As the one-time locution goes,“good artists replicate , but swell artist steal . ”Since the beginning of meter , the great unwashed have drawn on the same classic stories in making brand unexampled single , in book , films , or anything in between . But when your inhalation is half a macrocosm aside , it can be beguiling to copy a few surplus details – or sometimes , the full assumption . Those responsible for may take that it ’s all one big conjunction , but we ’ll let you decide .

Here is Screenrant ’s list ofAnime Films That Were Ripped Off By Hollywood Movies .

Paprika/Inception

Christopher Nolan ’s account of private detective intrude on and steal from a person ’s dream was one of the most original Hollywood smash hit in year . ButInceptionowes some of that credit to the Japanese filmPaprika , based on a novel by the same name . The stories differ , butPaprikawas also built on the melodic theme of misusing pipe dream technology , breaking into patient role ' mind as part of a dream therapy . Nolan admitted the anime was used as inspiration for his film , even if it did n’t go quite so far in bending realness . A live - actionPaprikawas in development in 2010 , but when Inception steal the show , update hold on altogether .

Neon Genesis/Pacific Rim

In the 1990s , the Nipponese gum anime view was in a bit of a slump - untilNeon Genesis Evangelioncame along . Audiences instantly diminish in love with the show ’s youthful hero , using his mind to pilot a massive mech in conflict against enormous alien monsters ( not to observe the subdued , retire young woman and fellow pilot light he was seek to grow near to ) . If that plot sound intimate , you ’re probably a lover ofPacific Rim , a movie that draw from too many anime and mecha stories to count . The director and writer claim they never saw the original Zanzibar copal … but the similarities seem a lot more than just conjunction .

Ghost in The Shell/The Matrix

Some movies steal their mind or style from an gum anime hit and keep it quiet . But the Wachowskis have always been loose about the debt they owe toGhost in the Shell , a cyberpunk tale of futurist bionic woman agents . Theplotmay not be a couple , but the action , flair and setting are . Apparently , the anime was in reality the full lurch for the film : the Wachowskis simply evince it to producer Joel Silver , then told him their hope forThe Matrixwas to just make that picture in   springy - natural process . The business deal was done , and comparing the two picture show , we would say the directors pulled it off .

Akira/Dark City

Released just a year beforeThe Matrix , this dark taradiddle of a dystopic future has also been pointed to as a author of inspiration for the Wachowskis , with the films even share some of the same sets . But managing director Alex Proyas has really pointed to one world famous Zanzibar copal as a direct influence . The original manga and anime versions ofAkirabecame iconic hit , andDark City ’s climactic battle is an obvious nod to the final battle in the animated film too . The film director calls it an court , but put the scenes side by side , and fans might see a stronger similarity .

Vampire Hunter D/Van Helsing

In Bram Stoker ’s originalDracula , Abraham van Helsing was introduced as an ripening , science - apt man of activity . It was only later versions that made Van Helsing a seasoned vampire hunter , but the Japanese animeVampire Hunter Dcreated a truly original and unmatched hunter of the undead . In a world mixing steampunk , magic and science fiction , the half - vampire ' cholecalciferol ' looked more like a cowboy , with a long bleak cloak , and magnanimous hat and hair to protect him from the Sunday as he run down monsters of the dark .

The allusions to the originalDraculathrough dozens of novel and animate picture show eventually made their path to the west . So when a blockbusterVan Helsingwas greenlit in 2007 , the filmmakers re - suppose the old scholar , basically bringingVampire Hunter Dto animation .

Kimba The White Lion/The Lion King

If Disney ’s world-wide hit star a lion named Simba seemed familiar at the time , you ’re definitely not alone . Even maven voice role player Matthew Broderick assumedThe Lion Kingwas an American remake ofKimba the White Lion , the famous Zanzibar copal series come after another Leo the Lion cub who learned the unvoiced way what it takes to conduct . Even though Disney has denied that they take up from Kimba , early concept prowess shows Simba to be just as ashen , and even exact scene are copy from one to the other . The movie set about Disney ’s renaissance in animated films … but they may not have done it alone .

Nadia: Secret of Blue Water/Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Seen today as unique or ahead of its fourth dimension , Disney’sAtlantis : The Lost Empirewas seen as a disappointment by the studio , knock for its shift in vitality trend and deficiency of songs . Maybe Disney had hope that the film would be just as pop as the anime seriesNadia : The Secret of Blue Water – a Japanese story of a unknown girl and her brilliant booster who board a submarine and hybridisation paths with Atlantean violence . Both flick claim to be inspired by Jules Verne ’s " Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea , " but the similarities – down to the mystical blue quartz wear off by both of the female leads – imply something … less innocent .

Perfect Blue/Black Swan

On the airfoil , there does n’t seem to be much in common between the story of a young concert dance star and a Nipponese pop - singer - turned - actress . But when anime devotee lastly insure Darren Aronofsky’sBlack Swan , they felt differently – with some even claiming the photographic film was a re- conceive of remake ofPerfect Blue , a film also based on an up - and - coming ace who starts seeing double , and becomes recede in paranoia ( and eventually , murder ) . Aronofsky has traverse any connections , but the almost identical scenes and shot are grueling to indicate . Especially after report turn up that the director had set about the right to aPerfect Blueremake when filmingRequiem For a Dreamin 2000 .

Conclusion

Taskmaster’s Jason Mantzoukas smiles while holding a pole

Love After Lockup’s Damodrick in a kitchen

Jeff Daniels sitting at his desk in The Newsroom

Anime Films That Were Ripped Off By Hollywood Movies04_NW

Inception Movie Anime Paprika

Pacific Rim Movie Anime Neon Genesis Evangelion

The Matrix Ghost in the Shell Anime

Dark City Movie Anime Akira

Van Helsing Movie Vampire Hunter D Anime

Lion King Movie Anime Kimba White

Atlantis Lost Empire Anime Nadia Blue Water

Black Swan Movie Anime Perfect Blue

Ghost in the Shell