GURPS Anime...what should be in it?

[Mgellis]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

I don’t know that someone could effectively encapsulate the various forms of what people think when the word “anime” is used and put it into a book. GURPS does its best by just giving you the framework and letting you build the feel.

I see the logic of what you (and others) have said on this subject. I think you might have an "anime" book, but I think it would be a collection of the things that make anime distinctive--templates, races, commonly seen powers (you can't get all of them, but you could do what was done in Supers, outlining several of the more common "types"), perks, etc.

You could also have a series of settings--again, subgenres like "boarding school," "mysterious village," "cyberpunk city," "a world torn by war/disaster, defended by mecha pilots!"

Actually, stepping back from anime itself, GURPS Locations: Boarding School with lenses for Victorian, modern, urban fantasy, anime, etc. campaigns might do well, too.