Anime 2030 Reference List
This is the list of all the shows I plan to use for the RPG, of course there are more good anime shows out there, and if you want to add to the list that is great. There are links to the shows if you have not seen them.
Abenobashi –
Not really relevant to the RPG, except that it does happen
in Osaka.
Akira –
In the RPG
some organization is trying to awake Akira, another group aims to stop it.
Angel Beats! –
“The after-life world for youths is centred around a large
school campus...”
Not sure how this fits into the RPG but it’s a cool show.
Appleseed –
“Deunan Knute has been a soldier all her life. When war
ends, she is transported to the city of Olympus
to live peacefully she finds that, humans have created the Bioroids…”
Great show for ultra tech items and power armour, a lot of
ideas will put into the RPG.
Aria the Scarlet Ammo
–
“Tokyo
Butei High
School is a special school where armed detectives
are trained.”
The show is a lot like the RPG setting, but your school will
be more subtle.
Azumanga Daioh –
“The
story revolves around a cast of cute colourful high school girls with quite
stereotypical personalities.” Fun and silly, it’s all about character
interaction.
Avatar: The Last
Airbender -
Genre: Animation, Cartoon, Adventure,
Fantasy
“The world is divided into four nations: the Water Tribes,
the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air
Nomads. Within each, there are "benders" who can harness their inborn
talent and manipulate their native element…”
The setting is no good to our RPG but the way bending powers
work can be used.
Best Student Council
–
“What kind of high school has Assault and Covert Divisions
in its School Council?!”
The school in our RPG will have these things too.
Black Lagoon –
“When Okajima Rokuro visits Southeast
Asia, he is kidnapped by pirates. His company abandons him, and
sends mercenaries to retrieve the secret disk. He gives up his past, and
becomes a member of the Black Lagoon pirates.”
Not very relevant to the RPG, unless you take a trip to South China Sea.
Blood+
“Otonashi Saya is a high-school girl living peacefully except
she has no memory of her life pervious to a year ago. She is curious, but her
family do not want her to know.”
She is actually a vampire who ends up hunting genetically
created monsters. She will be one of the students at your school in the RPG.
CANAAN –
“Canaan, an assassin gifted
with Synesthesia, is being targeted by the terrorist squad Snake.” Some good
gun-bunny near-super power in this show.
Card Captor Sakura –
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Magic,
Romance, School
“One day, Kinomoto Sakura, stumbles upon the mysterious book.
She accidentally scatters the cards to the winds. Sakura is appointed to
capture them.” It is a classic show.
Cowboy Bebop –
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama,
Sci-Fi, Space
“Enter a world in the distant future, where Bounty Hunters
roam the solar system.”
Some good ideas to be stolen from it, including the
personality of Ed for an AI unit.
Chrono Crusade –
“A special organization the Order of Magdalene was created
centuries ago. These young men and women are equipped with heavy duty weapons
to perform God's will. One of the more infamous members of this group is Sister
Rosette.”
Clannad –
“Set in a high school located in some Japanese town. Okazaki
Tomoya is a third-year student who does not take his studies seriously…” It’s a
great school story.
Corpse Princess –
“Shikabane are the living dead who attack people. Shikabane
Hime are Shikabane created to hunt Shikabane.” In the RPG there will be an
organization like the one in the show.
Dance in the Vampire
Bund –
“Mina Tepes, the Princess of the vampires, wants change. On
the eve of the conference announcing the existence of vampires to the world,
rival factions plot assassination.”
Sure Im going to rob this show for ideas, most of what is in
it will be in the RPG world.
Darker than BLACK –
This is a complicated show to explain. The setting is of no
use to the RPG but most of the stuff about the characters can be used. The
“contractors” will be some powerful villains.
Durarara!!
“It is set in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, and revolves around a cast including
street thugs, high school students, a female radio host, an underworld doctor,
a young information vendor, and a headless Irish fairy.” Anyone going to visit Tokyo in the RPG?
Eden of the East –
Not directly relevant to the RPG. The events in the show
happened more or less as they did, some 10 years in the past. Takizawa Akira
went on to become the Prime Minister.
Elfen Lied –
“The diclonius, are mutants and may be the next step in
human evolution. They have strong telekinetic powers. Fearful of them, humans
quarantined the diclonius into secret research facilities.” Many of the ideas
in it will be used in the RPG.
