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5[[caption-width-right:320:[[FandomEnragingMisconception No, they're not the same character.]] [[note]][[DistinctionWithoutADifference The latter was based on the former, though.]] And it's the human trainer we mean, not the Pokémon itself.[[/note]]]]
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7In the same vein as TheFilmOfTheBook, this is when a game is adapted into a series, usually an {{Anime}}. It's extremely common in the case of {{Visual Novel}}s.
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9A SubTrope to AnimatedAdaptation; 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]].
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11If you're looking for the reverse of this trope -- that is, the game derived from the anime -- see LicensedGame. For examples of games adapted to films, see VideoGameMovies.
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13!!Examples (by type of series adapted to):
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17[[folder:Anime]]
18[[index]]
19* ''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'' franchise exist. ''[=.hack//G.U.=] Trilogy The Movie'' is a CGI AlternateUniverse of the ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU G.U.]]'' games.
20** SIGN acts more as a prequel but ''Anime/DotHackLiminality'' is a full blown side story.
21* ''VisualNovel/ElevenEyes''
22* ''Anime/{{Ace Attorney|2016}}''
23* ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland'' was very loosely adapted into the show ''Bugtte Honey'', which in turn had its own game adaptation.
24* ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}''
25* ''Anime/AkibasTrip''
26* ''VideoGame/{{Amagami}}''
27* The OtomeGame ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories''
28* ''Anime/AngeVierge''
29* ''VideoGame/{{Angelique|KoeiTecmo}}'' has four {{OVA}}s (two of which [[AllThereInTheManual make absolutely no sense if you don't play the games]] or read the standalone manga associated with them) and two separate TV series.
30* ''Anime/AnimalCrossingTheMovie''
31* ''VideoGame/AoOni: The Animation''
32* ''VideoGame/ApeEscape'' got one in the form of Saru Getchu -On Air-
33* ''VideoGame/ArcanaFamiglia''
34* ''VideoGame/ArcTheLad''
35* ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' (the ''Battle Spirits'' TV special)
36* ''VisualNovel/AseliaTheEternalTheSpiritOfEternitySword'' got a two-part OVA.
37* ''Anime/AzureStrikerGunvolt''
38* ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' has two anime adaptations, but only [[Anime/AzurLane the first one]] is directly based on the game (the other is based on its manga spinoff ''Manga/AzurLaneSlowAhead'', which itself is based on the game)
39* ''VideoGame/BattleArenaToshinden'' had a 2-part OVA.
40* ''Anime/BayonettaBloodyFate''
41* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' got an anime adaptation, entitled ''Anime/BlazBlueAlterMemory''.
42* ''VisualNovel/BlessingOfTheCampanella''
43* ''VideoGame/BlueDragon''
44[[/index]]
45* ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'':[[index]]
46** ''Anime/BombermanJetters'', [[RecursiveAdaptation which was adapted back into a game.]]
47** And prior to that, ''Anime/BombermanBDamanBakugaiden'', in both manga and anime forms.
48[[/index]]
49* ''Franchise/BDaman'', for non-Bomberman spinoffs of ''Bakugaiden'':[[index]]
50** ''Anime/BattleBDaman''
51** ''Anime/BDamanCrossfire''
52* ''VisualNovel/ABridgeToTheStarrySkies''
53* ''VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist''
54* ''VisualNovel/Canvas2''
55* ''[[VideoGame/CastleFantasia2Renewal Castle Fantasia: Seima Taisen]]''
56* ''Anime/ChaosDragon'' is a 2015 anime with an AllStarCast, adapted from a six-day TabletopRPG session of ''[[http://sai-zen-sen.jp/special/reddragon/ Red Dragon]]''.
57* ''VisualNovel/ChaosHead'', although most fans prefer to think it never got one.
58* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' has a ''Nuumamonja'' OVA which focused on a Poyozo and a Nu who make up the band Nuumamonja at the Millennial Fair. None of the playable characters are in it except a few shots of the back of Crono and Lucca's heads, but it does include [=NPCs=] like Johnny and Gato and plenty of references to the game.
59* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}''
60* ''VideoGame/CosmicFantasy''
61* ''VisualNovel/ComicParty''
62* ''VideoGame/CorpseParty'': ''Missing Footage'' and ''Tortured Souls'' [=OVAs=]
63* ''Cosmo Warrior Zero'': Based on a FirstPersonShooter in the [[Creator/LeijiMatsumoto Leijiverse]].
64* ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' is a spin-off/prequel set in the universe of ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077''.
65* ''VisualNovel/DaCapo'' and its sequels.
66* ''Anime/DanganronpaTheAnimation''
67* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno.'' No, not the [[Literature/TheDivineComedy "piece of classic literature"]] one. The game. They made an OVA based on it, and then Dante spun in his grave so fast that [[Franchise/{{Superman}} he went back in time.]]
68* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' (''Anime/NightWarriorsDarkstalkersRevenge'' OVA), separate from the Western series.
69* ''VideoGame/{{Deemo}} Memorial Keys''
70* ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}''
71* ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' occurs after ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' and the first ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'', but before ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' and ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', according to WordOfGod and some {{Continuity Nod}}s. [[note]]Dante is in his ''[=DMC1=]'' attire instead of his ''[=DMC3=]'' version. Interactions depicted in ''[=DMC4=]'' also 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]]
72* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2: The Animation''
73* ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers''
74* ''Anime/MakaiSenkiDisgaea'', based on ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''
75* ''Anime/DinosaurKing'', which then got adapted into another game.
76* ''VisualNovel/{{Doukyusei}}'' had several [=OVAs=], the first of which was dubbed into English as ''End of Summer''.
77* ''Franchise/DragonAge: Anime/DawnOfTheSeeker''.
78* ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfXentar Dragon Knight]]''
79[[/index]]
80* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':[[index]]
81** ''Anime/DragonQuestLegendOfTheHeroAbel'', based on the third game.
82** ''Manga/DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDai''
83** ''Anime/DragonQuestYourStory'', a CGI anime adaptation of the fifth game.
84* ''Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes'' (two-part OVA based on the first game)
85* ''Anime/DuelMasters''
86* ''VisualNovel/EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo'': was adapted to ''ef ~ a tale of memories'' and then ''ef ~ a tale of melodies''.
87* ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars''
88* ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' (the two ''Battle Fighters'' TV specials and [[Anime/FatalFuryTheMotionPicture The Motion Picture]])
89* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has a 2006 anime series by Creator/StudioDEEN based on the ''Fate'' route, followed by a 2010 movie adapting the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' route.
90** Creator/{{ufotable}} produced an [[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks 26 episode series]] based on ''Unlimited Blade Works'' in the style of their ''Literature/FateZero'' adaptation in 2014. uotable then produced a [[Anime/FateStayNightHeavensFeel trilogy of movies]] based on the ''Heaven's Feel'' route.
91** Creator/StudioShaft produced the 10-episode ''Anime/FateExtraLastEncore'', an alternate take of the events of the game ''VideoGame/FateExtra''
92** The ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' mobile game has a few anime adapting and expanding the game's story. In particular, there is a [[Anime/FateGrandOrderAbsoluteDemonicFrontBabylonia 21-episode 2019 anime]] from [[Creator/A1Pictures Cloverworks]] adapting the "Bablyonia" chapter, and a [[Anime/FateGrandOrderDivineRealmOfTheRoundTableCamelot 2020 movie duology]] from Creator/ProductionIG adapting the "Camelot" chapter.
93* ''VideoGame/FightLeague: Gear Gadget Generators'', adapted from the now-defunct mobile game.[[/index]]
94* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':[[index]]
95** ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited''
96** And the OAV ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals]]'', although it was more of a sequel.
97** There's also ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'' and ''Anime/LastOrderFinalFantasyVII'', but the former is sequel and the latter only adapts a small segment of the original game, rather than both being spin-offs.
98* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' had a two-part {{OVA}} based on ''Mystery of the Emblem'' (which in turn was a partial remake of the original game). Was actually released in English (albeit rather quietly), [[OlderThanTheyThink predating]] [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros Marth's appearance]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' by a few years.
99* ''Anime/FZeroGPLegend'', best known for [[strike:spawning]] [[AscendedMeme ascending]] the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyr2qzeLMTY&t=58s FALCON PUNCH]] {{meme|tic Mutation}}.
