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Message: <blockquote data-quote="questing gm" data-source="post: 3333675" data-attributes="member: 24003">I draw many inspirations from anime but it is certainly not the only source of influence in my game.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> You can be sure that there are good non-anime (mostly film or sometimes history books) material can be found which gives me the creative flow for my campaigns as much as anime. So i ended up mixing the best of both worlds (Ghost in the Shell + Dark City anyone ?)  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> Good fantasy animes that i've watched are already mentioned here (Record of Lodoss War, Scrapped Princess, Rune Soldier Louie) and they really give me ideas plot-wise or NPC ideas. Other stuff that i suggest are like Utawarerumono, Full Metal Alchemist and Tsubasa Chronicle.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> I'll have to admit that anime is more useful to me for modern or future campaigns (which i used another list of anime for reference and inspiration) because I find difficulty in finding anime series from the fantasy genre or a lack of anime from that genre thereof.I don't try to imitate the scale of destruction like some characters do in animes (like Naruto, Bleach, DBZ) by pushing the limits of the D&D mechanics and rules because i know it kills the flavor of D&D but i try to invoke the tension/mood/atmosphere and drama found in anime (which i think they are good at) from my players. For descriptions, i don't know i somehow can imagine the fast-paced hack and slash of Drizzt in an anime than in a live-action movie... <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> If there is a definitive and obvious influence of anime in my D&D game is all the music i used on the gaming table are OSTs from anime.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /> And just as a side note, sometimes it strikes me that WoTC themselves are inclining to put a little anime influence into the game. Look at the feats from PHB II....  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /></blockquote>

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