Which other mediums would you like to see the story transferred to?

[Siggdalos]

A musical

John mentioned in last year's live Q&A that a LTROI musical is supposedly being made in South Korea. Haven't heard anything else about it, though.

I would love to see this as a game, perhaps something like the Vanishing of Ethan Carter? Being able to walk through the areas where the book happened would be amazing (especially as 1980s Sweden is not 2020s Sweden). It would take a special studio to pull it off, though.

A game adaptation could be really interesting to see. There's a Swedish indie title I've posted about before on this forum, How We Know We're Alive, which I think does a brilliant job of using relatively simple means (pixel art, point-and-click gameplay) to tell a story and convey a sense of melancholy similar to the one that runs through much of LTROI. I would not at all be opposed to seeing some (or all) of LTROI's scenes get depicted in a similar style. In fact, I think that that kind of stripped-down depiction may benefit the story more than something with more realistic graphics like those of most walking sims, if we're talking about a straight adaptation of the book/film's story.

I'm not generally in to manga, but I'd give it a go lol. It has the advantage of being able to animate anything from any location or time period

Reminder that animation (or for that matter comics) doesn't have to only mean stuff done in a Japanese style.

[andmker]

A musical

I'm not generally in to manga, but I'd give it a go lol. It has the advantage of being able to animate anything from any location or time period

Reminder that animation (or for that matter comics) doesn't have to only mean stuff done in a Japanese style.

Very true I do like animinated shows

[Jessy7217]

A manga could be quite good. I would love to see this as a game, perhaps something like the Vanishing of Ethan Carter? Being able to walk through the areas where the book happened would be amazing (especially as 1980s Sweden is not 2020s Sweden). It would take a special studio to pull it off, though.

I'm not generally in to manga, but I'd give it a go lol. It has the advantage of being able to animate anything from any location or time period

Manga isn't animated, though. Anime is.

[Jedi Apprentice]

Yeah I think a graphic novel or manga is the best bet for a faithful adaptation.

In the graphic novel case, I think it would be great if it followed the same narrative structure as Watchmen, in which every chapter ends with an in-universe article (polices reports, newspapers, etc) about the characters and their actions that serves to expand the Lore . For example, they could include newspaper extracts about Eli's pasts and current murders, psychological analysis of a child's mind, articles about the history of vampirism in fiction, police records of Tommy and his gang, reports on the investigations about the ritual murderer, etc.
It would be something very interesting to show!

[Siggdalos]

In the graphic novel case, I think it would be great if it followed the same narrative structure as Watchmen, which consists in every chapter ending with an in-universe article (polices reports, newspapers, etc) about the characters and their actions that would expand the Lore for us . For example, they could include newspaper extracts about Eli's pasts and current murders, psychological analysis of a child's mind, articles on the history of vampirism in fiction, police records of Tommy and his gang, reports on the investigations about the ritual murderer, etc.
It would be something very interesting to show!

That would be cool. The novel already includes extracts from magazine articles, radio news reports and the like here and there, which I think contributes quite a bit to the grounded and realistic identity of the book. Something like what you're describing would be a nice way of translating that aspect of the story into a visual form.

[Jedi Apprentice]

I've been reading Junji Ito's manga adaptation of Osamu Daizai's No Longer Human and a thought occurred. We've had a two film adaptations of LTROI, we've had numerous stage play's and we've also had a TV series. Which other mediums would you like to see the story transferred to?

I'd love to see a manga version of the original book.I actually think LTROI could work phenomenally in manga form.

What about you lot? What other mediums would you like to see the story transferred to?

I think a manga adaptation of LTROI should follow the same art style as Death Note or Monster. I always thought that their gloomy composition fits quite well with LTROI