It often feels as if anime and video games are inextricably linked. I feel as if — in many , but maybe not all cases — the Venn diagram of anime fans to gamers is a perfect circle.
There are also a metric ton of games based on anime — My Hero One’s Justice , One Piece Odyssey , and Dragon Ball FighterZ , to name three. On the flip side, there are even more anime based on games — the recently released Nier Automata adaptation, Persona 5: The Animation , and Doll’s/Girl’s Frontline .
It’s a fool’s errand to say the two media are not connected. But what if we were given an infinite budget and told to name ten characters from anime who would receive their own game? It might seem impossible, lest you consider the wide world of underrated anime out there that are long overdue for some appreciation from the games industry. Let’s talk about them!
I should clarify something before we truly jump into this list. Some of these characters already have a game. But, in this case, it’s been over ten years since the last Fullmetal Alchemist game, and even then, the last one we received here in the West was Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy for the DS.
I feel like, given the proper amount of funding and direction, we could see a truly well-made masterwork that takes the manga/novels and, with some assistance from the anime, does justice to the source. Can you imagine a semi-open world where you can explore Amestris in its entirety? I can.
Again, I know Eureka Seven has had several games, but with the exception of one of them, they don’t cover the events of the main series, nor do they feature the characters from the main series. I would love to see a traditional JRPG where you can use the Gekko to fly around
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