GURPS Anime...what should be in it?

[Mgellis]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

See, I don't think you could do this, and do any part of it justice. You'd be better off writing a little GURPS Anime in Space for the general sci-fi of Anime. I mean, you could do a GURPS Shojo book, but I can't imagine it selling very well. Just like, while I'd love a GURPS Magical Girls book (mmmmm, Fate Testarossa), I think that would just be a subset of Supers. I don't think it would have enough useful information to be anything other than an incredibly niche product that wouldn't be worth the cost of development.

Sniped by Kelly!

I remain unconvinced. Certainly, you couldn't do "every power and every character type from every variety of anime," but we both know that certain basic character types show up over and over, certain kinds of supernatural critters show up over and over, certain kinds of powers show up over and over, etc. That's the reason why you can have things like Best Student Council and Project A-Ko and people get the jokes.

A comprehensive treatment of every possible anime story? No. I agree. That's not feasible. A solid discussion of the major tropes, settings, powers, and character types, with associated game mechanics and templates? Why not? How would that be any different than Horror, Supers, or Mysteries?