| the best survival anime in your opinion. (example: fate/zero, mirai nikki, sao etc.) Mod Edit: Please explain your choices and/or discuss other people's choices. This is not a simple listing thread. |
ThangLongOct 14, 2013 2:16 PM
| Probably The Witch's House |
| Oh, F/Z was a survival show? I didn't even realize it, but I guess you could construe an argument (not that I would though). And for SAO only the first half counts as survival anime. Anyway, F/Z would win in this scenario, but not counting that there are basically no good ones. A couple of somewhat decent series like Btooom, but mostly crap like Mirai Nikki, Deadman Wonderland, SAO or the gantz adaption. For good ones you'll have to tackle manga, even the adapted ones are usually adapted very poorly so it's really your only option. Gantz or Liar Game manga are great examples. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
rorozoror25 said: the best survival anime in your opinion. (example: fate/zero, mirai nikki, sao etc.) Fate/Zero is not a survival game, it is a competition which evolves placing your hands at the final prize (the holy grail) And SAO is not a survival game as well. It is about a guy who has to endure a sister willing to get laid with him, and all that while trying to save a girl who gets raped casually by a very crazy guy who made a game up from nowhere. |
lupadimOct 14, 2013 1:54 PM
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| SAO isn't a survival game anime. Also listing thread. |
| Gatz is the only one I've seen. |
ElectricgroovesOct 14, 2013 2:22 PM
| Mirai Nikki, for fan-girl reasons. |
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Zarbel said: Thanks for the spoilerGatz is the only one I've seen. Does higurashi count? Everyone kept on re spawning until they broke the cycle |
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Zarbel said: Gatz is the only one I've seen. Does higurashi count? Everyone kept on re spawning until they broke the cycle no it doesn't (there's no game after all, no rules, no game master etc..) and so much spoilers, think about the other users. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
lupadim said: Zarbel said: Thanks for the spoilerGatz is the only one I've seen. Does higurashi count? Everyone kept on re spawning until they broke the cycle What spoiler? haha! |
| I can't really choose in what order unless I took the time to think about it but, Mirai Nikki, Sword Art Online and Btooom! I'm not sure if I know any others. |
| Anything but Mirai Nikki. |
| I'd say Btooom! Although it pissed me off a little when Oh, and Mirai Nikki because Yuno wasn't exactly predictable at times, and the first half of Sword Art Online, for obvious reasons. |
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Forgetfulness said: Xinisterad said: ^ this guy knows what he's talking aboutAnything but Mirai Nikki. lupadim said: How is Fate/Zero not a survival game? Fate/Zero is not a survival game, it is a competition which evolves placing your hands at the final prize (the holy grail) -Seven people are randomly chosen to fight -The Holy Grail chooses the winner out of the survivors -Involves killing the other Masters or their Servants (which usually ends up with the Master being killed) -even if you "quit" (i.e. lose your command seals/lose your Servant), you are not out of the competition. There are still methods for you to win and therefore, the other Masters will still hunt you down. Well, I guess you could seek protection from the Church, but yeah...like nobody actually does that on topic: Fate/Zero hands down Let's begin: What is the objective of a survival game? It is SURVIVING. There is no prize other than surviving (usually). You can't simply quit the game and walk away. What is the objective of Fate/Zero tournament? To acquire the final prize. You can get the final prize without killing others, you can quit without any penalties (you can even choose someone else to play instead of you), plus everyone that quitted the game ran to the church (actually only one guy quitted but well). Now please. |
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| Fate/Zero Eden of the East Future Diary Deadman Wonderland BTOOOM! |
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Xinisterad said: .. Sekirei for obvious reasons :DAnything but Mirai Nikki. |
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Forgetfulness said: How is Fate/Zero not a survival game? -Seven people are randomly chosen to fight ... Just want to point out, they aren't selected completely at random. |
| Mirai Nikki because that's like the only one I've seen. |
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| If Fate/Zero counts, then IMO it's the best of this genre. Great dialogue, fights (esp. in the Blu-Ray version), production values, etc... If F/Z doesn't count then Gantz steals the win for me. I haven't finished it yet, but forgetting the shit start it's pretty damn good, you can just feel the tension in those fights. |
