2014-08-12, 23:55 | Link #1 |
SS Bombardment Mage
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Midchilda
Age: 38
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Similar to SAO?
Fairly simple, in a sense, I've been on a little kick as of late (no idea why, just am) of animes that take place in games somehow. Like .hack, and more recently Sword Art Online. I also watched No Game No Life, and it kind of fits into this to a degree, but isn't exactly the same. I view it as more of a "teleported to an alternate world" than being in a game. I could maybe buy it as them being sucked into a game world, but yea it's not as "true" as .hack or SAO was.
So anyways, yea, any suggestions based off that "truly takes place in a game" thing? Not just something that is full of games. MAYBE something that is built around one, but that'd be a very case by case thing as it were, and the game would always have to remain central to things. If not playing, thinking about playing in a sense.
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2014-08-13, 00:07 | Link #3 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Age: 38
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Bouken Ou Beet - watched it forever ago and thought it was okay. IIRC they basically live in a world that functions like game like in SAO or hack... but it's actually really their world and not a game to them.
If you read manga at all, there's The Gamer, which features a protagonist given a supernatural ability that makes his life function like he's in a video game. There's also Re:Monster which is kind of similar. I mention those two in particular because they've got a really interesting take on the trope, but there are good manga(manhua) like 1/2 Prince that are your standard MMORPG world fare. |
2014-08-13, 01:25 | Link #4 |
SS Bombardment Mage
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Midchilda
Age: 38
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Log Horizon definitely is right in that vein I'm looking for and will take a look at the first few episodes soon-ish.
Bouken Ou Beet on the other hand I'm not too sure about just from reading the desc. It may be good, and maybe the world functions like a game, but I think I'm looking for something more... I don't know, game like? if not trapped in a game. Like "Oh our world is run like a game" isn't the same as "game effects (or is) our world and how it is run" if that makes sense. No Life No Game kinda crosses those borders a little because the world is both run like a game, but the games also influence how the world is the run. Which is why I included it even though it's not really trapped in a game, which is more what I want. I just wanted to broaden slightly since there probably aren't many "trapped in game" animes, but could be some similarish where the game plays a huge role.
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2014-08-13, 01:28 | Link #5 |
Blooming on the mountain
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....
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Be aware that season two of Log Horizon will air next season (Fall 2014), so if you like the series the continuation thereof will be coming pretty soon as well.
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2014-08-14, 01:45 | Link #6 |
SS Bombardment Mage
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Midchilda
Age: 38
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Thanks for the info, nice to know. I know SAO is currently airing a season 2, so maybe soon I'll watch it (well whats out) and then when that ends can maybe move into Log Horizon if I like season 1.
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2014-08-21, 06:10 | Link #8 |
Wait for it...
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: In between time and space.
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Not an anime, but a novel: ELYSION Virtual Region
Not trapped, but the game is part of our protagonists lives: The cyberspace is filled with bugs that require deletion, so it's turned into a game, wherein players hunts those bugs for a living. That is their main source of income... |
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