Full Metal Panic!
“A hidden military arm of the UN mobilizes crack troops to
secretly protect a young Japanese girl in the most dangerous battleground of
all: High School.” Can you guess what school it will be? A lot of stuff from
this show can be adapted to the RPG.
Full Metal Alchemist
–
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama,
Fantasy, Magic, Shounen, Military
“Edward Elric is a particularly talented alchemist who used
alchemy to bind his brother's soul to a suit of armor.” Not sure how I will use
ideas and characters from the show.
Ghost in the Shell –
“Section 9- Its duties include a wide range of
investigations, such as responding to critical cyber crimes, guarding VIPs,
revealing political corruption.” Some ideas from it will be in the RPG, but the
overall level of tech in the show it higher than in the RPG.
Grenadier –
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Ecchi, Shounen
“Rushuna is a blonde and very beautiful Senshi (gun expert)
that travels through the world to make it a peaceful place. Instead of fighting
with weapons, she plans to use a smile.” It’s a fun and silly show, with some
characters who have mad skills.
Gunslinger Girl –
“A secret Italian government organization takes seriously
injured girls, patch them up with artificial body parts, and
"conditions" them to be assassins.” Sure why not.
Hellsing –
“Vampires exist. It is the duty of Hellsing, an organization
to hide this frightening fact. Along with its own army, Hellsing also has Alucard,
an incredibly powerful vampire.” What is the connection between him and lil
Miss Mina Tepes? http://www.justanimedubbed.tv/watch/hellsing/
Hyakka Ryouran:
Samurai Girls –
Genre: Action,
Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, School
“Yagyuu Muneakira is a high school student who rebels
against his student council with the help of girls who've had the names of
famous samurai heroes passed on to them.”
Eye candy and overly powerful sword fighting, some ideas for
mystic martial arts here.
Hyper Police –
“Set in a semi-post apocalyptic time. Beast creatures from
lore have reappeared and now try to interact with normal humans. The Police
forces has accepted help from privatized bounty hunters.” Sure are a few
similarities right there. But in the RPG world no Cat-girls or other creatures
are used by the police. Not yet anyhow.
K-ON!
“This is the first year of high school for the four girls,
looking for that very special club. They form the Light Music Club.” It’s a fun
and silly show with good characters.
Karin –
“Maaka Karin comes from a family of vampires living in Japan, but she
is not a normal vampire.” Not very relevant to the RPG, but the show is just so
darn funny.
Macademi Wasshoi!
Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Romance,
School, Supernatural
“Magician's Academy revolves around Takuto Hasegawa, who during
a summoning spell accidentally creates a girl - Tanarot, who holds enough power
to destroy the world.”
It is a very VERY silly show, but may have a few ideas for
the comedy part of our RPG.
Macross Frontier –
Genre: Action, Mecha, Music, Romance,
Sci-Fi
“After being threatened by extinction at the hands of alien
invaders called the Zentradi, humanity undertook the task of guaranteeing
itself a future by launching fleets of colony ships into space.” The show is
related to Robotech, but not very relevant to our RPG.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
–
“The Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war
machines, appear in Tokyo.
The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid
fighting machine. Capable of withstanding anything the Angels can dish out, the
Evangelion's one drawback lies in the limited number of people able to pilot
them.”
This story line will be worked into the RPG more or less as
it is.
Night Raid 1931 –
“A small spy organization, the amazing survival abilities of
its members are a result of their super powers.” It’s a bit slow, but a good
example of low-powered super abilities.
Noir –
“Set in the near future, Mireille is a young woman, a
lone-wolf type who is one of the most talented assassins in the underworld.”
It’s a good example of hyper-skilled gun-bunny type characters. Did Mereille
ever cross paths with Canaan?
Ouran High School Host Club –
“Ouran
High School is for the
extremely wealthy or talented. Haruhi just happens to be more talented than
wealthy.” For over the top silly fun, this is the show.
Robotech –
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Mecha, Romance,
Sci-Fi, Shounen, Space, Military
“The story of the Zentraedi Super Dimensional Fortress crash
landing on a tiny island on Earth known as Macross Island.
The UN Forces rebuild the ship and name it the SDF-1.”
