fredrik_nilsson Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 In about a month I will run a post-apocalyptic game, and I want it to be "anime-flavored". Can you please help me with inspiration on how to achieve that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamerz123 Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Appleseed (1988) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094668/ & Appleseed (2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401233/ See the earlier one first (Same characters and similar theme, but not the same movie.) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087544/ These look interesting: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108570/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367439/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091211/ For movies about an Apocalypse: Akira http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094625/ (Note may be disturbing to younger viewers....) Evangelion http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112159/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
input.jack Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Genesis Survivor: Rayearth (I think) is a really good one, too. I only saw it once, and the title may be off. Its either Rayearth or Gaierth Edit: Just checked on-line. Its Genesis Survivor Gaiearth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrik_nilsson Posted November 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Thanks for the help. I've seen the newer Appleseed (I didn't know there was another one) and Akira, and they are both good. Besides Evangelion I've never heard of the others. What kind of conclusions can I draw from these movies? My take is that these are some of the key components: Mega-cities surrounded by wasteland Gun Fu Mecha Psionics Bioroids (or something similar) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clsage Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime What kind of conclusions can I draw from these movies? My take is that these are some of the key components: Mega-cities surrounded by wasteland Gun Fu Mecha Psionics Bioroids (or something similar) I'd add "Corporate Statism". That is to say, whatever government might remain is almost certainly in the pocket of megacorporations at best and those corps are the government and the population mearly "employees" (proles) at the worst.... My $.02US. -Carl- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Another couple of good sources for ideas are Battle Angel Alita and Naussica. Radically different post apoc settings, but both very neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrik_nilsson Posted November 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime This is the current list of inspiration: A wind named Amnesia Akira Appleseed Battle angel Alita Fist of the North Star Genesis Survivor Gaiarth Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Neon Genesis Evangelion Wolf's Rain So, if I’ve got this right, almost all post-apocalyptic anime are at the same time cyberpunk movies. Can I even assume that in anime the post-apocalyptic era isn’t a separate era, but rather a potential stage of the cyberpunk era? My initial thought was that a post-apocalyptic anime would share strong similarities with final fantasy, but that seems to be way wrong. Not that I don’t mind the cyberpunk genre, but I wasn’t prepared for it. If we started with the information on the link below, which anime elements would fit the genre best? Can you please recommend any anime pages like the one linked below? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_and_manga_terminology Before this thread continue I shall just give a short introduction to the world I initally intended to use. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutant_%28role-playing_game%29 Initially I intended to revamp the 1984 edition (or the 2002 edition) of the world, but provided that this thread continues in the direction it is currently heading I might choose the 1989 edition instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Blue Sub 6 Macross Plus (also the last half of SDF Macross) Cowboy Bebop Saikano Trigun Samurai 7 Uchu Senkan Yamato/Star Blazers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrik_nilsson Posted November 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime That makes the list look like this: A wind named Amnesia Akira Appleseed Battle angel Alita Blue Submarine No. 6 Cowboy Bebop Fist of the North Star Genesis Survivor Gaiarth Macross Plus Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Neon Genesis Evangelion Saikano Samurai 7 SDF Macross Samurai 7 Star Blazers Trigun Wolf's Rain Please help me see some common elements here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Of the ones that I have seen on your list some of the common themes are the world is devastated, or running down. Monsters are attacking enclaves of civilization with is fighting back with whatever is at hand. The tech level varies but some high tech mixed with low tech seems to be common. Some special abilities are possessed by members of the worlds. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesman Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime if you can find Venus Wars... It's not post-apoc. but it feels like it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrik_nilsson Posted November 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Of the ones that I have seen on your list some of the common themes are the world is devastated' date=' or running down.