino=] and Konietzko as executive producers until they backed out of the project.
* ''Film/Ben10RaceAgainstTime'', with [[Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan Lee Majors]] as Max Tennyson and [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Sab Shimono]] and [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Robert]] [[Series/StargateAtlantis Picardo]] in supporting roles. The second movie, ''Film/Ben10AlienSwarm'' was based off the SequelSeries, ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' got one with CGI chipmunks in 2007, and had a sequel in 2009, a third in 2011, and a fourth in December 2015.
* A movie based on ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'', ''Film/DoraAndTheLostCityOfGold'', came out in Fall 2019. Of course, the non-human characters were animated in CGI, since the original series had a cast of animate objects and {{funny animal}}s. The plot revolves around Dora and Diego as teenagers.
** This is separate from the [[Creator/{{Dropout}} CollegeHumor]] ''WebVideo/DoraTheExplorerAndTheDestinyMedallion'' live-action Dora shorts.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
** ''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'' is a live-action film starring [[Series/DrakeandJosh Drake Bell]] as a twenty-three-year-old Timmy Turner still in the [[FridgeLogic fifth grade]]; he still has his fairies due to acting like a kid [[LoopholeAbuse since if he does, he gets to keep them]]. However, [[spoiler:Timmy winds up falling in love with a beautiful, twenty-three-year-old Tootie, who threatens to break them apart since it's a rather adult thing for which fairies aren't needed.]] The movie was so popular that it got [[Film/AFairlyOddChristmas two]] [[Film/AFairlyOddSummer sequels]]--one about Christmas vacation and the other about summer vacation, except [[spoiler:it ends up with Timmy becoming a fairy at the end. This was yet another in a ''long'' line of attempts to bring an end to the series.]]
** ''Series/TheFairlyOddParentsFairlyOdder'' is a live-action series set eight years after the animated series, with an adult Timmy Turner passing on his fairies to his cousin, Vivian.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' was adapted into a Disney Channel Original Movie over a decade after it ended. The ''Film/KimPossible'' film came out in 2019.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' was adapted into a live-action(/3D) sequel series, ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'', released in early 2013.
* ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'' is probably the UrExample for this trope relative to WesternAnimation, as it occasionally remade its own animated sequences into live-action skits, sometimes {{Lampshading}} and [[TheParody Parodying]] the original. Either way, HilarityEnsues.
* Creator/RobertRodriguez and Sony are currently making Creator/RalphBakshi and Creator/FrankFrazetta's ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce1983'' into one.
* While ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' contain live-action sequences, ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'' is a rather strange example of this. Only the last 20 minutes and part of the beginning could be considered this trope, despite [[TrailersAlwaysLie the trailers saying otherwise.]]
* A spin-off series of ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' titled ''Os Amigos Vegetais'' was released exclusively in Brazil, showing the veggies as live-action characters.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': ''Film/ALoudHouseChristmas'' is a live-action film released in November 2021 on both Nickelodeon and Paramount+. Its success spawned a live-action series, ''Series/TheReallyLoudHouse'', that premiered November 2022, with most of the above film's cast reprising their roles. The series itself has a Halloween special, ''Film/AReallyHauntedLoudHouse'', that premiered September 2023.

* A live-action adaptation of the Krakow Studios comic ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'' has progressed far enough to post trailers on Website/YouTube.

** This is separate from the Website/CollegeHumor ''WebVideo/DoraTheExplorerAndTheDestinyMedallion'' live-action Dora shorts.

* ''Anime/{{Kite}}'' was [[Film/{{Kite}} adapted in 2014]], starring India Eisley from ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' as Sawa and Creator/SamuelLJackson as [[AdaptationNameChange Detective Karl Aker]], Sawa's legal guardian.

** The sequel manga, ''Manga/AngelHeart'', also got a live-action TV adaptation in 2015 which aired for 9 episodes.

** ''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'' is a live-action film starring [[Series/DrakeandJosh Drake Bell]] as a twenty-three-year-old Timmy Turner still in the [[FridgeLogic fifth grade]]; he still has his fairies due to acting like a kid [[LoopholeAbuse since if he does, he gets to keep them]]. However, [[spoiler:Timmy winds up falling in love with a beautiful, twenty-three-year-old Tootie, who threatens to break them apart since it's a rather adult thing for which fairies aren't needed.]] The movie was so popular that it got [[Film/AFairlyOddChristmas two]] [[Film/AFairlyOddSummer sequels]]--one about Christmas summer vacation and the other about summer vacation, except [[spoiler:it ends up with Timmy becoming a fairy at the end. This was yet another in a ''long'' line of attempts to bring an end to the series.]]

In the West, many animated series have to run against the AnimationAgeGhetto; one way to get around this and attract a wider audience is to do a live-action version of something originally animated. Even if it utilizes CG and special effects, this will sometimes strip the show of its perceived "cartoonishness". This is also a common device when a live-action ''movie'' adaptation is made, which will already be accused of leeching ideas from an older show.

* ''Film/SilentHill'' adapted from a video game of the same name. There is also a sequel that follows the daughter of the previous lead as she becomes an older teen. Essentially an adaptation of the third game.

* Creator/{{Paramount}} produced a hybrid live-action/CGI film adaptation based on ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' for a [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 2020 release]]. It is currently the highest-rated videogame movie adaption on Rotten Tomatoes. [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 A sequel]] is releasing in 2022, while a third film and a series are currently in development.