Forgetfulness said: lupadim said: Then Mirai Nikki, the Hunger Games, etc. are not survival games? All of them have prizes at the end. Also, you can opt out of the fight in Mirai Nikki just like Forgetfulness said: Xinisterad said: ^ this guy knows what he's talking aboutAnything but Mirai Nikki. lupadim said: How is Fate/Zero not a survival game? Fate/Zero is not a survival game, it is a competition which evolves placing your hands at the final prize (the holy grail) -Seven people are randomly chosen to fight -The Holy Grail chooses the winner out of the survivors -Involves killing the other Masters or their Servants (which usually ends up with the Master being killed) -even if you "quit" (i.e. lose your command seals/lose your Servant), you are not out of the competition. There are still methods for you to win and therefore, the other Masters will still hunt you down. Well, I guess you could seek protection from the Church, but yeah...like nobody actually does that on topic: Fate/Zero hands down Let's begin: What is the objective of a survival game? It is SURVIVING. There is no prize other than surviving (usually). You can't simply quit the game and walk away. What is the objective of Fate/Zero tournament? To acquire the final prize. You can get the final prize without killing others, you can quit without any penalties (you can even choose someone else to play instead of you), plus everyone that quitted the game ran to the church (actually only one guy quitted but well). Now please. The final prize is only available by killing enough Servants. The point of the war is "the Holy Grail selects seven people to fight/kill each other and select the winner". And like I already explained, you can "quit" but there's still a good chance that people are going to kill you anyway. When the guy managed to get the Holy Grail, there were still many servants left. Actually, I think only one or two servants died. If I am not mistaken, there were still 3 or 4 left. Basically, it is just a race. |
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Forgetfulness said: lupadim said: The actual explanation isForgetfulness said: lupadim said: Then Mirai Nikki, the Hunger Games, etc. are not survival games? All of them have prizes at the end. Also, you can opt out of the fight in Mirai Nikki just like Forgetfulness said: Xinisterad said: ^ this guy knows what he's talking aboutAnything but Mirai Nikki. lupadim said: How is Fate/Zero not a survival game? Fate/Zero is not a survival game, it is a competition which evolves placing your hands at the final prize (the holy grail) -Seven people are randomly chosen to fight -The Holy Grail chooses the winner out of the survivors -Involves killing the other Masters or their Servants (which usually ends up with the Master being killed) -even if you "quit" (i.e. lose your command seals/lose your Servant), you are not out of the competition. There are still methods for you to win and therefore, the other Masters will still hunt you down. Well, I guess you could seek protection from the Church, but yeah...like nobody actually does that on topic: Fate/Zero hands down Let's begin: What is the objective of a survival game? It is SURVIVING. There is no prize other than surviving (usually). You can't simply quit the game and walk away. What is the objective of Fate/Zero tournament? To acquire the final prize. You can get the final prize without killing others, you can quit without any penalties (you can even choose someone else to play instead of you), plus everyone that quitted the game ran to the church (actually only one guy quitted but well). Now please. The final prize is only available by killing enough Servants. The point of the war is "the Holy Grail selects seven people to fight/kill each other and select the winner". And like I already explained, you can "quit" but there's still a good chance that people are going to kill you anyway. When the guy managed to get the Holy Grail, there were still many servants left. Actually, I think only one or two servants died. If I am not mistaken, there were still 3 or 4 left. Basically, it is just a race. And FYI, there were two servants remaining when the Holy Grail starts. Namely, Dude, even if you say F/Z has a SLIGHT survival touch, something that REMINDS you of survival games, it is NOT an anime completely focused on a survival game. The whole anime was about a championship where people would have to battle in order to get the Grail first. It has NOTHING to do with "Survive! You want to live! If you fail, you die! You can't escape! You are trapped here and you want to live!". |
