Why a Mortal Kombat Anime is Necessary

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You don't get through a conversation about fighting games without mentioning Mortal Kombat. The hyper-violent series boasts the kind of action, characters, and storyline that is already very interesting in its original format and has hence been adapted into various other media. Mortal Kombat has even been adapted into a cartoon series, but unfortunately, many of the Mortal Kombat adaptations, especially those of the live-action variety, have fallen short of fan expectations.

Be that as it may, there is one medium that remains unexplored by Mortal Kombat as a franchise. Despite having voyaged into the field of animation with Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996), the Mortal Kombat franchise seems to have avoided the specific field of Japanese animation. Here are a few reasons why Mortal Kombat would be absolutely incredible as an anime series.

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Mortal Kombat is a long-running franchise with a plot spanning several games, both canon and non-canon elements are equally viable as storylines. The story as told from the perspective of Earthrealm features various key arcs and stories from the Mortal Kombat universe, like the enlistment of Liu-Kang, and the Special Ops operative Sonya Blade; the maiming of Jax Briggs; Shang Tsung and the stealing of souls, among others. An anime that focuses on either the original storyline from the first trilogy, or the «reboot» era which began withMortal Kombat [2011] (also called "Mortal Kombat 9"); followed by Mortal Kombat X and then the current iteration, Mortal Kombat 11, would be a very interesting reprisal of the well-known events.

There is also the spin-off route, where an anime-only sequence of events formed from the original lore can also be an