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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dog Moon" data-source="post: 3365168" data-attributes="member: 23023">This is exactly like what I was thinking.  My answer was going to be 'it totally depends on the type and genre of anime.'  There are some animes which I think could translate fairly well into dnd or at least be able to add many ideas into the game, but on the other hand, there are too many animes which I think would detract from the game at the same time.Anime has influenced me personally by giving me some ideas such as plotlines, character ideas, and battle locations as well as give me a better ability to picture [if not describe well] the actions of my characters, especially my 15 year old girl Swordsage [wasn't originally thinking of anime, but it didn't take long for the comparison to arrive within my group].Some of the animes also have interesting magic system variants which could possibly create interesting classes/variant classes for the game.Personally, I think I would like anime to influence dnd perhaps a little more, but as with all inspirations, people need to be careful in what they take from the shows.</blockquote>