Updated November 27, 2022 by Ernie
We find watching anime relaxing, while we find playing video games fun! It’s our go-to whenever we are stressed or whenever everything is just so overwhelming! It just calms our nerves
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But there are anime studios that put two and two together and made anime based on video games! Isn’t it quite nice to see the two things we love mashed together in one media? Sometimes, it is a direct and straightforward adaptation of the game, while sometimes, it offers something original, a departure from the source material! But nevertheless, the essence we fans of the series still appreciate seeing our favorite video game character be in an anime in action!
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ANIME ADAPTED FROM VIDEO GAMES
20. Corpse Party: Tortured Souls
| Title | Corpse Party: Tortured Souls |
| Genre | Horror, Mystery, Supernatural |
| Type | OVA |
| Studio | asread |
| Premiered | 2013 |
| Episodes | 4 |
| Duration | 29 min. per ep |
Starting off our list with the adaptation of the Horror PSP Game, Corpse Party: Blood Covered.
Like how the game came to be, Satoshi with his classmates, adviser, and little sister did a little ritual called Sachiko Ever After to cheer up their transferring classmate, Mayu, led by Ayumi Shinozaki.
This dragged them to the accursed Heavenly Host Elementary school. Now, they are class separated from each other. They must appease the ghost and solve the mystery behind the school and Sachiko in order to find a way back.
This anime is quite infamous , not because of the gore or the violence, but because of its… liberties. Yet, it’s still a pretty cool anime!
19. DRAMAtical Murder
| Title | DRAMAtical Murder |
| Genre | Action, Sci-Fi |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | NAZ |
| Premiered | 2014 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Duration | 24 min. per ep |
Adapted from the game of the same name, Toue Inc. bought an island in Midorima Japan and built the Platinum Jail. Only the wealthiest can live there, ironically, the original settlers of the island were forced to relocate to the Old Residential District.
On that island, the most common game is Rib and Rhyme. Rib is an old game where gangs enter into turf wars against each other. Rhyme is still a battle, but is settled in a virtual reality. Unlike Rib where all you have to do is show up, Rhyme requires an All-Net, an AI like pet, and a mediator called Usui.
Our MC, Aoba Seragaki doesn’t want to be involved in those kinds of things, but is unwillingly dragged into one. His normal life is abandoned.
The game has many routes to follow, depending on the player’s choices, but for this, it follows the Common Route of the game with a few little tweaks.
18. Street Fighter II
| Title | Street Fighter II |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Drama |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | Group TAC |
| Premiered | 1995 |
| Episodes | 29 |
| Duration | 24 min. per ep |
One of the most popular fighting games had an anime! It’s not just Tekken you know!
Ryu and Ken are close friends and are martial artists. In order to be stronger they travel around the world to be exposed to new fighting styles and meet new people.
During their travels, they get caught up in a conspiracy made by a mysterious organization, Shadowlaw, they now face their ultimate challenge and must fight for their lives as they battle the M. Bison.
17. Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
| Title | Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy, Supernatural |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | CloverWorks |
| Premiered | 2019 |
| Episodes | 21 |
| Duration | 23 min. per ep |
Probably where the game’s whalers money went as the animation is so good! I guess spending cash on their banner was worth it after all!
The adaptation to the 6th Chapter of the mobile game of the same name. Ritsuka Fujimaru was sent to Age of Gods, B.C. 2655 Mesopotamia. They see how demonic beasts attack the homes and towns of the nation and the last fortress and defense standing is the City of Uruk. This battle is led by the King, Gilgamesh. Along with Ritsuka, Mash, and other summoned servants, they will defeat the Beasts together, and whatever monstrosity comes.
16. On the Way to Smile – Final Fantasy VII
| Title | On the Way to Smile |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy |
| Type | OVA |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
| Premiered | 2009 |
| Episodes | 1 |
| Duration | 28 min. per ep |
Serving as a bridge from Final Fantasy VII to Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Set four years after Meteor fell in Midgar. It shows the aftermath– the damage the spell cost to the planet and to the citizens of the city.
