Anime based on video games

[Evaccaneer Doom]

They even covered Maam's legs cuz God forbid showing women's feet:
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Also remember the famous tickle scene at the original? It was totally removed at the remake.

SHOES! OH THE HORROR! Quick censor them to spare the modern audiences from lower appendages!

-Them, probably

 

[Ikagura]

Tights are sexy indeed when other pieces of clothes don't cover a girl's body, especially her butt.

It's still weird to consider legs too suggestive from their standpoint.

In fact sometimes adding clothes implies that they're naked. Like when Sally Acorn in that one Sonic comic was requested to wear a jacked which actually insisted on her not wearing any clothes.


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cuz God forbid showing women's feet

I'm tempted to make a joke regarding feet but I think I want to keep some decency on this forum.

 

[Vetusomaru]

Digital Devil Story Megami Tensei's OVA
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I love these visuals:
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I've watched it many years ago. Not something to write book about but still it was interesting and decent.

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It's Western animation. If it was Japanese, I would include it at my list since at my list I also include 3D anime.

 

[Egg (McMuffin) Man]

As far as anime based on games go, my favorite is the Sonic OVA from the 90s. The scene where Sonic goes into the dark world perfectly captures the feel of the games in my opinion.

Surprisingly, Salamander had an OVA also:

The Adventure Island series also had its own spin-off anime called Bug tte Honey

Twin Bee had a radio drama series but later on there was an OVA released as a tie-in

And this one technically doesn't count because it's actually based on a book, but Megami Tensei had an OVA as well. The first game in the series is also based on the book, so all 3 are the same story with some differences between them. But the Megami Tensei series has had other anime adaptations over the years, some of which were based on the games like the Devil Children series - although that one might have been a mixed media franchise, I'm not sure.

 

[ZengarZombolt]

Lists like that only have a few popular anime. Also they include American cartoon like you mentioned. Which is why I started said list of mine.

Retrocrush is a streaming service, not a list site. and a legitimate one too. though Power Stone was not on it like I thought. that's on me.
if you are in a US streaming area or have a VPN, maybe give it a shot?

RetroCrush: Stream Classic Anime

Stream classic anime worth discovering with RetroCrush!

www.retrocrush.tv

 

[Vetusomaru]

Retrocrush is a streaming service, not a list site. and a legitimate one too. though Power Stone was not on it like I thought. that's on me.
if you are in a US streaming area or have a VPN, maybe give it a shot?

RetroCrush: Stream Classic Anime

Stream classic anime worth discovering with RetroCrush!

www.retrocrush.tv

I know about Retrocrush since it's heavily advertised at YouTube. Still thanks for recommendations. However I prefer torrents over streaming services.

 

[ZengarZombolt]

I know about Retrocrush since it's heavily advertised at YouTube. Still thanks for recommendations. However I prefer torrents over streaming services.

Fair.
I kinda don't get ads on YT on my computer, so I don't know whats advertised there. Google will have to pry my ad blocker form my cold dead hard drive

 

[Vetusomaru]

Fair.
I kinda don't get ads on YT on my computer, so I don't know whats advertised there. Google will have to pry my ad blocker form my cold dead hard drive

My bad. By advertisement I mean being often showed at "recommended videos" and every time you try to watch an old anime at YouTube. But yeah, at PC I use ublock origin to block most kinds of ads.

 

[ZengarZombolt]

My bad. By advertisement I mean being often showed at "recommended videos" and every time you try to watch an old anime at YouTube. But yeah, at PC I use ublock origin to block most kinds of ads.

Fair enough again.
I got nothing, carry on

 

[sunofpearl89]

And if Fanimes count i think they are a handful of Touhou animations that recap the games

Oh yes. The Animal Crossing anime was very cute and enjoyable, much like the game.

 

[Vetusomaru]

Oh yes. The Animal Crossing anime was very cute and enjoyable, much like the game.

And it even has the same soundtrack with the game, including KK Slider song.

Such a crime they never made another Animal Crossing movie, especially with the game's popularity being higher in later games. ?

 

[Ikagura]

my favorite is the Sonic OVA from the 90s. The scene where Sonic goes into the dark world perfectly captures the feel of the games in my opinion.

I'll digress a bit but this is a much better way to introduce the human world to the franchise than having Sonic pop up randomly in a city filled with cars and humans in Sonic Adventure.

 

[Egg (McMuffin) Man]

I'll digress a bit but this is a much better way to introduce the human world to the franchise than having Sonic pop up randomly in a city filled with cars and humans in Sonic Adventure.

I'll digress a bit but this is a much better way to introduce the human world to the franchise than having Sonic pop up randomly in a city filled with cars and humans in Sonic Adventure.

Actually they're monkeys

 

[Ikagura]

Actually they're monkeys.

Didn't the comic call them Overlander because Mobius is set in the far future where animals evolved while humans kinda became smaller with 4 fingers?

I'm a noob at Archie lore (especially when it rebooted twice) but I feel that Sega and the Sonic Team straight up rejecting the American lore of the franchise in Adventure created a schism in the fanbase.

I do like Japanese Sonic (especially with him being born on Christmas Island) but they could've kept Mobius as the planet's name and explained why there are humans.

 

[Xdqwerty]

Has anyone mentioned The World Ends with You, Danganronpa and Sonic X?

 

[Vetusomaru]

Has anyone mentioned The World Ends with You, Danganronpa and Sonic X?

I love The World Ends with You video game but the anime adaption was a huge disappointment and felt so rushed and cheapass. Same goes for the Legends of Mana anime (it was kinda better than The World Ends with You anime but still it could be much better).

 

[Xdqwerty]

I love The World Ends with You video game but the anime adaption was a huge disappointment and felt so rushed and cheapass. Same goes for the Legends of Mana anime (it was kinda better than The World Ends with You anime but still it could be much better).

Hi btw

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

There is Goemon ova(that parodies other Konami franchises like twinbee, gradius and castlevania) and one tv series.

 

[Xdqwerty]

Has anyone mentioned The World Ends with You, Danganronpa and Sonic X?

I remembered theres was also some obscure Mario anime movie:

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! is an animated film of the Super Mario franchise that was released only in Japan. It is a rough interpretation of the events of the original Super Mario Bros. with several alterations. Directed...

www.mariowiki.com

 

[Vetusomaru]

There is Goemon ova(that parodies other Konami franchises like twinbee, gradius and castlevania) and one tv series.

I've heard negative comments about it, especially since it has nothing to do with the games and it's another reverse isekai anime where video games characters are traveling to the real world. Just like that weird Megaman OVA.

 

[Xdqwerty]

Just like that weird Megaman OVA.

Or like, again, Sonic X

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Also I forgot there are animes based on F Zero and Virtua Fighter

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

I've heard negative comments about it, especially since it has nothing to do with the games and it's another reverse isekai anime where video games characters are traveling to the real world. Just like that weird Megaman OVA.

The Tv series is quite bad, I agree.
The Ova, I liked it, it's humor is quite faithful to the games.

 

[Ikagura]

There's a bonus video of Virtue Last Reward as I recall.

But like PMD it's a short episode to promote the game

 

[Vetusomaru]

There's a bonus video of Virtue Last Reward as I recall.

But like PMD it's a short episode to promote the game

Cool. I wasn't aware of it. I added it to my list.

 

[Ikagura]

Cool. I wasn't aware of it. I added it to my list.

Shame they never tried to make a small series with the first game.

Even if the main issue about Zero Escape is that the whole series is about

Spoiler: big spoiler

redoing the same story again and again to get the best path since your character can switch timelines

so that would make it harder narratively.

Maybe 428 as a novel could've worked.