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Forgetfulness said: lupadim said: Then you could argue that Mirai Nikki and the Hunger Games aren't survival games either. Forgetfulness said: lupadim said: The actual explanation isForgetfulness said: lupadim said: Then Mirai Nikki, the Hunger Games, etc. are not survival games? All of them have prizes at the end. Also, you can opt out of the fight in Mirai Nikki just like Forgetfulness said: Xinisterad said: ^ this guy knows what he's talking aboutAnything but Mirai Nikki. lupadim said: How is Fate/Zero not a survival game? Fate/Zero is not a survival game, it is a competition which evolves placing your hands at the final prize (the holy grail) -Seven people are randomly chosen to fight -The Holy Grail chooses the winner out of the survivors -Involves killing the other Masters or their Servants (which usually ends up with the Master being killed) -even if you "quit" (i.e. lose your command seals/lose your Servant), you are not out of the competition. There are still methods for you to win and therefore, the other Masters will still hunt you down. Well, I guess you could seek protection from the Church, but yeah...like nobody actually does that on topic: Fate/Zero hands down Let's begin: What is the objective of a survival game? It is SURVIVING. There is no prize other than surviving (usually). You can't simply quit the game and walk away. What is the objective of Fate/Zero tournament? To acquire the final prize. You can get the final prize without killing others, you can quit without any penalties (you can even choose someone else to play instead of you), plus everyone that quitted the game ran to the church (actually only one guy quitted but well). Now please. The final prize is only available by killing enough Servants. The point of the war is "the Holy Grail selects seven people to fight/kill each other and select the winner". And like I already explained, you can "quit" but there's still a good chance that people are going to kill you anyway. When the guy managed to get the Holy Grail, there were still many servants left. Actually, I think only one or two servants died. If I am not mistaken, there were still 3 or 4 left. Basically, it is just a race. And FYI, there were two servants remaining when the Holy Grail starts. Namely, Dude, even if you say F/Z has a SLIGHT survival touch, something that REMINDS you of survival games, it is NOT an anime completely focused on a survival game. The whole anime was about a championship where people would have to battle in order to get the Grail first. It has NOTHING to do with "Survive! You want to live! If you fail, you die! You can't escape! You are trapped here and you want to live!". In Mirai Nikki: you can opt out and most people are just fighting for the reward In Hunger Games: there are people that join just to win fame. They are more concerned with the rewards than living/dying About Mirai Nikki: Yes, Mirai Nikki is NOT a survival game. About Hunger Games: Congratulations to those people, I guess? What matters is, they are NOT more concerned with the rewards than with living, because if they are dead, they can't get the reward, duhhhhhhhhhhhh. |
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| Mirai Nikki, probably. Danganronpa is a close second. The game version is a whole lot better, though. |
 "The ones who should kill, are the ones who are ready to be killed." |
| I liked Btooom. It was better than Mirai Nikki. I wouldn't call Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 a survival game, but it's about people trying to survive. And they have no choice. It's just not a game. And it's MUCH better than Mirai Nikki and Btooom. |
| Mirai Nikki, of course. It has a yandere, some epic twists, a great cast of villains and Yuki's development is incredible. |
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| HOW COULD I FORGET TO MENTION KAIJI? OMFG. Kaiji is definitely the BEST survival game anime ever. You basically have to do everything possible to survive. There is no such thing as saying "I'll leave". If you lose, you either become a slave, lose a part, die... I forgot mention my favorite anime ever. Damn. I think that's it. Thread is done. And for everyone that said "Mirai Nikki" or "Fate/Zero": Plz. |
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miraimars said: Danganronpa is a close second. The game version is a whole lot better, though. The game version is the only decent version. Anyone mention non-animes like Battle Royale and The Crimson Labyrinth yet? I think those are good examples. |
lupadim said: HOW COULD I FORGET TO MENTION KAIJI? OMFG. Kaiji is definitely the BEST survival game anime ever. You basically have to do everything possible to survive. There is no such thing as saying "I'll leave". If you lose, you either become a slave, lose a part, die... I forgot mention my favorite anime ever. Damn. I think that's it. Thread is done. And for everyone that said "Mirai Nikki" or "Fate/Zero": Plz. Well you could technically say that Kaiji's games aren't for "survival". Losing there could be considered worse than death though. But yeah Kaiji is definitely the best "game" anime. |
| Fate/Zero and Gatz. |
| I have only seen one and that was Mirai Nikki, I really enjoyed that so I will try some more out soon after I get through things on my list that I want to watch now. |
