Why is there no mention of the 2011 Messiah movie? Admittedly I think it was a trial run to see if it could be adapted to live action well, but it isn't bad.
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This is an interesting point because I, personally, am interested in the Messiah franchise as a whole, which includes its early adaptations like the 2011 Messiah movie.
However, even though The Messiah Project as a whole is a mixed media project, the different components of its mixed media in its initial stages was managed and produced by unrelated production teams. This is unlike, for example, “Ochanomizu Rock”, a mixed media project that started as a TV series and would go on to continue growing as a franchise in its manga adaptation, stage sequel, spin-off one-shots and spin-off novel, all of which were produced and managed by related production teams.
As a result of this, even though they are all inspired by the Messiah novel, which is the source material, the early manga adaptation and the 2011 live action movie are considered to be separate from the current mixed media Messiah project, which starts with the 2013 stage play “Dou no Shou” and has since gone on to have sequel stage plays, movies and even TV series.
Although, as I have mentioned earlier, I, personally, do like the early adaptations, and have included them in my own personal masterpost discussing how they fit into the franchise as a whole: HERE
And, I share your opinion that the 2011 movie isn’t bad? Actually, I really liked it. Pffft. I liked how it decided to focus, not on the dynamics between the members of the Messiah team, but instead, on the dynamics between Kaidou Eiri and Shimada Fumikazu, their “mission objective”. By telling the story from Fumikazu’s POV, we also got an interesting look at what the Messiah team (and the aftermath of a mission) might look like from an Outsider’s POV.
