History of Visual Novel Anime Adaptations

[@magicthe7]

Wonder if big name VN studios will branch out to smartphones eventually. Seems like a much easier entrypoint than having to own a console or a pc.

[@DrMedicsGameSurgery]

well thats what spike chunsoft has been doing recently with firstly 999, Kamaitachi no yoru and now Danganronpa, no idea how the sales are but if its any good i have no doubt others will follow.

[@AnimeGirl4891]

Thank you for mentioning Uta No Prince Sama and the voice actors Junichi and Mamoru. That show never fails at putting a smile on my face.

[@bhargavnarayan2405]

Man... This channel's underrated... Looking forward for more!

[@NoahsArchive357]

Awesome video! Hearing the history of visual novel to anime adaptations was really interesting and I’m surprised with how far back they go! And I agree with what you said: even if most of them end up being mediocre, it’s better we have them than don’t. Besides we do get the occasional gem like the Clannad or Steins; Gate anime and those alone makes it worth if

[@BananaDangoGreyrat]

Un excelente vídeo como siempre. Si no fuera porque tú mismo estás en el nicho de las novelas visuales, estoy seguro que tendrías mayor repercusión.

[@チャゴ-d3g]

Amazing video! I wish we could get adaptations of small and recent visual novels like Parquet, which I believe would be perfect as an anime

[@arcturus64]

I'm surprised Danganronpa wasn't mentioned given how many of the newer fans of it come from the anime adaptation.

[@WarudoChaos]

Danganronpa barely sold over 5000 copies domestically, plus the adaptation itself was rather forgettable. Danganronpa 3 while somewhat of an interesting specimen, with it being both a sequel and prequel, did even worse numbers. Unfortunate, but that places it in the giant pile of "these are generic okay/good adaptations".

[@agsmashups]

@@WarudoChaos that’s so shocking I had no idea it did so badly!

[@user-xh6ju3pg8c]

Visual novels are amazing All are unique experience

[@GoumesGames]

Informative good video,thanks.

[@myon9431]

Also for whatever reason this video is kinda relaxing. Maybe it's the lack of BGM, or your clear and concise way of explaining.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

I'm surprised how well the Tsukihime anime did, I wonder if they ever thought of animating the other routes like they did with Fate, it may have gotten as popular

[@ViApp0]

I think Nasu is the biggest hater of this anime, he doesn't like his writing in the original Tsukihime so he probably absolutely loathes the thing that makes it even worse. He never extensively talked about it back then or in the Remake interviews, even though it's the first TM anime, it conveyed the atmosphere pretty well and he praises the manga at every occasion.

[@CaseNumber00]

Didnt mention 11 eyes? Island? Muv Luv Alternative? Mahoutsukai no Yoru? I knows theres more but I named the ones off the top of my head.

[@WarudoChaos]

Why would I? None of them are particularly notable IMO - they're just lost in the glut of more recent adaptations. For B roll, I had plenty of other options.

[@CaseNumber00]

@@WarudoChaos Even though their adaptions are lackluster they are notable as marks in VN history albeit minor.

[@WarudoChaos]

The fact that they're minor meant that they lost out compared to the other equally 'minor' titles. Luck of the draw.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Mahoyo doesn't have an adaptation yet, it's on the works I believe

[@CaseNumber00]

@@Fermin-hw5pd Yeah, thats why I said it.

[@HanSDevX]

muv luv, kara no shojo and tsui no sora are the best visual novel adaptations period.

[@CaseNumber00]

Came out meh, was a hentai, so obscure the name should be lost to history

[@gabet7193]

the Tsui No Sora OVA was literally just a single-episode hentai lol, what are you talking about

[@HanSDevX]

@@gabet7193 ever heard of sarcasm?

[@gabet7193]

@@HanSDevX well it was stupid comment regardless lol

[@HanSDevX]

@@gabet7193 Right.... 🤦

[@raibyo]

They need to bring back Visual Novel adaptations. Even though they weren't that good, they're still much better than the Isekai trash that seems to oversaturate the market nowadays. Modern anime won't be the same without Visual Novel Adaptations as they had a big hand in creating the Moe genre.

[@mrmeteor64]

Arns also worked on Queen's blade,

[@WarudoChaos]

Sure, the list wasn't exhaustive

[@mrmeteor64]

Also studio arms may not have worked on kite.

[@WarudoChaos]

If you say so

[@mrmeteor64]

@@WarudoChaos I remember media blasters saying something about it on Twitter. When I showed them a KZbin video the studio behind Elfin lied.

[@myon9431]

I watched the Higurashi anime before reading the visual novel and I think the anime ruined my experience. I am sad that I can never read the visual novel spoiler-free, theorising. But the best thing about anike adaptations of pretty much anything is the merch. Shirakawa-go really only started selling cool Higurashi stuff after rhe Gou Sotsu anime. So that's one good thing. Also I think Clannad maybe has theb best anime adaptation. Flawed, but they did their best.

[@user-xh6ju3pg8c]

The umineko included the details to solve the mystery tho . But u agree it needs a reboot

[@potatocancer1125]

Real

[@user-xh6ju3pg8c]

Can we agree that that the visuals from old visual novels looks a lot more artistic and unique rather than the over used style most people prefer ? I was tired of people not liking the orginal art of ryūkishi 7

[@kgregorius8550]

THE HISTORY HERE MAN, makes me a little sad I was born in 1999 and not 10 or 20 years back some times.

[@Dac_DT_MKD]

Same. Born in 1999 too, and wished I was born 10 or 20 years before.

[@draakisback]

Very good video on the subject. Imo, there are some solid vn to anime adaptations; mainly the big Kyotoani/key Adaptations of kanon, clannad and air. And actually I found the ending of the anime kanon better than the Vns ending (it was more fleshed out). Then you have the type moon anime adaptions which are pretty hit or miss; unlimited blade works and heaven's feel worked out fairly well. And you have higaruashi, white album 2 (wish they did the 2nd half), and the ef series was ok and steins;gate. These days, visual novel anime just really don't do service to the source. It's hard to adapt a story that uses the non linearity of a video game to a linear anime. Prime examples of this are animes like little busters and rewrite (two of my favorite Vns of all time). Both embrace the concept of the player playing through multiple times to get multiple endings, and the anime were doomed to fail because they simply can't pull of a similar trick. It also doesn't help that visual novels tend to be much more detailed than their anime counter parts. The grisia novels, while not my favorites, were very detailed and their anime adaptations left so much on the cutting room floor. Steins gate was able to work well as an anime because it's a fairly linear story and could have been a kentic novel with a few minor changes here and there. At the same time, there are moments in the story that work so much better than they do in the anime. Hell the sequel didn't work at all as an anime because it felt so rushed. There are always going to be issues when it comes to adapting one story from one medium to another. And this is especially true for interactive media.

[@TheSpiritof76]

I think I would be fine with a world without the Muv Luv adaptation that we got lol

[@nicholevacante7153]

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