In theory, when a work has been adapted to a different medium, we should always have a default article namespaced to and listed in the original medium, and adaptations will be redirects to the original medium unless they have enough unique material to justify a separate page.
When it comes to Anime, Manga, and Visual Novels, we seem to be doing a good job at this, thanks to tireless and obsessive fans of those media. When it comes to things like literature vs. film, or theatre vs. film, on the other hand, we're doing a terrible job! Films are popular, so thanks to Adaptation Displacement, people make pages about those, completely ignoring the source work.
This is a page for collecting works that are basically about the wrong medium, usually in the wrong namespace.
Note that some of these works may involve such drastic adaptations that there should be more than one page.
If there are seperate pages for both the source material and the adaptation, they do not need to be listed here and remain separate.
If the page is moved the original page should be kept as a redirect and wicks referring only to the adaptation should be to that redirect in case another troper wishes to split the works at a later date.
Once pages have been moved, they should be checked to see if they make sense eg if they refer to purely to the work to being a film if it is now a literature page or referencing events that only happen in the adaptation but not in the source. It's often preferable to create a source work page rather then moving the page if there these sort of differences.
See also Sandbox.Franchise Namespace Correction for a similar project; moving franchise pages out of the multimedia franchise namespace and into the original medium namespace.
Anime & Manga
- Anpanman was originally a picture book by Takashi Yanase.
- Duel Masters: The anime series is based on the manga by Shigenobu Matsumoto.
- Ghost Hunt was originally a novel series by Fuyumi Ono.
- Gigantor was originally a manga, Tetsujin 28-go.
- Gilgamesh was originally a manga series by Shotaro Ishinomori.
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan was originally a novel series by Yoshiki Tanaka.
- Inazuma Eleven was originally a video game series by Level-5.
- Jewelpet was originally a toy line by Sanrio and Sega.
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes was originally a novel series by Yoshiki Tanaka.
- Mighty Cat Masked Niyandar was originally a picture book by Takashi Yanase.
- Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit was originally the first novel of the Moribito series by Nahoko Uehashi.
- Pretty Series was originally a series of arcade games developed by Takara Tomy and syn Sophia.
- Shiki was originally a novel of the same title by Fuyumi Ono.
- Submarine Super 99 was originally a manga series by Leiji Matsumoto.
Comic Books
- Largo Winch was originally a book series.
Films — Animated
- Grave of the Fireflies was originally a short story.
- The Kindly Lion was originally a picture book by Takashi Yanase.
- Kiki's Delivery Service was originally a novel by Eiko Kadono. The film is only loosely based on the novel so the tropes for the latter need to be split from the anime page and moved to Literature.Kikis Delivery Service (after that page is created).
- Metropolis (2001) is based on a manga series of the same title by Osamu Tezuka.
- Ringing Bell was originally a picture book by Takashi Yanase.
- The Rose Flower and Joe was originally a picture book by Takashi Yanase.
Films — Live-Action
- 8 Women was originally a play.
- The African Queen was originally a novel.
- Airport was originally a novel.
- The Amityville Horror (1979) was originally a "non-fiction" novel.
- Anthony Adverse was originally a novel.
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was originally a novel.
- Bell, Book and Candle was originally a play.
- Brokeback Mountain was originally a short story.
- Bullet Train was originally a novel.
- Das Boot was originally a book.
- Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler was originally a book.
- A Boy and His Dog was originally an award-winning novella. Page moved and indexes corrected, but wicks mostly unchanged.
- Caesar and Cleopatra was originally a play.
- Carmen Jones was originally a stage musical.
- Children of Men was originally a novel.
- Chocolat was originally a novel.
- Cool Hand Luke was originally a novel. The book's author, Donn Pearce, co-wrote the screenplay.
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was originally a short story.
- Damage (1992) was originally a novel.
- Dead End (1937) was originally a play.
- Design for Living was originally a play by Noël Coward.
- The Desperate Hours was originally a novel.
- Destination Moon, based on a story by Robert A. Heinlein (who also helped write the script of the movie, and served as a technical consultant).
- Dinner at Eight was originally a play.
- Drive (2011) was originally a novel.
- The Eagle Has Landed was originally a novel.
- Empire of the Sun was originally a non-fiction novel.
- The Empty Man was originally a comic book series
- Enemy Mine was originally a novella.
- Everything Is Illuminated was originally a novel.
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec was originally a comic.
- The Front Page was originally a play (Theatre/).
- George Washington Slept Here was originally a play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.
- Gidget, based on books
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir was originally a novel.
- Girl, Interrupted was originally a novel.
