I'm up to episode 100 of the anime an Im surprised at how well they did, there is some I think majority of changes balance out, the actress playing Vivi was good enough to kind of forget it. Surprised the anime had had a lot less focus on the Marine kids which was a plus, I figured they were in it a lot more. I actually enjoyed chopper more in the live action but he's kind of annoying in the cartoon to me
I think the worst actor on the show is the umbrella chick, I also thought david dastmalchian was kinda off and I'm a fan of him typically