The Big Picture There's potential goodness ahead for anime fans, with the live-action of One Piece hitting Netflix later this month. It's been a while since the streamer has attempted to find its next big IP, and it's betting heavily on live-action anime adaptations — only, so far, the genre has proved to be rather difficult at being translated into a new medium.
Weta Attempted to Adapt 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' in the Early 2000s In the late 1990s, ADV Films brought Neon Genesis Evangelion to the USA audience, the first step into making it a global hit and helping to consolidate anime culture in the country.
When Hideaki Anno Left Gainax, He Took ‘Evangelion’ With Him The story of how Neon Genesis Evangelion got made is almost worth a movie itself. The financial situation at Gainax was extremely dire, and the final arc of the anime had to be finished using mostly concept art, and Hideaki Anno adapted the whole thing as if it were happening inside the main character Shinji's mind during the Human Instrumentality Project, a main plot point of the finale.