We already know anime has had a big influence on pop culture in the last decade. For example, once i had a training job at school and was assigned with some art students...when asked to draw a realistic person or animal most of the students would end up drawing in the same anime inspired way.
It was like it was in their genes to do so even though the art teachers had never taught a lesson about anime (and I know, because i asked the teachers). I don’t think they (students) knew much about anime to begin with. The recollection of that event has led me to analyse the influence anime has had on the creation and appreciation of video games.
Its not just video games there were influenced by anime. Many Hollywood films have completely ripped their stories straight from anime's like: (1)The Matrix ripped of Ghost in the shell scene by scene (2)Lion King ripped of Kimba the white Lion (3)Inception ripped of Paprika and Black Swan ...and the list goes on. The truth is: Hollywood rips everything, not just anime.
In the video, Miyamoto admits he was inspired by anime and manga when making his video games. Its not just the games Miyamoto made like Zelda, Mario, Pokemon e.t.c that were inspired by anime, its all sorts of games
The mecha genre of anime and manga has proved an enormous influence on videogames, from Virtual-On to Metal Gear Solid. Metal gear Solid was inspired by Snatcher (an anime game), and Kojima also put in a well known anime freak into the MGS series called Otacon who mentions all the robots he made were inspired by anime.
Most JRPG games are influenced by anime, we can see that in the character design and stories of games like Persona 4, Tales of Vesperia, and FF series. What else has anime given video games? Generally, the anime influence with character emotions and expressions is a good element for games since it gives characters more personality. However...Some people say anime has also given us characters with: (1)no facial hair (2)barely any muscle (3)and borderline metrosexual. Am sorry for the people who have those views, but i dont want link looking like this (I think most people wouldn't)
Neither would I want Dante from Devil May cry looking like this:
I just feel anime doesn't get the praise it deserves. This is the purpose of this blog. Anime and video games work in tandem, people should know this. LONG LIVE ANIME !!!
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NoobFeed editor Azfar Rayan writes - The target audience for Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is certain to be narrow. This game is purely designed for fans of narrative-heavy games where the gameplay takes a back seat, as well as those who want to play the sequel to the original. Some portions are spot on, and other parts fail badly at maintaining the mood while attempting to stay true to the concept.
Similar to Heavy rain, Detroit become human etc. not my cup of tea. MS better port Forza Horizon/Motorsport to PS5 thx
The only difference is the games you mention didn't take 7 years to develop and they were longer than 5 hours unlike Hellblade 2
Man…. I posted on another story about my initial experience… I guess this is the follow up. The game never ceases to impress graphically. The ONLY game I’ve gone into photo mode more with is Ghost of Tsushima. My screenshots from that game are actually my phone backgrounds. To the point, game looks great. However…. It’s boring as HELL. I’m talking play after work, like you do any other game, and you’re passing tf out because of the LACK of gameplay. To be real, the supermassive games are the only “games” with less gameplay than this. In fact, I think they’d be the best games to compare this to. It makes perfect sense why they’d look so good. There’s literally nothing else going on and it’s on rails. This game has gotten me back into the gym because given the choice between the two, the gym wins so I thank Microsoft for that. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as is value. For me, this game thus far, is absolute bull and if I’d have bought it on Steam I’d be getting a refund and YouTubing the story. Since it’s a gamespass PC game I’m just dragging my ass through it. I seriously hope it gets better. I’m no conspiracy theorist and I have never (look through my history post police) blamed any company or website of being paid off. This game getting a 10 from anyone should be tremendously scrutinized. To be real anything over an 8 should raise an eyebrow. Personally I’m feeling 5~6 all through my soul but I’m not done yet. Guess we will see. I know gamespass may not be best for the industry, but thank god for it today. This game is a beautiful fully loaded plane crash.
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If we didnt have anime/manga, Link & Dante would probably look like the guys in the pictures above.
If we didnt have anime/manga, FF7's story would be completely different
If we did have anime, there may not even been robots like Metal Gear Rex in the MGS series.
....most of the pokemon wouldn't exist
....Hollywood wouldnt have Ghost in the shell to ripp of when making the matrix
watch this is you don't believe me : http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Hell Matrix probably wouldn't exist.
No hentai, Comicon would be dead by now, No studio Ghibli movies, some of Miyamoto games might not exist...and the list goes on
SO LONG LIVE ANIME & MANGA !!!
I actually agree for once. Anime inspired games are usually very good. I like the art style for the most part. Chrono Trigger was very pleasing visually and I think the guy who did Chrono Trigger did Dragonball right? You were spot on when you touched on how characters in JRPGs are like anime characters. They have strong emotions and personalities. JRPGs and animes are usually far fetched and thats why I like them. Anime does deserve more credit for helping shape the best genre of video games.
The influence needs to go deeper. Tentacles deep.
You also forgot to mention the western influence on anime.
Early anime artists were inspired by the western comic industry without a doubt, and lots of western sci-fi and action movies from 70's and 80's are often referenced in anime.