100* ''VisualNovel/GakuenHeaven''
101* ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'', which turned PragmaticAdaptation ([[VideoGame/GalaxyAngel the game]] was delayed but the anime wasn't) into an art form to create a downright hilarious GagSeries.
102* ''VideoGame/GalaxyFrauleinYuna'' (Most non-Japanese fans probably don't even know the games exist. Granted, they're kinda old .. but they ''did'' come first.)
103* ''VideoGame/{{Galerians}}: Rion'', an OVA produced in 2002
104* ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon''
105** ''Ganbare Goemon: Jigen-jō no Akumu'': An OVA which parodied other Creator/{{Konami}} games (namely ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'', and ''VideoGame/TwinBee'').
106** ''Anime Ganbare Goemon'' (aka ''Legend of the Mystical Ninja''): A TV series which lasted 23 episodes, the only one to ever see an English release.
107** ''Ganbare Goemon: Chikyū Kyūshutsu Sakusen'' (The second OVA)
108* ''VideoGame/GateKeepers''
109* ''Anime/GirlsFrontline''
110* ''Anime/GodEater''
111* ''Anime/GranblueFantasy''
112* ''VisualNovel/GreenGreen''
113* ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}''
114* ''Anime/{{Hakuouki}}''
115* ''Anime/HaloLegends''. Unique in that it is not an adaptation of any ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' game, but rather an ExpandedUniverse anime anthology of a Western series, tailored exclusively for a Western audience.
116* ''VideoGame/HammerinHarry'' has several online webisodes.
117* ''VisualNovel/{{Happiness}}''
118* ''VideoGame/HeroBank''
119* ''VisualNovel/HiiroNoKakera''
120* ''VisualNovel/HourglassOfSummer'' had a Japan-only two-episode OVA, which had the problems you'd expect from [[CompressedAdaptation trying to fit a 10-hour character route into a 45-minute anime]].
121* ''Anime/HyperdimensionNeptuniaTheAnimation''
122* ''VideoGame/Idolish7''
123[[/index]]
124* ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster''[[index]]
125** ''Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia''
126** ''Anime/TheIdolMaster'' - a more faithful adaptation of the original game.
127** ''Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls''
128** ''Anime/TheIdolmasterSideM''
129* ''Anime/IdolProject'' (based on a Platform/PC98 game series)
130* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''
131* ''Anime/{{Ingress}}: The Animation''
132* ''VisualNovel/{{Juuzaengi}}'' has an OVA.
133* ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}''
134* ''Anime/KanColle''
135* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' has ''three'' shorts that premiered on the discontinued Nintendo 3DS app ''Nintendo Video'': ''Thanatos Rising'' (by Creator/ProductionIG), ''Medusa's Revenge'' (by Creator/Studio4C), and ''Palutena's Revolting Dinner'' (by Creator/StudioShaft). Additionally, Palutena's introduction trailer for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' was also animated by Studio Shaft.
136* ''Anime/TheKingOfFightersAnotherDay'' (web series produced as a tie-in to ''[=KOF=] Maximum Impact'' and ''King of Fighters 2003'')
137* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' is an adaptation of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games. It's very unique because it's a standalone show set in an AlternateUniverse loosely inspired by the whole series, rather than being created to promote a particular game; ''[[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'' and ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide'' were actually released to promote the anime, not the other way around. Most ''Kirby'' fans are also fans of the anime, in large part because the creator of the games, Creator/MasahiroSakurai, was heavily involved in its development.
138* ''Anime/KoihimeMusou''
139* ''VideoGame/LaCordaDOro''
140* ''VideoGame/LBXLittleBattlersExperience''
141* ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana: The Teardrop Crystal''
142* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters''
143* ''Anime/LoveLiveNijigasakiHighSchoolIdolClub'', based on ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestivalAllStars''
144* ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously''
145* ''VideoGame/MapleStory''
146* ''VisualNovel/MashiroIroSymphony''
147* ''Anime/MassEffectParagonLost''
148[[/index]]
149* ''Franchise/MegaMan:''[[index]]
150** ''Anime/MegaManUponAStar'' - A three episode educational anime based on [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic 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=] ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'' cartridge on an A/V Famicom).
151** ''Anime/MegaManNTWarrior2002'' - A more conventional anime adaptation of ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' that lasted 209 TV episodes and TheMovie.
152** ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' - A follow-up to ''NT Warrior'' based on the ''Star Force'' games that lasted 76 episodes.[[/index]]
153** ''The Day of Sigma'' - A prologue OAV that was included with ''VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX'', the UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/MegaManX1''.[[index]]
154* ''Momotaro Densetsu''
155* ''Anime/MonsterHunterStoriesRideOn''
156* ''Anime/MonsterRancher''
157* ''Anime/MusouKakyouASummerDaysDream'', a [[{{Fanime}} fan-made]] ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' anime. Which somehow managed to nab professional actors.
158* ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena''
159* ''VisualNovel/NanatsuiroDrops''
160* ''Anime/{{Nightwalker}}'' is based on a PC-98 game released about 5 years prior to the show, and holds the distinction of being the first {{eroge}} adapted for television.
161* ''Anime/NightWizard!'' is a Japanese [[TabletopRPG pen & paper RPG]] that got a 2007 anime based on a campaign replay, which was included on the [[DVDCommentary DVD as an alternate audio track]].
162* ''Anime/NinjaGaiden'' - 1991 Japan-only OVA set after the events of the [[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden NES trilogy]].
163* ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}''
164* ''VisualNovel/OtobokuMaidensAreFallingForMe''
165* ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' OVA
166* ''Anime/PaRappaTheRapper'' and ''Anime/PJBerriNoMoguMoguMunyaMunya''
167[[/index]]
168* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':[[index]]
169** ''Anime/Persona3TheMovie'' is a four-film adaptation of (obviously) the popular game ''VideoGame/Persona3''.
170** ''Anime/PersonaTrinitySoul'' is a loose (and officially non-canon) sequel to ''Persona 3''.
171** ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', a straight adaptation of, well, ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''. Easily also one of the most [[SceneryPorn visually impressive]] anime from a game as well.
172** ''Anime/Persona4TheGoldenAnimation'', a second adaptation by a different studio, Creator/A1Pictures (which was part of the team that animated the original game's cutscenes). It focuses on the new material added in the UpdatedRerelease of ''Persona 4'', ''Persona 4: Golden''.
173** ''Anime/Persona5TheDayBreakers'' is a one-episode AdaptationExpansion of one of ''VideoGame/Persona5''[='s=] side-missions.
174** ''Anime/Persona5TheAnimation'', a 24-episode anime adaptation of ''Persona 5'' that aired in 2018.
175* ''Anime/PetitePrincessYucie'', for ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker''.
176[[/index]]
177* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2'' has two.[[index]]
178** ''Anime/PhantasyStarOnline2TheAnimation'' is rather unusual in that it adapts the game... [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment as an in-universe game.]] [[spoiler:It's also a StealthPrequel to in-game content.]]
179** ''Anime/PhantasyStarOnline2EpisodeOracle'' is a more standard anime adaptation, adapting the first three Episodes of the game (which comprise the first major story arc).
180* ''Phantom ~Requiem For The Phantom~'' an adaptation of the visual novel ''VisualNovel/PhantomOfInferno''. It also got a short OVA that is mostly forgotten these days.
181[[/index]]
182* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':[[index]]
183** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Easily the most successful series based on a game. They only loosely reference each other though.
184*** ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries''
185*** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire''
186*** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl''
187*** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite''
188*** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY''
189*** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon''
190*** ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries''
191*** ''Anime/PokemonHorizonsTheSeries''
192*** ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'': This is a [[SpinOff spinoff]] series to the main anime series that [[ADayInTheLimeLight puts Ash's friends in the spotlight]], while Ash doesn't appear in most episodes barring a few flashbacks.
193** ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'': ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Red and Blue]]'' [[CompressedAdaptation compressed]] into four episodes. TruerToTheText than the main anime.
194** ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'': Various points of the ''Pokemon'' video games adapted into anime. Like the above, it's much more faithful to the games than the main anime.
195** ''WebAnimation/PokemonTwilightWings'': A series of shorts that take place in the [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordandShield Galar region]].
196** ''WebAnimation/{{Poketoon}}'': A series of shorts that tell original stories set in the world of Pokemon, rather than adapt any of the games.
197** ''WebAnimation/PokemonEvolutions'': Various points of the ''Pokemon'' video games adapted into anime. Like the above, it's much more faithful to the games than the main anime.
