Jan 27th, 2023, 01:23 AM
With the NieR: Automata anime and The Last of Us show airing recently, I got the thought of what other games I would like to see get adapted into a movie/anime/TV show that have yet to do so, especially since it seems decent adaptations have been getting more common compared to say, a decade ago where I can't recall anything being more than just serviceably okay.
Now I admit with this one I don't know remotely enough about the game from a story standpoint, but I'm surprised something like Fire Emblem hasn't had an anime adaptation outside of a two episode OVA back in 1996. The franchise is clearly big and is already stylistically suited to an anime adaptation, and it looks like the Tales of franchise managed to have quite a few with one even getting a theatrical release, and like Fire Emblem the story isn't continuous across all the games. With how much Nintendo leans on Fire Emblem Awakening all the damn time I'm surprised they haven't already sought out an anime of it just to keep cashing in on that cast of characters.
Just for how beautiful it could look, I'd love to see Final Fantasy 7 get an anime. CG maybe if I have to pick a style other than anime for it but I'm not really interested much in seeing CG adaptations of games because it'll probably look exactly like the games visuals and to me it'll feel like watching just the cutscenes rather than an actual adaptation of the story into another medium. Other Final Fantasy games could absolutely get one too; I just chose FF7 because it's really the only one I know and if SE were to announce any of the games to get adapted these days FF7 would make the most sense due to the remake sequels that have yet to come out.
On the flip side, I did hear rumblings about God of War getting a TV show on Netflix, but regardless of where it happens I really can't see how that can ever work. The original trilogy would get tiring from how much gore and killing there is with not much in the way of downtime or character development, and although 2018/Ragnarök has a much bigger focus on character and story I still don't see how it would really work out. If it somehow did though, maybe whoever takes it on can fix all of the god-awful story beats and pacing problems that Ragnarök had.
Now I admit with this one I don't know remotely enough about the game from a story standpoint, but I'm surprised something like Fire Emblem hasn't had an anime adaptation outside of a two episode OVA back in 1996. The franchise is clearly big and is already stylistically suited to an anime adaptation, and it looks like the Tales of franchise managed to have quite a few with one even getting a theatrical release, and like Fire Emblem the story isn't continuous across all the games. With how much Nintendo leans on Fire Emblem Awakening all the damn time I'm surprised they haven't already sought out an anime of it just to keep cashing in on that cast of characters.
Just for how beautiful it could look, I'd love to see Final Fantasy 7 get an anime. CG maybe if I have to pick a style other than anime for it but I'm not really interested much in seeing CG adaptations of games because it'll probably look exactly like the games visuals and to me it'll feel like watching just the cutscenes rather than an actual adaptation of the story into another medium. Other Final Fantasy games could absolutely get one too; I just chose FF7 because it's really the only one I know and if SE were to announce any of the games to get adapted these days FF7 would make the most sense due to the remake sequels that have yet to come out.
On the flip side, I did hear rumblings about God of War getting a TV show on Netflix, but regardless of where it happens I really can't see how that can ever work. The original trilogy would get tiring from how much gore and killing there is with not much in the way of downtime or character development, and although 2018/Ragnarök has a much bigger focus on character and story I still don't see how it would really work out. If it somehow did though, maybe whoever takes it on can fix all of the god-awful story beats and pacing problems that Ragnarök had.