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Cringe together as Dragonball Evolution and other live-action films based on anime are lampooned

Enjoy bad cinema as we take you on a tour of the worst live-action adaptations of anime

Comics are hard to adapt into live action - but for Hollywood, manga (and anime) is even harder. At Emerald City Comic Con, the gang from Nerds Know tackled this unfortunate phenomena in a panel called Live Action Anime Cringefest. They start with the horrendous 2009 Dragonball Evolution, and things get way worse from there.

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Chris Arrant: Chris Arrant is the Popverse's Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel, Newsarama, CBR, and more. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)
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