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James Bond in animation?
TheSkyfallen06
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
For decades, we've seen 007 in live-action movies, played by real-life actors, and as for the books, his appearance has been, for the most part, consistent with Fleming's description of him, but what if James Bond stepped into the world of animation? The closest we have had to it was the television series James Bond Jr., which we all know how it ended.First of all, I would like to apologize to all of you if this has already been discussed in another thread.
But, what if we gave it a chance? Do you think it would be a good idea? Would it be a success or a failure?
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Well, literary Bond already is in the public domain on Canada, the main issue when it comes to someone else adapting Bond is the fact that EON legally owns the rights to each one of the trademarks of the franchise (The theme, the logo, the gunbarrel, etc.), if there ever is another Bond franchise other than EON's, it would probably end in a Never Say Never Again sort of situation.
Moving forward, I'd like to see a dark noirish Bond cartoon, perhaps more detective based, but I'll welcome anything new to the franchise if it doesn't interfere with getting new films out regularly!
It’s an interesting idea though: never say never. And like I say, the Amazon deal makes this more likely now than ever before.
I never said it was the spawn of Satan, nor i treated it unfairly, i just refered to the fact that it passed without pain or glory.
Well, Project OO7 is confirmed to be a completely original story with its own version of Bond. Then again, animation and videogames are two completely different things.
Takao Saito popularized assassin Golgo 13 after adapting several Ian Fleming Bond novels in manga style.
So it would be interesting to see those in animated form.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Saito
Yes, that is a very good point.
It's quite interesting that EON don't really do any sort of side projects with Bond - apart from videogames, which they've long done. You'd think that IFP could have licensed spinoff novels starring Craig's Bond or something, or comic books with him, but it's never happened (apart from the novelisations of the Brosnan movies). I wonder why videogames are okay but TV has been phrased as a never-never for them.
Don’t forget the video games were dormant for a while too until this new Project 007 game was announced. I simply think it’s down to EON being very protective of the brand, and don’t wish to do anything that could jeopardize it in their eyes. That’s a reason why so many video game developers who pitched their ideas of a Bond game to EON have been turned down in the last 10 or so years.
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/gotekken/images/d/d3/James_Bond_007_James_Bond_original_US_poster.png/revision/latest?cb=20211016173957
I must think about Inspector Gadget a little bit who's Dr Claw always remember to Blofeld and have a cat too.
It would be located in its own continuity, that way it would not cause problems with the chronology and it would also satisfy those who want a period Bond with a tone more attached to the novels.
I would be all for it, provided the animation is handled by the sort of Japanese studios that produce marvelous anime with exceptional levels of detail and beautifully rich color palettes. In other words, I want Makoto Shinkai to do it. 😉 The big question is: will enough people watch an animated Bond series? Animation is still a bridge too far for many grown-ups.
If they did it (Amazon would probably be the ones doing it, ironically), I don’t want people just remaking the Fleming books. Let’s try some new things and ideas.
I can't really see it to be honest: Bond is a big, mass market thing, and I don't think animation appeals in the same way. Disney are always doing Star Wars animation series and I'd be amazed if they get the same viewers as their live action SW TV shows. I'm not sure Bond should go niche on TV or film.
But I imagine he would look more like James Bond Junior than Fleming.