Dragonball Evolution Predicted The Netflix Live Action Anime Trend

By Angelo Delos Trinos

Published 3 days ago

Dragonball Evolution is one of the worst live-action adaptations of a popular anime, but it predicted Netflix's current live-action anime boom.

Summary

Dragonball Evolution paved the way for Netflix's live-action anime adaptations, despite being one of the worst adaptations ever made.
Netflix's Death Note and Cowboy Bebop fell into the same pitfalls as Dragonball Evolution, deviating from the source material and angering fans.
Netflix's One Piece learned from Dragonball Evolution's mistakes, sticking closely to the source material and receiving approval from the manga's creator.