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Stefke102 t1_iw2ga7r wrote

Reply to comment by Swimming_Dot6267 in [OC] Anime Sources - Where does Anime come from? by Smooth_Trifle7561

I feel like it's one of the harder mediums to adapt well. The amount of good adaptations can probably be counted on 2 hands. They might make a return if they're given more episodes, because trying to fit a 50-100 hour VN into 12 (or even 24) episodes is just not gonna work.

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Kneenaw t1_iw2ihuv wrote

It's not quite as bad as video game adaptions usually are, but VNs just in general struggle in adapting to anime. I think it mostly comes down to the fact that Anime can tell a story quickly and with a focus on the plot while a VN tells a story slowly and with a focus on the characters.

A two-minute scene in an anime could be a thirty-minute scene in a VN depending on how much that VN focuses on the thoughts of a character or exposition.

At the end of the day, studios are aware and wary of this and know that there is an inherent difficulty that isn't really there with manga or even LNs.

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Chlorophilia t1_iw2huv0 wrote

Doesn't this apply to novels too though? Sure there are behemoths like Umineko, but most VNs are comparable to novels (and novel series) in length.

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CinnamonSniffer t1_iw2i7qq wrote

Isn’t part of the problem that by design most VNs have like a dozen endings?

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Chlorophilia t1_iw2ii5y wrote

Most VNs have a 'true' ending though. Other endings usually just give you more insight into a particular character. You're not going to be able to fully represent a branching VN as anime, but there are plenty of anime adaptations of branching VNs that still worked really well (e.g. Steins;Gate).

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