Boku no Mario
In recent years I playedPersona 3andPersona 4and loved them, but I have yet to see their anime adaptations. I hear great things about them (aside from theGoldenseries) but just need the time to sit down and check them out. Likewise,Ace Attorneyhas an anime based on the first two games in the series and I want to get to that at some point given how engrossing those stories are.
Final Fantasy XVhas theBrotherhoodanime which takes place before the main game, andFinal Fantasy VII: Last Orderwas set during certain flashback events featured in that title. I’ve yet to get started on all theFFXVbusiness, but I enjoyedLast Orderback in the day.
The big hitters arePokémonandYo-kai Watch, the latter more so in Japan, whose anime have taken on their own unique characters and stories based on the lore and premise of the games they are based on. If your favorite game got the anime treatment, would you prefer it to be a unique story based in universe likePokémon, a prequel or sequel, a side-story of events that happen off-screen during the game, or a retelling of the game’s story beat-for-beat?
AnimeAnime surveyed 1475 Japanese gamerson what games or series they’d like to see get an anime adaptation. The top 10 results are thus:
What’s that? The American-madeThe Legend of ZeldaandSuper Mario Bros. Super Show!exist? Well excuse me princess, but do you still consider it “anime” if it’s not made in Japan? The Japanese do, where the word “anime” refers to any form of animated show or movie whether its 2D, 3D, Japanese, American, French, North Korean, or what have you.
There was a Japanese-madeMarioanime film titledSuper Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!which you canwatch the entirety of on YouTube, andSonichas gotten a number of shows from both America and Japan.Sonic Boomis doing surprisingly well and you may be shocked by its quality given the lackluster performance of its video game titles. However, considering how laugh-out-loud bad thoseMarioandZeldashows were (not to mention theSuper Mario Bros.movie) I don’t think Nintendo is eager to try again anytime soon.
Looking atIbreminds me ofYume Nikki, an older horror indie game. There’s a manga but taking an animated ride through that hell might be the most mind-bending experience sinceSerial Experiments Lain.
“What games do you want to see animated?” Survery. Kingdom Hearts is No. 1[AnimeAnime]
