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Feb 8, 2021 2:45 PM
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What are some video games that you feel should get anime adaptations?

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Feb 8, 2021 2:49 PM
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All of Yoko Taro's works
Drakengard series, Nier series
Let me experience that depression in anime

Control
This is trippy as fuck but somehow I feel like if Studio ORANGE worked on it, it would be great.

Uncharted
I don't really need to explain this one.
Feb 8, 2021 2:50 PM
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I would love a Zelda: Twilight Princess anime. The manga is more fleshed out than the other Zelda manga (which are all really rushed and badly paced), so they could base it on that.

DOOM could make a good action/horror show if they handled it right and took some creative liberties with the story.

Bit of a weird pick, but give me a Sim Safari 1998 slice of life about running a safari park. Yes please.

League of Legends has infinite potential. So many different characters, factions, lore stories, and locations. They could honestly do anything with it.

Any of the old Lucasarts adventure games would be good comedies. Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, and Day of the Tentacle would all make for great adventure/mystery/comedy shows. Throw the more recent Thimbleweed Park in there too for some more spooky vibes.

And I would also love an Endless Ocean diving anime. Amanchu was good and all, but it really didn't focus on the diving as much as I would have liked, so this would be a nice way to remedy that.

"They escaped the weight of darkness,
to forge a path into the marrow of the spirit.
They chose to drown in a deeper vacancy,
an emptiness that quells the null,
a pool for the forgotten..."
Feb 8, 2021 2:53 PM
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It might not work due to quite a bit of the appeal being the side quests and minigames, but maybe Yakuza.
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Brave Fencer Musashi would make for an excellent anime adaption
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- Streets of Rage would be cool as it's one of my all-time favourite games.

- Rival Schools was awesome back in the day, but can't remember the plot all that well.

- Dead or Alive really should have one too, especially since it is kinda Anime style already.

- Command & Conquer

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Feb 8, 2021 2:53 PM
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has many things "anime-ish". I think it could work as a seinen.
Feb 8, 2021 2:55 PM
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trace memory and hotel dusk room 215 i cannot stress this ennough and i'm so fucking glad we're getting a TWEWY adaptation.

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PandaUwU said:
It might not work due to quite a bit of the appeal being the side quests and minigames, but maybe Yakuza.


Make it a bit of a slice of life / drama mixed in with some comedy and action and it could work. Maybe like Durarara!! or Hinamatsuri in mood. Would have to be a bit goofy.

"They escaped the weight of darkness,
to forge a path into the marrow of the spirit.
They chose to drown in a deeper vacancy,
an emptiness that quells the null,
a pool for the forgotten..."
Feb 8, 2021 2:56 PM

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Yakuza :

First , there's enough material for a lot of it . It's highly cinematic and ridiculously over the top . I feel like this could be a very good especially since it's a lot of dialogue and story so with good writing this could be great , it could be like a Gintama type anime a mix between serious arcs and over the top humour
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quick question do roblox games count
Feb 8, 2021 3:00 PM

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Xaeveax said:
PandaUwU said:
It might not work due to quite a bit of the appeal being the side quests and minigames, but maybe Yakuza.


Make it a bit of a slice of life / drama mixed in with some comedy and action and it could work. Maybe like Durarara!! or Hinamatsuri in mood. Would have to be a bit goofy.


I mean, it might work. Not 100% sure of that formula working though. It might be a bit awkward considering how strange the side quests are, but then again Gintama is an anime so maybe.
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I'd like to see a proper adaptation of Fire Emblem that's not Shadow Dragon or any other game with Marth as the protagonist.

Other than that, I'd like to see what more Ufotable can do with Code Vein since they made the trailer for it.


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PandaUwU said:
Xaeveax said:


Make it a bit of a slice of life / drama mixed in with some comedy and action and it could work. Maybe like Durarara!! or Hinamatsuri in mood. Would have to be a bit goofy.


I mean, it might work. Not 100% sure of that formula working though. It might be a bit awkward considering how strange the side quests are, but then again Gintama is an anime so maybe.


Actually, yeah, Gintama is the perfect comparison. Some Gintama plots would feel right at home in Yakuza, and vice versa.

ThousandCuts said:
I'd like to see a proper adaptation of Fire Emblem that's not Shadow Dragon or any other game with Marth as the protagonist.

Other than that, I'd like to see what more Ufotable can do with Code Vein since they made the trailer for it.


Can you imagine how hard it would be to properly adapt the multiple timelines of Three Houses into a single story. No matter how they did it, there would always be people enraged. Now I kind of want to see that.

"They escaped the weight of darkness,
to forge a path into the marrow of the spirit.
They chose to drown in a deeper vacancy,
an emptiness that quells the null,
a pool for the forgotten..."
Feb 8, 2021 3:02 PM

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Crash Bandicoot could probably work. It had a manga back in the day. Also Spyro.
Feb 8, 2021 3:07 PM

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I literally only want 1 game franchise made into an anime and that’s Yoko Taro’s work.
Nier is so so beautiful and has one of the greatest stories in gaming that can rule in every storytelling medium, it also has some of the best music ever made in any game/movie/tv show.

