American Hollywood steals more of Japan's ideas, plans 'Ninja Kids!!!' remake
8/31/2011
Holly Coletta

American audiences are well aware that Japan knows its way around successful entertainment -- we've borrowed/remade some of their classic horror movies, like The Ring and even took their uber-popular kids show, Power Rangers and turned it into a recognizable brand for most American tykes.

Now, according to Collider, Hollywood has decided to give Takashi Mike's Ninja Kids!!! the magical Amurican touch.

Ninja Kids!!! originated as a manga and TV anime series over in Japan called Nintama Rantaro, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Mike recently turned the comics into a live-action family friendly comedy, and it has already caught the eye of Hollywood producers.

The Hollywood Reporter says that the distribution rights are currently being negotiated with a "major production company," but exact details are undisclosed for now.

The series stars popular Japanese kid actor Seishiro Kato as a first grader who is sent to a ninja school by his parents.

Adorable kids, family-friendly comedy, butt-kicking and excessive exclamation points? It's not hard to see why Hollywood thinks Ninja Kids!!! would be a hit with American audiences, although it's unclear as to whether they plan to use the rights for a television series or movie franchise. TheCelebriteyCafe
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Why remake? Why not just subtitle or dub in English like they do with Anime?

It sickens me that America can't view a movie full of Asian faces. I bet the only reason Hollywood doesn't remake Chinese Kung Fu movies is because they can't do the fight scenes even with the help of CG!

takashi mike is so famous. Id never think hed make a kids series because he makes violent films usually but it will Prob be fun and popular with boys.
But true and its not only with the obvious things too. They mimic cinematography adapted from anime as well such as cut scene techniques and visual images









americans like to sue for intellectual property. Perhaps japan should start patenting some aesthetic ideas to counter them. Sounds crazy but it worked for apple against Samsung. Japans aesthetics are very easy to pinpoint and notice so it shouldnt be hard to patent.

The next thing you know, Americans say Look at how Innovative us White people is. You Asians are nothing, you Asians cant invent or come up with ideas for $hit, all you Asians do is copy copy copy.... LOLLLLLL

American touch pretty much means most of the main casts will be white Americans lol.

Yeah, I do think America should stop "Americanizing everything". Americans are always talking about multiculturalism, yet this is usually what they end up doing.

Westerner whtie people didn't invent $hit for the past 3000 years before 1000AD and it was at 1000AD that they invented the water mill, probably like 1000 years after the Chinese invented the water mill.

East will rise again and will beat the West and place these barbarians into the proper order of the world.

The hollywood remake of dragonball still haunts me.

Lol! Omg i forgot about that one. -_____-

still waiting for hollywood to make 'the last nigga on earth' starring tom hanks.

Sucker punch was awesome btw.

Hollywood wants to make Bleach,Death Note,Akira,Ghost in the Shell,Cowboy Bebop into movies what next Code Geass FUUUUUU Hollywood...

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When a movie is really really bad, it gains a comedic value. I love watching real bad movies lol

$hit man, that movie was horrendously bad. That movie needs its own category for being so bad lol.

Hollywood is apparently making a second one...

and they say Asians lack creativity



The West will get conquered by a horde of Arabs, Mexicans, Africans, and Indians. By the time the Far East becomes a superpower, the West would be a collection of brown/black banana republics.



not likely
Africans breed a lot so they won't ever have that problem. If anything, they should make "The Last Cracka" starring Will Smith.

The American version of The Grudge was much much better than the original Japanese "Ju-On". That's probably the only American remake that I thought was better than the original, which doesn't happen often.

I also heard they were remaking Oldboy....

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

List of japanese anime/games that hollywood is going to make them into $hitfest:

Cowboy Bebop
Akira
Castlevania

Feel free to add more.