Reeve Tuesti, former Head of Urban Development at Shinra, interviews Denzel, a young boy who lived in Midgar. A potential member of Reeve’s World Regenesis Organization, a group that aims to restore the planet.
During the interview, Denzel recalls the event of what happened during the onslaught.
15. .hack//Roots
| Title | .hack//Roots |
| Genre | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | Bee Train |
| Premiered | 2006 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Duration | 24 min. per ep |
.hack// ran so Sword Art Online can walk. This anime served as a prequel to the .hack// G.U. series, showing a Haseo during his pre-Player Killer Killer days.
After the VRMMORPG The World was shut down, a new version, The World R:2 was launched! Haseo entered the game and thought he found new friends to play the game with only to be Player Killed (PKed) by them! Luckily, he was saved by a one armed man named Ovan.
Together with Ovan, and a cleric, Shino, they play the game together! That is until a Shino was killed by the notorious Tri-Edge. All his victims fall into a coma in the real world! Fueled by rage, Haseo swore to take down Shino’s killer once and for all.
14. School Days
| Title | School Days |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | TNK |
| Premiered | 2007 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Duration | 25 min. per ep |
An anime based on a visual novel, a disturbing one to boot.
Makoto Itou noticed Kotonoha Katsura at the start of his second semester of his freshman year. He instantly fell for her but couldn’t get himself to talk to her even if there are multiple opportunities to. So like any other creep, he snaps a photo of her in secret and sets it as his cell phone’s wallpaper: a charm that, if kept hidden, would help you manifest your love.
However, classmate Sekai Saionji sees the picture, but instead of exposing the guy, she offers to help set him up with Kotonoha—going so far as befriending her for that very purpose. Thus, the trio begins a sudden friendship.
But for this one, it is able to pull off a mix of every route in the game, somehow giving the viewers a taste when they play the VN. While the ending is a combination of two bad endings. YIKES.
13. Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation
| Title | Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy, Comedy |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | David Production |
| Premiered | 2013 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Duration | 24 min. per ep |
The war between the realms of Planeptune, Lastation, Lowee and Leanbox over Share Energy, their source of strength all based on the faith of the people to the goddesses, has been deemed pointless.The four CPU goddesses that rule the realms have signed a treaty to ban the claiming of the Share Energy, in hopes that this will lead to peace and prosperity.
After a few years of the signing of the treaty, Neptune the CPU of Planeptune has been playing video games instead of doing her duty. This led to her Share Energy plummeting.
So with the other goddesses, they help Neptune regain her Share Energy!
12. God Eater
| Title | God Eater |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | ufotable |
| Premiered | 2015 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Duration | 24 min. per ep |
This is the anime adaptation of the video game series God Eater.
In the year 2071, humanity is on the vergeof extinction as Aragamis ravage the planet. What makes their situation more difficult is that these monsters are immune to the conventional weaponry humanity has.
As a last-ditch effort, an organization called Fenrir was formed to save humans through “God Eaters” , a special human merged with Oracle cells, allowing them to use the God Arc, the only weapon that can kill an Aragami. Lenka Utsugi, a New-Type God Eater with a God Arc takes the form of both blade and gun.
Now he must master his God Arc if he wants to get rid of the Aragamis.
11. Medabots
| Title | Medabots |
| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | Bee Train |
| Premiered | 1999 |
| Episodes | 52 |
| Duration | 24 min. per ep |
Personally, I never knew this was based on a game! But hey, life’s full of surprises!
In the future, Medabots, artificial-intelligent robots, aid humans in their daily lives. But Medabots aren’t just made for help, they can also participate in Robattles, and fights between other Medabots!
Ikki Tenrio wants to become the champion of these Robattles, but his parents refuse to buy him one. So he saved up and was able to buy an old model, Metabee. Luckily, he found a medal that will boot up the Medabot! However, this Medabot seems to have an attitude problem. Ikki was about to give up on his dreams until he saw the fighting prowess of his Medabot!