I need my Nier anime now.
Feb 8, 2021 3:19 PM

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Most anime video game adaptations aren't very good with the exception of Hyperdimension Neptunia.

I'm all for a Legend of Heroes adaptation but probably not going to happen. It would need a huge budget and a ton of episodes. If DanMachi can get 4 seasons, why not?
Feb 8, 2021 3:24 PM

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Furi.

Is very similar to Afro Samurai, but with an actual story and better ending. It´s also a pretty short game, so they can focus on 12 episodes or even less without butchering the story, which is something that always happens in game-anime adaptations.
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Jesterino said:
All of Yoko Taro's works
Drakengard series, Nier series
Let me experience that depression in anime

Control
This is trippy as fuck but somehow I feel like if Studio ORANGE worked on it, it would be great.

Uncharted
I don't really need to explain this one.


Second this.
Yoko Taro's the genius everybody should know about



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I'm going with a non-JRPG here, but I think a Pillars of Eternity adaption could possibly work depending on the team behind it. There's certainly enough lore to make an anime spanning multiple seasons with the characters exploring all the different locations in Eora. I see it being more of a seinen approach to fantasy, though.
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in my opinion these games already have great storytelling:
genshin impact
tales of berseria
bloodborne
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maplestory, soulsborne and yoko taro games
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A Final Fantasy Tactics anime with each chapter being a 26 episode season and more development for the other party characters besides Ramza would probably be my favorite anime ever.
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Silent Hill and Nightmare Creatures
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Persona 2 or Yakuza anime would be great



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Mortal Shell, Bloodborne

Ib and OneShot can be the cuter type
Feb 8, 2021 6:38 PM

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Final Fantasy xiii franchise would make a better anime than video game imo
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Trails of Cold Steel, Danganronpa V3, and Tales of Berseria.
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Trails of Cold Steel mainly cause of the school setting and I reckon that could work quite well. Need to finish of 2 still.

Genshin Impact would make a good anime, but needs to be made by Mihoyo. and voiced in Chinese and later a Japanese dub. Could focus on the Archon stories before the traveller.
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Feb 9, 2021 8:06 AM

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Just give Danganronpa 2 an anime already
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I've always thought about a Titanfall anime, it would be pretty sick
Feb 9, 2021 8:54 AM
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Metal Gear
Jet Set Radio Future- It would be similar to Air Gear
Resident Evil
Onimusha
Mass Effect
Assassin's Creed
Mortal Kombat
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I would die to get a Mortal Kombat anime adaptation or a Metal Gear Solid adaptation.
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SmashBlack said:
What are some video games that you feel should get anime adaptations?


Nokia Orginal Snake Run... it will be riot 😖 if it has own anime?

story?

characters?

who care. just watch kills man.


p.s. : aren't most if the shounen storyless?
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Nier and Uncharted series (especially pt 4)
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More Senran Kagura anime, I like more the anime than the games.
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Prototype 1 would just be incredible if done right. Imagine Alex Mercer in an anime, I picture this original story that goes into great depth for developing him and how his powers affect him mentally. It would no doubt also be a hype show because of some shounen aspects of the game. It has a couple of paths it could take but no doubt that it would make for a great horror anime too.
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The Longest Journey.

It's a very old point & click adventure. Most people probably never heard of it. But it was simply beautiful. And it had a dreamlike atmosphere that would fit perfectly in an anime:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUgtUA7luGc
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Definitely Nier Automata and Nier Replicant
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Persona 2 or Yakuza anime would be great


PERSONA 2 LOLLL persona games are destined to never work as anime besides persona 4 dub cause it’s pure comedy but a bad video game adaptation. They just have bad stories and the style of the game would never work, that’s why the current ones are shit
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Last of Us could be pretty dope

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NieR: Automata for fucking sure, I'd cry if there was an anime adaptation for that.
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I'm gonna go with Guilty Gear
And I think Genshin Impact is gonna have one sonner or later because of the success
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Tales of Xillia (1).
After all these years I'm still pissed that nearly every Tales game got an anime, but they skipped Xillia and instead gave Zestiria, one of the worst Tales of games out there, two seasons.

Looking at more recent releases, Omori would be a fantastic anime imo.
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League of Legends. Not for the game itself, but with it as a part of the main plot. There has been an entire trailer for the new season for LoL made by PA Works, and I think it would be cool for this to be an actual anime.

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The Wonderful 101, which came from the makers of Bayonetta.
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I'm gonna go with Guilty Gear
And I think Genshin Impact is gonna have one sonner or later because of the success


There are some guilty gear shorts on the database here but not a full series though.

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Fire Emblem: genealogy of the holy war would be cool
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