Anime Adaptations of Video Games
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- StarsSkyler DavenportIan SinclairJ. Michael TatumBased on the hit video game, this dramatic re-imagining of one of Japan's most revered historical periods drops audiences into the middle of an epic battle royal. Great warriors and dashing rogues from cherished Japanese tales come to life in this rousing series. Follow along as your favorite hacking, slashing characters from the video game meet once more on the field of battle.
- StarsEdi PattersonKazuhiro YamajiYumi TômaA wealthy mogul organizes a world fighting tournament on an offshore Chinese island. His hated son in search for vengeance and a pair of cops investigating the real reason for holding the tournament, secretly join the fighters.
- DirectorYoichi MoriStarsIsshin ChibaUnshô IshizukaYuki MatsuokaHigh school student Ling Xiaoyu is recruited by Anna Williams of G Corporation to transfer to Kyoto University and gather information on a student named Shin Kamiya.
- DirectorShigeyasu YamauchiMasahiro HosodaJoe RomersaStarsKane KosugiKazuya IchijôYumi TômaA dark power threatens to consume famed fighter Ryu, who is visited by a long-lost little brother. Meanwhile, a mad scientist wishes to harness this power for himself.
- StarsTesshô GendaSkip StellrechtKirk ThorntonKen, Ryu and friends use their martial arts skills to fight criminals.
- DirectorIkuo KuwanaStarsYasuyuki KaseYuri AmanoEiji HanawaA prequel to "Street Fighter Alpha (1999)", Ryu, Ken and Sakura meet Gouken and encounter the demonic looking Gouki who has killed his master Goutetsu using the dangerous "Raging Demon" technique.
- DirectorGisaburô SugiiStarsKôjiro ShimizuKenji HagaMiki FujitaniA crime boss searching for the world's best fighters pursues a talented Japanese drifter and his American ex-classmate, while an Interpol agent and a US Army captain seek to bring him down.
- DirectorMasami ÔbariStarsMark HildrethPeter WildsJason Gray-StanfordThe brothers, Andy & Terry Bogard, along with Joe Higashi and Mai Shiranui, try to help Sulia Gaudeamus stop her ambitious brother Laocorn from finding the magical armor of Mars.
- DirectorHiroshi FukutomiStarsMark HildrethPeter WildsJason Gray-StanfordAfter their father is killed by his arch rival, his two sons, Terry and Andy Bogard, return from 10 years of training to learn a secret technique their father's master promised to teach them, in order to avenge their father's murder.
- DirectorKazuhiro FuruhashiMarissa LentiStarsMark HildrethPeter WildsJason Gray-StanfordTerry Bogard is badly defeated by a much stronger foe, and falls into a deep pit of self doubt and alcoholism, but he must overcome his inner demons, and rise to the occasion.
- StarsSam RiegelPatrick SeitzVic MignognaIn the age of the Warring Countries, Japan was fragmented in semi-independent provinces, governed by feudal lords or daimyo, who confronted each other in an endless struggle for power. Ambitious daimyos from every corner of the Archipelago had shouted their battle cry. They were Takeda Shingen from Kai, Sanada Yukimura, Uesugi Kenshin from Echigo, Azai Nagamasa from Omi, Tokugawa Ieyasu from Mikawa, and many more... Those were days of unrest and chaos. As war spread throughout the country, the map of power underwent rapid and dramatic changes. In this never-ending conflict, one man finally seemed to be just one step from establishing total control over the country. He was the lord of Owari, the Sixth Heavenly Devil King. His name was Oda Nobunaga. But now, a young general clad in azure makes his unexpected appearance in this confused scenario, heading a huge army of cavalrymen from the Northern provinces. He is known as Date Masamune, the One-Eyed Dragon. And he is coming for Oda Nobunaga's head, and for ultimate supremacy!
- DirectorKazuya NomuraStarsLiam O'BrienTroy BakerLaura BaileyJapan is again in turmoil as a subordinate of Toyotomi, Ishida cuts a wrath of fury across the land while other warlords rally for an era of peace. Masamune and Sanada must fight Mitsunari in order to bring the country to peace.
