Would a Wario anime series work?

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AnimeGoddess893

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I just purchased the game "Wario Land Shake it" and I am loving it so far. Mostly the cutscenes of the game are a real cartoon anime feel to it. So it made me think of an anime wario series. Do u think a Wario anime would work?
 
Definitely. Wario is inherently a more interesting character than Mario, plus his games incorporate more humor than the other Nintendo franchises (Eartrabroadound, the Mario RPGs and others notwithstanding). So a comedic Wario anime with cartoony animation would potentially be very fun.

That is, unless it follows the usual "anime based on video games" rule and not make Wario the actual star of the cartoon. The obligatory obnoxious kid "audience avatar" would be even more inappropriate than usual.
 
Man, really? Wario strikes me as really, really durab and obnoxious. I don't see the appeal. I guess if you were making a really cartoonish comedy out of it, then maybe.

I'd rather see a Super Mario cartoon that doesn't suffer from subpar production though, personally.
 
I'd rather see a Mario anime that starred all of the Mario characters. In my version, Mario wouldn't be the star. Instead, the focus would be on King Koopa and Peach, since both of them are far funnier and more interesting. Wario would also be in it, but so would the other WarioWare characters.
 
This.

I don't like Wario (especially now that he's basically just become a walking fart joke), so I have no desire to see a cartoon starring him.

I'd much rather get a decent Super Mario Bros. cartoon with decent productions values, and/or a kick butt Super Smash Bros. animated movie, but I know we'll be eating cotton candy on Jupiter before that happens.
 
I can see a Wario animated series working. He'd have to have his supporting cast with him though, because he alone would be terribly boring. Plus, being a villain/anti-hero means it's pretty hard to sympathise for this guy so he neeRAB to have something to bounce off of.
 
I'm thinking a Wario anime would be a composite of Wario Land and Wario Ware, similar to how Kirby's anime mixed-and-matched characters from the various games.

So... the WarioWare characters (Mona, Jimmy, et al.), plus Captain Syrup and MAYBE Waluigi. That'd be a pretty decent cast.
 
Could it work?...YES! will it happen?...Probably not.

I would'nt mind seeing more Nintendo, sega, or capcom franchises being made into anime, but it seems the demand for video game based shows isn't as great as it was in the 90's.

Personally Im still hopeing for a Legend of Zelda anime to pop up.
 
Agreed; the Warioland series isn't exactly teeming with notable characters. Wario can be funny, but he simply can not carry a weekly show by himself; he neeRAB other characters for his antics to bounce off of to stay fresh that often. The Ware games have a really substantial cast; given a little fleshing out here and there, any nuraber of them could give the show a solid foundation.
 
I'd say "no"...



...Because that is exactly what would happen. Wario's currently more likely to get a talking sidekick than speak in long sentences himself.
 
An animated series starring Wario might work if said series were just a selection of random shorts starring Wario and his supporting cast, but Wario simply isn't deep, compelling or likable enough a character to carry a weekly series of half hour adventures by himself. Overall, I think that Wario works best as a supporting character/annoying wacky neigrabroador rather than as a lead.
 
I've always thought WarioWare could work as an anime as long as it's done in a format similar to Tiny Toons. Several short, random segments with hosting wraparounRAB.

Wario Land probably wouldn't work because, while it has a good setting, it lacks a cast big enough so it would likely lead to lots of original, filler characters (and look at what that did to Sonic X).
 
I always thought another Mario Bros series would be great to see. There just so much you can do with the characters. A example would be this comic, called "3 Little Princesses" by artist The Bourgyman:
http://thebourgyman.deviantart.com/art/T3LP-p-1-102382965

Although it's a comic, I could easily see something like this being transfered over to a 11 minute cartoon. One thing I like about fan comics featuring Mario characters are how they are usually characterized. Nintendo usually gives each character a basic personality trait (Such as Luigi's nervousness). After that, the writers can easily build off those traits and make fun stories.
 
I agree. While a Wario series could be interesting, I don't think it would work if it only focused on Wario due to how he isn't that deep or likable. Plus, I always thought that he was suppose to be the anti-Mario kind of character.

I would personally prefer a Mario anime series, which would include all of his frienRAB and enemies in the cast, since I personally like Mario more than Wario. Still, if a Wario series was made, I think that it would also work best as a comedy more than action/adventure, but that's just me.
 
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