Not only must he win the Robattles, he must also stop the plans of the nefarious “RubberRobo Gang”
10. Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katri no Nazotoki File
| Title | Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katri no Nazotoki File |
| Genre | Comedy, Mystery |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | LIDENFILMS |
| Premiered | 2018 |
| Episodes | 50 |
| Duration | 23 min. per ep |
The Layton Detective Agency is a firm that will solve even the most unusual case. Led by Katrielle Layton, the daughter of the famous archaeology professor Hershel Layton, with her assistant Noah Montoir and talking dog Sherl, they unravel unusual cases like a newly purchased cursed house, a dress imbued with a “demon’s curse,” and the zombie of a client’s deceased spouse, and many more!
Aside from these cases, Katrielle is also solving the mysterious disappearance of her father. The Agency was made to look for him. The more cases she solves, the closer she gets to the truth.
9. Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
| Title | Kirby: Right Back At Ya! |
| Genre | Comedy, Fantasy |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | Sign |
| Premiered | 2001 |
| Episodes | 100 |
| Duration | 24 min. per ep |
One of Nintendo’s beloved video game franchises! We all know this pink blob of happiness, Kirby!! He’s even in Smash Brothers! And he got an anime!
Kirby, like in other Kirby games, crash-landed into DreamLand. Once he got to know the citizens of the city, he decided to protect its people from the evil schemes of the self-proclaimed king, King Dedede.
8. MegaMan NT Warrior
| Title | MegaMan NT Warrior |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Premiered | 2002 |
| Episodes | 56 |
| Duration | 21 min. per ep |
The anime adaptation of an underrated gem of the same name, MegaMan NT Warrior is set in the future where everything is connected to the internet, and humans interact with Net Navis who are in PET handheld devices. Together they live a peaceful and mutual life.
One of the functions of the Net Navis is to battle viruses and rogue Net Navis which attack appliances and other technologies.
Netto Hikari just received his first Net Navi called Rockman and the two become a formidable net-battling duo. As partners, they stop the evil plans of criminals like World Three and the Netmafia Gospel.
7. Kantai Collection
| Title | Kantai Collection |
| Genre | Action, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | Diomedéa |
| Premiered | 2015 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Duration | 24 min. per ep |
Based on a free-to-play web browser game, the seas have become a dangerous place because of the Abyssal Fleet. Thus a special unit was formed in order to beat them! Kanmusu was formed! Girls who harbor the spirits of Japanese warships- they also don weapons that can help them utilize the power of the souls even more! One rookie Kanmusu, Fubuki, a young Destroyer-type, joins the base. Unfortunately for her, despite her inexperience, she was assigned to the Third Torpedo Squadron and was thrown into the heat of battle. She was almost annihilated but was saved, this made the rookie warship’s resolve to become as strong as the one who saved her.
6. Makai Senki Disgaea
| Title | Makai Senki Disgaea |
| Genre | Action, Comedy, Fantasy |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | OLM |
| Premiered | 2006 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Duration | 24 min. per ep |
Based on the PS1 game of the same name, Angel Trainee Flonne was sent to the Netherworld to assassinate the Overlord. But instead, she awakens the slumbering Laharl, the Demon Lord and heir to the throne. Now, with the King dead, there is a huge power vacuum left, and the Netherworld is in shambles!
Now the Flonne, Laharl, along with his not-so-faithful vassal, Etna and her army of Prinnies must set forth to restore order! They will squash whatever rebellion or those who try to claim the throne that is Laharl’s.
5. Persona 4: The Animation
| Title | Persona 4: The Animation |
| Genre | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
| Premiered | 2014 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Duration | 23 min. per ep |
The adaptation to the PS2 game, Persona 4.
Serial murders occur recently in Inaba, and the police have no lead for this. However, due to Yuu Narukami’s parents working abroad, he was forced to live in a small town with his uncle. He then enrolled at Yasogami High School, where he befriended Yousuke Hanamura, Chie Satonaka, and Yukiko Amagi.