- StarsMatthew MercerTravis WillinghamLiam O'BrienRetelling the events of the popular Capcom video game, a bunch of groups must forge alliances in order to prepare for the Battle of Sekigahara.
- DirectorKanta KameiStarsChristopher SabatKôsuke ToriumiTroy BakerYuri Lowell and Flynn Scifo, from the Niren Corps try to protect a town from monsters with their allies
- StarsRobbie DaymondAlexis TiptonMichael JohnstonThe tale of the Shepherd, a savior who will bring peace to the seraphim and human worlds, becomes Sorey's reality after a fateful encounter.
- StarsCherami LeighRobbie DaymondCrispin FreemanThe year 2071, the Earth has been devastated by mysterious monsters that devour living creatures and are impervious to weapons. An organization called Fenrir is the only one with weapons capable of killing the monsters.
- CreatorYasuhiro NightowStarsKirk ThorntonLex LangSteve BlumGungrave follows the story of best friends Brandon Heat and Harry MacDowell as they join and rise in the ranks of Big Daddy's Millenion crime syndicate. The story begins in the future revealing Brandon Heat has become a creature now known as Beyond The Grave killing monsters with two very large guns and wicked looking machine gun on his back and that Harry MacDowell is now the Boss of Mellinion and has become a cruel leader who has earned himself the nickname Bloody Harry. The story strafes between the past and the future to reveal why Brandon has become a non-talking monster killer and the series of events that caused Harry to become so evil.
- DirectorFrank O'ConnorShinji AramakiHideki FutamuraStarsJessie James GrelleBrittney KarbowskiLuci ChristianThe universe of the Halo video game series is expanded in seven short animated films from Japan's greatest anime directors and studios.
- DirectorAtsushi TakeuchiStarsFreddie Prinze Jr.Monica RialVic MignognaSet before Mass Effect 3, James Vega and a group of soldiers try to protect a human colony from the Collectors, who wish to capture the colonists for unknown purposes.
- DirectorFumihiko SoriStarsColleen ClinkenbeardJ. Michael TatumChuck HuberIn the land of Orlais, where battles are fought with swords and magic, a young heroine rises as templars, mages, and dragons clash. Cassandra, a brash and beautiful Seeker, must stop a conspiracy that threatens the realm's most powerful religious order, the Chantry of Andraste. Accused of treasonous crimes and hunted by friend and foe, Cassandra must clear her name and overcome her raging emotions in order to save the day and take her place in legend.
- StarsMelissa FahnCarrie KeranenCherami LeighIn the world of Gamindustri, four competing CPU goddesses rule the lands of Lastation, Leanbox, Lowee, and Planeptune. When dark forces threaten their power, they'll have to learn to work together if they want to defeat evil. Based on the hit RPG series, it's the video game console wars as you've never seen them before: fought by gorgeous girls!
- StarsKaori MizuhashiYûko SasamotoTomoe HanbaPrince Laharl is awakened after 2 years of sleep by an Angel, Flonne, who was ordered to assassinate him but fails. Both discover Laharl's father passed away. They're later joined by Etna, Laharl's Vassal. The three heroes travel through the Netherworld to help Laharl to succeed his father by becoming the new Overlord.
- StarsGarret StormsAaron RobertsRicco FajardoThe daily lives of warriors who work together to protect evil forces from changing history.
- DirectorAkira IwanagaStarsSatomi AraiHiromi IgarashiAsami ImaiThis small OVA starts with the incident at Heavenly Host Elementary School, in which three small children were killed in the school's basement. After that, it shows what the characters did the night before the incident.
- CreatorMakoto KedouinStarsHiro ShimonoRina SatôAsami ImaiAfter performing a charm that would supposedly unite them as friends, a group of students are teleported to the mysterious Heavenly Host Elementary School where they are visited by the spirits of the school's murdered students.