[/quote'] If I've understood this correctly most P-A animes share many of the traits of a dystopian sci-fi. Is that correct? Monsters are attacking enclaves of civilization with is fighting back with whatever is at hand. Are the monster always a physical enemy, or could it be a metaphor for some form of paranoia (like the fear for the bioroids in Appleseed)? The tech level varies but some high tech mixed with low tech seems to be common. For some reason these line made me think of a really old anime called Starzinger. Would you call that one a post-apocalyptic anime? Some special abilities are possessed by members of the worlds. What would the most common power modifiers be? I guess limitations such as unreliable could fit the genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrik_nilsson Posted November 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime if you can find Venus Wars... It's not post-apoc. but it feels like it is. From what I can see about the movie it is a post-apocalyptic movie, but with the difference that the catastrophe happened to another planet than Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime If I've understood this correctly most P-A animes share many of the traits of a dystopian sci-fi. Is that correct? I don't know about that, but I have seen the Fist of the North Star movie, trigun, wolf's rain, Star Blazers, and Nausicca, and in those movies (except for trigun) most of the countryside is a waste. In Wolf's Rain, the world seems to be dying. Are the monster always a physical enemy, or could it be a metaphor for some form of paranoia (like the fear for the bioroids in Appleseed)? Most of them are physical threats. For some reason these line made me think of a really old anime called Starzinger. Would you call that one a post-apocalyptic anime? I haven't seen it. What would the most common power modifiers be? I guess limitations such as unreliable could fit the genre. Limitations? Probably Charges, real weapon. The heroes tend to have inhuman abilities of one sort or another. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adventus Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Desert punk is a great post apocalyptic anime. At the end of the last episode everybody who is an important character and their lackeys get blown to bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Ghost in a Shell is cyberpunkish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Kazei 5, from HERO Games. It has some post-apoc elements, esp. version 2.0 (under construction), which features the words "The Third World War." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Some that people have missed: S-Cry-Ed: Post disaster with Psi powers Mospeda/Robotech-Next Generation: Post alien invasion Blue Gender and Zaion: World destroyed by contagion that mutates people into monsters. Melody of Oblivion: World secretly conquered by supernatural horrors. Now and Then/Here and There: Dying planet billions of years in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrik_nilsson Posted November 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime This is what the list looks like after all the posts: A wind named Amnesia Akira Appleseed Battle angel Alita Blue Gender Blue Submarine No. 6 Cowboy Bebop Desert punk Fist of the North Star Genesis Climber Mospeada Genesis Survivor Gaiarth Ghost in a Shell Kazei 5 Macross Plus Melody of Oblivion Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Neon Genesis Evangelion Now and then, here and there Robotech: The new generation S-CRY-ed Saikano Samurai 7 SDF Macross Samurai 7 Star Blazers Starzinger Trigun Venus Wars Wolf's Rain Zaion: I Wish You Were Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrik_nilsson Posted November 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Kazei 5' date='[/i'] from HERO Games. It has some post-apoc elements, esp. version 2.0 (under construction), which features the words "The Third World War." I bought the first edition some time ago. It's a great book, but I haven't read it for lately so I have to refresh my mind. What are the main differences between 1st and 2nd edition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime My friends printed and bound a copy for me. Now I got "THE BOOK!!!" Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime I bought the first edition some time ago. It's a great book, but I haven't read it for lately so I have to refresh my mind. What are the main differences between 1st and 2nd edition? 5-7 years of PBEM have allowed me to further develop the setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuSoardGraphite Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime As others have mentioned, Gensis Survivor Gaiarth is probably one of my all-time favorite Post-apocalyptic anime. Genesis Climber Mospeada (aka: Robotech Next Generation) is also excellent. One major Post Apocalyptic anime that I haven't seen mentioned here that takes heavy inspiration from the Terminator vision of Post Apocalyps is Rhea Gall Force and Gall Force: Earth Chapter. Other notable tittles include Dragons Heaven, A Wind Named Amnesia, Darkside Blues (Kinda post apocalyptic, but not), Naussica: Valley of the Wind and MD Geist (and its sequel, Death Force. The sequel was awful, but has some of the coolest Power Armor designs around. View it strictly for tech inspiration) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime Gensis Survivor Gaiarth - was cool, I could have done wihtout the Anime Cutessyness but otherwise a great story and greater conepts. MD Geist was good too. QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauntless Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Re: Post-Apocalyptic Anime I don't think anyone has mentioned, Grey: Digital Target yet. Unfortunately, the link doesn't work properly... at least not on Firefox 2.0 (probably stupid frames). Click on the sci-fi link at the bar running along the top, and then one of the frames will change on the left and scroll down and find Grey. Can't go wrong with an 80's made Apocalypse story (noticed how post-apoc or apocalypse was all the rage in the US from the 50-80's, died with the defeat of the Cold War, and is now starting to come back again? Must be the revenge of the zeitgeist or something). I barely remember the story, but I remember it having a sort of Logan's Run/Appleseed quality to it (I read the manga...I didn't see the Anime). IIRC, the main characters were trying to gain citizenship into some kind of utopian society...the last of its kind after the dehabilitating wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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