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| I wonder if Mai-Hime was a survival game or not. It got element of game, which is to protect your own "most important person". Which kinda have survival element as well. But it feel like they were manipulated like chess pieces rather than playing the game itself. |
| Nah, i dont think sharing anime ratings in signature is cool thing. Here, stare at this pointless signature instead. |
| Mirrai Nikki hands down though that says more about the other anime in the genre than it says about MN. It has a nice variety of genres and the execution is crisp and makes it easy to marathon. But mostly the relation between Yuno and Yuki elevates this anime above all other anime I've seen so far. Btooom! for example is fine but lacks that edge because the couple in that is just the average damsel in distress/OP prince setup. Then I'm torn between Danganronpa and Gantz. Danganronpa has the best presentation in this list and is carried mostly by it's unique style. Visually very impressive with memorable and twistedly funny murder scene's and an inspired color palette. Unfortunately the rest of the comedy in this isn't so much "twisted" as it is obnoxious. It results in a weird mix that constantly switches it's mood without much subtlety. And then there is Gantz. Undoubtedly the worst anime in this list and one of the worst anime I've ever seen. But it has something about it that made me marathon it harder than Death Note. But the survival-game aspect is not it's strongest part. The anime wins points on its hilariously bleak look on society and a cast of characters so infuriating that they end up being memorable. And then Deadman Wonderland to close it out. Great setting, horrible execution. This series genuinely started out great. A ruthless antagonist, intriguing loli-satanic-cute-something girl and a whiny shitty MC ready to become kickass. The series peaked at a death-obstacle race you had to enter for food while "regular" people were cheering in the background. What a twisted exhilarating vision. And what did they do after? Stupid arena battles, thinking they can do a proper story, characters that went nowhere and no ending. |
| Mirai Nikki, because i loved it |
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| Dead space, it was a game first but had 2 animes made afterwards |
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| Danganronpa for me |
| "This is boring...I'm bored..." |
| Kaiji Season 1 |
| Yeah, it's easily Kaiji. |
| Mirai Nikki SAO BTOOM! Deadman Wonderland |
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| @AnotherFanatic : Please put anime spoilers in a spoiler box ([spoiler*][/spoiler*] without *) The first Arc of SAO was indeed a survival game. You cannot escape it except of dying or clear the game in itself. Thats said it is a survival game because only survival counts there. |
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| Btooom is very good, but it needs a 2nd season I started watching Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji recently, and I'm on 12th episode right now, and it is very very good. |
lupadim said: Forgetfulness said: Then you could argue that Mirai Nikki and the Hunger Games aren't survival games either. In Mirai Nikki: you can opt out and most people are just fighting for the reward In Hunger Games: there are people that join just to win fame. They are more concerned with the rewards than living/dying About Mirai Nikki: Yes, Mirai Nikki is NOT a survival game. About Hunger Games: Congratulations to those people, I guess? What matters is, they are NOT more concerned with the rewards than with living, because if they are dead, they can't get the reward, duhhhhhhhhhhhh. To end this nonsense although it has ended it seems but for others that later read this forum i would just like to mention that a survival game can have rewards the main goal is how ever to survive for a first rule, 2 you are chosen not by choice and forced to participate, 3 only 1 person can win the game so m nikka does not count but does come closer than f/z in terms that in m nikki essentially started as a survival game since the original rules where 1. the last person alive wins(which means if you opt out you die since you are alive and can't be alive since the last man standing wins) now that we cleared that all participants must be dead to win we move on, the survival game went for a loop due to meddleing but due to how it began it is a survival anime in any case where as in f/z it is the equivalent to a world martial arts tournament in dbz the only time the laws of a survival anime can change is in the case of a zombie apoc where you must just survive as long as you can if there is an end to the appoc yay if not just keep surviving. |
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| The first arc of SAO is probably a survival game, because their lives are at stake. |
| They all Suck. Btooom! Sucks, SAO sucks, greed island sucks Monstrum said: The first arc of SAO is probably a survival game, because their lives are at stake. No it's not. |
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