8 Years Ago We Saw the Best Romantic Anime Live Adaptaion Film That Broke Our Hearts: Why ‘Let Me Eat Your Pancreas’ Is a Must Watch

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Live-action adaptations of anime and manga have always been a tricky endeavor. While some do not quite live up to their original counterparts, others far surpass expectations offering a fresh yet faithful take on the original story and Let Me Eat Your Pancreas is one of them.
Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (2017), by director Shô Tsukikawa, is one such adaptation that managed to deliver an emotional gut-punch, despite being overshadowed by its more widely recognized 2018 anime adaptation, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas.
A still from the live-action film Let Me Eat Your Pancreas. | Credit: Toho Pictures
The web novel by Yoru Sumino, called Let Me Eat Your Pancreas was first translated into a manga and later followed up with both a live-action film and an anime. The live-action movie that came out in 2017 offers an intimate portrayal of love,...
Live-action adaptations of anime and manga have always been a tricky endeavor. While some do not quite live up to their original counterparts, others far surpass expectations offering a fresh yet faithful take on the original story and Let Me Eat Your Pancreas is one of them.
Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (2017), by director Shô Tsukikawa, is one such adaptation that managed to deliver an emotional gut-punch, despite being overshadowed by its more widely recognized 2018 anime adaptation, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas.
A still from the live-action film Let Me Eat Your Pancreas. | Credit: Toho Pictures
The web novel by Yoru Sumino, called Let Me Eat Your Pancreas was first translated into a manga and later followed up with both a live-action film and an anime. The live-action movie that came out in 2017 offers an intimate portrayal of love,...
- 4/3/2025
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