Comments on: The Anime Blog Poll: Do You Feel Anime and Japanese RPGs Go Together?

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:05:15 +0000

The only issue I have with your comparison based on plot (The five steps you speak of) is that this in itself is not peculiar to anime or RPGs. The steps you lay out are the standard parts of any epic story, japanese or not. For instance the events of Jason and the argonauts, the Odyssey or the Aegead would fulfill all of those points, as would Star Wars, The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings. Perhaps their art styles are smilar, though I doubt hat is the determining factor as the three pictures you use in this post all have completely different styles.

Perhaps all that they have in common is the “Epic story telling style” and that is what appeals to the fans. I personally really enjoy epics in any form so I know this applies to me.

/$0.02

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:53:14 +0000

Bwahhhhh hahahah!!

*Note to Dave: Good to see I’m not the only one to make the Japanese + animation = anime connection in relation to RPG’s.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:50:50 +0000

Yes, I agree with Greg on cons luv’n RPG cosplayers: I saw much love towards RPG characters at ACen.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:48:56 +0000

You know, I just got into RPGs in the past year and I was never interested in ‘em before. I never really got into .hack when it was released but maybe going back now to watch with this new RPG perspective will change my mind liz!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:46:29 +0000

I don’t know akurashy, IMO I think it’s not just the genre that ties anime and RPG’s together. I think it’s the way the story plays out, the extremely Japanese concepts in the stories, and the character designs for each that make the two more related than not.

By: zingor

zingor — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:15:42 +0000

Oh yeah,
Japanese + animation = anime.

By: zingor

zingor — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:12:14 +0000

A lot of rpg’s are animated in that style. If they had nothing in common, then why would I be allowed to review rpg’s on this blog?

There is a pic from Disgaea in this article. Disgaea is a tactics rpg that is laid out in episodes and even has previews for the next episode at the end of each one.

I was an rpg player way before I started to like anime, but it wasn’t a stretch for me to like anime because of all the similarities that Rachel points out.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:51:38 +0000

Yes, they are related in some aspects. As we all know, RPG’s have been around for a long time and so has anime. In my opinion both have similar styles with fantasy themes.

The main difference with anime and RPG’s lies in the character. With anime you watch your character interact and do things; with RPG’s you become your character and you get to interact and do things.

Anime Con’s should welcome the anime style RPG characters. If anything it’s another $60 they made on tickets!

By: liz

liz — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:33:33 +0000

What about .hack it’s both a rpg and an anime.
So they do have something in common!!!
I enjoy both but liked anime first.

By: akurashy

akurashy — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:48:37 +0000

Actually, it’s all about the genre it has, you see the similarity right away. Doesn’t mean it has something in common together.

I’m a anime fan, I play and love RPGs, same as other genres in gaming and anime. To be honest i played rpgs before discovering what anime was. (ooo back to marioRPG years)