I thought this was an interesting question for Funimation to ask, considering they are a localization/licensing/dubbing company. I didn't think they had much say in what Japanese companies choose to animate. Anyways I had fun answering this question and went to town on it, I really had 4 suggestions (the last one I put in the comments at the bottom). Here were my suggestions:
(book) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
I'm pretty sure lots of us have read this amazing sci-fi/psychological book, it's pretty famous and I'm surprised there hasn't been any live-action adaptations. Maybe the author is against it, but I think it would be perfect for animation.
(visual novel - DS) 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
This is one of those rare visual novels to make into the U.S. and damn was it good. The puzzle element was really cool too, it made you feel like you were smart when you finished them (especially the sudoku puzzle at the end of true ending)
(video-game - Xbox360) Eternal Sonata
A video-game about Frederic Francois Chopin (google him) on his deathbed where he dreams up an entire fantasy world all about music! The game's graphics are beautiful and of course, the music is stellar as well. Definitely good anime material.
(book) The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I'm sure a lot of you have had to read this guy back in High School. Most books we had to read in High School sucked, but this one was awesome. I felt it accurately portrays teenage angst, emotion, and arrogance. Also good anime material.
What did you guys suggest?
Well they have been doing some DTV movies like Dragon Age and such.
All Will Know The Wonder Of My Dark & Jewled Sky, When All The World Is Wrapped In An Eternal Lullabye.
I'm sorry but the only one I could really come up with was Scott Pilgrim. I think that could work as an anime-ish thing.
Also Kingdom Hearts.
American Mcgee's Alice , Shadow of Destiny and Suikoden 2 were the things that I suggested to be adapted into anime movies .
I assume you guys are talking about this survey right?
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22G9GWDTS4L
Figured it at least needed linked in here somewhere for anyone that hasn't taken it yet, like myself (working on it right now though).
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Ah, thanks for posting the link. I probably should have done that myself.
I went with Harry Potter, Wicked, and The Hunger Games, myself.
For Harry Potter, I'd really like to see a series of OAVs that are just daily lives of Hogwarts students. The setting is fascinating by itself without any major life or death plots and I'd love to just see more day to day things with the students and teachers during a relatively normal period, sans psycho murderous dark wizards. Not that psycho murderous dark wizards aren't fun, but we got plenty of them in the books.
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Vassalord, It's an actual manga that I would be shocked if Funimation didn't pick up sooner or later.
Assassin's Creed, that game just screams anime lol.
For games, the only couple I play; Ninja Gaiden, or even the Dead or Alive series, Soul Calibur, possible Lolipop Chainsaw (probably would be better than the game, although you can unlock anime outfits on it). They all lend themselves to being made into animes.
Harry Potter - but completely uncut from the book - the movies did a good sum up, but it would be cool to see more of what they missed from the books, and they could run for a few seasons, and that would be a long series I would get into.
This is a big one on my wishes:
Star Wars - yes, I know there are the two Clone Wars shows, but I'm talking in all out anime show - have the story take place between Movie 3 (Revenge of the Sith) and Movie 4 (A new Hope). It could show how the Emperor dissolves the senate, tell Han Solo's back story - how he won the falcon, his debt to Jabba, meeting Chewbacca, Lando etc. Get more of Boba Fett on it, Luke Skywalker as a young child showing force potential and Uncle Owen discouraging it. Have Star Killer's story, and, since they like to focus on Anakin - have him full of doubt and dread when he goes on his missions to hunt down remaining Jedi, the force telling him he actually has children and most important - do the opposite of the prequel movies and animations - in these they show Anakin hinting towards the dark side, for this ideal series, as Darth Vader, have scenes where it shows there is still good in him - being merciful to certain characters, being giving and generous- things that contradict his being an agent of the dark side.
Basically, there is way more storytelling in these events than even the clone wars saga, and as a fan of the series, it's this sort of material that would really tie the two trilogies together. And it would be cool to see Darth Vader and the Emperor tear things up along with Han Solo and Boba Fett. In Japan they should get in touch with George Lucas and make an anime of this.
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