History Main / TheAnimeOfTheGame

* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons''

** ''Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle'' is a more standard anime adaptation, adapting the first three Episodes of the game (which comprise the first major story arc).

* ''VideoGame/{{Angelique}}'' has 4 {{OVA}}s (2 of which make [[AllThereInTheManual absolutely no sense if you don't play the games]] and read the stand alone {{manga}}s associated with them) and 2 separate TV series.

* ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' - 1991 Japan-only OVA set after the events of the NES trilogy.

* ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim,'' which was also one of the few WesternAnimation examples that was well-received.

* ''WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy'', done by the same guys that made ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad''. Unusual for, despite being a PragmaticAdaptation on what was then a [[Creator/USANetwork low-budget cable channel]], being [[ShownTheirWork incredibly detailed and accurate to the games]] (down to the ''instrument panels''), even having the motion-capture actors (including Creator/ThomasFWilson, Creator/MalcolmMcDowell and even Creator/MarkHamill) [[RoleReprisal reprise their roles from the games]]!

* ''VisualNovel/EienNoAselia'' got a two-part OVA.

* ''WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy'', done by the same guys that made ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad''.

* ''Anime/FZeroLegendOfFalcon'', best known for [[strike:spawning]] [[AscendedMeme ascending]] the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyr2qzeLMTY&t=58s FALCON PUNCH]] {{meme|tic Mutation}}.

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan:''[[index]]
** ''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 an A/V Famicom).

** ''The Day of Sigma'' - A prologue OAV that was included with ''Maverick Hunter X'', the UpdatedRerelease of VideoGame/MegaManX.[[index]]

** Creator/{{ufotable}} produced an [[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks 26 episode series]] based on ''Unlimited Blade Works'' in the style of their ''LightNovel/FateZero'' adaptation in 2014. uotable then produced a [[Anime/FateStayNightHeavensFeeltrilogy of movies]] based on the ''Heaven's Feel'' route.

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has a 2006 anime series by Creator/StudioDEEN based on the ''Fate'' route, an OVA also by Studio DEEN adapting the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' route, and [[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks another anime series]] based on ''Unlimited Blade Works'' by Creator/{{ufotable}}.

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** ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Easily the most successful anime based on a game. They only loosely reference each other though.

** ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'': This is a [[SpinOff spinoff]] series to the main anime series that [[ADayInTheLimeLight puts Ash's friends in the spotlight]], [[AbsenteeActor while Ash doesn't appear in most episodes barring a few flashbacks]].

* ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'': Upcoming ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' Netflix series

* ''Anime/DotHackSign'' is an aversion. It's not an adaptation as much as a side story for the game, and a cross-promotional thing. However, others in the [[Franchise/DotHack .hack//]] franchise exist. ''[=.hack//G.U.=] Trilogy The Movie'' is a CGI AlternateUniverse of the ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU G.U.]]'' games.

* ''VisualNovel/OtomeWaBokuNiKoishiteru''

* ''VisualNovel/{{Canvas 2}}''

* ''[[VideoGame/TheIdolmaster THE iDOLM@STER]]''[[index]]

** ''[[Anime/TheIdolmaster The iDOLM@STER]]'' - a more faithful adaptation of the original game.

* ''VideoGame/KantColle'', also has a movie and an upcoming second season.

* ''VideoGame/KiniroNoCorda''

* ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai''

* ''Anime/MusouKakyouASummerDaysDream'', a [[{{Fanime}} fan-made]] ''Franchise/TouhouPtoject'' anime. Which somehow managed to nab professional actors.

* ''Sukisho''

* Before Namco shut Shifty Look down, it created three animated web-series based on its ''{{VideoGame/Bravoman}}'' and ''VideoGame/WonderMomo'' comic series as well as ''{{VideoGame/Mappy}}'', which had no comic. The ''Bravoman'' series was perhaps the most notable of the three as it featured prolific voice actors such as Creator/RobPaulsen, Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, and Creator/JenniferHale, while ''Wonder Momo'' was an anime with a Japanese voice cast, and Mappy featured extremely limited animation and, for the most part, only two voice actors.

* ''Franchise/StarOcean EX''

* The VideoGame/TalesSeries has a ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' {{OVA}} series, a ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' {{OVA}} series and a TwelveEpisodeAnime of ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia''. ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' got a 26-episode series which aired in the fall of 2008. ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' got a {{prequel}} [[TheMovie movie]]. ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' got both a 45 minute OVA to promote the game and a full anime series in the Spring2016Anime season.

[[folder:Examples of Games adapted to Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/KindredTheEmbraced'' (Based on ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'')
* ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion''
* ''Series/MortalKombatConquest''
* As mentioned before, ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''.
* ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''
* ''Series/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego'' (which spawned an updated game, ''Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time'', based on it)
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* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077: Edgerunners'' (Netflix series)

* ''VideoGame/StarOcean EX''

* ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'', also has a movie and an upcoming second season.

* ''Anime/MusouKakyouASummerDaysDream'', a [[{{Fanime}} fan-made]] ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' anime. Which somehow managed to nab professional actors.

* ''VisualNovel/ShukufukuNoCampanella''

* ''VisualNovel/OretachiNiTsubasaWaNai''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Battletoads}}'' had [[OneEpisodeWonder a pilot episode]] aired as a try-out for a potential series. It bombed on a spectacular level.
* A ''WesternAnimation/{{Bubsy}}'' pilot was made and broadcast. Calling it a "crime against humanity" [[InsultToRocks is entirely too kind]].