Posted July 20, 2018
It's pretty obvious you're talking about Mary Skelter that just came out, but we'll just talk about them in general.
I don't think prosper is the right word to describe them. Sometimes it's a mix of what you listed but including just an overview all pre-established fanbase. If people didn't already like the Dragon Ball series, Fighterz would not have nearly the amount of sales. Speaking of which, the guy who draws for DBZ also does the Dragon Quest series. In itself it isn't an 'anime' game, but the art style is reminiscent of well Dragon Ball, and to me the style is at this point synonymous with the series.
I think games that just happened to look like 'anime' games just get a bad rap with some people who 'don't like that creepy shit' or something. At the same time, i don't think there actually are many games based off anime, other than big name ones that everyone knows. But those games are made off of the brand name like DBZ, similar to FIFA or Madden. You don't hear much of any other random no name anime/sports games. Sure there are probably lesser known games for both genres, but i don't think they 'prosper'. I'm sure someone will go off on this post with some outlier of a game.
Another series of games that have the qualities you've listed, but are not based off anime, that i know of, are the SMT Persona series. Moreso from Persona 4 and onward. Personally, i liked how the older Personas and the normal SMT games look, but the newest game seems to have appealed to western audiences way more, that or it finally got a lot of exposure.
As for 'sexual content' people like tits. Not exclusive to anime.
E: as zeo said earlier, there definitely is some inbuilt stigma to anime. Especially from western audiences. But it's usually only forthe ones people don't know about. Errybody's shocked to hear you don't know about DBZ or Naruto, but then get weirded out if you know more lesser known things. I really have no idea why. I think it has to do more with their perception of Japan and Japanese culture as a whole. To be honest, i also question the whole fanservice shit. Sex sells, but you don't need that shit everywhere, but it seems to be part of anime culture apparently. That's a whole other discussion.
I don't think prosper is the right word to describe them. Sometimes it's a mix of what you listed but including just an overview all pre-established fanbase. If people didn't already like the Dragon Ball series, Fighterz would not have nearly the amount of sales. Speaking of which, the guy who draws for DBZ also does the Dragon Quest series. In itself it isn't an 'anime' game, but the art style is reminiscent of well Dragon Ball, and to me the style is at this point synonymous with the series.
I think games that just happened to look like 'anime' games just get a bad rap with some people who 'don't like that creepy shit' or something. At the same time, i don't think there actually are many games based off anime, other than big name ones that everyone knows. But those games are made off of the brand name like DBZ, similar to FIFA or Madden. You don't hear much of any other random no name anime/sports games. Sure there are probably lesser known games for both genres, but i don't think they 'prosper'. I'm sure someone will go off on this post with some outlier of a game.
Another series of games that have the qualities you've listed, but are not based off anime, that i know of, are the SMT Persona series. Moreso from Persona 4 and onward. Personally, i liked how the older Personas and the normal SMT games look, but the newest game seems to have appealed to western audiences way more, that or it finally got a lot of exposure.
As for 'sexual content' people like tits. Not exclusive to anime.
E: as zeo said earlier, there definitely is some inbuilt stigma to anime. Especially from western audiences. But it's usually only forthe ones people don't know about. Errybody's shocked to hear you don't know about DBZ or Naruto, but then get weirded out if you know more lesser known things. I really have no idea why. I think it has to do more with their perception of Japan and Japanese culture as a whole. To be honest, i also question the whole fanservice shit. Sex sells, but you don't need that shit everywhere, but it seems to be part of anime culture apparently. That's a whole other discussion.
Post edited July 20, 2018 by pkk234