What games would you like to see as an anime?

Varkov

Theres often manga and anime based on games, and sometimes the reverse such as Devil May Cry.

What games would you like to see made into an anime, and do you think it would translate well?

Personally I think a decent Zelda or Metal Gear Solid would be cool, and on the opposite end I'd love a decent UC Gundam game more akin to Mech Warrior or Armoured Core.

greyed

Zelda, definitely, with a sufficiently dark storyline it could be great. They might have to get a few words out of link though.

gearoidof

Final Fantasy would be great, for those of us who can't be arsed to play the game, but still want to know what happened!

That aside, err

L31mr0d

Metroid

seriously though, Metroid. It would make a pretty good Anime.

EDIT: Oh Bioshock would be good also

Varik

gearoidof wrote: »

Final Fantasy would be great, for those of us who can't be arsed to play the game, but still want to know what happened!

That aside, err

there is the movie, i got a dvd with mine that had ingame video of the story.

Monkeyto

Based on the comics and the special edition of SFIV. I'd love to see a decent Street Fighter series. Rival Schools would also make a decent setting for an anime, think Cromartie Highschool meets the spirit of Naruto.

fitz0

gearoidof wrote: »

Final Fantasy would be great, for those of us who can't be arsed to play the game, but still want to know what happened!

That aside, err

WHile the games would be nice to see in anime form, there is this.

Also I'd like to see Fallout but only if it was done well.

gearoidof

I know about the movies they made, but they're either not movies of the game, or post game movies.

I'd like to see an actual movie for FF7, condense the story, not a sequel...

I remember that movie with minogue of SF, was atrocious

tread_softly

Final Fantasy VII: Last Order is a very good OVA set before the game.

The main protagonist is Zack; it's interesting to see a prequel to VII and one from that point of view

Cy_Revenant

I wouldn't want to see any major games series animated. Good games are about so much more than story, and film can't do them justice. You could never capture the experience of Metroid in an OAV.

Original works are always better. Games can't be replicated in other art forms. Books and manga are butchered for adaptation. And most importantly, original works of anime are often great. See: Bounen No Xam'd, NGE, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Mobile Suit Gundam, etc.

gearoidof

eh, call me a poohead, but the anime your listed there....

NGE, let's not go there,
TTGL has no plot (or, if we count this as a plot, we're opening the floodgates)

Now, manga adaptations:
Ghost in the Shell specifically comes to mind of an anime which outshines the manga

Cy_Revenant

gearoidof wrote: »

eh, call me a poohead, but the anime your listed there....

NGE, let's not go there,
TTGL has no plot (or, if we count this as a plot, we're opening the floodgates)

Now, manga adaptations:
Ghost in the Shell specifically comes to mind of an anime which outshines the manga

Personally, I hate NGE, but it is very highly regarded.

Your statement regarding TTGL is unqualified. It has a great plot, and irrespective, is a fantastic animation.

Ghost in the Shell: SAC is one of my favourite shows. But let's be honest, that's one good adaptation in a sea of how many inferior ones?

Fysh

greyed wrote: »

Zelda, definitely, with a sufficiently dark storyline it could be great. They might have to get a few words out of link though.

I take it we're ignoring this, then?

Personally I agree with Cy_Revenant - a lot of games are about an experience that doesn't easily translate to a non-interactive narrative. I've loved many of the Metroid games, but I don't see them making a good film because it's the exploration that makes them fun and a film (or even a series) based on someone exploring a planet, occasionally fighting a big boss and getting weapon upgrades, then eventually leaving the planet after completing a mission isn't going to be very entertaining...

Varik

Sims

Cy_Revenant

On the subject of...

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-23/halo-legends-to-be-animated-by-5-japanese-studios
http://kotaku.com/5320897/first-images-of-halo-anime
http://kotaku.com/5320898/details-about-halo-anime

Varkov

^ yeah, just saw that today on ANN.

Mamoru Oshii who directed the origional Ghost in the Shell is doing one of the pieces.

Zeouterlimits

Cy_Revenant wrote: »

On the subject of...

Great news indeed. *raises glass of happyness and toasts the horizon*

cats12

Hmm. Anime is a japanese thing, I've seen secondary characters as african-americans, never the main character (except afrosamurai), maybe the japanese would have trouble identifying with it. Anyway, Black Lagoon anime has a good supporting character (coolest if you ask me).


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