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 adaptions that there should be more than one page. Those may deserve separate categorization, once this project gets a little more advanced. 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.
- 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
- The Breadwinner was originally a children's novel of the same title.
- The Kindly Lion was originally a picture book by Takashi Yanase.
- Metropolis (2001) is based on a manga series of the same title by Osamu Tezuka.
- My Neighbors the Yamadas is based on the manga series Nono-chan by Hisaichi Ishii.
- 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.
- The Amityville Horror (1979) was originally a novel.
- Androcles and the Lion was originally a play.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Disclosure was originally a novel.
- Drive (2011) was originally a novel.
- The Eagle Has Landed was originally a novel.
- Empire of the Sun was originally a non-fiction novel.
- Enemy Mine was originally a novella.
- Everything Is Illuminated was originally a novel.
- The Exorcist was originally a novel.
- The Front Page was originally a play (Theatre/).
- 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 Help 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.
- The Keep was originally a novel (the page even starts off talking about the novel).
- 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.
- The Leopard 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.
- Nightbooks was originally a novel.
- Night Must Fall was originally a play.
- The Night of the Hunter, based on a Davis Grubb novel.
- The Perfect Storm was originally a novel.
- The Philadelphia Story was originally a play.
- 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.
- Sadie Thompson was originally a short story by W. Somerset Maugham (which received numerous other adaptations).
- Savages was originally a novel by Don Winslow.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Watch on the Rhine was originally a play by Lillian Hellman.
- The Woman was originally a novel.
Live-Action TV
- First Day is based on a short film of the same title.
- The Queen's Gambit is based on a novel.
- Rizzoli & Isles is based on a series of novels.
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis began as a series of short stories by Max Shulman.
- 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 Audio Play/, 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).
Webcomics
- Girl Genius was a comic book long before it was a webcomic, but many people are unaware of this.
Western Animation
- Angelina Ballerina was originally a series of children's books.
- The Animals of Farthing Wood was originally a series of children's books.
- Felidae was originally a book.
- The Iron Giant was originally a book.
- Martin Mystery was originally an Italian comic.
- The Polar Express was originally a picture book.
- Scaredy Squirrel was originally a book.
- A Tale Dark & Grimmwas originally a novel.
- The Tick was adapted from a series of comic books (which probably deserve at least one article of their own).
- Zombillenium 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).