- StarsHaruki IshiyaRie TakahashiYuki NagakuOtaku siblings Tamotsu and Niwaka Denkigai are shopping in Akihabara when it is overrun by vampiric cosplaying monsters! These creatures, known as "Bugged Ones," can possess anyone they bite and soon they begin causing mayhem across the city. Tamotsu and Matome, along with excitable otaku cosplayer Arisa Ahokainen, make up the group "The Electric Mayonnaise"
- StarsMao IchimichiShouta AoiYôko HikasaItsuki Tachibana is a student of Seiga Academy, a co-ed boarding high school with excellent reputation, located in a suburb outside the city center. On a day of second semester, he was summoned by Rina Izumi, the most esteemed and praised chairperson, to the student council room, without knowing what awaits him.
- StarsToshiyuki MorikawaMisato FukuenAkio ÔtsukaDante, a superhuman son of a powerful murdered demon and human woman is a master of gun and sword who runs an "odd-job" agency. Despite financial troubles, he never loses his cool since work always comes calling sooner or later.
- DirectorFuminori KizakiStarsAtsuko TanakaMie SonozakiMiyuki SawashiroThe witch Bayonetta wakes from a 500-year slumber on the bottom of a lake with no memories, and battles hordes of angels to rediscover her past.
- StarsBrittney KarbowskiTrina NishimuraMao IchimichiIn a world where people and monsters are at odds, some learn to coexist. Known as Riders, they awaken the powers of monsters and live alongside them in secrecy. Now, one young boy journeys to find his own companion and become the world's greatest Rider.
- DirectorHironobu SakaguchiMotonori SakakibaraStarsAlec BaldwinSteve BuscemiMing-Na WenA scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms.
- DirectorTetsuya NomuraTakeshi NozueStarsTakahiro SakuraiAyumi ItoShôtarô MorikuboAn ex-mercenary is forced out of isolation when three mysterious men kidnap and brainwash the city's children afflicted with the Geostigma disease.
- DirectorTakeshi NozueStarsAaron PaulLena HeadeySean BeanKing Regis, who oversees the land of Lucis, commands his army of soldiers to protect the kingdom from the Niflheim empire's plans to steal the sacred crystal which gives Lucis its magic and power.
- StarsTatsuhisa SuzukiKenta MiyakeMamoru MiyanoA story set alongside the video game Final Fantasy XV, starring one of its main characters, Noctis, and his friends.
- DirectorMorio AsakaTetsuya NomuraStarsKen'ichi SuzumuraToshiyuki MorikawaTakahiro SakuraiLast Order explores the incidents that occurred in Nibelheim revolving around Sephiroth, Tifa, Cloud and Zack. Last Order explains in more detail the events that follow after the annihilation of Nibelheim.
- StarsDaisuke SakaguchiNana MizukiKazuya NakaiA death-obsessed scientist tempts a goddess on the last day of the world.
- StarsYûsuke KobayashiDaisuke OnoJun FukushimaRen Homura, a middle school student who moves back to his hometown with his mother and sister, but he apparently cannot remember much of his life there. After having to get his cellphone repaired, he finds that the repairman installed Monster Strike onto it, and he later is attacked by a man who forces him into a real life game of Monster Strike, summoning a monster from within the game to attack Ren. Ren manages to summon a monster of his own, the diminutive dragon Oragon, and with help from his classmate Aoi Mizusawa, as well as an alter ego awoken by his own missing memories, Ren defeats the man's monster, seemingly freeing him from the control of an evil entity. This brings Ren into the world of the town's Monster Strike Stadium leagues, where people play Monster Strike in what appears to be real life but are advanced holograms, as well as Aoi's desire to reunite her friends Akira Kagetsuki and Minami Wakaba into becoming a team of Monster Strike players. However, Akira will not play on a team because Ren is nothing like their former fourth member Haruma, and the air-headed Minami has become possessed by the same evil presence that forced other people to attack Ren and Aoi.
- DirectorShinpei EzakiStarsMaaya SakamotoTomo MuranakaJuri KimuraIt's a prequel story to the main events of the first season.
- DirectorHiroshi NishikioriStarsAoi Yûki
- StarsDuff MacDonaldYuji CityIchirô NagaiA young adventurer and his friends set out to resurrect the Dragon of Legend and defeat the evil Baramos.
