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10 games that became anime that you need to watch

Rafael Shinzo
Shinzo
My name is Rafael Alves, known as Shinzo. I created the AnimeNew website in 2009 to offer news about anime, manga, and games directly from Japan.

If you're a fan of games and anime , you can't miss this list of games that became anime and went viral! Discover which ones are the best and start watching right now. Remember that this selection was made based on titles that we consider unmissable.

1. No Game No Life

No Game No Life
  • Episodes: 12 + 6 OVAs + movie
  • Studio: MadHouse

Synopsis: No Game No Life tells the story of two siblings, Sora and Shiro , both gamers and hikikomori. That is, they remain isolated from the rest of the world, never leaving home. Thus, when the siblings play, they always leave their character names blank, but why?

2. Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online
  • Episodes: 108 + 12 OVAs + 3 movies
  • Studio: A1-Pictures

Synopsis: In 2022, a virtual reality game called Sword Art Online has just been released. Among the players is Kirito , a young man who believes he can beat it alone. However, the problem is that many of the participants haven't been able to log out of the game, as they need to complete all the game's stages.

3. Overlord

Overlord
  • Episodes: 39 + 4 OVAs
  • Studio: MadHouse

Synopsis: Yggdrasil is a popular online game that suddenly has its servers shut down. Momonga , a young player, decides not to log out and is transformed into a skeleton, the Overlord. However, since he has no family, friends, or place in real society, young Momonga decides to fight to dominate the new world the game has become.

4. Accel World

Accel World
  • Episodes: 24 + 2 OVAs
  • Studio: Sunrise

Synopsis: In the year 2046 , neurosynchronization , a technological system that allows humans to manipulate their five senses, is so widespread that people can access the internet and enter virtual worlds through a device known as a Neuro-Linker .

4. Kakegurui

Kakegurui
  • Episodes: 24 + 2 OVAs
  • Studio: Mappa

Synopsis: The story takes place at a private school called Hyakkaou Private Academy , where all the students have a rather peculiar curriculum. Furthermore, besides being children of absurdly wealthy families, they also love gambling. Thus, at Hyakkaou Private Academy , the winners live like kings, while the losers endure embarrassing moments. That is, until the new student Yumeko arrives and teaches her classmates how to gamble like grown-ups .

5. Bottom

Bottom
  • Episodes: 12 + 2 OVAs
  • Studio: MadHouse

Synopsis: Ryōta Sakamoto is a 22-year-old unemployed man who lives with his mother. In the real world, he's nothing special, but online he's one of the best players on the planet in a game called Btooom!. One day, he wakes up on what appears to be a tropical island, but he doesn't remember how or why he got there .

6. Quanzhi Gaoshou (The King's Avatar)

Quanzhi Gaoshou
  • Episodes: 27 + 6 OVAs
  • Studio : BC May Pictures

Synopsis: MMO game , Ye Xiu is considered an expert. That is, a top-tier professional player. However, due to a multitude of reasons, he is expelled from his team . Thus, after leaving the professional scene, he finds work at an Internet Cafe as a manager.

7. Death Parade

Death Parade
  • Episodes: 12
  • Studio: MadHouse

Synopsis: When two people die at the same time, they are sent to mysterious bars run by bartenders , spirits who serve as judges . In this way, the people must participate in various death games , the results of which reveal secrets, to finally reach a verdict: to be reincarnated on Earth or banished eternally to the void .

8. .hack//SIGN

.hack//SIGN
  • Episodes: 26 + 3 OVAs
  • Studio: Bee Train

Synopsis: In the year 2005 , a computer virus Pluto's Kiss destroyed the internet worldwide, severely limiting cyberspace . Two years later, with the internet restored, people begin participating in a highly successful medieval RPG game called The World

9. Dragon Quest: The Adventures of Dai

  • Episodes: 100
  • Studio: Toei Animation

Synopsis: So the story begins with a 12-year-old boy named Dai (Fly) remembering a story told to him by his adoptive grandfather, the monster wizard Brass, about the defeat of the demon king Hadlar at the hands of a hero known as Avan.

10. Castlevania

  • Episodes: 32
  • Studio: Frederator Studios

Synopsis: When his wife is burned at the stake after being accused of witchcraft by the city's bishop, the vampire Count Vlad Dracula Tepes declares that all the people of Wallachia will pay with their lives.

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Source: MyAnimeList