Anime with similar themes to Suikoden
I'm currently writing up a piece on Suikoden and anime, and whilst I have most of the ideas I need to make it interesting, I'm interested in your input on something.
Are there any anime you can think of, regardless of how good the seires actually is, that has similar themes, or feels similar to how the Suikoden games play out?
Why do you think they feel similar? What themes does a game or anime need, to make them feel like a Suikoden game?
Posted Mar 15, 2018, 11:44 PM UTC
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The Heroic Legend of Arslan I think is something that very clearly influenced/inspired Suikoden. While it is known recently for the manga/anime by the artist of Full Metal Alchemist the actual original format was light novels released in the mid 80s. They were very popular and had a big influence. Anyone that watches the series will get a total Suikoden 'vibe' from it, in this case it is a prince of a nation that was routed gathering warriors to form an army to fight back and there being more to it then there seems.
More detail: the book series started in 1986, and ended recently in 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heroic_Legend_of_Arslan
It does seem to be a more political war story, so it'd be right at home for Suikoden fans regardless. Lots of good reading material too, thanks to the length. Good suggestion.
The Heroic Legend of Arslan
The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Japanese: アルスラーン戦記, Hepburn: Arusurān Senki, lit. Arslan War Record(s)) is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka. It started to be published in 1986 and ended in 2017 with sixteen novels and one side story in the official guidebook Arslan Senki Dokuhon.
It was adapted into a manga, which caught up with the novel and then received an original ending, and ran from November 1991 to September 1996.
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