- StarsUnshô IshizukaAya HisakawaHideyuki TanakaThe story begins with a young boy named Dai .Dai, the young protagonist of the series, is the only human living on the island. Having been raised by Brass and with his best friend, the monster Gome, Dai grows up dreaming of becoming a hero.
- StarsChihiro SuzukiYukanaTakehito KoyasuPampered prince Luke is suddenly thrown from a life of luxury to an adventure that will lead him to the truth about his reality.
- StarsKatsuyuki KonishiAi OrikasaYumi TômaTales of Symphonia focuses on the two worlds; one world prospers at the cost of another. In one of these worlds, Colette Brunel and her guardians embark on a journey to save their world called Sylvarant and to replenish it with the needed mana. However, they do not know if they will be able to save their world, as well as the cost they will need to pay to save it.
- StarsJohnny Yong BoschTakeshi KusaoKaren StrassmanIf there is evil in this world, it lurks in the hearts of men. In the land of Midgard a bloodthirsty conqueror breaks the seal holding Dhaos, the Demon King whose goal is to eradicate all mankind. A few survivors of this destructive event have banded together in an effort to fight against the impending darkness and chaos. A warrior, cleric, witch, summoner, archer, and ninja make up the Heroes of Space and Time as they relentlessly pursue Dhaos in order to end his conquest of death.
- StarsAkira IshidaYûko MinaguchiSôichirô HoshiIn order to prevent the catastrophe, the Grand Fall, Rid and his companions Farah, Keel and Meredy have obtained the Greater Spirits. A series of adventures forces them to remain on the islands, where a more immediate threat to Inferia.
- CreatorYuji NakaNaoto OhshimaHirokazu YasuharaStarsMartin BurkeLainie FrasierBill WiseSonic the Hedgehog and his sidekicks Tails and Knuckles the Echidna are determined to thwart a plan that would turn their Land of the Sky into the equivalent of The Land of Darkness, which lurks beneath the surface (and is obviously the former planet Earth). So they plow through to the center of the planet and the ancient city of Robotropolis (the former New York City?) to do righteous battle. The big question of the day is whether the usually evil Dr. Robotnik is telling the truth for once or sending the good guys into a trap.
- StarsGabriella LewisJun'ichi KanemaruSanae KobayashiA slight malfunction causes Chaos Control, and sends Sonic the Hedgehog to Earth. While there, Sonic meets Chris Thorndyke, who aids at collecting the Chaos Emeralds, so Sonic and friends can go home.
- StarsMatt HillVenus TerzoGabe KhouthAn anime television series based on Star Ocean: The Second Story.
- DirectorMasakazu HashimotoStarsYô ÔizumiMaki HorikitaNana MizukiLayton and Luke are caught up in an adventure, when a masked figure steals an entire opera house and forces those in attendance to play a high-stakes game. The winner will receive eternal life, but it could mean death for the losers.
- DirectorNoriaki AkitayaStarsHideyuki HoriMao IchimichiAkira IshidaIn the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the people who were around him turn into coffins. Makoto learns that this period of time hidden between the minute of midnight is called the Dark Hour, a time when monsters called Shadows appear. Suddenly made the leader of his fellow classmates Yukari and Junpei by his upperclassmen Mitsuru and Akihiko, Makoto must learn empathy, his connection to his comrades, and the meaning of death. With the power of his Evoker aimed at his head, Makoto fights against the Shadows threatening to attack his world from the mysterious tower of Tartarus.
- DirectorTomohisa TaguchiStarsNobutoshi CannaSanae FukuHideyuki HoriMakoto Yuki's story continues as new Shadows, allies, Personas, powers and foes carrying the potential are introduced.
- DirectorKeitarô MotonagaStarsNobutoshi CannaSanae FukuHideyuki HoriThe fight of the protagonist and his group S.E.E.S. with the strange monsters called 'Shadows' is getting closer to the end. Makoto and his allies engage in life-or-death battles with Shadows in order to end the Dark Hour.
