Anime Art Inspiration Thread (probably NSFW)

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none of these are ai generated afa I'm aware.
 
Seriously blown away by the talent of many of these artists. Colors, shading, textures, just mind blowing.
 
I don't want to start a new thread (yet), but what RPGs would cover an anime-influenced game that features high-school aged protagonists:angel:?
 
AsenRG said:
I don't want to start a new thread (yet), but what RPGs would cover an anime-influenced game that features high-school aged protagonists:angel:?
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In order of recommendation

HeartQuest
Ninja High school
BESM - Build one but the game is designed with this in mind.

smallville (it is played as an anime with cooperative players)
High school harem comedy
M&M with the Mecha and Manga supplement
Oddity High - PbtA
PbtA- Girls by Moonlight, unless you want sailor scouts
sailor moon RPG, unless you want sailor scouts
PbtA - Glitter Heart
TFOs - mechanics, but no setting material

Fudge - Build One
Anima Prime - Build one
OVA - Build one

Honorable Mentions
Hellcats and Hockey sticks
school daze
D&D5, with the right "homebrew" elements (and there are a lot of the right ones for doing what you want).

There are some minor ones floating around the net. Allegedly a Gurps Anime exists and is available somewhere
 
MoonHunter said:
In order of recommendation

HeartQuest
Ninja High school
BESM - Build one but the game is designed with this in mind.

smallville (it is played as an anime with cooperative players)
High school harem comedy
M&M with the Mecha and Manga supplement
Oddity High - PbtA
PbtA- Girls by Moonlight, unless you want sailor scouts
sailor moon RPG, unless you want sailor scouts
PbtA - Glitter Heart
TFOs - mechanics, but no setting material

Fudge - Build One
Anima Prime - Build one
OVA - Build one

Honorable Mentions
Hellcats and Hockey sticks
school daze
D&D5, with the right "homebrew" elements (and there are a lot of the right ones for doing what you want).

There are some minor ones floating around the net. Allegedly a Gurps Anime exists and is available somewhere
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...a couple things spring to mind.

There's an RPG called "high school harem comedy", I'm wondering whether I want to know:shock:. There's too many (for my tastes) PbtA and narrative games on this list.

Now, do you mean "build one" as in "prune stuff out and make a game based on this" or "build a campaign"?

And last but not least, why is OVA so low on your list?
 
AsenRG said:
Now, do you mean "build one" as in "prune stuff out and make a game based on this" or "build a campaign"?
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Build the campaign, the game will have all the pieces

AsenRG said:
There's an RPG called "high school harem comedy", I'm wondering whether I want to know
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You really don't. But if you know that sub-genre of anime, it would work.

AsenRG said:
There's too many (for my tastes) PbtA and narrative games on this list.
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There are a lot of PbtA and Narratives in the Anime and school space. These are the highlights

AsenRG said:
And last but not least, why is OVA so low on your list?
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Compared to game higher on the list: more fiddly, less playable at the table, more work to use for this kind of game. Other than being pretty, not a lot going for it when compared to other options.
 
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MoonHunter said:
Build the campaign, the game will have all the pieces
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Thank you. Makes sense.

MoonHunter said:
You really don't. But if you know that sub-genre of anime, it would work.
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I know the sub-genre. It's, however, not what I'm looking to run for this group...:grin:

(Hint, two of the likely players are likely to be underage, and one of them is my daughter. I really would rather not subject her to that...and if she likes the genre, which I kinda doubt, a different Ref is likely to be a better option:thumbsup:!)

MoonHunter said:
There are a lot of PbtA and Narratives in the Anime and school space. These are the highlights
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Yes, but then I'd have to run it, so we're also looking for something that would make me happy as well...:tongue:

In other news: games based on 5e, 2d20, PbtA and with extra-heavy narrative leanings might as well not exist for the above purposes. We are who we are...::honkhonk:

MoonHunter said:
Compared to game higher on the list: more fiddly, less playable at the table, more work to use for this kind of game. Other than being pretty, not a lot going for it when compared to other options.
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...you find OVA fiddlier than BESM:shock:? I really don't think OVA can actually stand that comparison (and yes, I've played/run both, albeit equally briefly), but a lot of our opinions are based on perceptions, after all.
 
Is there a good rpg for playing non-shitty anime? :clown::devil::gooseshades:
 
AsenRG said:
Right. Adding TFOS to the list.

Sailor Moon was there already:shade:!


Also, I like the pictures you've found:gooselove:!
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TFOS is a classic, probably one of the first English language anime rpgs.
 
Satoshi Kon (last one is fanart for Kon's Paranoia Agent)

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The Wings of Honneamise
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Mob Psycho 100
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Angel's Egg
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Voros said:
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No cellphones, no distractions. Just 2 people living in the moment.

Also, that whole micro-scene would make for an amazing Corpo to Street Samurai background.
 
deflagratio said:
No cellphones, no distractions. Just 2 people living in the moment.

Also, that whole micro-scene would make for an amazing Corpo to Street Samurai background.
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From Akira btw. The second is from Up on Poppy Hill and I'm not sure but believe the third one is from Patlabor.
 
Voros said:
From Akira btw. The second is from Up on Poppy Hill and I'm not sure but believe the third one is from Patlabor.
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Yep. Right before a motorcycle riding clown comes flying through the window in a way that says he ain't walking again and he took a couple of people with him.
 
deflagratio said:
No cellphones, no distractions. Just 2 people living in the moment.
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I.e. not realistic in a contemporary manga setting...:shade:
There's a reason why in contemporary manga/manhwa when one or more protagonist is in a scene in a bar, restaurant, karaoke, lounge, whatever...about half the action consists of text received and sent:grin:!

Voros said:
From Akira btw.
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Well, that explains it:thumbsup:!

...and yet now I want to play or run something cyberpunk-ish::honkhonk:!
 
Puella Magi Madoka Magica

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