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From book to film to game.
A publication of something, like a comic or movie, that has been adapted into a different medium and then adapted again into a third one.

The "version" on the third medium will mostly borrow material from the second-medium version, but may also borrow from the first.

Recursive Adaptation is a subtrope, where the second adaptation is brought back to the original medium, but with a different continuity than the original source. Often leads to Adaptation Decay.

To put it simply:

Original Source → Primary Adaptation → Secondary Adaptation


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Originally Advertising

    Advertising 
Radio

Originally Anime & Manga

    Anime & Manga 
Theatre
  • Dororo (2019): The stage play by Daisuke Nishida is based on the 2019 anime adaptation of Dororo.

Video Games

Originally Art

    Music 
Franchise
  • Black★Rock Shooter: This franchise began as a series of drawings by artist ryoheihuke that depicts a skinny girl with rugged ponytails, Badass Longcoat and Bf G, and many other related characters. Then it gets popular when Vocaloid Miku Hatsune sings a song about BRS, composed by Supercell. BRS then gets made into an anime, an unrelated manga and an unrelated video game.

Originally Comic Books

    Films — Live-Action 
Pinball

Video Games

Western Animation

    Live-Action TV 
Pinball

Video Games

Western Animation

    Radio 
Western Animation

    Toys 
Video Games
  • LEGO Batman: This is a June 2008 series of video games based on the LEGO toy adaptation of the Batman comic book franchise.

    Western Animation 
Films — Animated

Films — Live-Action

Pinball

Video Games

Web Animation

Originally Comic Strips

    Films — Animated 
Anime & Manga

    Films — Live-Action 
Pinball

Originally Films — Live-Action

    Film — Live-Action 
Pinball

    Live-Action TV 
Comic Book

    Toys 
Video Games

Originally Literature

    Anime & Manga 
Anime & Manga

Films — Animated

  • The Summit of the Gods is a French animated film based on Jiro Taniguchi's manga adaptation of the novel of the same title by Baku Yumemakura.

Literature

    Films — Animated 
Anime & Manga

Films — Live-Action

Theatre

Video Games

Western Animation

    Films — Live-Action 
Films — Live-Action

Live-Action TV

Literature

Pinball

Theatre

Toys

Video Games

Webcomics

Western Animation

    Literature 
Films — Animation

    Theatre 
Films — Live-Action

    Video Games 
Films — Animated

Originally Live-Action TV

    Anime & Manga 
Theatre
  • Fuuto PI: The STAGE is a stage adaptation of the Animated Adaptation of Fuuto P.I., itself a manga sequel to the live-action series Kamen Rider Double. Apart from the pre-recorded announcer, the play features only two returning actors from Double (with only one reprising their role), and heroes Shotaro and Phillip are clearly modelled more on their stylised anime designs than how they appeared in the original series (including Phillip's hair now being green rather than black).

    Films — Live-Action 
Pinball

Video Games

    Literature 
Comic Books

Originally Music

    Films — Live-Action 
Pinball

    Theatre 
Pinball

    Video Games 
Pinball

Originally Radio

    Films — Live-Action 
Pinball

Originally Rides

    Films — Live-Action 
Pinball

Toys

Video Games

Originally Toys

    Films — Animated 
Western Animation

    Films — Live-Action 
Pinball

Originally Theatre

    Films — Animated 
Films — Animated

Literature

Video Games

Western Animation

    Films — Live-Action 
Live-Action TV
  • The Odd Couple (1970): Neil Simon first wrote The Odd Couple as a stage play in 1965, starring Walter Matthau (and replaced by Jack Klugman) as Oscar Madison and Art Carney as Felix Unger. Due to the play's popularity on Broadway, Simon adapted the play into a feature film in 1968, with Matthau reprising his original role of Oscar, but Jack Lemmon taking on the role of Felix. Because the film was also a hit, a TV series adaptation of the film came about in 1970, recasting Klugman as Oscar and Tony Randall as Felix. Following those two adaptions are several more works taking advantage of the various storylines used in each incarnation. Most, however, focus on being updates/remakes of the original Broadway play.

    Theatre 
Films — Live-Action

Originally Video Games

    Anime & Manga 
Anime & Manga

Films — Animated

Literature

Radio

    Comic Books 

    Tabletop Games 
Anime & Manga

    Video Games 
Anime & Manga
  • Dragon Collection: The anime is based on the trading card arcade game rather than the original social network game.

Originally Western Animation

    Films — Live-Action 
Pinball

Originally Real Life

    Comic Book 
Films — Live-Action

    Literature 
Comic Strips

Films — Live-Action

Theatre


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