Ushi No Tane - Harvest Moon

I must have told this story at least 5 times already, but I'll say it again: Once I had a dream where Another Wonderful Life and Rune Factory 1 were made into an anime. If I remember correctly, the ANWL one was more or less about Jill working on the farm...no, it wasn't a very long dream. XD
I wouldn't mind a HM anime. Although I think RF would work better in terms of plot.

Having a bunch of different endings only works in a video game. In an anime, it'll cause [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EndingFatigue]Ending Fatigue[/url].

There have been Harvest Moon games without romance. [size=50]Okay, there's been [i]one[/i] Harvest Moon game without romance, and that was a spin-off.[/size] It's possible for them to make an anime without it and still keep the fans happy.

[quote="Kameko Suigami"]I think rather than base it on the plot of one of the games, I'd prefer for them to go the [i]Sonic Sat AM[/i] route and use some of the more popular characters (probably the MT cast) and make up a whole new plot for it. After all, the plots for the games have already been used. In the games. Which are already out. And can be played. If they base the plot of an anime off the plot of a game, there are no surprises for the people watching who have played the game.

I think a slice of life anime is probably best for this sort of thing. It could star Pete and Claire as siblings who leave the hectic city life behind to start anew on a farm they inherited from their grandfather. [size=50](See what I did there? Huh? Huh? See what I did? :D /hit)[/size] Romance is unnecessary. Sure, it's one of the more popular features of the game, but a lot of fans of the series will get pissed that their favorite candidate didn't get chosen as the love interest in the anime. Best to just leave it out. [size=50]I know making it a harem anime is an option, but... no. Just... no.[/size]

Another option is to make it a story with an environmental theme, but that can be added to any genre, and environmental messages tend to get a bit Anvilicious.

So, a slice of life anime with no romance and a subtle environmental theme would be best. And that's almost certainly not what they would come up with.[/quote]

i like this idea. ALTHOUGH i still want the romance part. because harvest moon isn't the same without it. it can either be a harem (in which, don't get me wrong, i enjoy, but there are too many out there)
OR
it can be like my idea:
while she/he doesn't interact with all of them at once, they could have diffo eppis staring diffo bachelor/ettes! and, when it comes to marriage, there can be different ENDINGs in the show. like with save the homeland/hero of leaf valley. there was diffo endings with that, right? why not in the show as well? that way, all those who want romance are happy, all those who have favorite marriage candidates are statisfied, and all those who watch don't have to put up with fights about it.

I think rather than base it on the plot of one of the games, I'd prefer for them to go the [i]Sonic Sat AM[/i] route and use some of the more popular characters (probably the MT cast) and make up a whole new plot for it. After all, the plots for the games have already been used. In the games. Which are already out. And can be played. If they base the plot of an anime off the plot of a game, there are no surprises for the people watching who have played the game.

I think a slice of life anime is probably best for this sort of thing. It could star Pete and Claire as siblings who leave the hectic city life behind to start anew on a farm they inherited from their grandfather. [size=50](See what I did there? Huh? Huh? See what I did? :D /hit)[/size] Romance is unnecessary. Sure, it's one of the more popular features of the game, but a lot of fans of the series will get pissed that their favorite candidate didn't get chosen as the love interest in the anime. Best to just leave it out. [size=50]I know making it a harem anime is an option, but... no. Just... no.[/size]

Another option is to make it a story with an environmental theme, but that can be added to any genre, and environmental messages tend to get a bit Anvilicious.

So, a slice of life anime with no romance and a subtle environmental theme would be best. And that's almost certainly not what they would come up with.

I think I would watch it just to see how it was, but like everyone else said, I wouldn't have high expectations for it. I'd mostly be watching to see how they made the characters look honestly.

I do agree that I think RF for make a better anime than HM though. At least it would have more of a plot imo

I'm not sure about an anime with multiple seasons, mainly because I'm simply not sure if there is enough sustenance from the games to work into a series without mountains of filler. A short anime with less than forty episodes could probably work well enough, regardless. Perhaps animated shorts would work best, though, maybe revolving around the main characters and their love interests (I'm thinking something along the lines of the Kid Icarus Uprising shorts Nintendo released on Nintendo Video, but with the shorts released on the Internet instead).

im not a critic and USUALLY watch most animes. if they were to to this though, i would say that the layout be this:

-every season focuses on one of the games

-goes off of the plot (which means non of those without a plot)

-is mostly [insert genre here]/romance, with romance being SECOND (AKA, it doesn't focus on just romance)

-has multiple season endings for each marriage.

-is split in halves where the focuses on both the boy character and the girl character.

-non crappy voices and animation please


thats just me tho... what do you think? oooh oooh and maybe they could have a little rune factory clip at the end! :heart:

[quote="rachellion"]
But personally, I'd much rather see an RF anime :lol:[/quote]
This.

I think an anime could work, it just depends on which HM they focus on. Probably the better ones would be IoH and SI, tbh. Or DS/Cute. The characters are varied enough and have their own storylines, plus those play more into the anime-esque style.

But personally, I'd much rather see an RF anime :lol:

Yes, yes, and YES!!! Except, I hope they bring in a different pair MC each new season, and the MC ends up with one of the marriage candidates. And also, a bunch of adventures like with the WP and HK or HG. Even witchkins! Especially Charlie with Witchkins!! HEHEHEHEEEEE! :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:

do not want, anime ruins everything :?

I would watch it, but it could get all over the place, I believe.
Because the different games and such. But if they took only one from it, then it would be alright I think.

Or like Sprinkles said, it could be made like Hetalia, and each game could be featured.

I think it would be interesting. I would watch it.

But yeah, you don't need it moe~ cutsie-pie dripping with honey kind of stuff. I think it would be interesting just to see like a regular life anime with problems and stuff like that. Like an Avatar-type show. (As in funny, serious, and awesome at the same time. :wink: )

It would be easy to make it into a show; you already have the Conflict and Solution laid out for you. You just need to add back stories and voices.

If it was done like the Animal Crossing movie then maybe, something cute, sugary and really sweet. If Harvest Moon was ever made into an anime, I'd like for TOT, AP or LoB to be made into one. Those and the older games have a plot (somewhat for the examples I used). I'd like to see it as slice-of-life, or romcom anime, but at the same time I wouldn't want the heroine to pick and just make subtle hints with all the guys and leave it an open ending to who she marries.

Or better yet, what if they don't even feature the main protags from the games and focus on the village? Like why the towns and villages ended up that way in the first place? Although those would be better as an OVA I think.

Could be like Nadesco and have an anime within an anime. Darn those TV channels on the Tele!