- The Godfather was originally a novel.
- Gone with the Wind was originally a novel.
- The Gray Man (2022) was originally a novel.
- The Horse Whisperer was originally a novel.
- Impostor was originally a Short Story.
- I Remember Mama was originally a play loosely based on a memoir.
- Jakob the Liar was originally a book.
- Johnny Belinda was originally a play.
- The Keep was originally a novel (the page even starts off talking about the novel).
- Killdozer! was originally a novella by Theodore Sturgeon.
- The Lair of the White Worm was originally a novel by Bram Stoker. (The adaptation here was so drastic that it may really call for a separate page, though.)
- The Last King of Scotland was originally a novel.
- The Legend of Bagger Vance is yet another Film of the Book.
- Legends of the Fall was originally a novel.
- Liliom was originally a Ferenc Molnar play (also the source material for Carousel).
- The Lincoln Lawyer was originally a novel.
- Look Back in Anger was originally a play.
- Love Story was originally a novel.
- The Man Who Fell to Earth was originally a novel.
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom was originally a play.
- Mary Reilly: A Julia Roberts vehicle, which ignores the award-winning source novel.
- The Milagro Beanfield War was originally a novel.
- Nightbooks was originally a novel.
- Night Must Fall was originally a play.
- The Night of the Hunter, based on a Davis Grubb novel.
- The Pale Blue Eye was originally a novel.
- The Perfect Storm was originally a novel.
- The Philadelphia Story was originally a play.
- Poor Things was originally a book.
- The Prestige: based on a Christopher Priest novel.
- Prizzi's Honor was originally a novel by Richard Condon (who also contributed to the screenplay).
- Road to Perdition was originally a comic book.
- The Ruins was originally a novel of same title.
- Sadie Thompson was originally a short story by W. Somerset Maugham (which received numerous other adaptations)..
- The Secret of Roan Inish was originally a novel by Rosalie K. Fry.
- The Seven Year Itch was originally a play by George Axelrod.
- The Shack was originally a novel.
- Snow Falling on Cedars was originally a novel.
- The Song of Bernadette was originally a novel by Franz Werfel.
- Sophie's Choice was originally a novel.
- Striptease was originally a novel by Carl Hiaasen.
- The Sun Is Also a Star was originally a novel by Nicola Yoon.
- The Tailor of Panama was originally a novel.
- Tea and Sympathy was originally a play.
- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse was originally a book (even if it was only published after the movie).
- There's Someone Inside Your House was originally a novel.
- Those Who Wish Me Dead was originally a novel.
- A Thousand Clowns was originally a play.
- A Time to Kill was originally a novel.
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was originally a novel.
- The Voice of the Turtle was originally a play.
- Watch on the Rhine was originally a play by Lillian Hellman.
- The Woman was originally a novel.
Live-Action TV
- Bodies (2023) is based on a comic
- The Consultant (2023) was originally a novel.
- Cursed (2020) was originally a novel.
- First Day is based on a short film of the same title.
- Life and Fate was originally a novel by Vasily Grossman.
- Outcast based on a comic
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis began as a series of short stories by Max Shulman.
- The Queen's Gambit is based on a novel.
- Rizzoli & Isles is based on a series of novels.
- Wallander: originally a series of novels. Also has films—might need a Franchise/ page.
- We Own This City was originally a novel.
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? began as a radio show.
Podcasts
- The Thrilling Adventure Hour originally started as recordings of live performances at a theatre in Los Angeles — either Theatre/ or AudioPlay/, depending on how you look at it.
Theatre
- Carmen is based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée.
- La Traviata is the Secondary Adaptation of the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils through a stage play adaptation (also known in English as Camille).
- SuperF*ckers originally a comicbook series
Webcomics
- Girl Genius was a comic book long before it was a webcomic, but many people are unaware of this.
Western Animation
- The Animals of Farthing Wood was originally a series of children's books.
- Fancy Nancy was originally a series of children's books.
- Felidae was originally a book.
- The Iron Giant was originally a book.
- Maisy was originally a series of children's books.
- Martin Mystery was originally an Italian comic.
- Meg and Mog was originally a series of picture books
- Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends based on the Miss Spider Series by David Kirk
- The Polar Express was originally a picture book.
- Seven Little Monsters based on the Maurice Sendak book
- A Tale Dark And Grimm was originally a novel.
- Toot & Puddle was originally a series of children's books.
- Zombillénium was originally a comic book.
No Namespace
- The Untouchables was originally a somewhat fictionalized memoir (our page mentions the film and the TV series only).
