✔️ 2022-08-20 14:00:00 – Paris/France.
With a wide range of choices, we dedicate the top to the most recent productions.
The animation world has always found in the franchises of video games un fertile ground for licenses interesting to use. And we almost go back to the origins of the industry, with icons as important as Super Mario or Pac-Man. how to forget Carmen Sandiego and its catchy melody? Sonic has also starred in different anime series since the 90s and of course we can't talk about animation and video games without recognizing the huge success of Pokémon and Digimon.
It is true that not all series were equally legendary, such as the one featuring Street Fighter fighters à la GIJOE, which in the 90s languished in the shadow of Japanese animation productions. The thing is, if there was a video game that worked in sales, it didn't take long for it to become an anime series.
Over the years, and with the evolution undergone by the video games and the world of television, the panorama has changed a lot. On the one hand, fan profile video games has matured with the industry, which urged studios and developers to work with more interesting products for adult audiences, providing entertainment alternatives for fans of video games who no longer identify with children's products.
On the other hand, the conventional model of television series has given way to platforms of Streaming current. And whether on platforms dedicated to animation like Crunchyroll or in other more general ones like Netflixthe relationship between animation and video games seems closer than ever, with a surprising number of releases in recent years.
There are so many new features, and so interesting, it's hard to choose. Right now we have the series premiere of Tekken: Lineage on Netflix, which is not the first adaptation of the Tekken saga, but this new production aims to be one of the most faithful to the original material. The plot takes place between the events of Tekken 2 and Tekken 3, with a young Jin Kazama delivered to revenge and ready to break the face of all his rivals of the mythical The King of Iron Fist Tournament. Coinciding with the launch of Tekken: Lineage, we decided to make a selection of anime series based on the video games that we find most interesting.
And beware, there are premieres pending this year that promise to become small phenomena. Without going any further, Netflix presents Tekken: Lineage CD Project RED have collaborated with the legendary animation studio studio trigger to bring the underworld of Night City to life in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, based on Cyberpunk 2077. Let's get down to business.
The Cuphead series! (Netflix)
From the world of classic cartoons to video games and return to the world of animation. Studio MDHR Captain of a team of animation professionals dedicated to translating all the craziness of Cuphead into a dozen chaotic episodes where humor justifies everything.
Dota: Dragonborn (Netflix)
Soupape and Netflix shake hands in this series from Studio Mir (again) with scripts from Ashley Miller, who has worked on movies like 'X-Men: First Generation' and 'Top Gun: Maverick' and series like ' Black Sails', 'Fringe' and 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'. 8 episodes full of dragonnades, sorcery and swords.
Arcane (Netflix)
The League of Legends universe is the setting for one of the most groundbreaking and compelling animated spectacles of the past decade. I am not exaggerating ! The work carried out by the Gallic study Fortress elevates the mythology created by riot for your games to a new level. An essential series even if you don't like it LOL. By the way, the documentary series Arcane: Bridging the Rift shows you how Arcane was created.
Castlevania (Netflix)
The Konami Classic Reaches Its Fourth Animated Season Under The Comic Book Writer Warren Ellis (Amazing X-Men, Moon Knight, The Authority, Planetary, Hellblazer). Netflix and Frederator Studios opted for a plot that mixes elements of Castlevania III and the Curse of Darkness. The success of the first seasons facilitated the creation of a new series, Castlevania: Nocturne, which will take place during the French Revolution.
Carmen Sandiego (Netflix)
Netflix revitalizes the Carmen Sandiego series with an animated proposal very close to Kim Possible or Samurai Jack. This new series chronicles the origins of the character and her early years as the best thief in the world. Visually it is one of the most interesting proposals on this list, highly recommended if you are a fan to the world of illustrationand animation (of course).
Dragon Quest: Dai's Adventure (Crunchyroll)
A classic anime series that has fully returned rejuvenated in 2020 and which now has nearly 100 episodes on Crunchyroll. A work that captivated a whole generation of viewers at a time when Japanese animation was gaining momentum in Spain with Dragon Ball or Champions. Without a doubt, one of those series that not only makes you fall in love with the medium, but also makes you want to replay the entire Dragon Quest game saga,
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (Netflix)
Halfway between the original material of video games de Capcom and The X-Files, this 3D animated miniseries reunites us with Leon and Claire years after the horrors of Raccoon City. Without being, by far, a masterpiece, it is perhaps one of the most drinkable adaptations of all that the Resident Evil franchise has undergone.
Shenmue (Crunchyroll)
The second series of Crunchyroll in this list, it goes hand in hand, neither more nor less, than Shenmue. While we fans are still trying to work through the trauma of the third game, the legendary studio Telecom animated film is tasked with bringing the SEGA classic to an animated series.
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