Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's popular manga Battle Angel Alita, slightly retitled Alita: Battle Angel, is now in theaters across the globe, and it's performing solidly at the worldwide box office. Executive produced and co-written by James Cameron, the cyberpunk movie is the most recent Hollywood film to adapt a popular manga or anime series for North American audiences. Previous attempts by U.S. studios have largely had a spotty track record both in critical and commercial success, so we thought it'd be interesting to generate a comprehensive ranking of all the major Hollywood adaptations of manga and anime to receive a wide theatrical release in the United States. Adaptations that only received a straight-to-video or limited theatrical release, such as 1995's adaptation of Fist of the North Star or 1991's The Guyver are not included. Similarly, animated feature films, including 2009's Astro Boy, are also not included in the ranking.

This ranking was achieved by averaging the critics' scores from review aggregate sites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. Keep in mind that rankings are entirely based on scores by professional critics; audience scores for each film have also been included, but are not considered in calculating the average.

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9. KITE - AVERAGE SCORE: 9.5

An adaptation of Yasuomi Umetsu's anime series of the same name, Ralph Ziman's Kite tells the story of a young girl who infiltrates a cartel of human traffickers to avenge the murder of her parents while also taking illegal drugs to suppress her more traumatic memories. Samuel L. Jackson is also inexplicably in the film's cast.

Universally reviled for its exploitative, nasty subject matter and derivative revenge movie tropes, the 2014 film was lambasted by virtually every single professional who covered it upon its initial release. "Nasty for nastiness's sake, Kite drags to achieve its brief running time; you wonder whether the slow motion is an artistic device or a stalling tactic," observed Ben Kenigsberg for The New York Times, with Elizabeth Weitzman for the New York Daily News noting that "Ziman pretends to be empowering his young heroine by putting a gun in her hand and tough words in her mouth. But there's something deeply discomforting about his camera's fetishistic leering."

The film has an embarrassing critics' score of 0 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 19. Kite currently has an audience score of 18 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

8. THE LAST AIRBENDER - AVERAGE SCORE: 12.5

While purists may not consider M. Night Shyamalan's adaptation of the popular animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender true anime, the show was unmistakably influenced by anime and manga in both narrative content and visual presentation. A loose adaptation of the Nickelodeon series' first season, The Last Airbender took place in a fantasy world where warriors could control different elements, with its protagonist able to control the very winds themselves.

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Written, produced and directed by Shyamalan, the 2010 film was derided for its boring plot, slow pacing, poor acting and shoddy production values; it would go on to become one of the lowest rated movies in the filmmaker's career. "After the first five seconds, it seems as if you have been watching it for around two-and-a-half hours, and that this time has passed in four-and-a-half days," bemoaned Peter Bradshaw for The Guardian while Lou Lumenick from the New York Post dismissed the film for its "stilted dialogue, wooden acting, glacial pacing, cheesy special effects, tacky-looking sets, ugly costumes, poorly staged and edited action sequences, all shown in murky, cut-rate 3-D."

The film has a critics' score of 5 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 20. The Last Airbender currently has an audience score of 30 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

7. DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION - AVERAGE SCORE: 30

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A very loose adaptation of the Dragon Ball manga and anime series by Akira Toriyama, James Wong's Dragonball Evolution reimagined the classic hero Goku as a teenage martial artist racing to recover all seven mythical Dragon Balls ahead of the evil demon Piccolo and prevent the villain from achieving global domination. Along the way, Goku encounters new allies in Bulma, Yamcha and Master Roshi while discovering his own hidden potential.

Criticized for its lackluster production in terms of recapturing the magic of Toriyama's original story, dialed-in performances by its cast and shoddy special effects, the 2009 film was a critical and commercial flop and largely dismissed by Dragon Ball fans. "It's hard to muster up fear for the end of the civilization when the whole production looks like an hour of network filler," wrote Amy Nicholson for Boxoffice Magazine with a more concise review from Charlie Jane Anders writing for io9 claiming "There are balls of lint smarter than Dragonball Evolution."

The film has a critics' score of 15 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 45. Dragonball Evolution currently has an audience score of 19 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

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6. SPEED RACER - AVERAGE SCORE: 38.5

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An adaptation of Tatsuo Yoshida's manga series Mach GoGoGo, which itself was adapted as the seminal anime series Speed Racer, the Wachowskis' live-action film retold the story of hotshot race car driver Speed and his family as they faced widespread corruption in the professional racing world while contending with the arrival of the mysterious Racer X in blindingly kinetic, high-speed races around the world.

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The 2008 film proved to be a box office bomb while receiving a mixed critical response, with critics divided over its hyper-visual style and lengthy runtime. "Speed Racer creates a timeless, visually seductive world suspended somewhere between the pop '60s and the sci-fi future," praised David Ansen in his review of the film for Newsweek while a negative review from Peter Travers for Rolling Stone noted that "Even the target audience of 10-year-olds might get jimmy legs sitting for a punishing 135 minutes as the Wachowski brothers projectile-vomit their cotton-candy dreams all over the big screen."