198* ''Anime/PowerStone'' is based on [[VideoGame/PowerStone the game series of the same name]].
199* ''VideoGame/PrettySeries''
200** ''Anime/PrettyRhythmAuroraDream''
201** ''Anime/PrettyRhythmDearMyFuture''
202** ''Anime/PrettyRhythmRainbowLive''
203** ''VideoGame/PriPara''
204** ''Anime/KingOfPrism''
205** ''Anime/KirattoPriChan''
206** ''Anime/WacchaPriMagi''
207* ''Anime/PrincessConnectReDive''
208* ''VisualNovel/PrincessLover''
209* ''Anime/ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva''
210* ''VideoGame/PsychicForce'' had a 2-episode OVA.
211* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' (had 9 shorts based on the series and ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari'' released through Creator/{{Compile}}'s ''Discstation'' magazine, alongside shorts of the company's other series.)
212* ''VideoGame/QuizMagicAcademy'' was adapted into two [=OVAs=], the first being released in 2008 and the second in 2010.
213* ''Anime/RageOfBahamutGenesis'' and its second season ''Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul'' are {{prequel}}s to the game ''VideoGame/RageOfBahamut''.
214* ''Anime/RagnarokTheAnimation''
215* ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar'' was based on [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons several D&D campaigns]] 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 series (''Anime/LegendOfCrystania'' and ''Literature/RuneSoldierLouie'').
216* ''VisualNovel/{{Rewrite}}''
217* ''VisualNovel/RoboticsNotes''
218[[/index]]
219* The ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' franchise has had various anime adaptations.
220** The first OVA, ''[[Anime/SakuraWarsTheGorgeousBloomingCherryBlossoms The Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms]]'', takes place before and during the events of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars1996''.
221** The second OVA, ''The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'', takes place during the events of both ''Sakura Wars'' and ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2ThouShaltNotDie''.[[index]]
222** The [[Anime/SakuraWars2000 TV series]] is an AlternateContinuity set within the original 1996 game.[[/index]]
223** The ''Ècole de Paris'' and ''Le Nouveau Paris'' [=OVAs=] respectively serve as a prequel and sequel to ''VideoGame/SakuraWars3IsParisBurning''.[[index]]
224** ''Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie'' takes place between ''Is Paris Burning?'' and ''VideoGame/SakuraWars4FallInLoveMaidens''.[[/index]]
225** The ''New York, New York'' OVA is set after the events of ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove''.[[index]]
226** The ''Anime/SakuraWarsTheAnimation'' TV series is set one year after the events of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019''.[[/index]]
227[[index]]
228* ''Salamander'' which were {{OAV}}s based off the ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' universe.
229* ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' had the Motion Picture (actually a made-for-TV special), [[InNameOnly which completely deviated from the game's plot and characterizations]], and in the case of Amakusa, [[DudeLooksLikeALady gender]].
230** There are also two other {{OAV}}s that were never released outside of Japan. The first was a preface to ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown: Warrior's Rage'', while the second was based on a [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] visual novel game starring [[EnsembleDarkhorse Nakoruru]].
231* ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'' received both an [[Anime/SandsOfDestruction anime]] and [[Manga/SandsOfDestruction manga]] adaptation. The manga is TruerToTheText, whereas the anime is better thought of as an exercise in AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.
232* ''Anime/ScarletNexus''
233* ''Anime/SchoolDays''
234* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara''
235* ''Anime/{{Shadowverse}}'' - It's not centered around the characters from the actual game's story mode, but around kids that [[FictionalVideoGame play the game]].
236* ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}''
237* ''Anime/SiNTheMovie''
238* ''[[Anime/{{Shenmue}} Shenmue: The Animation]]''
239* ''Anime/ShowByRock''
240* ''VisualNovel/SoulLink''
241[[/index]]
242* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':[[index]]
243** ''[[Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie Sonic The Hedgehog]]'': An OVA co-produced and supervised by Sega, with co-creators Yuji Naka and Naoto Oshima of Sonic Team being production directors.
244** ''Anime/SonicX'', which totally redid most of the plot and setting of the two ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Adventure]]'' [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 games]], with some references to a couple other games including ''[[VideoGame/SonicBattle Battle]]'' in there as well.
245* ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero'' got a CG anime adaption from Creator/ProductionIG and Wit Studio of the first mission in the game.
246* ''VideoGame/StarOcean EX''
247* ''VideoGame/StarSoldier'' is a very unique (not to mention odd) case, not only because the movie was released alongside the game to promote it (probably the first to do this), but because it is actually about how the game was made!
248* ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''
249[[/index]]
250* ''Franchise/StreetFighter''[[index]]
251** ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' - Theatrical film.
252** ''Anime/StreetFighterIIV'' - TV series depicting the adventures of a younger Ryu and Ken.
253** ''Anime/StreetFighterAlphaTheAnimation'' - A 2-episode {{OVA}} based on the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series.
254** ''Anime/StreetFighterAlphaGenerations'' - A single-episode OVA made specifically for the American market.[[/index]]
255** ''Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind'' - An tie-in OVA set in the game's canon that was released as a bonus with the console version of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.
256** ''Super Street Fighter IV'' - A follow-up tie-in OVA centered around then-new character, Juri Han.
257[[index]]
258* ''VisualNovel/{{Suika}}''
259* ''Literature/{{Sukisho}}''
260[[/index]]
261* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''[[index]]
262** ''Super Mario Bros.: Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'' - a Japan-only theatrical film released around the same time as ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels Super Mario Bros. 2 (The Lost Levels)]]''. It was notorious for pairing Peach with a CanonForeigner named Prince Haru ([[DieForOurShip needless to say Mario/Peach shippers were not happy]]).[[/index]]
263** There were also a trilogy of {{OVA}} tie-ins to ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' that adapted the Japanese folktales of Momotaro and Issunboshi, as well as an adaptation of "Literature/SnowWhite" (with Bowser in a drag as the evil queen).
264** "VideoGame/Super Mario World" Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land: An 28-minute interactive video published by Bandai.
265* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' (Which is strangely recursive if you think about it too hard.)[[index]]
266** ''Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation'' - A 3-episode {{OVA}} semi-sequel to the second game.
267** ''Anime/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationDivineWars'' - TV series re-telling of the first game from one protagonist's perspective.
268** ''Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspectors'' - A 2010 TV series based on the second game..
269[[/index]]
270* 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 April 2016.
271[[index]]
272* ''VisualNovel/{{Tayutama}}''
273* ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara''
274* ''Anime/TekkenTheMotionPicture''
275* ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'' and ''VisualNovel/ToHeart2'' [[CashCowFranchise and the three]] ''To Heart 2'' OVA series.
276* The ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series has three anime adaptations - a two-episode {{OVA}} based on the first game, a 25-episode TV series (plus one DVD-exclusive episode) based on the now-defunct ''Tokimeki Memorial Online'', and another {{OVA}} that serves as a prologue to ''Tokimeki Memorial 4''.
277* ''Anime/TokyoMajin''
278* ''VisualNovel/ToukaGettan''
279* ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu''
280* ''Anime/TheTowerOfDruaga: The Aegis of Uruk'' and ''The Tower of Druaga: The Sword of Uruk'' are based on ''VideoGame/TheTowerOfDruaga'' series of dungeon crawlers and set sixty years after the first one. One episode even focuses on references to the game and old style gaming arcades.
281* ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever''
282** And while we're at it, ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', adapted from a SpinOff of the above [[AdaptationDisplacement that most fans don't even know exists]].
283* ''[[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Shingetsutan Tsukihime]]''
284* ''VideoGame/{{Twinbee}} Paradise'' (OVA) is kind of a weird case, as it may have been based off of the Radio Dramas that were based on the video games.
285* ''Anime/UtaNoPrincesama''
286* ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}''
287* ''Anime/ValkyriaChronicles''
288* ''Anime/VariableGeo'' a 3-part OVA by Creator/{{KSS}} that's loosely based on the ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G.]]'' fighting game series (which was a reboot of the original H-game continuity), so there's no hentai content.
289** ''Variable Geo: Neo'' is unrelated to the first OVA, as it's based on one of the other games and is a hentai series.
290* ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe''
291* ''Anime/VirtuaFighter''
292* ''VideoGame/VoltageFighterGowcaizer'' (three part OVA titled ''Gowcaizer: The Voltage Fighters'')
293* ''VisualNovel/WeWithoutWings''
294[[/index]]
295* ''Franchise/WhenTheyCry'':[[index]]
296** ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''
297** ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry''
298* ''Anime/WildArmsTwilightVenom'' is not an adaptation of one of the games, but a [[NonLinearSequel story separate from the game, but set in the same universe]].
299* ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}''
300* '' Anime/TheWorldEndsWithYouTheAnimation'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin based off of the game]] ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''.
301* ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', but it was only based on the first game...
302* ''VisualNovel/YamiToBoushiToHonNoTabibito''
303* ''Anime/{{Ys}}'', an anime adapted from the [[VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen first]] two [[VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter games]] of the [[VideoGame/{{Ys}} franchise]].
304* ''VisualNovel/YosugaNoSora''
305* ''Anime/YokaiWatch''
306** ''Anime/YokaiWatchJamYokaiAcademyYCloseEncountersOfTheNKind''
307** ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowside''
308* ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'' is based on the real-life Capsule Monsters card game, not the Capsule Monsters game from the manga.
309* ''VisualNovel/YuNo'' had two adaptations; an R-18 four episode OVA based on the original game, and an anime based on the remake.
310* ''VisualNovel/{{Yumeria}}''
311* ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders: Dolores, i'' is not an adaptation, but a side-story that takes place both before and after the first game.
312** Specifically, the Idolo OVA takes place before the first game, and the actual Dolores, i series takes place between the original and Second Runner.
313[[/folder]]
314
315[[folder:Asian Animation]]
316* ''Animation/TheKingOfFightersDestiny''
317* ''VideoGame/RocoKingdom'', an MMORPG from China, has a webtoon and a television cartoon based off of it.
318[[/folder]]
319
320[[folder:Web Animation]]
321* The popular ''WebAnimation/{{Arfenhouse}}'' Flash movies were loosely based on a series of [[VideoGame/{{Arfenhouse}} freeware spoof RPGs]] using the OHRRPGCE engine.
322* Before Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment shut Platform/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 low budget, extremely limited animation, and only two voice actors for most of the series, something which it regularly lampoons.
323* [=ShiftyLook=] 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.
324* ''VideoGame/SonicManiaPlus'' and ''VideoGame/TeamSonicRacing'' both received a series of promotional web animated shorts, ''WebAnimation/SonicManiaAdventures'' and ''WebAnimation/TeamSonicRacingOverdrive'', all directed under the art style of Creator/TysonHesse.
325* ''WebAnimation/SubwaySurfersTheAnimatedSeries'' is an animated web-series based off of the mobile game ''VideoGame/SubwaySurfers''.
326[[/folder]]
327
328[[folder:Web Videos]]
329* ''WebVideo/MortalKombatLegacy'' is a live-action web series directed by [=NetherRealm=] Studios that is a more realistic take on the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series, inspired by the pitch video ''WebVideo/MortalKombatRebirth''.
330* ''WebVideo/StreetFighterAssassinsFist'', an adaptation of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' produced by Creator/{{Capcom}} that was originally uploaded on Machinima.
331[[/folder]]
332
333[[folder:Western Animation]]
334* ''VideoGame/ApeEscape'' had a Nicktoons flash-animated cartoon.
335* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'', a Creator/{{Netflix}} original series showing the [[OriginsEpisode shared backstory]] of a number of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' champions in the [[LayeredMetropolis layered cities]] of [[{{Steampunk}} Piltover]] and [[{{Biopunk}} Zaun]], centering on [[CowboyCop Vi]] and [[TerroristWithoutACause Jinx]].
336* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' had a TV special, ''NFL Backyard Basics: Football Tips from the Pros''.
337* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech''
338* ''WesternAnimation/{{Battletoads}}'' had [[OneEpisodeWonder a pilot episode]] aired as a try-out for a potential series. It was never made into a full series.
339* A ''WesternAnimation/{{Bubsy}}'' pilot was made and broadcast.
340* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' is a borderline case, since it is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover in an original setting.
341* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'' is an {{animesque}} Creator/{{Netflix}} Original Series by Creator/FrederatorStudios based on the long-running ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series, mainly ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' with elements from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness''.
342** ''WesternAnimation/CastlevaniaNocturne'' is a SequelSeries to the 2017 series, based off ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood''.
343* ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow''
344* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' had a short one-season series.
345* ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'', a French/Canadian adaptation of a British-developed installment of a Japanese franchise.
346* ''WesternAnimation/DotaDragonsBlood'', an {{animesque}} Creator/{{Netflix}} Original Series based loosely on the world and heroes of ''VideoGame/Dota2''. It specifically stars [[ScaledUp Dragon Knight]], [[{{Lunacy}} Mirana, Luna]], [[TheArchmage Invoker]], and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Terrorblade]].
347* ''WesternAnimation/DoubleDragon1993'' - 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.
348* ''VideoGame/DragonsLair''
349* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983''
350* ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim,'' which was also one of the few early WesternAnimation examples that was well-received.
351* An ''VideoGame/EternalChampions'' series was planned, but the franchise as a whole was stopped dead in its tracks early on in its life to pump Sega of Japan's ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter''.
352* ''TabletopGame/HeavyGear'': The CGI series suffered from AdaptationDecay to the point where the tabletop RPG {{retcon}}ned it as in-universe Southern Republic propaganda.
353* [[TitleThemeTune Super fighting robot]]... ''WesternAnimation/{{Mega Man|RubySpears}}''! 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.
354** ''WesternAnimation/MegaManFullyCharged'', a HighSchoolAU and produced by Creator/ManOfActionStudios, began airing in Fall of 2018.
355* ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm'', which also marked the debut of antagonist Quan Chi, [[CanonImmigrant who would go on to later appear in future games]], starting with ''VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4''.
356* ''WesternAnimation/MutantLeague'' had a cartoon that ran for two seasons, which is pretty lengthy considering most video game cartoons don't last past one season.
357[[/index]]
358* ''VideoGame/PacMan''[[index]]
359** ''WesternAnimation/PacMan'', the UrExample
360** ''WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures''
361* ''WesternAnimation/PolePosition'', InNameOnly
362* ''The Power Team'' (aka ''Acclaim Masters''), a cartoon co-produced by DIC Entertainment, Bohbot Entertainment and Creator/{{Acclaim}}, which took the basic premise of ''Captain N'' and inverted it by having five characters from different Acclaim-published console games (''NARC'', ''Wizards & Warriors'', ''Arch Rivals'', ''Kwirk'', and ''Bigfoot''[[note]]two which were based on previously existing arcade games[[/note]]) transported to the "real world" in order to protect it from either Mr. Big and his gang (from NARC) or the evil wizard Malkil (from Wizards and Warriors) depending on the episode. The cartoon originated as a series of shorts that aired within the first season of ''Video Power'' (i.e., when it was a game reviewing show). When Video Power became a game show in its second season, the Power Team segments were then re-edited into half-hour episodes.
363* ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' had a 3D series that only lasted four episodes. A full season was planned, but it's rumored that the company didn't have a large enough budget for the rest of the episodes.
364* ''WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' is another borderline case, based on a game based on a comic.
365* ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade'' had several: ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'', ''Donkey Kong Junior'', ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Pitfall}}'' and ''VideoGame/QBert''. In the second season, ''Kangaroo'' and ''VideoGame/SpaceAce'' replaced ''Frogger'' and ''Pitfall''.
366* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''[[index]]
367** ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''.
368** ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM''.
369** ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''.
370** ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''.
371** ''WesternAnimation/SonicPrime''.
372* ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter'', although this one was actually written as a semi-sequel to [[Film/StreetFighter the movie]].
373* ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' is a part live-action series with animated segments based on ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' (with Bowser/King Koopa substituting for Wart) and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989''. 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''.
374* ''VideoGame/TakAndThePowerOfJuju'': An interesting example of AdaptationDisplacement, as the animated series was meant to come out alongside of the original game; the show ended up being delayed so much that the entire trilogy came out before the cartoon premiered, resulting in the games being more well-known and the series differing from those titles in several ways.
375* ''Franchise/TombRaider'' had an online series on Gametap.
376* ''VideoGame/VivaPinata''
377* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': The animated series was always intended as part of a cross-media franchise, but the game's universe was the first to be established, it being a continuation of its predecessor ''VideoGame/{{Dofus}}''.
378* ''WesternAnimation/WhereOnEarthIsCarmenSandiego''
379* ''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) reprise their roles from the games!
380[[/folder]]

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