# The best live-action manga adaptations

From Rurouni Kenshin, Death Note and Kingdom to Boys Over Flowers and Gintama: the manga-based films at the top of the 'successful live-action adaptation' rankings by ciatr, Netorabo and Otonanswer.

- 3 votes · 15 items
- Mar 16, 2023 · kobeeiga
- https://even.best/en/l/4364/the-best-live-action-manga-adaptations

## Top 15

1. **Kingdom (2019)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Shinsuke Sato. A cast that seems to step out of the manga, like Takao Osawa's Wang Qi.
2. **Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Takashi Yamazaki. Downtown Tokyo in 1958, from Ryohei Saigan's manga.
3. **Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Takashi Yamazaki. A high schooler whose right hand is taken over by a parasite.
4. **Rurouni Kenshin (2012–2021)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Keishi Otomo. Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura and spectacular sword fights. Five films.
5. **Death Note (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shusuke Kaneko. Tatsuya Fujiwara as Light Yagami and Kenichi Matsuyama as L.
6. **Boys Over Flowers: Final (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yasuharu Ishii. The film that continued the TV drama.
7. **Gintama (2017)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yuichi Fukuda. Shun Oguri as Gintoki and parody-packed comedy.
8. **Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Toya Sato. Tatsuya Fujiwara in life-or-death gambling.
9. **Thermae Romae (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hideki Takeuchi. An ancient Roman bath engineer lands in modern Japan.
10. **Umizaru (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Eiichiro Hasumi. The first film in the series about coast guard divers.
11. **Tokyo Revengers (2021)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tsutomu Hanabusa. A young man who goes back in time to save his friends.
12. **20th Century Boys (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yukihiko Tsutsumi. Naoki Urasawa's manga as a trilogy.
13. **Chihayafuru Part 1 (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Norihiro Koizumi. Suzu Hirose and competitive karuta.
14. **Ping Pong (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fumihiko Sori. Yosuke Kubozuka and Taiyo Matsumoto's table tennis manga.
15. **Fly Me to the Saitama (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hideki Takeuchi. Mineo Maya's comedy poking fun at Saitama.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.