What makes an anime game "anime"

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no, its not. it featured only 1 female character.

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Anime games are games with little girls and airdashes. They have stupid power up moves and there is always shit flying around the screen. Theyā€™re fucking weeaboo faggots. Iā€™m gonna play Marvel

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Anime game is usually a buzzword that is either a passive-aggressive shot at niche fighters or the closest people have gotten to calling games like Melty, GG, and BB a single recognizable term.
Ignoring stuff like KOF/AOF/Fatal Fury and Darkstalkers which influenced a LOT of the genre are definitely taking a lot of material from 80s and 90s Japanese animation.
So pretty much unless you only play like pre-crossover Marvel, Virtua Fighter, and Mortal Kombat, considering the variety of animation aesthetics, everything is goddamn anime.
Even Skullgirls, regardless of creator intent, Iā€™d definitely would put a slant to stuff like early Sunrise, Tatsunoko and Go Nagaiā€™s works that were heavily Western influenced than anywhere between Fleischer Studios and modern Cartoon Network directly.

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essential reading

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/fighters/fighters.htm

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VF is an anime game. Seriously.

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is there a light novel game genre? iā€™ve never even heard of this

i guess technically melty blood would be one, too

so amend that to

capcom games / marvel = anime fighter
kof = anime fighter
tekken = anime fighter
vf - anime fighter

bb/melty blood = light novel fighter

gg/arcana heart = regular fighter

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When people say it they basically mean air dashers that arenā€™t marvel. So no ground based footsie games. They should just call them air dashers though.

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Can everybody air dash? Does everybody look like some japanese cartoon? Thatā€™s an anime fighter.

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Anime means animation so any 2D fighter.

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So being that potemkin and tager canā€™t air dash, that means that GG/BB truly arenā€™t anime.

Thx, I think I get it

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Why do anime fans on this site STILL get butthurt over this? Shut the fuck up.

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how good you can get at it without playing other people. easier that is, the more anime it is

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VF4E! Man that AI was sweet!

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At the end of the day theyā€™re all fighting games so why does it matter?

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I think it has more to do with the way the game looks, as well as certain playstyle elements. When I think anime game I think Blazblue, Persona 4 Arena, Arcana Heart, and even Skull Girls. For the most part, the games are highly stylized, focus on fanservice (I would say that Persona 4 Arena didnā€™t, but its based off an existing franchise), and most (or all) characters are capable of air dashing. Honestly, I think the over the top fanservice is what gives most ā€œanimeā€ games a bad rep.

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ANIME!!!

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I definitely see anime as a collection of mechanics, rather than visual style. I swear Iā€™ve started a post in various ā€œanimeā€ threads around FGD at least three times.

Movement is more elaborate, and spends a lot more time in the air than a traditional 2D fighter. Thereā€™s often a chain system of some kind and rather drawn out combos. Usually more subsystems and meters to manage, possibly some character specific mechanics thrown in for good measure.
A game can have a few of these things and not be anime to some, ā€œanimeā€ is totally subjective, and I might draw the line at a different point than you would.

However, my line absolutely encircles the Vs series in its entirety. Marvel is totally anime, 1, 2, 3, whatever.

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The more important question is, why do we care. Theyā€™re all fighting games.

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Youā€™re the only butthurt one in here. The tears in your eyes wonā€™t let you see all the sarcasm and jokes.

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