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Your preferred anime rpg?

Started by danbuter, September 21, 2012, 07:44:40 PM

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kythri

#30
September 23, 2012, 05:24:48 PM
Didn't Dream Pod 9 do some D20 Mecha books?  How were those?

thedungeondelver

#31
September 23, 2012, 08:59:08 PM
Quote from: kythri;584839Didn't Dream Pod 9 do some D20 Mecha books?  How were those?

For as good as the Silhouette system is in terms of quick-and-easy mecha fights, and as good* as the art was for Heavy Gear, pretty terrible actually.

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*=I liked the art.
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#32
September 24, 2012, 11:30:49 AM
Quote from: danbuter;584417What rpg do you turn to when you want to play stuff like Mobile Suit Gundam, Afro Samurai, or Cowboy Bebop?

BESM 2nd Edition, or if I am really in the right frame of mind, I go with a kit bash using the original Marvel Super Hero game from TSR.

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beejazz

#33
September 24, 2012, 01:43:27 PM
Most of these have been pretty easy to pick games for. How the hell do you do a game based on FLCL?

jeff37923

#34
September 24, 2012, 02:43:06 PM
Quote from: beejazz;585084Most of these have been pretty easy to pick games for. How the hell do you do a game based on FLCL?

Teenagers From Outer Space.
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Panzerkraken

#35
September 24, 2012, 03:11:11 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;585109Teenagers From Outer Space.

Win.  I still remember playing G.M. Jr. at a GenCon with those guys :)
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deadDMwalking

#36
September 24, 2012, 04:58:31 PM
I think Tri-Stat BESM covers the range pretty well.  They had a number of supplements to help do just about any genre.  Since character creation is point-buy, it tends to work pretty well.  Obviously putting everyone in roughly a similar point of development is sensible.  While the system can support Giant Anthropomorphic Bunny Rabits advenruing with Veritech Fighters, that's bad for most games.
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Shawn Merrow

#37
September 24, 2012, 10:46:50 PM
For my anime games (Dominion Tank Police, Slayers, Tenchi Muyo) have used BESM 2nd and has always worked out well.

The Traveller

#38
September 25, 2012, 05:43:16 PM
Any anime RPG that doesn't involve schoolgirls, cat people, mullets, big shoulder suits, or inappropriate porno music during action scenes is good.
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TristramEvans

#39
September 25, 2012, 05:54:36 PM
Quote from: The Traveller;585472Any anime RPG that doesn't involve schoolgirls, cat people, mullets, big shoulder suits, or inappropriate porno music during action scenes is good.

So any anime game that isn't an anime game?

...And I am now totally going to use porno music during fight scenes in my next fantasy game.

vytzka

#40
September 26, 2012, 01:33:25 AM
I have a thing just for you.

Seriously though, what does porn music have to do with anime? Do you watch porn with J-pop in the background?

The Traveller

#41
September 26, 2012, 03:36:18 AM
Quote from: vytzka;585684seriously though, what does porn music have to do with anime?
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Quote from: vytzka;585684do you watch porn with j-pop in the background?
...
"These children are playing with dark and dangerous powers!"
"What else are you meant to do with dark and dangerous powers?"
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Quote from: that muppet vince baker on RPGsIf you care about character arcs or any, any, any lit 101 stuff, I\'d choose a different game.

Dirk Remmecke

#42
September 26, 2012, 03:55:34 AM
Quote from: The Traveller;585472Any anime RPG that doesn't involve schoolgirls, cat people, mullets, big shoulder suits, or inappropriate porno music during action scenes is good.

So every anime in my above post is good...

Do yourself a favor and try to find Tokyo Godfathers - a heartwarming tale for the coming Xmas season. It's a modern interpretation of the John Ford western, 3 Godfathers, starring John Wayne.
(Though I don't know which RPG to use for that kind of story/setting...)
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jeff37923

#43
September 26, 2012, 01:58:19 PM
Quote from: Dirk Remmecke;585707Do yourself a favor and try to find Tokyo Godfathers - a heartwarming tale for the coming Xmas season. It's a modern interpretation of the John Ford western, 3 Godfathers, starring John Wayne.
(Though I don't know which RPG to use for that kind of story/setting...)

I own it.

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#44
September 27, 2012, 03:51:09 PM
For me, my favorite anime RPG would be Robotech.

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