Name the single BEST movie/show/cartoon/anime based on a video game that you've watched. (suggestion thread)

[randomdudeguy]

Like the title says, name the single best movie or show or cartoon or anime based on a video game that you've watched. Detailing why would be nice but not required.

Try keeping it to just 1. Maybe list your second best pick if someone listed yours already?

I post this in hopes of finding something new and fun to watch and hopefully you discover something as well.

 

[Bobmeboi]

the OG Super Mario Bros super show

 

[Tronky.it]

I know that Persona anime exist, and after finishing Zatch Bell I will most likely switch to them: but the only 2 anime that come to mind at the moment, inspired by video games, that I have seen in my life were School Days and Corpse Party.

And the first one can't be said to be this great masterpiece (the drawings were... meh, but

Spoiler

the dark tone it took at the end caught me off guard... this is because at first I didn't know it was based on a video game for PS2 and PC)

 

[Strategist]

Probably the Silent Hill movie. Or the first Mortal Kombat movie.

 

[bobobobo]

devil may cry anime anyone?
devil may cry anime everyone!

 

[Waffles]

Because the Super Mario Bros Super Show has already been mentioned... SaTam! Also, Sonic X.

 

[RustySK]

The correct answer is of course Donkey Kong Country.

 

[randomdudeguy]

ive enjoyed a bunch of MK animated movies, scorpions revenge was a fun watch for me.

 

[Bobmeboi]

The correct answer is of course Donkey Kong Country.

ngl I should of put that fr fr

 

[middler]

the .hack//Sign anime was pretty good.

 

[Saoi]

I really liked the Castlevania games so I watched the series...But I imagined the design of the characters differently(Khmm Isaac :v)

 

[nachito]

Tales of the Abyss anime was pretty good.

 

[Pinballbuzzbro]

The Earthworm Jim cartoon! Not only is it great and worth watching even today, it's unironically better than the games in terms of humor and writing! All the characters have really fun memorable personalities and the voice acting is just like. absolutely perfect, Dan Castelenetta is a national treasure lol.

 

[Bakuma1997]

The correct answer is of course Donkey Kong Country.

 

[bjork]

I liked the old Dragon Warrior anime from ~1991 pretty well

 

[Bakuma1997]

I genuinely loved Sonic X, maybe it is nostalgia factor speaking to me since i loved it on Jetix, but it was a great Sonic adaptation if you skip the human components

 

[Bonkers225]

Street Fighter II The Animated Movie. No contest for me.

 

[Cris_Agev]

I guess Visual Novels doesn't count? Animes like Stein Gate, Fate Stay Night, Clannad, etc.
Someone else already said the first Mortal Kombat movie and Silent Hill.

So I'll add this, nothing amazing, but I think it does a great job presenting the game.
It's a promotional 30min OVA for Growlanser IV, a short story of one of the main heroines.
For anyone curious here is a link to watch it online w/subtitles both english and spanish(voices are in japanese).

Watch Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time OVA episodes English Sub/Dub online Free on Aniwatch.to

Watch and Download Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time OVA episodes English Sub/Dub Online Free on Aniwatch.to

aniwatchtv.to

 

[ATenderLad]

For a long time that answer would have been "None...maybe Mortal Kombat for the theme song", but the last few years have been interesting. The Castlevania series took some very thinly sketched characters and had a lot of fun with them, with Hector and holy shit Isaac's stories in particular being genuinely great. Also on Netflix, Arcane? Phenomenal, I watched season two recently and I don't have my thoughts together yet, but what a masterpiece.

I've also got an oddball pick, Werewolves Within!

Couldn't be less about a game, really, but it technically is, and it's awfully damn funny. Check it out!

Street Fighter II The Animated Movie. No contest for me.

I remember catching that on the Sci-fi channel back in the day, I was obsessed for awhile. Are we talking the Japanese version with the instrumental game soundtrack covers, or the international release that said "nuts to that" and tossed in some nu-metal and rock over every fight? (Which I loved!)

 

[Yousef]

I guess Visual Novels doesn't count? Animes like Stein Gate, Fate Stay Night, Clannad, etc.
Someone else already said the first Mortal Kombat movie and Silent Hill.

So I'll add this, nothing amazing, but I think it does a great job presenting the game.
It's a promotional 30min OVA for Growlanser IV, a short story of one of the main heroines.
For anyone curious here is a link to watch it online w/subtitles both english and spanish(voices are in japanese).

Watch Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time OVA episodes English Sub/Dub online Free on Aniwatch.to

Watch and Download Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time OVA episodes English Sub/Dub Online Free on Aniwatch.to

aniwatchtv.to

All excellent picks. I love clannad and S;G.

 

[Inkingsama]

Aha! Now it's a great time to talk about Megaman Star Force! Again!

The Megaman Star Force anime takes the story of the first game and completely ignores it, radically changes the characterization of various characters (mainly the villians) and completely ruins the message of the game about friendship and trust. HOWEVER, it's an entertaining show and the slice of life elements really shows what you can do with the characters and the setting. I've seen the animation and battle choreography be praised for being "good" but i think that's an overstatement, some scenes are good but more often than not, the fights are zoomed out way too much. The ending of the first season is rushed and the OP song is good. Second season cancelled at 20 episodes because MMSF2 was not good.

There is also the Megaman Battle Network anime but haven't watched and neither will because it has 5 seasons and 2 movies i think. No time to sit and watch all of that.

Spoiler

I will cheat here and mention the Prince of Persia movie for being good, generally speaking.

