Get Jiro does panel at Annecy Festival, immediate red flags are noticed as writers struggle to adapt a story after the author has died

[Jman]

https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/anthony-bourdain-get-jiro-warner-bros-animation-adult-swim-1236425568/#comment-6714975
 

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While the team played with various references, from Kurosawa’s “Yojimbo” to “Mindgame,” Golgo 13, “Scavengers Reign,” Moebius, Geof Darrow and classic Westerns, they decided to go into a more grounded direction. 

“We love the graphic novel, but we wanted to change some of the forms [and opt for] more realistic proportions. The kinds of stories we’re telling are very emotional, it’s a real character arc and there’s real consequences to the violence,” explained Girardi.

Hoo boy.  
 

Also apparently they’re removing the infamous California rolls joke.

[Toonamiguy321]

Why is it so hard for people to just adapt the material in the west? 
 

“We like this series and want to animate it”

”We are going to change a bunch of things because we don’t like them and feel the original creator was wrong”

[Mr. Idea Box]

Fingers crossed that this is tolerable at least.

[Jman]

15 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Why is it so hard for people to just adapt the material in the west? 
 

“We like this series and want to animate it”

”We are going to change a bunch of things because we don’t like them and feel the original creator was wrong”

Because in the West, unless the original author is adapting it, instead of just being handed a sack full of money for the rights, the writers want to leave their thumbprints and show off their “creative genius.”  

Edited June 13 by Jman

[Mr. Idea Box]

12 hours ago, Jman said:

Because in the West, unless the original author is adapting it, instead of just being handed a sack full of money for the rights, the writers want to leave their thumbprints and show off their “creative genius.”  

Translated: "Those that adapt a property that did not create it were pigeonholed into making someone else's project instead of having their own original story greenlit."

Example: Dinosaur Planet and its transformation into Star Fox Adventures, circa 2000-2002.