an ANIMATED version?!

[Elizabeth Dalton]

Scully931 delurked and wrote:

> And, after hearing some of the loony ideas some of the potential 
> directors had (moving it to Hollywood High?! and an ANIMATED 
> version?!)

Ok, granted an animated version, done by Hollywood, would have been hideous. But
what if it had been a Studio Ghibli film, directed by Hayao Miyazaki? Of his
works, you're most likely to have seen "Princess Mononoke." Previously, I would
have thought this unlikely, as Studio Ghibli usually does original works, not
adaptations, but apparently they're planning an animated version of "Howl's
Moving Castle", by Diana Wynne Jones. (Reported on http://www.nausicaa.net.)
Jones is the writer I personally consider to be most like Rowling (of those I've
read). Based on "Mononoke" and Miyazaki's other films, I would feel quite
comfortable with a Studio Ghibli adaptation of either author's works.

And just think: you could then have Alan Rickman do the voice of Snape, without
worrying about the fact that he's really to old to fit the role, visually.
(Dodges rotten tomatoes.)

I would trust Studio Ghibli to do even a serial TV show of HP. The Japanese
don't mind serialized stories, in which a chapter is given each week, and plot
lines are not necessarily completed in every show. (If you don't believe me,
watch "Ranma 1/2", in which one episode ends with two characters jumping out of
a third-story window-- and it's not a season-ending "cliffhanger," either. The
action just picks up next episode, and things continue along at the usual
Takahashi breakneck pace.)

Well, that's my controversial statement for the day.

Elizabeth
(Who might as well join the others in the "Rickman-Snape wasn't sexy" bunker.
Should I bring my DVD player and a stack of anime? We may be in here for a
while. "Utena," anyone?)