The 5 Best Video Game Adapted Anime That You Must Watch

GAMEFINITY.ID, Salatiga – Anime and gaming have indeed become pop culture that synergizes with each other since the 80s. Then the boom of JRPGs globally in the 90s further strengthened the relationship between these two industries.

The adaptation of the Castlevania game to the anime series by Netflix was instrumental in popularizing anime video games. Various studios and developers are starting to look to promote their video games through anime. Like Valve adapting the Dota 2 lore to the Dota: Dragon’s Blood series.

However, the practice of this anime video game has been around since the 1980s. Hundreds of anime video game adaptations have been made since 1990 until now. And some of these anime are very successful even beyond the popularity of adapted video games.

Well here the author will provide recommendations for the 5 best anime video game adaptations that you must watch. So what’s the list? Let’s see together.

5. Pokemon

Who doesn’t know Pokemon? One of the largest franchises is already well known internationally through its various products such as video games, anime, trading card games, merchandise and others.

But did you know that the Pokemon anime that we watch since childhood is an adaptation of various Pokemon game series? Yup, the Pokemon anime was released in 1997 as a form of promotion of the Pokemon: Red and Green game which was released in 1996.

The Pokemon anime series itself tells about the adventures of Ash Ketchum / Satoshi to become the best Pokemon Trainer of all time. Together with their partner Pikachu they fight to defeat the Gym Leaders and win the Pokemon Trainer tournament.

4. Persona 4 The Animation

The JRPG genre game is indeed very suitable to be used as an anime adaptation thanks to its very interesting storyline. Atlus also saw this opportunity and tried to adapt the popular Persona series into anime.

Persona 4 The Animation is the first Persona adaptation series by Atlus. This series tells the entire storyline of the Persona 4 game from beginning to end. But the difference is, the Persona 4 The Animation series is written with a lighter and different nuance.

In Persona 4 Animation, the character Yuu Narukami is given a character that is more prominent than the game version, which is only the silent protagonist. In addition, various events in Persona 4 are packed with stomach-churning humor and comedy. So you will feel a fresh and different sensation when watching the Persona 4 anime series even though you have finished the game.

3. Danganronpa The Animation

Danganronpa The Animation is an anime series adaptation of the game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc which was released in 2010. Danganronpa itself is a visual novel game with a thriller-spiced storyline.

Danganronpa The Animation himself not only tells the storyline of Trigger Happy Havoc, but also expands the original storyline in the game. You could also say that various questions that are still stuck after playing Trigger Happy Havoc can be answered after watching the anime series.

Danganronpa The Animation tells the story of Makoto Naegi who is trapped with 15 other high school students at Hope’s Peak Academy. Makoto and the other students are trapped by a creature called Monokuma and the only way to escape is to secretly kill the other students.

2. Fate/stay night

Visual novel genre games are often adapted into anime. Dozens of visual novels such as Clannad, Little Buster, Higurashi, and others were quite successful in being turned into anime.

Among the many visual novels, one of the most iconic series is Fate/stay night. The Fate series itself is one of the game series with the most fanbase in Japan after the Touhou Project and Final Fantasy series.

Fate/stay night itself is a visual novel eroge game released in 2004 and later adapted into three anime series, namely Fate/stay night, Unlimited Blade Works and Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel. Each anime series tells about 3 routes in the Fate/stay night game.

1. Steins;Gate

If there is a case where the popularity of anime is higher than the game adaptation, Steins;Gate is one of them.

Steins;Gate is a visual novel game released in 2009 and adapted in 2010. You could say the anime adaptation of Steins;Gate is the most successful game adaptation series of all time.

This series is very popular even on one of the well-known website portals MyAnimeList Steins;Gate occupies the third best anime position under Fullmetal Alchemist and Shingeki no Kyojin season 3.

Steins;Gate tells the story of Rintaro Okabe and his friends who succeeded in creating a device called the “Phone Microwave” that was able to turn bananas into green gel. But after creating the tool various strange phenomena occur around Okabe. Because without him realizing it, the Phone Microwave that he created is a tool that is able to send messages to the past and change the flow of time.

So, those were the 5 best anime video game adaptations that you must watch. How, so which anime is your favorite? Or do you have any anime suggestions besides this list?