Whenever I think of this book, I picture the author sitting down with a piece of paper and making a list of dozens of violent, unusual ways to kill a person. Poison! Jumping off a cliff! Lot of guns! Strangulation! An exploding head! Falling off a roof! Splitting open a head with a machete like it is a ripe watermelon! Rose, Lacey; Goldberg, Lesley (January 14, 2013). "CW Boss Mark Pedowitz on Fates of 'Supernatural,' 'Wonder Woman,' 'Battle Royale' ". The Hollywood Reporter. Harvey, Dennis (March 26, 2010). "Toronto Film Review: 'The Belko Experiment' ". Variety . Retrieved December 19, 2016. Battle Royale is much more than “the first Hunger Games" or the book it ripped off. Its beautiful characterization of a huge cast is phenomenal. The teens are complex human beings, and both their lives and deaths reflect this. While the book is exceptionally gruesome, those deaths tell a story and give dignity to the young lives that just ended. Its pacing keeps readers on their toes, but never drags out too long and I think Battle Royale is a great "step up" for someone who enjoyed the premise of Hunger Games but wants something heavier and more grounded in reality for adults. In 2000, one year after publication, Battle Royale was adapted into a manga series, written by Takami himself, and a feature film. The film was both controversial and successful, becoming one of the year's highest-grossing films as well as prompting condemnation by Japan's National Diet. The film spawned a sequel, and two more brief manga adaptations were also created.

Denn gegen Abend schlafen alle ein, nur Shuya ist noch wach, wenn auch schläfrig. Er sieht sich um und weiß sofort, dass irgendwas nicht stimmt. Und das ist eben das Grausame und auch Kritikwürdige an dem Buch. Es ist schlimm genug, dass sich die Schüler gegenseitig töten müssen und die Halsbänder tragen- womit garantiert ist, dass nur höchstens einer überlebt- aber die emotionale und psychische Belastung wird erst im Laufe des Buches ganz klar. Einige Schüler haben viel zu viel Angst, getötet zu werden, sodass sie selbst zu Mördern werden. Andere wiederum glauben, alle würden das Spiel verweigern und wollen eine Fluchtmöglichkeit finden, aber auch sie werden getötet. Schon nach wenigen Kapiteln kristallisiert sich heraus, vor wem man sich besser in Acht nehmen sollte. There... once... was... a... book... of... ellipses... which... occasionally... had... words... in... between... them... In 2012, the Sipat Lawin Ensemble and two other college theater groups in the Philippines, made an unofficial loose adaptation of the novel into a live-action performance called Battalia Royale, which had its debut at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Performances were also held at an abandoned high school in Quezon City. [24] Television [ edit ]

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All right, all right, please be quiet." Sakamochi clapped his hands together several times to get their attention. The clamor suddenly subsided. "Let me explain the situation. The reason why you're all here today..."

Then there are the semi-apologies-in-advance. "I didn't tell you, but, here's an explanation of something that I had no reason to ever think to tell you previously because it's seriously irrelevant to anything but this exact situation right now, and you didn't need to know it anyway. But sorry I didn't tell you." Or "It might be disrespectful to say this, but, I am going to finish this sentence by saying something completely banal." (This one is probably a culture thing, to be fair.) Or "I don't know what to say, but, right now the words coming out of my mouth are going to be something appropriate to say in this situation, which is the very thing I said I didn't know how to say when I started this sentence."Bloody Graduation: Kenta Fukasaku on Battle Royale II, an exclusive brand new interview with the director and screenwriter of Battle Royale II

There's this rumor that Suzanne Collins ripped off the idea for "The Hunger Games" from "Battle Royale". After reading the supposed original, I could say that the plot for both books are pretty similar but Koushun Takami's novel is of an entirely different league -- it's quite incomparable. I'm not prepared to defend the violence in The Hunger Games, or comment as to whether I thought it was cheesy or not, but in that book it is not the sole focus of the story. I think the violence is basically boring in both, but in the Hunger Games there is at least less of it, so I have less to be bored with.I am going to compare this to The Hunger Games, though not because I want to make a statement about how Collins plagiarised - she probably didn't and, even if she did, no one's going to prove it either way. Their similarities just make them good books to use for a comparison: fight to the death, teenagers, isolated arena, etc. The Hunger Games, as I'm sure you all know, focuses on Katniss and her life, the other characters - both good and bad - are seen solely through her eyes. In Battle Royale, the perspective changes frequently (I liked it but it may infuriate some) and looks at many different types of people. Danach folgt eine interne Anmerkung der Regierung, die ziemlich verwirrt (der Inhalt der Anmerkung wird erst am Ende des Buches aufgeklärt). Die zentrale Frage, die sich durch das ganze Buch zieht, ist ganz klar: Wem kann ich vertrauen? Obwohl sie alle Klassenkameraden sind, so weiß man doch nicht alles über sie. Sogar Freunden und besten Freunden wird misstraut. Und genau dieser psychische Aspekt macht dieses Buch grausam. Man solle lieber nur auf das hören, was man selbst über die Person weiß. Zeitchik, Steven (September 24, 2012). " 'Battle Royale' could be reborn as a TV show". Los Angeles Times. a b Yang, Jeff (March 23, 2012). " 'Hunger Games' Vs. 'Battle Royale' ". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved September 24, 2012.