List of anime based on video games
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This is a list of anime based on video games. It includes anime that are adaptations of video games or whose characters originated in video games. Many anime (Japanese animated productions usually featuring hand-drawn or computer animation) are based on Japanese video games, particularly visual novels and JRPGs. For example, the Pokémon TV series debuted in 1997 and is based on the Pokémon video game released in 1996 for the Nintendo Game Boy.
Anime | Video game | Year | Type |
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11eyes[1][2] | 11eyes: Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shōjo | 2009 | TV series |
Ace Attorney | Ace Attorney | 2016 – 2019 | TV series |
Air | Air | 2005 | TV series |
Air | Air | 2005 | Film |
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka | Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka | 2008 | TV series |
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka | Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka | 1989 | OVA |
Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue | Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue | 2016 | TV series |
Amagami SS | Amagami | 2010 | TV series |
Amagami SS+ plus | Amagami | 2012 | TV series |
Amnesia | Amnesia | 2013 | TV series |
Angel's Feather | Angel's Feather | 2006 | OVA |
Angelique | Angelique | 2004 | OVA |
Angelique: Seichi yori Ai o Komete | Angelique | 2001 | OVA |
Angelique: Shiroi Tsubasa no Memoire | Angelique | 2000 | OVA |
Angelique Twin Collection | Angelique | 2002 | OVA |
Angels of Death | Angels of Death | 2018 | TV series |
Ancient Ruler Dinosaur King DKidz Adventure | Dinosaur King | 2007 – 2008 | TV series |
Ancient Ruler Dinosaur King DKidz Adventure: Pterosaur Legend | Dinosaur King | 2008 | TV series |
Another World: Kyo Chapter | Clannad | 2009 | OVA |
Another World: Tomoyo Chapter | Clannad | 2008 | OVA |
Ar tonelico | Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia | 2006 | OVA |
Arc the Lad | Arc the Lad | 1999 | TV series |
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky | Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky | 2014 | TV series |
Ayakashi | Ayakashi | 2007 – 2008 | TV series |
Azur Lane | Azur Lane | 2019 | TV series |
Bakugan Battle Brawlers | Bakugan | 2007 | TV series |
Bakugan Battle Planet | Bakugan | 2018 | TV series |
Baku Tech! Bakugan | Bakugan | 2012 | TV series |
BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution | Baldr Force | 2006 – 2007 | OVA |
Battle Arena Toshinden | Battle Arena Toshinden | 1996 | OVA |
Battle Spirits: Ryuko no Ken | Ryuko no Ken | 1993 | TV film |
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate | Bayonetta | 2013 | Film |
Blade & Soul | Blade & Soul | 2014 | TV series |
BlazBlue Alter Memory | BlazBlue | 2013 | TV series |
Blue Dragon | Blue Dragon | 2007 – 2008 | TV series |
Blue Dragon: Trials of the Seven Shadows | Blue Dragon | 2008 – 2009 | TV series |
Bomberman Jetters | Bomberman | 2002 – 2003 | TV series |
Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV | Final Fantasy XV | 2016 | ONA |
Caligula | The Caligula Effect | 2018 | TV series |
Canaan | 428: Shibuya Scramble | 2009 | TV series |
Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch | Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch | 2005 – 2006 | TV series |
Castlevania | Castlevania | 2017 – present | TV series |
Chaos;Head | Chaos;Head | 2008 | TV series |
Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter | Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter | 2012 – 2013 | TV series |
Clannad | Clannad | 2007 | Film |
Clannad | Clannad | 2007 – 2008 | TV series |
Clannad After Story | Clannad | 2008 – 2009 | TV series |
Comic Party | Comic Party | 2001 | TV series |
Comic Party Revolution | Comic Party | 2003 | OVA |
