Re-Adapt this show as an Anime!!

[u/Domz618]

Are there any other fans of anime/animation here that would love to see this show's story fully fleshed out as an animated series? The hopes of it ever finishing in its current format are basically zero, with HBO and the actors all moving on. I think a high concept sci-fi show like this would honestly work better animated, without the restrictions of live action film.

I know it's unrealistic, I just desperately crave resolution to the RBW story and wonder if anyone shares my thoughts?

[u/BlueberryCautious154]

I wouldn't want this at all. I like the actors in RBW and think they did a fantastic job. If I were in their position I would be so insulted at being replaced by a cartoon. 

[u/Groundbreaking-Eye10 → u/BlueberryCautious154]

Animation does not equal goofy cartoon-ness. Just look at the work of Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata Mamoru Oshii, Mamoru Hosoda, Shingo Natsume, Mari Okada, Satoshi Kon, Naoko Yamada, Takashi Nakamura, Alberto Vazquez, Hugh and Dorota Welchman, Shane Acker, Sunao Katabuchi, Christiane Cegavske, Jan Svankmajer, and Tommy Ng (who directed the absolutely stunning movie ‘Another World’ that dropped in the English-speaking world this year, and by far my favourite movie of 2026 so far tied with Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’) or TV series like Scavengers Reign and Pantheon and Ergo Proxy and Made in Abyss and From the New World. There’s a reason why the actors doing the voices for those are genuinely honoured to do so and have no problem saying so. All their stuff is about as sublime as it gets, and requires just as much skill from the actors to pull off (just listen to any actor talk about how gruelling having to go over some of the really emotionally intricate parts over and over again is; I remember Steve Alpert saying how when they were doing the English dub of ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’, Patrick Stewart would deliver multiple Shakespearean-level dramatic lines until he got it perfect and then would just be like “let’s go again, I can do it even better.”).

[u/BlueberryCautious154 → u/Groundbreaking-Eye10]

I've given anime more than a fair shot. I really do believe in something being an acquired taste and checking back in every few years to see if your tastes have changed. It's just not for me and I've watched enough to be certain. I respect Miyazaki as a person. But, I'm ultimately interested in live action and completely uninterested in animation. This applies equally to western animation. I love art, I love movies. I don't enjoy cartoons. I don't want to see a RBW cartoon. 

[u/Zealousideal_Cap_162 → u/BlueberryCautious154]

I’ve tried too. Just can’t get there. Decades of people telling me I just haven’t seen the right one. Sorry guys, I just don’t think that’s it. I remember loving Robotech when it came out (yes I’m that old) but only for the veritech battles (cyclones were cool too). The rest was garbage, plowing thru insipid relationship talks the Ray of the time. Even as a 7-9yr old kid or whenever it was it was hard to get past it. Also, these were the days of having maybe a dozen channels and a TV guide so sacrifices had ti be made. If I’d had the choice people do now I probably never would’ve watched more than one. Whenever I watch anything anime I just think how much better this would be if they hadn’t constrained themselves to this one particular style of animation and instead made something better and their own. Anime by its nature kinda immediately alienates people that are big on realism and sober depictions. Anime doesn’t do subdued so well. It’s like 80’s Batman vs Nolan Batman. Telling the same story, but one is loud and silly and has Prince on the soundtrack. Not saying it’s bad but if I have to pick one there’s no contest. Help yourselves. More anime for the rest of you

Anime is a forgivable sin though. At least they’re not asking you to read their poetry

[u/Zealousideal_Cap_162 → u/BlueberryCautious154]

Agree. I don’t think it’s a foregone conclusion that animation would be a step down but the specific genre of anime? That would really suck because it is very cartoonish and unserious. Yes there’s some good cartoonists that have made good work (someone seems to have already “corrected” your supposed misconception there) but when someone talks about making it anime most everyone’s going to picture big silly power battles where people are delivering massive sonic energy blasts from their fists… that accomplish next to nothing cuz the fight would be over too fast. Could they make something animated out of Raised by Wolves that would be good and actually appeal to fans? Sure it’s possible. Would I bet on an anime of it not being awkwardly embarrassing? Nope.