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I'm gonna go ahead and mention Gungrave. This anime adaptation of what is probably considered an average action game turned out to be way better than the game it was adapted from. Not only did it manage to give the game a backstory that it never had (that was more interesting than anything in the game), but it also managed to tell the game's story better than the game did. Also of note, the anime had a different ending than the game, and while both endings complete the story in a satisfying way, I found the anime's ending to be the better of the two.

The anime was also good enough to influence the game's sequel, which not only took on an animaton style more similar to the anime, but also used some of its music as well. Overall, I would definitely say this one of the best anime adaptations of a video game out there. For a full review of the anime, check out my review in the anime and manga recommendations thread, and to download the series, get the torrent here.

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Originally Posted by Qwarky

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.

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!

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Originally Posted by eriol

Zelda anime
Cursed. A very bad adaptation of Legend of Zelda franchise. The artwork looks very western-like. I think the DVD has been re-released.

The only Zelda animation I know about is that cartoon that used to come on every week back in the early 90s. If that's what you're referring to, then it's not really an anime, which explains why the animation looks very western-like. And yes, it has been released on DVD.

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