 

[Bump'n'Ys]

For me, it's Postal. I've shown it to some friends with pretty positive results. If I was to give an answer in a "more seriously adapts/expands the game it's based on" kind of way, I'd say I enjoyed the Gungrave anime more than the games, which I did like.

 

[Gorse]

Ha-ha! Hajikeru BOM-BER! Bomberman Jetters is an easy top five anime series for me — it’s got fucking hilarious comedy (it’s one of the only anime series I’ve literally rolled on the floor laughing at), awesome sci-fi storylines and concepts (the way they create enemies for the Jetters is so cool), and some seriously well-done drama — I’m not proud to say it, but it’s also the only anime I’ve ever legitimately cried at, and I never do that.

What starts as a very entertaining shounen-style action show quickly becomes a space epic about family, technology’s role in metaphysical post-mortality, and, of course, lots and lots of bombs. All of the characters are entertaining, and the show’s final arc brings everything together perfectly. Highly recommended for kids and adults alike. The game SUCKS.

Waffles mentioned SatAM above, so allow me to bring up the other one. Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is just good, plain, cartoon fun. Putting the hilarious YTPs aside, the show has some truly expert voice work and character designs, and, for my money, the only Western-developed Sonic characters that are any good at all. (Scratch and Grounder should have been added to the main game continuity — they’re the perfect bungling henchmen.)

This show doesn’t take anything seriously, and revels in audacious nonsense, making it light and easy to watch anytime. Some episodes were even animated by TMS, and they look truly gorgeous. It’s not a perfect cartoon, and it’s pretty dumb, but it’s very fun to laugh at… or with. I find cartoons like these to be really cute.

And, to end on a crowd-pleaser, Popotan is a very special anime series for your friend Gorse. I’ve never played the game — I understand it was actually quite innovative for the time — but I watched this show at age 10 and it left a huge impression on me (or fucked me up permanently, whatever). Rather than adapt the game’s storyline, this show made the smart decision to remove the original hero and heroine entirely and focus instead on the three most interesting side girls, telling an original story that’s very sweet and touching.

Popotan has been forgotten by time, now, but it was very popular when I first got into anime, and will live forever through the Caramelldansen meme, which the game created. It’s not expertly-written or animated, but the three main girls are extremely likeable and endearing, and the world they live in is blissfully quaint. I don’t know if anyone who wasn’t there will get anything out of it, but if you were, you know what I mean. The ending theme reminds me of a better world.

 

[Leguminoso]

1. Dragon Quest: The Adventures of Dai is a very solid anime that takes the world of Dragon Quest and makes its own story.
2. Street Fighter 2: The Animated Movie is very well made, it has a lot of action and a very epic soundtrack in the international release.
3. The Stalker fanfilm that came out this year is almost AA tier in terms of story and effects.
4. The Ao Oni movies are almost one to one to the games.
5. Detective Pikachu is extremely faithful to the game and very well made.
6. The Sonic movies are very solid.
7. Warcraft, Angry Birds and Rampage killed the videogame movie adaptation curse.

 

[Yousef]

Ha-ha! Hajikeru BOM-BER! Bomberman Jetters is an easy top five anime series for me — it’s got fucking hilarious comedy (it’s one of the only anime series I’ve literally rolled on the floor laughing at), awesome sci-fi storylines and concepts (the way they create enemies for the Jetters is so cool), and some seriously well-done drama — I’m not proud to say it, but it’s also the only anime I’ve ever legitimately cried at, and I never do that.

What starts as a very entertaining shounen-style action show quickly becomes a space epic about family, technology’s role in metaphysical post-mortality, and, of course, lots and lots of bombs. All of the characters are entertaining, and the show’s final arc brings everything together perfectly. Highly recommended for kids and adults alike. The game SUCKS.

Waffles mentioned SatAM above, so allow me to bring up the other one. Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is just good, plain, cartoon fun. Putting the hilarious YTPs aside, the show has some truly expert voice work and character designs, and, for my money, the only Western-developed Sonic characters that are any good at all. (Scratch and Grounder should have been added to the main game continuity — they’re the perfect bungling henchmen.)

This show doesn’t take anything seriously, and revels in audacious nonsense, making it light and easy to watch anytime. Some episodes were even animated by TMS, and they look truly gorgeous. It’s not a perfect cartoon, and it’s pretty dumb, but it’s very fun to laugh at… or with. I find cartoons like these to be really cute.

And, to end on a crowd-pleaser, Popotan is a very special anime series for your friend Gorse. I’ve never played the game — I understand it was actually quite innovative for the time — but I watched this show at age 10 and it left a huge impression on me (or fucked me up permanently, whatever). Rather than adapt the game’s storyline, this show made the smart decision to remove the original hero and heroine entirely and focus instead on the three most interesting side girls, telling an original story that’s very sweet and touching.

Popotan has been forgotten by time, now, but it was very popular when I first got into anime, and will live forever through the Caramelldansen meme, which the game created. It’s not expertly-written or animated, but the three main girls are extremely likeable and endearing, and the world they live in is blissfully quaint. I don’t know if anyone who wasn’t there will get anything out of it, but if you were, you know what I mean. The ending theme reminds me of a better world.

BOMBERMAN!!
I adore that show so much. Did a rewatch a few years ago and iTS ADORABLE AS EVER
This is a great chance that I can’t waste to mention the bomberman anime I grew up with. I watched it arabic dubbed airing on Spacetoon. Now, I promise I’m not pulling your leg, but it’s a crossover anime between bomberman and… B-damon? I have ZILCH knowledge about b-daman other than one amine I saw but hey, the cast is cute.