Comic Party Revolution | Comic Party | 2005 | TV series |
Corpse Party: Missing Footage | Corpse Party | 2012 | OVA |
Corpse Party: Tortured Souls | Corpse Party | 2013 | OVA |
Da Capo | Da Capo | 2003 | TV series |
Da Capo: Second Season | Da Capo | 2005 | TV series |
Da Capo: If | Da Capo | 2008 – 2009 | OVA series |
Danganronpa: The Animation | Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc | 2013 | TV series |
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School | Danganronpa | 2016 – 2017 | TV series |
Devil May Cry | Devil May Cry | 2007 | TV series |
Devil Survivor 2: The Animation | Devil Survivor 2 | 2013 | TV series |
Digimon Adventure | Digimon | 1999 | TV series |
Dimensional Adventure Numa Monjar | Chrono Trigger | 1996 | OVA |
Divine Gate | Divine Gate | 2016 | TV series |
Dobutsu no Mori | Animal Crossing | 2006 | Film |
Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker | Dragon Age | 2012 | Film |
Dragon's Dogma | Dragon's Dogma | 2020 | ONA |
Dragon Knight | Dragon Knight | 1991 | OVA |
Dragon Knight: Another Knight on the Town | Dragon Knight | 1995 | OVA |
Dragon Knight: The Wheel of Time | Dragon Knight 4 | 1998 | OVA |
Dragon Quest | Dragon Quest | 1989 – 1991 | TV series |
Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken | Dragon Quest | 1991 – 1992 | TV series |
DRAMAtical Murder | DRAMAtical Murder | 2014 | TV series |
Ef: A Tale of Memories | Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two. | 2007 | TV series |
End of Summer | Dōkyūsei | 1994-1995 | OVA |
F-Zero GP Legend | F-Zero | 2003 – 2004 | TV series |
Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf | Fatal Fury: King of Fighters | 1992 | TV film |
Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle | Fatal Fury 2 | 1993 | TV film |
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture | Fatal Fury | 1994 | Film |
Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia | Fate/Grand Order | 2019 | TV series |
Fate/stay night | Fate/stay night | 2006 | TV series |
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works | Fate/stay night | 2010 | Film |
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works | Fate/stay night | 2014 – 2015 | TV series |
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower | Fate/stay night | 2017 | Film |
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly | Fate/stay night | 2019 | Film |
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song | Fate/stay night | 2020 | Film |
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals | Final Fantasy V | 1994 | OVA |
Final Fantasy: Unlimited | Final Fantasy | 2001 – 2002 | TV series |
Last Order -Final Fantasy VII- | Final Fantasy VII | 2005 | OVA |
On the Way to a Smile | Final Fantasy VII | 2005 | Film |
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem | Fire Emblem | 1996 | OVA |
Fortune Arterial | Fortune Arterial | 2010 | TV series |
Gakuen Heaven | Gakuen Heaven | 2006 | TV series |
Galaxy Angel | Galaxy Angel | 2001 – 2004 | TV series |
Ganbare Goemon | Goemon | 1997 – 1998 | TV series |
Gift | Gift | 2006 | TV series |
Girl Friend Beta | Girl Friend Beta | 2014 | TV series |
Girls Beyond the Wasteland | Girls Beyond the Wasteland | 2016 | TV series |
God Eater | Gods Eater Burst | 2015 – 2016 | TV series |
Granblue Fantasy The Animation | Granblue Fantasy | 2017 | TV series |
Granblue Fantasy The Animation Season 2 | Granblue Fantasy | 2019 | TV series |
Green Green | Green Green | 2002 – 2004 | TV series |
Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time | Growlanser IV | 2005 | OVA |
Gungrave | Gungrave | 2003 – 2004 | TV series |
Gunparade March | Gunparade March | 2003 | TV series |
Gunparade Orchestra | Gunparade March | 2005 – 2006 | TV series |
Gunslinger Stratos The Animation | Gunslinger Stratos | 2015 | TV series |
H2O: Footprints in the Sand | H2O: Footprints in the Sand | 2008 | TV series |
