Kiki's Delivery Service: Film

So recently I've been seeing This floating around on Facebook. A good portion of my friends seem devastated that a live-action version of this is even being considered. I think they fail to see the part that states it is following the original book, not the Ghibli version, so people can't compare as easily. Ghibli originally edited the book for its own means, adding and removing things to make the storyline more "Ghibli." For me personally I was thrilled to hear that a live-action was even being considered. Since the Ghibli version is at least a couple decades old it would be nice to see a new interpretation of it. Especially if it is going to follow the book more.

Kiki's Delivery Service, at least for me, has only been told one way; Ghibli. If the Japanese, Americans, or any other person wants to follow the original story, I say go for it. Worst comes to worst the director makes an unpopular movie and the audience judges too harshly off preconceived notions based on another person's manipulation of the original storyline. But, in this live-action version, I do look forward to the audience reception. I don't know how many people actually read the original book in Japan and I don't know how many people will read it before they will watch the movie. Since I don't think there is a a copy published in English (at least not to my knowledge), I also want to see how other countries, like America, receives the film. I feel that there will be more hardened fans that will stick to Ghibli since they don't know there is a book Hayao Miyazaki was influenced by. If that is the case, I don't think there will be many cosplayers to ensue the film. But! If the film is successful (and by film I mean the translation), I hope there will be many panels and cosplayers in the upcoming years immediately following the film.

Well, I'll do my best to follow up after I have seen the film.
Thank you for reading!