Sometimes you see a game, read a book or see any story in particular and think : “Damn, this would be sweet if it was an Anime!”
This is a personal list of the things that would make great Anime.
1. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.
I know that Jojo has already several OVA’s made based on part 3 and a new OVA from part 1 is coming, bu i would really like to see it in a TV series format. The GARness of the whole Joestar lineage would be able to cause a mass blood loss from nosebleed all over the world.
2. Shin Megami Tensei (Persona 2).
Megami Tensei is a series of games based on the occult and paranormal with great sucess in Japan . Recently it has expanded to european and american markets with games like Shin Megami Tense: Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga. One of the spin offs of the series, Persona, would give a great Anime. The main plot revolves arond people who perfomed a school ritual called “Persona” and somehow they gained the power to summon their “other self”.
From the Persona games, the better candidate would be Persona 2 where “The main focus of the game is the subjective nature of reality, with rumors holding the power to literally alter the face of reality and change the world itself.” But I’m not sure if someone has the guts (or any other word you want to use for testicles) to adapt a game where Hitler and his zombie friends are the enemies (for some reason the 1st part of the game never saw a English adaptation…I wonder what..)
3. Majin Devil.
Majin Devil was one of the 1st works of Oh! Great (Tenjou Tenge, Air Gear) with only 2 volumes, but it has the potential to be expanded and turned into a good Anime.
The main characters are Decoppa, a boy who has an IQ of 200 and a omnious scar on his forehead, Tetsu, a mysterious demon and Cat-Ear Girl (Yes it’s really a Neko girl), with the plot revolving around the spread of demon incidents around the world.
A good point of the Anime would be the fights: Decoppa fights with his brain instead with muscles alone,and he overpower the enemy with his incredible knowledge and cold blood.
4. Phoenix Wright.
Another game in the list, Phoenix Wright is a series of attorney simulator games, where you need to defend your client and find the guilty. Has versions of the games for GBA and NDS with upcoming releases for Wii and a serialized manga. the whole method of investigation and resolving of the cases gives a different style on the Detectives genre.
5. Castlevania.
The last item on the list is a classical series of games from Konami about the Vampire Hunter family , Belmont. Several rumors were already made about a possible adaptation to animated format but every one of them were rejected by Konami itself. But if someday they decide to make the anime, I’m sure the gothic theme, the whole bunch of classical movie monsters and the presence of the character of Dracula will be it’s greatest assets.
I’d also like to see a JoJo anime. I’m glad a movie is being made, but I was shocked to find there wasn’t a long running anime series already, which is a pity; JoJo is probably one of my favourite JUMP series. It made such an impression on the first few pages of the first arc alone. I hate Dio =/
As for a Phoenix Wright anime, if people thought that Death Note would be a “talking head” anime then…. But then I suppose the investigation parts would help break up the court scenes, as they do in the game. It’s one of my favourite games however, and I’d LOVE to see the 4th and 5th chapters of the first game animated. Von Karma and Gant ftw
What, no Yotsuba&! ?