A lot of the story line in the show will be used in the RPG,
as far as some aliens go.
Rosario + Vampire –
“By a bizarre coincidence, Aono Tsukune has accidentally
gotten himself admitted to a Youkai
Academy, a school
attended by monsters.” In the RPG some of the monsters will be attending your
school, but its no accident.
Sailor Moon –
Genre: Demons, Magic, Romance, Shoujo
“Tsukino Usagi is in junior high. She's ditzy, whiny, and a
crybaby. However after a bad day, Usagi encounters a black cat that can talk!
The cat, Luna, grants Usagi the power to transform into Sailor Moon,” I don’t
really know the show very well but it’s a classic.
School Rumble –
“It's a comedy love-triangle, with humour that comes in from
left field!”
Shuffle!
“When two doors are discovered in an ancient ruin, the
gateways to shinkai, the realm of the shinzoku (Gods) and makai, the realm of
the mazoku (Demons) are irreversibly opened.”
Things in the RPG world will not be so out in the open, but yea it’s
true.
Skip Beat!
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shoujo
“The story of Kyouko who went with her childhood friend,
Shou, to Tokyo
to pursue his dream of becoming an idol. After being dumped, Kyouko vows to get
her revenge by entering the entertainment world.” Strange and funny show,
interesting look at the entertainment world, I will use most of the characters
from the show in the RPG.
Tenjou Tenge –
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi,
Martial Arts, School, Shounen, Super Power
“Souchirou Nagi and Bob Makihara are two delinquents who
arrive at Toudou Academy with the objective of ruling
over the school. But on their first day, they encountered the Jyuukenbu, a
martial arts group of the school.” Ideas for high powered martial arts – yes.
The Melancholy of
Haruhi Suzumiya –
“Suzumiya Haruhi is a good-looking high school girl who has
naughty personality, and very egocentric thought. She has an unimaginably
tremendous power to change the world, but she is totally unaware of her own
power.” Will she be in your school?
Toaru Kagaku no
Railgun –
Genre: Action, Supernatural
“Academy
City. 2.3 million
inhabitants. 80% of the students are active in the ‘Brain Development Program’
and out of those only 7 are Level 5s. Mikoto and her friend Kuroko, help
maintainers of peace and order in the University district.”
It’s a great show. The city and a lot of setting ideas will
be worked into the RPG.
Mikoto and her friend will be 3rd year students
at your school.
Toaru Majutsu no
Index –
Genre: Action, Magic, Sci-Fi, Super Power
“Set in a city of scientifically advanced superhuman
students, but where magic is also real. Toma Kamijo one day finds a young girl
hanging on his balcony railing. She turns out to be a nun from the Church of
England, on the run from some nasty people.”
It is the same world as Railgun and characters do crossover.
Tokyo Mew Mew –
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic,
Romance, Sci-Fi, Shoujo, Supernatural
“On her first date with the cutest boy in school, Ichigo is
zapped by a mysterious ray that scrambles her DNA with that of an Iriomote
wildcat. The next day, Ichigo discovers that she has developed the agility (and
occasionally the ears and tail) of a cat.”
What is Anime with out a magical cat girl? The RPG will have
one or more, for sure.
Toradora!
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School, Slice of
Life
“It’s a new school year and Ryuuji Takasu discovers he’s in
the same class as tiny Taiga Aisaka “Palmtop Tiger” the most feared female
delinquent of the school.”
I just have to fit Taiga into a school with super powered
people somehow.
Trigun –
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
“Trigun takes place in the distant future on a deserted
planet. Vash the Stampede is a gunfighter with a legend so ruthless that entire
towns evacuate at the rumor of his arrival. However, the real Vash is not the
same man that rumor portrays him to be.”
Somehow a big part of the USA has to fit this setting, and
Vash will be there.
Witch Hunter Robin –
Genre: Action, Mystery, Drama, Magic,
Supernatural, Police
“Witches are individuals with special powers like ESP,
telekinesis, mind control, etc. Robin, a craft user, arrives from Italy to work
for an organization named STN Japan Division. Unlike other divisions they capture
the witches alive.”
A show with major coolness factor. All of it will be
transplanted into the RPG world.
Yes - I have watched way to much... but Im still not Otaku
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