While they were hanging out, Yuu was told about the “Midnight Channel” urban legend. It is a mysterious TV channel that only appears during midnight on rainy days to a lonesome viewer. Curious, Yuu decides to tune in that night, only to see the next victim of the serial murders appear on the screen. He then finds himself being drawn into the TV, which led his new friends to investigate.
Yuu ended up falling through the TV and ending up in a foggy world filled with “Shadows”. Realizing that this world is connected to the murders, he and his friends make an Investigation Team.
4. Pokemon
| Title | Pokemon |
| Genre | Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | OLM, Team OTa, Team Iguchi, Team Kato |
| Premiered | 2006 |
| Episodes | On going |
| Duration | 24 min. per ep |
Quite the popular game with a popular anime. One of our childhood anime is still ongoing! We grew up with Ash, yet he is still 10 years old!
10-year old Satoshi ventures out of the world of Pokemon with the goal of becoming the very best. He has traveled to eight regions with his trusty Pikachu, he will catch them all and hopefully bag another Pokemon Champion!
3. Fate/Stay Night
| Title | Fate/Stay Night |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy, Romance |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Premiered | 2006 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Duration | 24 min. per ep |
Yet another anime based on a Visual Novel, but this one with action and many routes!
Shirou is a hardworking student who got tangled up in the 3rd Holy Grail War. He has to fight other Masters and their Servants in order to survive and win the Holy Grail for a wish. Together with his servant, Saber, they’ll soldier through this Holy Grail War.
At least that’s one of the three routes… and one way to watch this complicated series!
2. Danganronpa: The End of Hope’s Peak Academy
| Title | Danganronpa: The End of Hope’s Peak Academy |
| Genre | Action, Horror, Mystery |
| Type | Series |
| Studio | OLM, Team OTa, Team Iguchi, Team Kato |
| Premiered | 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Duration | 24 min. per ep |
This anime serves as the prequel, as well as the sequel to the beloved video game series, Danganronpa. It is divided into two arcs, Future and Despair Arc, each supposed to be watched concurrently.
Danganronpa: The End of Hope’s Peak Academy Future Arc, serves as the sequel and the final entry to the Hope’s Peak Academy Saga. Still centering on Makoto Naegi, he has to face trial for his actions on hiding the Ultimate Despairs in Jabberwock Island. But instead, he has to face yet another Killing Game as Despair was able to reach Future Foundation.
While Danganronpa: The End of Hope’s Peak Academy Despair Arc, shows us the school life of the Class 77-B and how they became the Ultimate Despairs.
1. Tekken: Bloodline
| Title | Tekken: Bloodline |
| Genre | Action |
| Type | ONA |
| Studio | Studio Hibari, Larx Entertainment |
| Premiered | 2022 |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Duration | 25 min. per ep |
Tekken hasn’t been so lucky with the adaptation stuff for the past few years, that’s why the fans were surprised with the quality when Netflix released the trailer for Tekken: Bloodline!
Tekken: Bloodline is the anime adaptation of Tekken 3. It centers on Jin Kazama’s quest for revenge for his mother’s death, Jun Kazama at the hands of the demonic Ogre.. As her mother’s last words instructed, Jin looked for his grandfather, Heihachi Mishima. There he was trained rigorously and entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament. Believing that his fighting abilities and power will draw out Ogre, he wins every fight, no matter the cost.
It is praised for the accuracy of the moveset used in the anime, as well as the fresh character designs of our beloved Tekken characters. Now, many can say that not all Tekken adaptations are bad!
Conclusion
Those were just anime series based on a video game! The anime adaptations are a way to deliver the video game series from a whole new perspective. We wouldn’t be able to see Shirou and Saber’s that way in the Visual Novel! It is a way to offer something to the devoted fans of the series! And personally, I like these anime!
How about you? Do you like these anime? Are there any anime based on a video game that we missed? Comment down below!
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