Summary

Animeseries are a goldmine for creating high-quality licensed video games.

However, there is significant potential for other genres to thrive in adapting anime series.

Anime games sometimes get a bad rep, but these ones desperately need a second outing.

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10Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon

For fans of Final Fight, you’ll love Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon.

It’s a straightforward, classic beat ‘em up for the arcades.

There are special moves that deal on-screen damage, but beyond that, the game offers limited options.

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Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon isnt very long, and the characters dont vary much from one another.

While it lacks variety, what it does have is impressive graphics.

Dragonball: Kakarot offers a gigantic open-world experience, filled with side quests, hidden items, and secrets.

Goku and Luffy crossover, Naruto Shippuden and Hunter x Hunter.

Flying around the colorful world inspired by Akira Toriyamas illustrations is a wonderful experience.

8Tenchi Muyo!

Game-Hen

A short and simple tactics RPG launched on the Super Famicom, Tenchi Muyo!

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Game-Hen lets you use all the popular characters from the Tenchi Muyo!

series, including obscure characters like Azaka and Kamidake.

There is no customization or open world here.

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You simply play the battles, read the plot, and move on.

Astro Boy: Omega Factor was one of the finest games on the Game Boy Advance.

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Sailor Moon throwing three demon soldiers in a computer lab in Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon

Astro Boy: Omega Factor isnt for the faint of heart.

The game features gigantic, colorful, and detailed sprites that do the anime justice.

You assemble a party of three Medabots and traverse a hostile open world filled with numerous encounters.

Kid Goku defeating King Piccolo in Dragon Ball Z Kakarot.

Along the way, youll encounter many familiar characters from the anime.

It strayed from the card game dynamics of Duel Monsters and leaned more toward a Dungeons & Dragons-style adaptation.

Yu-Gi-Oh Dungeon Dice Monsters is an isometric grid-based game where your monsters engage in team-based battles.

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As the name suggests, rolling dice determines many of the options available to you.

Everyone recognizes these anime mascots.

Pokemon Yellow is a bit different from most of the other entries in the Pokemon series.

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Pokemon Yellow draws heavy inspiration from the anime, making it the Pokemon game closest to representing it.

The first couple of seasons serve as the basis for Pokemon Yellow.

Gym leaders like Lt. Surge only use one Raichu, just like in the anime.

Tenchi and his friends meeting in a lobby in Tenchi Muyo! Game Hen.

Instead of Red and Blue, there are Ash and Gary.

You play against Team Rocket multiple times.

Last but not least, Pikachu is your starter, and it follows you around.

Astro Boy flying behind The Blue Knight in Astro Boy Omega Factor.

Yu-Gi-Oh: Master Duel follows its own ban list and features a few exclusive cards.

Yu-Gi-Oh: Master Duel also offers both a single-player mode and a dynamic tournament scene with an active community.

The single-player mode follows much of the series’ plot accurately.

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Victorious Boxers 2: Fighting Spirit is deceptively deep but easy to pick up and play.

Shounen anime tends to feature lengthy arcs and intense battles.

Here, you could check out some of the best shounen anime of all time.

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Collecting Dice Monsters and moving them across the board in Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters.

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The group of characters moving a block in Magic Knight Rayearth for the Saturn.

Surfing Pikachu from Pokemon Yellow.

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Two players engaged in a card battle from Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel.

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Ippo throwing a hook in Victorious Boxers 2.

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