Wind's Howling Through This Netflix The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep Clip

I really really hope they do this story proud and don't ruin it with some fanfic sh*te like the live action series. Looking forward to seeing Essi Daven.

I still don't see any else purpose to screw game stories with live actions except writers lack of self ideas.

I genuinely think moving away from geralt will be such a bad decision for this franchise. Sure other characters are cool but I think it will end up so generic. Guess time will tell.

Really looking forward to it. I liked Nightmare of the Wolf and overall I feel like Netflix is doing better Anime than Live-Action. So let's see

I agree with the general consensus above, any and all tv-based Witcher stuff should have gotten the Castlevania treatment and been solely anime from the get-go. More often than not, live action adaptations just come across tacky and gimmicky.

@Yagami I've been hoping for years that Yakuza would get an anime adaptation since I feel it's best suited to juggle the action, the heartfelt drama and the silliness the games are known for. The reason I'm mostly excited for game adaptations (also live action) is that many games have great stories that I know my wife f.e. would enjoy, but I just can't expect everyone being willing to put the 60+ hours into it. Or an RPG where after a slow 20h start you're like "believe me, it'll get good from here on". Requirement is however that you do a good job and respect the source material which many just don't.
Witcher had an okay first season but just crapped all over the books starting season 2, just finished season 3 but there's not much to salvage. It also has a very cheap Xena era look about it which just doesn't cut it these days. Cavill was still one of the better aspects of the show.

@Yagami I'd absolutely love traditional animation or CG movie/series adaptations but most western adults still consider animation to be inferior juvenile media.
That's why Hollywood mostly produces junk like minions and at best Pixar movies that have a bit more to offer than just tranquilizing kids for 90 minutes, but are still very on the nose in comparison to brilliant Ghibli or Momoru Hosoda movies that assume kids are smarter than what Hollywood expects.

As for Yakuza, of course it should be in Japanese, though I'm not such a purist to disregard English dubs completely. If someone enjoys it with dubs so be it as long as they have a good time.
After shows like Tokyo vice and Shogun I'm cautiously optimistic about the Amazon show.

Looks promising so far! Netflix have generally been on point with their animated series (Castlevania being a prime example) so I'm cautiously optimistic.

@Yagami Final Fantasy tried it, even before Advent Children with that film, Spirits Within (? I forget the name...) And it was definitely interesting, although I felt mainstream audiences were not yet ready for a full-on 3d animated film. Anime seems to have had its chance to get its hooks into culture, but a lot of cgi films just look a bit weird or uncanny, and that probably puts people off.

@Yagami Yeah, I'd agree! Somehow videogame cutscenes generally look better/ more natural than most uses of cgi in movies.