10 Anime and Manga That Deserve a Fantastic Game Adaptation

There have been plenty of games over the years based on manga and anime.

However, most of the anime series that made into video games are household names.

Regardless of the popularity, here are 10 anime and manga that also deserve a fantastic game adaptation.

1. Psycho Pass

Psycho Pass takes place in a futuristic Japan where a computer system named The Sibyl System watches the populace’s mental health with a Psycho Pass test in order to prevent crime and flag troublesome citizens.

Since the series follows a detective attempting totrack killers and ne’er-do-wells, the game could be like a futuristic, stylistic version of L.A. Noire.

Players would attempt to track criminals via clues, interrogate witnesses, and pursue villains.

2. Kill la Kill

The series tell the tale of Ryuko Matoi in the search to find her father’s killer in a world where clothes grant people powers.

Since most of the series features Ryuko fighting in one-on-one scenarios in the beginning, it could play out as a traditional fighting game and the early fights teaching some advanced mechanics. W

3. Sword Art Online

A new MMO named Sword Art Online launches and is played by players all over the globe. What makes special is that is a virtual reality game.

However, it is soon revealed if a player dies in the game, they die in real life. The only way to stop the game is to beat it.

Rather than focus on the laughable romance of two protagonist, the game could instead focus on the interesting bits such as the world of the MMO itself and interacting with other players.

4. Noragami

Noragami tells the tale of student Hiyori Iki who unknowingly stumbles upon the world of gods, monsters, and phantoms in present-day Japan.

Since Yato is usually forgotten as a god, he will do anything for 5 yen. The game could follow Yato and company as he does his countless tasks and combats monsters, but also having discussions with his comrades.

5. Deadman Wonderland

Ganta Igarashi is found in a classroom full of his dead classmates who have been brutally butchered. He is sentenced to die at the titular Deadman Wonderland prison.

Since the main attraction of Deadman Wonderland is the brutal cage fights, those could be the basis for the game.

However, rather than a lost match simply being a “Game Over,” a loss could take notes from the series.

6. Hellsing

The secret Hellsing organization fights supernatural threats in England with the help of Dracula erm.

The threats start out minor with petty vampires, zombies, and various undead.

Just let the masters of ridiculous at Platinum Games make an over-the-top action game.

Players would play as Alucard and kill everything in sight. What more could you ask for with this?

7. Darker than Black

Ten years ago, a strange phenomenon occurred in Tokyo where the stars disappeared only to be replaced with counterfeit stars.

In the wake of this event, people with extraordinary abilities known as “Contractors” emerged from the shadows.

Players would create their own Contractor and undergo tasks for whoever they please, including the clandestine Syndicate. Players would decide which missions to undertake as well as how to fulfill them.

8. Higurashi When They Cry

The series follows five young friends in the small Japanese village of Hinamizawa who find out the sinister secrets of the village.

Rather than play as a visual novel like its predecessors, the game would be a more traditional investigation game.

Players would play as one of the main characters in different arcs of the story as they try to uncover the hidden secrets to Hinamizawa.

9. Death Note

Brilliant young Light Yagami finds a notebook belonging to a shinigami, a death god. Light discovers whenever a person’s name is written in the book, they die.

Light begins to kill criminals and those he deems worthless to society.

Players could assume the role of Light as he attempts to eliminate those he deems unworthy as well as his foes. However, players would have to be careful as certain kills or methods could help L suss out their identity.

Just ignore the Near and Mello arc, and everything should be fine!

10. Berserk

The plot follows the wandering badass Guts who is hunting down demons in an attempt to take revenge on his former commander, who is now a demon lord.

There have been two games based on Berserk already made, but both were in the action/hack-n-slash genre. Both were also based further along in the series.

So what if the game follows the present timeline, but would flashback to the past to show how things came to be?

You could play as different officers of the Band of the Hawk during the big battles.

The series is notorious for its over-the-top violence so it’s a perfect fit for the gaming world.