Animes that you've watched and found similar to a non-anime work?
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06-24-12, 9:29 PM
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Hey. Have you ever watched a TV series, movie, or even book that you think resembles any anime you've seen? I have. It doesn't need to have exact story lines or plots, just similar genres or themes (meaning of the work) would do. If you have leave a post below. Please avoid connecting adaptations. Thanks. So far: 1. Serial Experiments Lain --> The Matrix? 2. Paprika --> Inception |
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06-24-12, 9:34 PM
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Fate/Zero --> Game of Thrones I guess Baccano --> Pulp Fiction Modified by Yvese, 06-24-12, 9:40 PM  |
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06-24-12, 9:38 PM
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I think most people will agree that Another was basically the anime version of Final Destination.  |
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06-24-12, 9:46 PM
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AO968 said: I think most people will agree that Another was basically the anime version of Final Destination. Well, that's going on my PTW list now. The "Space Cowboy" Trifecta (Bebop/Trigun/Outlaw Star) --> Firefly... but everyone knows that. My first novel, Kardia has been published! Click here to read! Every time you recommend Sword Art Online, a baby seal gets clubbed. |
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06-24-12, 10:20 PM
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Yvese said: Baccano --> Pulp Fiction That's exactly what I was thinking the first time I watched through. There's also that one episode of the Boondocks that is basically a shout-out to/parody of the baseball episode of Samurai Champloo. Harems don't exist in America. If one guy is constantly surrounded by beautiful girls, then he's probably the gay friend. |
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06-24-12, 11:09 PM
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Yvese said: Fate/Zero --> Game of Thrones I guess What the fuck? Never, absolutely never, no comparison whatsoever. Never watched La blue girl, but people say Black Swan is really similar to it, sorta like Paprika to Inception. |
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06-24-12, 11:24 PM
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Heaven's Lost Property-->The Matrix (in some respects, anyway) Redline-->Death Race 2000  "Twisting islands of concrete and yaks keep the negative space alive." "Bestiality meat fucking." ycart59 said: Please never leave. You are not the hero MAL needs, but the one MAL deserves. |
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06-24-12, 11:40 PM
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Romeo X Juliet reminds me a lot of Romeo and Juliet, but I can't quite work out why.  |
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06-24-12, 11:40 PM
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Yvese said: Fate/Zero --> Game of Thrones I guess Lol, what? If anything, Berserk --> Game of Thrones. |
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06-24-12, 11:54 PM
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AnoniMus said: F/Z: Group of individuals fighting for the grail.Yvese said: Fate/Zero --> Game of Thrones I guess What the fuck? Never, absolutely never, no comparison whatsoever. Never watched La blue girl, but people say Black Swan is really similar to it, sorta like Paprika to Inception. GOT: Group of individuals fighting for the throne ( Said individuals have armies, but it's still similar ) What's hard to understand? Obviously there are differences, but the theme is the same; both shows have individuals fighting for the same goal which is to take the grail or take the throne. |
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06-24-12, 11:56 PM
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AnoniMus said: Yvese said: Fate/Zero --> Game of Thrones I guess What the fuck? Never, absolutely never, no comparison whatsoever. Never watched La blue girl, but people say Black Swan is really similar to it, sorta like Paprika to Inception. Umm yeah, I think your thinking of Perfect Blue >_> La blue girl is a tentacle rape hentai with magical girls lol. and yeah I totally agree with those two Perfect Blue->Black Swan, Paprika-Inception I guess Fate/Zero is like GoT, cuz of the constant frikin backstabbing, but yeah Berserk is much more like GoT in terms of setting. Some others Blade Runner->Bubble Gum Crisis Alien and The thing-> Lilly cat Ghost in the Shell->Matrix  |
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06-25-12, 2:07 AM
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After watching / reading Deadman Wonderland and then watching Hunger Games...I felt like the plots were fairly similar. People find entertainment in watching other people fight to the death in a type of 'reality show'. Also, I thought it was interesting that in Deadman Wonderland we have someone called Mockingbird, and then in Hunger Games we have the title Mockingjay. |
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06-25-12, 5:06 AM
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The only 'one' I can think of is Golgo 13 -> action movies with Steven Seagal ^^ |
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06-25-12, 6:40 PM
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Gungrave (epis. 02-15) --> Godfather and Martin Scorsese's mafia movies Ergo Proxy --> Blade Runner |
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06-25-12, 10:12 PM
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Eh, it's because people do tend to follow some inspirational titles. They do not copy, but do follow, like in most aforementioned examples. P.S. It's anime, not animes. See, no extra s. |
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06-25-12, 10:22 PM
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Another > Final Destination season 2 of DTB and the middle of Phantom < Leon: The Professional Gankutsuou surprisingly < The Count of Monte Cristo Modified by DrunkenBlowfish, 06-25-12, 10:27 PM   |
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06-25-12, 11:26 PM
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Fate Zero = Monty Python and the Holy Grail  |
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06-26-12, 1:10 AM
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Daddy Long Legs = Daddy Long Legs It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
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06-26-12, 1:25 AM
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Online Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 4376 |
ProdiGene said: P.S. It's anime, not animes. See, no extra s. THIS IS JUST LIKE MY JAPANESE ANIMES. |