Quote:Question: Some of the most significant changes we've seen in the trailer so far is that the cast is all Japanese. And that is very different from the original in that Mikasa was the only Asian person left alive. So what were the thoughts behind changing all that and making it just the Japanese cast this time?

Higuchi: Because I am Japanese and I can direct only in Japanese, when that happens the actors are usually Japanese.

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Yamauchi: This story goes back to the Fall of 2012, when TOHO acquired the rights to the original manga. Mr. Isayama, who is the original creator, clearly stated to us that he didn't really want us to mind the setting in the original manga that much. The only thing that he wanted to have us keep true was the world in which these giant titans eat humans. That was really the extent to which he wanted us to stay true to the manga. So he said "feel free to make whatever you can and make it something that is interesting and that is something that only live action could do. Mr Higuchi, make it your own thing." Mr. Isayama was very much involved with the creative process as well. Anyway, with his blessing we sort of felt free to take some liberties with the original manga.

(10-22-2015, 04:31 PM)troubler Wrote: I didn't think the movie was 'that' bad. It just doesn't translate well from Anime to Live Action.