Comments on: Live Action Full Metal Panic!

By: ExileFayt

ExileFayt — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:43:20 +0000

I’m really not that against Zac Efron being Sousuke…people only dislike him because he’s in high school musical but he’s actually a very good actor. I find it in poor taste that people jump to conclusions because an actor was in a film they didn’t like, so they dub him ‘unworthy’ :/

By: Xexyzl

Xexyzl — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:07:02 +0000

SSand: Very true. I always make it a point of educating people on Kaname’s hair color.

By: zer01

zer01 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:12:36 +0000

now this just sux ass bigtym!
they shud just go and change the title to full musical panic too

By: SSand

SSand — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:38:35 +0000

Hmmm…

Many of the reply’s here are irrelevant. They didn’t license the Anime or the Manga, they licensed the novels.

Kanami is described as having dark brown eyes and hip length black hair in the novel. So all the talk of hair color is pretty much meh…

Also there are plenty of actors that started in kiddy flicks or at Disney and went on to adult careers. So that isn’t really important either. I don’t think he is right for the part because he just doesn’t look hardened enough to be a mercenary who had spent his life on battlefields. Sousuke should have a rougher look.

By: rainyfriday

rainyfriday — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:58:28 +0000

Actually, Zac Effron won’t be so bad. And he’ll probably bring some appeal to the movie. Those who don’t know FMP would probably watch it just to see Zac Effron. And his action scenes could be minimal, instead, focusing on Giant Robot action. But it very well depends on who’s playing Chidori.

By: DratinifanOozaru13

DratinifanOozaru13 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:36:40 +0000

I just watched this show and got into it. Damn you Zac Effron.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:27:19 +0000

It’s the real deal guys FMP is getting the live action treatment:

Anime News Networks post about it:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-07/mandalay-pictures-licenses-full-metal-panic-film-rights

By: The Live Action Vegeta

The Live Action Vegeta — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:06:50 +0000

Regarding hair color in film. Any hair color can pretty much work if you have a talented art department, and filmmakers who want it to work. It has nothing to do with a color looking right on film or not, because you can always tone it down if need be, and nearly everything to do with mise en scene. It’s all about making it fit the character, and the environment. You might not end up with the same exact look or shade from the source material, but one can’t say that it “WON’T” work. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about film it’s that anything in is possible you just have to be up for the challenge.

I mean look at films like The Fifth Element where you have a character with bright orange hair. And the movie Immortal you have a character that has blue hair. And there is nothing distracting about the colors in either film. Because the filmmakers make it work.

So really there isn’t any reason that they CAN’T make the hair blue. It’s more a matter of if they want to make it blue.

By: The Live Action Vegeta

The Live Action Vegeta — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:54:18 +0000

I actually used to think of Zak Efron as a possible good teen Goku. The main thing that would rule him out, in my opinion, is the whole High School Musical thing. For a role like Goku I never really wanted to see anyone who was recognizable from a previous role.

I don’t know anything about Full Metal Panic, but Zak Efron seems like an ok casting choice from the perspective that he does resemble the character. But I’d have to think that they’ll end up changing his name to something other than Sousuke Sagara if Efron does indeed take the role. Otherwise it would be kind of weird. Unless there is some story behind the name like Goku and an adoption.

By: megumisamma41100

megumisamma41100 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:15:32 +0000

Jt, i was going to say the same thing. no way…how the hell could they possibly make a live action fullmetal panic! and zac efron being interested in it!!!!!!!!! no freaking way. this has to be some kind of joke. Adam, if it is your way of a joke, its definatly not funny. seriously i really don’t believe this. so just tell us its all a joke ok….ok?