.hack//Legend of the Twilight | .hack | 2003 | TV series |
.hack//Liminality | .hack | 2002 – 2003 | OVA |
.hack//Quantum | .hack | 2010 – 2011 | OVA |
.hack//Roots | .hack | 2006 | TV series |
.hack//Sign | .hack | 2002 | TV series |
.hack//The Movie | .hack | 2012 | Film |
Hakuouki: Shinsengumi Kitan | Hakuouki: Shinsengumi Kitan | 2010 | TV series |
Harukanaru Toki no Naka De | Harukanaru Toki no Naka De | 2004 – 2005 | TV series |
Halo Legends | Halo | 2010 | Film |
Happiness! | Happiness! | 2006 | TV series |
Hero Bank | Hero Bank | 2014 – 2015 | TV series |
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | 2006 | TV series |
Hiiro no Kakera | Hiiro no Kakera | 2012 | TV series |
Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation | Hyperdimension Neptunia | 2013 | TV series |
Inazuma Eleven | Inazuma Eleven | 2008 – 2011 | TV series |
Inazuma Eleven GO | Inazuma Eleven GO | 2011 – 2014 | TV series |
Ingress: The Animation | Ingress | 2018 | TV series |
Kanon | Kanon | 2002 | TV series |
Kanon Kazahana | Kanon | 2003 | OVA |
Kanon | Kanon | 2006 – 2007 | TV series |
Kantai Collection | Kantai Collection | 2015 | TV |
Kid Icarus Uprising | Kid Icarus | 2011 – 2012 | 3DS Anime Channel series |
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien | Kimi ga Nozomu Eien | 2003 – 2004 | TV series |
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~ | Kimi ga Nozomu Eien | 2006 | OVA |
The King of Fighters: Another Day | The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact | 2005 – 2006 | ONA |
The King of Fighters: Destiny | The King of Fighters | 2017 – present | ONA |
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! | Kirby | 2001 – 2003 | TV series |
Kishin Houkou Demonbane | Demonbane | 2004 | OVA |
Kishin Houkou Demonbane | Demonbane | 2006 | TV series |
Koi suru Tenshi Angelique: Kokoro no Mezameru Toki | Angelique | 2006 | TV series |
Koi suru Tenshi Angelique: Kagayaki no Ashita | Angelique | 2007 | TV series |
Le Fruit de la Grisaia | Le Fruit de la Grisaia | 2014 | TV series |
Little Battlers Experience | Little Battlers Experience | 2011–2012 | TV series |
Little Busters! | Little Busters! | 2012 | TV series |
Lime-iro Ryūkitan X | Lime-iro Senkitan | 2005 | TV series |
Lime-iro Senkitan | Lime-iro Senkitan | 2003 | TV series |
Makai Senki Disgaea | Disgaea: Hour of Darkness | 2006 | TV series |
MapleStory | MapleStory | 2007 – 2008 | TV series |
Medabots | Medabots | 1999 – 2001 | TV series |
MegaMan NT Warrior | Mega Man Battle Network | 2002 – 2006 | TV series |
Mega Man Star Force | Mega Man Star Force | 2006 – 2008 | TV series |
Mega Man: Upon a Star | Mega Man | 1993 | OVA |
Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On | Monster Hunter Stories | 2016 | TV series |
Monster Rancher | Monster Rancher | 1999 – 2001 | TV series |
Monster Strike | Monster Strike | 2015 | ONA |
Mushiking: The King of Beetles | Mushiking: The King of Beetles | 2005 – 2006 | TV series |
Nakoruru: Ano Hito kara no Okurimono | Nakoruru ADV | 2002 | OVA |
Neo Angelique Abyss | Angelique | 2008 | TV series |
Neo Angelique Abyss -Second Age- | Angelique | 2008 | TV series |
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge | Darkstalkers | 1997 – 1998 | OVA |
Night Wizard The Animation | Night Wizard! | 2007 | TV series |
Ninja Gaiden | Ninja Gaiden | 1991 | OVA |
PaRappa the Rapper | PaRappa the Rapper | 2001 – 2002 | TV series |
Persona 3 The Movie: #1 Spring of Birth | Persona 3 | 2013 | Film |
Persona 3 The Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream | Persona 3 | 2014 | Film |
Persona 3 The Movie: #3 Falling Down | Persona 3 | 2015 | Film |
Persona 3 The Movie: #4 Winter of Rebirth | Persona 3 | 2016 | Film |
Persona 4: The Animation | Persona 4 | 2011 – 2012 | TV series |
Persona 4 | 2012 | Film | |
Persona 4: The Golden Animation | Persona 4 Golden | 2014 | TV series |
Persona 5: The Animation | Persona 5 | 2018 | TV series |
Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation | Phantasy Star Online 2 | 2016 | TV series |
Photo Kano | Photo Kano | 2013 | TV series |
Pokémon | Pokémon | 1997 | TV series |
Popolocrois | Popolocrois | 1998 | TV series |
Power Stone | Power Stone | 1999 | TV series |
Prince of Stride: Alternative | Prince of Stride | 2016 | TV series |
Princess Lover! | Princess Lover! | 2009 | TV series |
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva | Professor Layton | 2009 | Film |
Rage of Bahamut: Genesis | Rage of Bahamut | 2014 | TV series |
Ragnarok the Animation | Ragnarok | 2004 | TV series |
Sands of Destrcuction | Sands of Destruction | 2008 | TV series |
Sakura Wars: The Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms | Sakura Wars | 1997 | OVA |
Sakura Wars | Sakura Wars | 2000 | TV series |
Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture | Samurai Shodown | 1994 | Film |
Samurai Spirits 2: Asura Zanmaeden | Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage | 1999 | OVA |
Samurai Warriors | Samurai Warriors 4 | 2015 | TV series |
Salamander Basic Saga: Paola in Meditation | Salamander | 1988 | OVA |
Saru Get You -On Air- | Ape Escape | 2006 | TV series |
Saru Get You -On Air- 2nd | Ape Escape | 2006 – 2007 | TV series |
Scarlet Nexus | Scarlet Nexus | 2021 | TV series |
School Days | School Days | 2007 | TV series |
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings | Sengoku Basara | 2009 | TV series |
Sengoku Basara II | Sengoku Basara | 2010 | TV series |
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party | Sengoku Basara | 2011 | Film |
Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement | Sengoku Basara | 2014 | TV series |
Senran Kagura | Senran Kagura | 2013 | TV series |
Shining Tears X Wind | Shining Tears | 2007 | TV series |
Shining Wind | |||
Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation | Project Sakura Wars | 2020 | TV series |
Show by Rock!! | Show by Rock!! | 2015 | TV series |
Shuffle! | Shuffle! | 2005 – 2006 | TV series |
Shuffle! Memories | Shuffle! | 2007 | TV series |
Sin: The Movie | SiN | 2000 | OVA |
Steins;Gate | Steins;Gate | 2011 | TV series |
Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu | Steins;Gate | 2013 | Film |
Steins;Gate 0 | Steins;Gate 0 | 2018 | TV series |
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie | Street Fighter II | 1994 | Film |
Street Fighter II V | Street Fighter II | 1995 | TV series |
Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation | Street Fighter Alpha | 2000 | OVA film |
Street Fighter Alpha: Generations | Street Fighter Alpha | 2005 | Film |
Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind | Street Fighter IV | 2009 | Film |
Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars | Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation | 2006 – 2007 | TV series |
Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector | Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 | 2010 – 2011 | TV series |
Slap-up Party: Arad Senki | Dungeon Fighter Online | 2009 | TV series |
SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation | SoniComi: Communication with Sonico | 2014 | TV series |
Sonic the Hedgehog | Sonic the Hedgehog | 1996 | OVA |
Sonic X | Sonic the Hedgehog | 2003 – 2004 | TV series |
Star Ocean EX | Star Ocean: The Second Story | 2001 | TV series |
Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! | Super Mario Bros. | 1986 | Film |
Tales of Abyss | Tales of Abyss | 2008 – 2009 | TV series |
Tales of Eternia | Tales of Eternia | 2001 | TV series |
Tales of Phantasia | Tales of Phantasia | 2004 – 2006 | OVA |
Tales of Symphonia The Animation | Tales of Symphonia | 2007 – 2012 | OVA |
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike | Tales of Vesperia | 2009 | Film |
Tales of Zestiria: Dawn of the Shepherd | Tales of Zestiria | 2014 | TV Film |
