D&D General D&D vs. Anime

[Paul Farquhar]

a few years back, my friends were playing a 4e game in an anime fashion, whereas powers where often used as signature moves ("I use STEEL SERPENT STRIKE!"). I gotta say that game made me change my (snobbish) perception of 4e...

Shout out out the name of the spell/ability when you use it is certainly an anime trope I have seen at my table.

 

[jmartkdr2]

I'd think the equivalent of "anime" would be "TTRPG" and not D&D. You cannot compare Berserk to ShinChan to Sailor Moon to HolyYoungMen to Monster to Madoka to Love Hina to anything Ghibli (and don't get me started at the more R rated stuff).

The main difference is that DnD absolutely dominates the ttrpg scene - to the point where there are a lot of people in the scene who don't know or frequently forget that there are other options. Nothing comes close these days. Not even Pathfinder.

Whereas anime is a huge tent - dozens of new shows are released each year, and a few might get a lot of attention but so many are out there that it's entirely possible for two dedicated anime fans to not have a single show in common.

You might need to expand the ttrpg side of the scale to 'games: video, board, and other' to get a similarly broad grouping. (Which would still have a lot of overlap. 'People who watch some anime' is a big group, as id 'people who play video games.')

 

[MGibster]

It is nonesense, but something about the characters and their interactions makes me enjoy it.

When I say nonsense I don't mean to be insulting. Many of the things I like are completely ridiculous and fly in the face of all logic and reason. Criminal Minds which is a show predicated on the idea that criminal profiling is an effective means of tracking down criminals, when in real life it's about as effective as voodoo, attained mainstream success. At least DBZ doesn't pretend it isn't ridiculous. So I don't judge DBZ or people who like it harshly. My stuff is just as silly in many ways.

 

[MGibster]

Shout out out the name of the spell/ability when you use it is certainly an anime trope I have seen at my table.

Any time someone casts shillelagh in my group we all shout out "Shillelagh!"

 

[MichaelSomething]

Here's a relevant article...

https://www.funimation.com/blog/2020/07/24/best-anime-dungeons-and-dragons-fans-black-clover-claymore/

 

[Charlaquin]

Here's a relevant article...

https://www.funimation.com/blog/2020/07/24/best-anime-dungeons-and-dragons-fans-black-clover-claymore/

Ahh, Claymore. Spoilers for Claymore and Attack on Titan:

Spoiler

Turning out to take place on an isolated island where an evil organization is experimenting with human bio-weapons to use against a theretofore unmentioned enemy before it was cool.

 

[billd91]

Yeah, Harry Potter and DBZ are my generation (on the older side of millennial). The new crop are very young millennials and gen Z, who grew up on... Umm... I don’t know, My Hero Academia? Hunger Games? I’m actually too old to know what’s cool these days.

The current crop still grew up on Harry Potter. My kids are GenZ and I read a lot of Harry Potter to them. My daughter was a toddler when the first movie came out.

 

[Charlaquin]

The current crop still grew up on Harry Potter. My kids are GenZ and I read a lot of Harry Potter to them. My daughter was a toddler when the first movie came out.

True, HP is pretty cross-generational. But it definitely isn’t the phenomenon now that it was. And, of course, Joanne has thrown away the support of her LGBTQ fans.

 

[Azzy]

I can't be expected to keep up with you kids, your MTV, and your Bananarama and Ace of Bass.

D'oh!

 

[Azzy]

Promised Neverland, My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer...

Sword Art Online should still be somewhat current, too.