History Main / TheAnimeOfTheGame

May involve BleachedUnderpants depending on the [[{{eroge}} source]]. Generally expect high AdaptationDecay, especially if the age of the game made it somewhat primitive or simple. [=RPGs=] in particular tend to have sprawling plotlines narrowed or cut entirely.

** [[AdaptationDecay Fairly inexpertly tailored]], considering how much of the Halo 'verse it [[ClicheStorm ignores in favor of anime cliches]]—and how the mo-cap actors in the CGI segment are ''plainly'' tokusatsu stuntmen.
*** Some are OK, some are Great. Origins is amazingly perfect in every way and shows that Cortana is officially Rampant after Halo 3.

* ''{{Kirby}}''. Unique in that Masahiro Sakurai, Kirby's creator, was directly involved to make sure it didn't have any more AdaptationDecay than necessary and as such, most Kirby fans love it.

* ''SamuraiShodown'' had the Motion Picture (actually a made-for-TV special), [[AdaptationDecay which completely deviated from the game's plot and characterizations]], and in the case of Amakusa, [[DudeLooksLikeALady gender]].

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* ''DoubleDragon'' - Two 13-episode seasons, which aired from 1994 through 1995. It barely had anything to do with the original games other than having Billy and Jimmy Lee as the main characters, whose martial art skills were downplayed by given them [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms laser-shooting swords]]. It had a [[RecursiveAdaptation tie-in fighting game]] for the SNES, Genesis, and Jaguar.

* It's also getting an anime that's actually based on the game this year.

* ''Nanatsuiro Drops''

* ''Suika''

* ''Tayutama''

* ''{{Bomberman}}'' has ''BombermanJetters'', which was adapted into a game.

* ''ef: a fairy tale of two'' was adapted to ''ef ~ a tale of memories'' and then ''ef ~ a tale of melodies''.

* ''[[strike:ExoSquad]] WingCommander''
** ''Wing Commander Academy'', which was done by the same guys that made ''{{Exosquad}}''.

* ''GalaxyAngel'', which turned PragmaticAdaptation ([[GalaxyAngelGameverse the game]] was delayed but the anime wasn't) into an art form to create a downright hilarious GagSeries.

* ''Kindred: The Embraced'' (Based on ''VampireTheMasquerade'')

* ''MegaMan''
** ''Mega Man: Upon a Star'' - A three episode educational anime based on the original series that was produced to teach western children about Japanese culture. The blue bomber is even addressed by his overseas name "Mega Man" in the original Japanese dub (one scene even has a Japanese kid inserting an [=NES=] ''Mega Man 5'' cartridge on a new model Family Computer).

* ''{{Ragnarok|Online}}: The Animation''

** ''[[Film/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie]]e'' - Theatrical film.

** ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' - Theatrical film.

* ''StreetFighter'', although this one was actually written as a semi-sequel to [[Film/StreetFighter the movie]].

* ''Kindred: The Embraced'' (Based on ''VampireTheMassquerade'')

* ''Kindred: The Embraced''

** [[AdaptationDecay Fairly inexpertly tailored]], considering how much of the Halo 'verse it ignores in favor of anime cliches—and how the mo-cap actors in the CGI segment are ''plainly'' tokusatsu stuntmen.

* ''SuperRobotWars'' (Original Generation only)

* ''Persona3'' got a loose sequel, ''[[PersonaTrinitySoul Persona -trinity soul-]]''

* ''{{Persona 3}}'' got a loose sequel, ''Persona -trinity soul-''

** The original game was actually supposed to come out shortly before/around a TV series, but it got delayed so much that it became more famous for a game series. OrSoIHeard.

* ''ApeEscape'' got one in the form of Saru Getchu -On Air-.