Tales of Zestiria the X | Tales of Zestiria | 2016 | TV series |
Tekken: The Motion Picture | Tekken | 1998 | OVA |
Tekken: Blood Vengeance | Tekken | 2011 | Film |
The Idolmaster | The Idolmaster | 2011 | TV series |
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls | The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls | 2015 | TV series |
The World Ends with You: The Animation | The World Ends with You | 2021 | TV series |
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru | Touken Ranbu | 2016 | TV series |
Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu | Touken Ranbu | 2017 | TV series |
Touken Ranbu | 2017 | Film | |
Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru | Touken Ranbu | 2018 | TV series |
Professor Layton | Professor Layton | 2018 | TV series |
Layton Mystery Detective Agency: Katri's Puzzle Solving Files | Layton's Mystery Journey | 2018 | TV series |
Pikmin | Pikmin | 2014 | TV series |
The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk | The Tower of Druaga | 2008 | TV series |
The Tower of Druaga: The Sword o Uruk | The Tower of Druaga | 2009 | TV series |
True Tears | True Tears | 2008 | TV series |
Valkyria Chronicles | Valkyria Chronicles | 2009 – 2011 | TV series |
Variable Geo | Variable Geo | 1996 – 1997 | OVA |
Variable Geo | Variable Geo | 2004 | OVA |
Viewtiful Joe | Viewtiful Joe | 2005 – 2007 | TV series |
Virtua Fighter | Virtua Fighter | 1995 – 1996 | TV series |
Wild Arms: Twilight Venom | Wild Arms | 1999 – 2000 | TV series |
Wonder Momo | Wonder Momo | 2014 | ONA |
Xenosaga: The Animation | Xenosaga | 2005 | TV series |
Yo-Kai Watch | Yo-Kai Watch | 2014 | TV series |
Yosuga no Sora | Yosuga no Sora | 2010 | TV series |
Ys | Ys | 1989 – 1993 | OVA |
YU-NO | YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World | 1998-1999 | OVA |
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World | YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World | 2019 | TV series |
Yumeria | Yumeria | 2004 | TV series |
2020 | ONA | ||
ZOE: 2167 IDOLO | Zone of the Enders | 2000 | OVA |
Z.O.E. Dolores,i | Zone of the Enders | 2001 | TV series |
- Natsuiro no Sunadokei
- Kamigami no Asobi
- Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
- Kiniro no Corda
- Koihime Musō
- Lamune
- Mashiro-iro Symphony
- Mars Of Destruction
- Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
- Nanatsuiro Drops
- Norn9
- One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
- Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai
- Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
- Panzer Dragoon
- Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet
- Popotan
- Raimuiro Senkitan
- Rewrite
- Robotics;Notes
- Sentimental Journey
- Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica
- Shukufuku no Campanella
- Soul Link
- Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shōganai!
- _Summer
- Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity
- Tears to Tiara
- Tengai Makyō
- Tokimeki Memorial
- Tokyo Majin Gakuen Gehouchō
- Triangle Heart
- Tsukihime
- Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary
- To Heart
- Touka Gettan
- Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
- Utawarerumono
- Welcome to Pia Carrot
- White Album
- Wind: A Breath of Heart
- Words Worth
- Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito
- Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Crescent Love-
- Splatoon
- Layton's Mystery Journey
- Professor Layton
See also[]
- List of films based on video games
- List of television series based on video games
- List of video games based on anime or manga
References[]
- ^ "Crunchyroll Adds 11eyes Fantasy Game's TV Anime (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ^ "11Eyes Game Gets Original Video Anime Green-Lit". Anime News Network. 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
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