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After watching a movie adapted from a novel, will you go back and read the original novel? Recently, Japanese writer Izumi Sawamura has discussed this matter. He rose to fame in 2015 with the horror novel ‘Evil Come’, which was adapted into a manga and movie ‘Coming’ in 2018.
Although the great success of the work is evident, whether cross media production can increase the sales of the original novel is another matter. Let’s take a look at what Izumi Sawamura thinks about this.
Many people in the publishing industry have told me that ‘there are not many people who read the original novel after watching the movie. It is rare for the sales of’ Coming Here ‘to skyrocket from the original work to the series when the movie was released and streamed.’ However, I have learned that many fans of ‘Coming Here’ do not know that the movie is adapted from a novel or mistakenly believe that the comic is the original work. Even if someone knows that the novel is the original work, they often just say ‘oh~’ and do not read it
Izumi Sawamura recently posted on X platform, discussing whether a movie adapted from a novel can inspire viewers to read the original novel. He used his famous work ‘Here Comes’ as an example to illustrate.
This work was released in 2015 and quickly became popular.
Subsequently, ‘Coming’ was converted into a manga in 2018.
In sync with the release of the manga tankobon, the movie version of ‘Coming’ has also been released.
Izumi Sawamura pointed out that in the overall publishing industry, movies adapted from novels are actually difficult to attract audiences to read the original novels.
Although his work “Coming” has been praised by many industry insiders, as a rare case that can guide the audience to pay attention to the original work, his own feeling is that many fans are not clear about the novel background of this movie, and even mistakenly believe that the manga that was released simultaneously with the movie is the original work.
Even though movie fans know that the novel is the original work, there are still very few people who actually read it.
If the experience of Lianze Village is considered an exception, then are almost all movies adapted from novels lackluster in increasing the sales of the original works?
He continued to say:
“ Many people only come across vague information about novels when searching for movie introductions or reviews, and then stop there. Therefore, I believe that there are indeed very few readers of novels (and I am relieved about this situation). So for every reader who is willing to overcome difficulties to read the original novel, I am sincerely grateful&# 8221;
Izumi Sawamura’s words immediately aroused the support and encouragement of fans and book lovers of “Coming”. Many people shared their experiences of enjoying movies, novels, and comics at the same time, and even purchased DVDs of the movies.
Izumi Sawamura sincerely thanks these fans for their support.
“ Thank you very much. I am very pleased to know that someone supports this work so much&# 8221;
If not limited to movies adapted from Japanese novels, Harry Potter should be an extremely successful example, significantly driving the sales of the original work