Live-action adaptations of media are not a requirement for a successful movie or TV show, specifically fiction ones. Whether the original material is a book or a previously made movie or series, live-action is taking over, with animation left to waste away.

The saddest part is that many live-action remakes and adaptations are subpar at best.

Not to say that live-action doesn’t have a place in the entertainment business, it has just become the standard media when it doesn’t have to be.

Some book-to-film adaptations are fairly decent, with directors including the writer’s opinions and input, while others are a disgrace to the original.

The “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” movies are a great example of what not to do, and how messy it can be to adapt literature into film.

While Logan Lerman portrayed Percy Jackson very well, the directors changed too much of the plot and portrayed the characters as five years too old, given that the original age of the characters was 12.

Not to mention the absolute fever dream that was “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,” in which four book plots were mixed and mangled together to create an incredibly inaccurate movie given the original lore of the Percy Jackson series.

Now, with the new “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”  series on Disney Plus, fans have been given a much more accurate adaptation, with Rick Riordan playing an active role in production, which should have happened in the movies as well.

J.K. Rowling, played an active role from the beginning of the “Harry Potter” movie franchise.

From casting to script writing, the directors made sure to include Rowling and the integrity of her series.

“Harry Potter” is a book series that was almost done justice by its film adaptations.

I say almost because even with 20 hours of film across the series there are some key events and details that are not portrayed on screen.

Some issues that contribute to the inaccuracies of screen adaptations are the age of actors, the cost of large-scale production, and the length of time needed to include all details.

A lot of these issues could be solved with animation.

There would be no time constraints due to actors aging, no sets would be needed, and the mystical realms in fantasies could be captured in more detail.

Animation is also more easily split into short but adventure-packed episodes, like “Adventure Time,” which also allows for longer seasons.

Animation, especially two-dimensional, has proven its worth on the big screen, with “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” grossing $384 million at the box office while on a $90 million budget.

The film received critical acclaim, showing that animation can be just as effective in storytelling.

Animation should have more of a claim in adaptations and remakes because it brings new perspectives and allows for a wider range of settings with no need for elaborate sets.

Live-action’s chokehold isn’t deserved and proves difficult to maintain the integrity of inspiration and source materials.