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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' has three, going on four: ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'', ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', and ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''.

* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' was based on [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] and [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could have become]] an official Creator/{{TSR}} product, if they weren't turned down. Instead they [[StartMyOwn made their own]] super generic rules & setting combo that led to two more anime ''Anime/LegendOfCrystania'' and ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie''.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter Stories: Ride On''

* ''Anime/AceAttorney''

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

* ''WesternAnimation/DoubleDragon'' - 26-episodes in 1994 and 1995. It barely had anything to do with the original games as Billy and Jimmy were turned into twins separate from birth and were given [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms beam-shooting swords]] and dragon masks. It had a [[RecursiveAdaptation tie-in fighting game]] for the SNES, Genesis, and Jaguar.

* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa''. It is very unique since Masahiro Sakurai, Franchise/{{Kirby}}'s creator, was directly involved and as such, most Kirby fans love it.

* ''Cyberpunk: Edgerunners'': Upcoming ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' Netflix series

** ''Anime/MegaManNTWarrior'' - A more conventional anime adaptation of ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' that lasted 209 TV episodes and TheMovie.

* ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' is a part live-action series with animated segments based on ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' (with Bowser/King Koopa substituting for Wart) and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda''. It was retooled for the second season as a purely animated show based on ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' and for its third and final season, it was reduced to 15-minute segments based on ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' alongside ''Captain N''.

* ''Anime/{{Nightwalker}}'' is based on a PC-98 game released abou 5 years prior to the show, and holds the distinction of being the first {{eroge}} adapted for television.

* [[TitleThemeTune Super fighting robot]]... ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan''! This one is an interesting example, as it was a joint effort between Ruby-Spears and a Japanese animation studio, and has a somewhat {{Animesque}} artstyle.

* ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' occurs after the first ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'' but before ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' and ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', according to WordOfGod and a ContinuityNod. [[note]]Interactions depicted in ''[=DMC4=]'' show Lady and Trish talking to each other as acquaintances, and the fourth episode of the anime is centered around the two meeting for the first time[[/note]]

* ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' occurs after the first ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'' but before ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', according to WordOfGod. [[note]]Confirmed via interactions depicted in ''[=DMC4=]'', which shows Lady and Trish talking to each other, and the fourth episode of the anime being centered around the two meeting for the first time[[/note]]

* Shifty Look aside, Namco also [[PropRecycling adapted and recycled]] the story assets from the cancelled RealTimeStrategy game ''[[VideoGame/{{Xevious}} New Space Order]]'' for its 10-episode web-anime tie-in ''Link of Life''. Though the game was long cancelled, the anime can be watched and downloaded.

* ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' occurs after the first ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' but before ''[=DMC4=]'', according to WordOfGod. [[note]]Confirmed via. interactions depicted in 4, which shows Lady and Trish talking to each other, and the fourth episode of the anime being centered around the two meeting for the first time[[/note]]

*** ''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]].

A SisterTrope to AnimatedAdaptation, only that the source is VideoGames instead of LiveActionTV or {{Film}}; the difference being that video games, by their very nature, are already animated (though cases that adapt them into live-action series also count as examples). [=RPGs=] in particular tend to have [[CuttingOffTheBranches sprawling plotlines narrowed or cut entirely]].

* ''Manga/InazumaEleven''

* Before Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment shut Website/ShiftyLook down, it created three animated web-series based on its ''VideoGame/{{Bravoman}}'' and ''VideoGame/WonderMomo'' comics, as well as ''WebAnimation/{{Mappy}}'', which had no corresponding comic. The ''Bravoman'' series was perhaps the most notable of the three, as it had high production values and featured prolific voice actors such as Creator/RobPaulsen, Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, and Creator/JenniferHale; ''Wonder Momo'' was a web anime with a Japanese voice cast, as part of a largely failed attempt to make the series a multimedia project; ''Mappy'' featured a very limited budget (extremely limited animation and, for the most part, only two voice actors), something which the series regularly lampoons.

* 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.

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' received an "animated manga" web series, a colorized motion-comic version of the ''Splatoon'' [[Manga/{{Splatoon}} manga]].

* ''Anime/AnimalCrossing''

[[caption-width-right:320:[[FandomEnragingMisconception No, they're not the same character.]] [[note]][[DistinctionWithoutADifference The latter was based on the former, though.]][[/note]]]]

* ''VideoGame/PowerStone''