- DirectorDaisuke EguchiYoshifumi SasaharaTomohisa TaguchiStarsMasumi AsanoNobutoshi CannaSanae FukuThe season changes to winter. Makoto makes a decision in order to greet the spring that is waiting beyond.
- StarsJohnny Yong BoschYuri LowenthalErin FitzgeraldA young man, Yu Narukami has moved from Tokyo to Inaba to stay with his uncle and cousin, while his parents are away on business. However, after several murders shake up the sleepy town, things get crazier when he discovers the mysterious "Midnight Channel," and the ability to enter TVs. Accompanied by his friends, Yu explores another world inside the TV, that seems to be connected with the murders. They also discover the ability to summon 'Personas', their 'other selves', whose power they can use to fight the shadows that inhabit the TV world. The murders, the Midnight Channel, the world inside the TV, and Personas. Yu and his friends fight to figure out how they're connected, and to solve the case before it's too late.
- StarsKana HanazawaDaisuke NamikawaAmi KoshimizuA young man named Yu Narukami arrives in the town of Yasoinaba, where his uncle lives. For family reasons, he will be transferring into the local high school, Yasogami High. And so begins his school life - The shopping mall after school. A series of murders taking place in town. The Midnight Channel, airing late at night. - What lies in store for Yu and his friends this time around?
- DirectorTakaharu OzakiStarsJun FukuyamaMamoru MiyanoNana MizukiKazuya Makigami is a burglar by night, but has started to have second thoughts about his crimes and those who help him commit them. Unable to stand up to his comrades himself, Kazuya submits a request to the Ask-a-Thief Channel.
- StarsMatthew MercerCherami LeighRobbie DaymondFollows Ren Amamiya and a rebellious group of teenagers in Tokyo who form the Phantom Thieves of Hearts to rebel against the corruption and slavery in society.
- StarsHikaru MidorikawaSakura TangeSeizô KatôAn anime based on the popular Nintendo video game.
- CreatorMichiko YokoteStarsMarina InoueSusumu ChibaTakahiro SakuraiWhen Imperial forces attack the small border town of Bruhl, Welkin Gunther is forced to fight alongside Town Watch captain Alicia. Along with his sister Isara, the three escape to Gallia's capitol and join the country's militia forces.
- DirectorSteven FosterYasunori UrataKôbun ShizunoStarsMarkham AndersonShelley Calene-BlackChris PattonBlade, a semi cyborg cop must unravel a series of mysterious kidnappings. As he delves into the city's merciless underworld, an elaborate mystery unfold.
- DirectorYoshiyuki MomoseStarsKento YamazakiTucker ChandlerRay ChaseHigh school peers Yuu and Haru travel between the real world and a parallel fantasy universe to help their friend Kotona, whose life is in danger.
- StarsGenevieve SimmonsBrittney KarbowskiLuci ChristianOne day, a mysterious girl named Kaguya washes up on the island of Wyndaria after a huge storm. She meets Rick, a swordsman who ends up working at the island's bakery. Apparently, Kaguya has lost her memories and emotions.
- StarsTed LewisMadeleine BlausteinJerry LobozzoKirby crashes onto Planet Popstar and befriends the villagers that live In Cappytown. Unfortunately, King Dedede, the greedy ruler and Escargon, his assistant, aren't happy with that and do whatever they can to drive him out.
- DirectorMizuho NishikuboStarsYû MizushimaSaeko ShimazuMari YokôA programming student utilizes occult magic and computer technology to summon a demon into the physical world.
- DirectorNoriyuki NakamuraJack FletcherStarsSteve BulenJohn DeMitaJulia FletcherWith the help of his old mentor Rias, sorceress Sonya, wizard Roe, and warriors Galen and Ryunan, brave young prince Serios must free his people from the tyrannical rule of warlock Ackdam and his demon army led by gargantuan dragon Zaggy.
- StarsPaul DobsonUnshô IshizukaKathleen BarrFrom the games to the screens, there is an animation for all video game fans, the story of each character told in a super animation, welcome to the world of Darkstalkers