The film has a critics' score of 40 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 37. Speed Racer currently has an audience score of 60 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

5. DEATH NOTE - AVERAGE SCORE: 40

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An adaptation of the popular manga and anime series of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Adam Wingard's Death Note has a high school prodigy obtain a mysterious notebook that kills anyone whose name he writes within its pages linked to a mythical demon. As global authorities fear this new serial killer, a conflict between law enforcement agencies and the high schooler escalates with a genius criminal profiler brought in to track him down.

Critics lambasted the 2017 Netflix original film for its truncated attempt to adapt the classic manga series and its tediously boring execution. "The ending will have you switching off your Netflix app in disgust. If you don't die from boredom before you get there," wrote RogerEbert.com's Brian Tallerico, while Clio Chang (writing for The New Republic) savaged the film, noting "Director Adam Wingard has robbed Death Note of its identity, messing up nearly everything that made the original series so compelling." Despite this, the film was a streaming success, and a sequel is in development by Netflix.

The film has a critics' score of 37 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 43. Death Note currently has an audience score of 24 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

4. OLDBOY - AVERAGE SCORE: 44.5

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An adaptation of Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya's manga of the same name, which itself was later adapted as an acclaimed South Korean film, Spike Lee's Oldboy follows a man played by Josh Brolin who is suddenly abducted for 20 years by a mysterious figure. Upon regaining his freedom, the man swears revenge on the individual that separated him from his wife and daughter for decades as he navigates deep into the criminal underworld to learn who was responsible.

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Compared less than favorably to its 2003 South Korean counterpart, critics largely regarded the 2013 film as serviceable enough but significantly inferior to the earlier cinematic adaptation, and an unnecessary attempt to restage the story for North American audiences. "A vivid yet academic remake, this Oldboy is shorter, leaner and lesser," wrote Richard Corliss for Time, and Peter Bradshaw's review for The Guardian dismissed the adaptation noting "This Oldboy is another pointless remake, and I couldn't swallow it."

The film has a critics' score of 40 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 49. Oldboy currently has an audience score of 37 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

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3. GHOST IN THE SHELL - AVERAGE SCORE: 47.5

An adaptation of Masamune Shirow's classic manga series of the same name which was later adapted into a popular anime series and animated films in Japan, Rupert Sanders' Ghost in the Shell followed a cyborg soldier portrayed by Scarlett Johansson as she investigated her past. As the Major explored a near-future where the line between human and robot became lost in the face of cybernetic enhancements, she unravels a vast conspiracy.

Met with skeptical reception due to Johansson's casting in a traditionally East Asian role and the necessity of creating a North American version of the Japanese property in the first place, critics praised the 2017 film for its visual effects and design while noting the film itself lacked emotion and relevance. "A flimsy copy of a copy, one that recreates some of the anime's set-pieces nearly shot for shot, but then pares away nearly everything else that made the original a classic," observed David Sims for The Atlantic while James Berardinelli for ReelViews wrote that "Ghost in the Shell is visually compelling but tone deaf."

The film has a critics' score of 43 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 52. Ghost in the Shell currently has an audience score of 51 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

2. ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL - AVERAGE SCORE: 57.5

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Retelling the first volume of Kishiro's popular manga, Rodriguez's Alita: Battle Angel follows its eponymous cyborg who is revived in a cyberpunk, dystopian future unsure of her true identity. As she navigates this brave, new world, Alita finds herself targeted by nefarious forces leading her to learn more about her past.

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While critics were divided over the film's reliance on CGI characters and environments, the action set pieces were largely praised as was the film's relative faithfulness to the original source material. "A sci-fi epic that does something rare in an age of endless adaptations and reboots: lives up to its potential while leaving you wanting more," praised IndieWire's Michael Nordine with Vulture's Emily Yoshida noting that "Alita: Battle Angel is an engaging piece of thoroughly computer-generated action pop, hokey and amiable and filled with enough set pieces to never drag."

The film has a critics' score of 62 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 53. As the film has not yet had a wide theatrical release, Alita: Battle Angel does not currently have an audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

1. EDGE OF TOMORROW - AVERAGE SCORE: 80.5

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An adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi Abe's light novel All You Need Is Kill, which was later adapted into a manga series, Doug Liman's Edge of Tomorrow saw Tom Cruise trapped in a seemingly endless cycle of reliving the same day over and over, reset by countless gruesome deaths fighting extraterrestrial invaders in France. Along the way, Cruise's character teams with a war hero played by Emily Blunt to not only turn the tide of the war to save Earth but to break the life-and-death cycle for good.

Retitled Live. Die. Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow for the home video release, the 2014 film was a strong critical success and currently has a sequel in development. "Edge of Tomorrow is the perfect mix of blustering action and sci-fi thinky nonsense that is best enjoyed without picking at it too much," wrote David Sims for The Atlantic while a more succinct review from Richard Roeper read "This is one of my favorite movies of the year so far."

The film has a critics' score of 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 71. Edge of Tomorrow currently has an audience score of 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Alita: Battle Angel adapts Yukito Kishiro's popular manga Battle Angel Alita. It will arrive in theaters on February 14. The film stars Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Lana Condor and Eiza González.