I have recently been rehashing my ideas about fanfiction, with
Crossovers in general. I've realized that there are a few anime
series that should NEVER be put together and even mentioning them
will be a waste of time, so I wont. I was wondering about a few
things though, I've looked though my anime and I've compiled them
into a few groups that might work in a crossover.
I would like anyone who thinks that my thinking is wrong, to tell me
so (on the ML so everyone can see). I'll be listing series and then
reasons for putting them together afterwards.
::: The Heroic Adventures of Arislan/Record of Lodoss War/Vampire
Hunter D /Ninja Scroll/ :::
All these series have a medieval, dark ages feel to them. Sword
fighting, horse riding, and magic abound. The first three could
easily be put together in almost any medieval atmosphere, while the
third might take some time.
::: Riding Bean/Sailor Moon/Bio Booster Armor Guyver/Tenchi
Muyou!/Golgo 13/Roujin Z/ 8-Man After/Project A-Ko ::
All these series have a modern day, mid 80's to early 21st Century,
feel to them. They all have a heavy Earth, Japan atmosphere, being
that not MUCH space travel is involved, and they all take place
mostly on earth. Robots, Power Suits, Magic, and general High
Technology reins.
::: Fist of the North Star/Casshan, Robot Hunter :::
Both of these shows fit into my "Post Apocalyptic" category.
Usually this means some War was fought that has devastated most of
the planet. Humans are usually scarce, and trace amounts of what was
in the previous category (Robots, Magic.. etc.) Usually this results
in vast amounts of the planet being controlled by unknown people.
::: Wicked City/Doomed Megalopolis/AKIRA/Ghost in the Shell/Demon
City Shinjuku/Venus Wars/E.Y.E.S. of Mars :::
These movies are in another homemade category, similar to Post
Apocalyptic, but is called "Post Atomic" or "Post Disaster" category.
In this category, there is heavy damage or some war being fought,
but its highly localized (yeah, like all the cool stuff only happens
in Japan). For instance, the Dark Worlders appearing in "Wicked
City", the earthquake caused by that Hitler lookalike in "Doomed
Megalopolis", or the Nuclear War that is described in the opening of
AKIRA.)
For some reason, magic and/or mystical things are more common in
THIS category, perhaps an inbred thought that if we were to survive
the apocalypse we would adapt ourselves by discovering magic. How
knows. Mutation, Re-building are more common than Robots now... (but
not unheard of, i.e. Ghost in the Shell).
::: Gall Force/Dirty Pair/Lily C.A.T./Odin/MacrossII :::
These are the generic futuristic stories that speak of large Mecha
or ships, and intergalactic conquest/discovery. In this category,
you find more NORMAL people, without magic, or machinery. The
exploration is in the vast new ground there is to cover.
After making this list I realized that two of the movies I put in
here don't really fit with the others, so I've taken them out and put
them here.
::: Gall Force/E.Y.E.S. Of Mars :::
These series have a major thing in common. They _END_ with the
beginning of the human race on Earth. These stories are more or less
explanations of things that happened Way before written records. An
interesting idea, and easily crossed over, since neither one ever
showed earth at the time of their arrival.
These categories are not lists of all the series that fit, but all
the Anime series that __I__ have seen. Feel free to tell me if an
anime series really doesn't fit right before I go and do something
rash like.. I dunno.. make a fanfic out of it.
Adam Chris Leigh
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