The Games-To-Anime Database

Originally Posted by Summonmaster

Games -> Anime
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Fate Stay Night
Tsukihime (I think)
Utawarerumono

Any more shit like this will be deleted on sight, without warning. This is a database, not a listing thread.

I think Rockgamer is a tad harsh on Gungrave, I thought it was an awesome game and the backstory was very much there, the anime simply illustrated it in larger detail.
And Gungrave OD was an awful game compared to the original, so any influence the anime series had on the sequal can't all be positive.


Should we list Disgaea right away as an example of how NOT to do a game to anime adaptation? Not only were the character designs horrible, the animation saturday morning cartoon quality, but the series also did away with pretty much every story detail that was so appealing in the game and I gave up after the first two episodes. I'm guessing if I had not enjoyed the game so much the anime might have been slightly more entertaining.

Another example of a not so succesful adaptation would be Viewtiful Joe. The visual design was transferred more of less instact, and the introduction of new characters was extremely entertaining, but the animation was way too poor to capture the magnificent look and atmosphere of the games. Since the active participation was removed as well as the visual appeal, the anime didn't have enough going for me.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I probably wouldn't have remembered the series myself had I not seen this in #animespot today:

[18:21:58] <WorldCup> WOw
[18:22:12] <WorldCup> Makai Senki Disgaea already at episode 100
[18:22:15] <WorldCup> *10
[18:22:21] <WorldCup> ::no one cares::

Even the typo holds so much truth

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by RockgamerXIII

I love both Gungrave games alot, and I have played through both of them multiple times and have unlocked everything, but I prefer the anime over them since it has the best and most complete story of the three.

The only backstory that the game gave was that Grave used to be friends with Harry, but that he betrayed him by killing him, along with some minor stuff about Mika, Maria, and Big Daddy. It was nowhere near as detailed as the backstory offered by the anime (most of the stuff in episodes 2-14 of the anime is hardly even touched on in the game, if at all), which makes you care about the characters and understand the relationships between them better. Using Bunji as an example, yeah, the whole teacher-student relationship thing is present in the game, but it's so much better in the anime because you get to see how they met, what they went through together, how Bunji felt when he found out that Brandon "betrayed" Millennion, and all that kind of stuff.

I may be a little biased since I watched the anime before playing the game, but I really do feel that ot presented the story better than the game did. It managed to do more than just flesh it out, as it practically rebuilt it in a better way. The story in the game was already good, but comparing it to the anime is almost like reading a summary instead of the full novel.

Also, I didn't think that Gungrave OD was that bad a game. Granted, the storyline wasn't that great, but I would say it's about on par with the first game in terms of everything else. Also, Billy was fucking awesome!

Just as I may be biased because I played the game way before there was any sign of an anime. That's what I liked about the game, as there was the backstory, but the game left it open instead of patronizing us with hour long flashbacks and "YOU SEE WHAT HE DID TO HIM THERE" expositions. The brief snippets you got of their pasts only hinted at what happened, which made it far more effective (for me).

That's just me, I like subtlety over overelaboration. And subtlety in such a rapid-fire action game is a rare beast indeed.

And the biggest reason I dislike OD was because Rocketbilly Redcadillac makes me cry. And the game just didn't feel as fun to me, not to mention being dub only

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.