If A Song of Ice and Fire were an anime, what it be like?

[smearyllama]

So I've been thinking about this for awhile now, and I'd like to hear some other people's opinions on it.
Personally, I think it would be pretty cool. Instead of the straight-up realistic sword fights we see in the books, we'd get insane fights like something out of Dragon Ball Z. Also, Yuri Lowenthal would voice Hodor, the best character in the entire series.
Those are all the specifics I've thought up so far, so I'd like to hear outside opinions on what you think it'd be like and thoughts on whether it'd actually be good or not.

Edit: Okay, wow. I was not expecting this reaction. I just meant it as a goofy "What if?" thing instead of a serious discussion. Editing this in for anyone else who posts here.

 

[WeAreStevo]

Ok. I'll admit, I've never read those books. However, the title is strikingly familiar to this movie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085542/

It's "animation" (not necessarily anime?) in the style of Heavy Metal.

Am I close? 0_o

Also, what are the books about? I'm looking for a new book

 

[smearyllama]

Ok. I'll admit, I've never read those books. However, the title is strikingly familiar to this movie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085542/

It's "animation" (not necessarily anime?) in the style of Heavy Metal.

Am I close? 0_o

Also, what are the books about? I'm looking for a new book

A Song of Ice and Fire is a super good series of books by George R.R. Martin. They're about a very realistically portrayed fantasy world. They're far less black and white than, say, Lord the Rings. A lot of characters who seem "evil" end up getting fleshed out and becoming more sympathetic over time, as well as vice versa. The series is also less magic-heavy than a lot of other fantasy. There are slight magical elements, but non-one is slinging fireballs left and right. There's dozens of fleshed-out characters, several separate plotlines, and the first four books all together weigh in at about over 4000 pages.
There are also puppies.

That help? It's kind of a crappy description, but I'm sick and not really thinking straight.

A better idea of the concept is here, but don't read past the description. There's a ton of spoilers there.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire?from=Main.ASongOfIceAndFire

 

[Sampsa]

I wouldn't like some DBZ stylished swordfights. They just don't fit in. Anime might get more kids interested in the Game of Thrones (where you win or die) but the I'm perfectly happy with the HBO's series at the moment.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

It would be terrible. Arya would be turned into an oversexualized preteen, and Sansa would be a moe.

Anyways, why would you want this in the first place? There's already Berserk's new film, and the awful looking Dragon Age Anime to look forward to.

 

[Korten12]

It would be terrible. Arya would be turned into an oversexualized preteen, and Sansa would be a moe.

Anyways, why would you want this in the first place? There's already Berserk's new film, and the awful looking Dragon Age Anime to look forward to.

Yes because all animes are about oversexualized preteens and moe. /sarcasm.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

It would be terrible. Arya would be turned into an oversexualized preteen, and Sansa would be a moe.

Anyways, why would you want this in the first place? There's already Berserk's new film, and the awful looking Dragon Age Anime to look forward to.

Yes because all animes are about oversexualized preteens and moe. /sarcasm.

Don't you fucking start that shit. I know what I said, and I know it is an ignorant statement.

But I just get so fucking sick of people wanting to turn every goddamn thing into a cartoon. Some things just work better in the medium they were first portrayed in. What is the point of having a Game of Thrones anime if you already have the books, and the HBO series has already covered the visual medium?

 

[Korten12]

It would be terrible. Arya would be turned into an oversexualized preteen, and Sansa would be a moe.

Anyways, why would you want this in the first place? There's already Berserk's new film, and the awful looking Dragon Age Anime to look forward to.

Yes because all animes are about oversexualized preteens and moe. /sarcasm.

Don't you fucking start that shit. I know what I said, and I know it is an ignorant statement.

But I just get so fucking sick of people wanting to turn every goddamn thing into a cartoon. Some things just work better in the medium they were first portrayed in. What is the point of having a Game of Thrones anime if you already have the books, and the HBO series has already covered the visual medium?

And anyways, if I hadn't used such a dismissive tone, you'd probably say "dude, that would be totally awesome!"

Goddammit anime fans can be touchy.

You misunderstand, I had a problem with the statement, not with the opinion. Game of Thrones should stay as it is. It shouldn't be an anime at all as the HBO adaption is already really good.

Plus I don't think any anime could do the series justice as the HBO version does.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

It would be terrible. Arya would be turned into an oversexualized preteen, and Sansa would be a moe.

Anyways, why would you want this in the first place? There's already Berserk's new film, and the awful looking Dragon Age Anime to look forward to.

Yes because all animes are about oversexualized preteens and moe. /sarcasm.

Don't you fucking start that shit. I know what I said, and I know it is an ignorant statement.

But I just get so fucking sick of people wanting to turn every goddamn thing into a cartoon. Some things just work better in the medium they were first portrayed in. What is the point of having a Game of Thrones anime if you already have the books, and the HBO series has already covered the visual medium?

And anyways, if I hadn't used such a dismissive tone, you'd probably say "dude, that would be totally awesome!"

Goddammit anime fans can be touchy.

You misunderstand, I had a problem with the statement, not with the opinion. Game of Thrones should stay as it is. It shouldn't be an anime at all as the HBO adaption is already really good.

Plus I don't think any anime could do the series justice as the HBO version does.

Alright. Sorry I went off the handle so fast. It's a conversation I've had too many times, and it always riles me up.

The HBO series is fine. Hell, it's what got me into the books.

 

[smearyllama]

I wouldn't like some DBZ stylished swordfights. They just don't fit in. Anime might get more kids interested in the Game of Thrones (where you win or die) but the I'm perfectly happy with the HBO's series at the moment.

It would be terrible. Arya would be turned into an oversexualized preteen, and Sansa would be a moe.

Anyways, why would you want this in the first place? There's already Berserk's new film, and the awful looking Dragon Age Anime to look forward to.

It would probably be shit. Like, really shit.

The idea was for sort of a jokey thread where we could just come up with silly ideas. I guess I should have pointed that out more clearly. I thought my idea for Yuri Lowenthal to voice Hodor was pretty obviously goofy. I'll have to edit the OP some....

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I imagine it'd turn out like something along the lines of Berserk. There's no need to make a Shonen out of a series of books when it fits the mold of a Seinen so much better.

 

[smearyllama]

I wouldn't like some DBZ stylished swordfights. They just don't fit in. Anime might get more kids interested in the Game of Thrones (where you win or die) but the I'm perfectly happy with the HBO's series at the moment.

It would be terrible. Arya would be turned into an oversexualized preteen, and Sansa would be a moe.

Anyways, why would you want this in the first place? There's already Berserk's new film, and the awful looking Dragon Age Anime to look forward to.

It would probably be shit. Like, really shit.

The idea was for sort of a jokey thread where we could just come up with silly ideas. I guess I should have pointed that out more clearly. I thought my idea for Yuri Lowenthal to voice Hodor was pretty obviously goofy. I'll have to edit the OP some....

No harm done dude, I didnt mean to flame you or anything.

No prob. Just didn't expect anyone to take it seriously.

 

[DarkRyter]

It would probably be alot like Berserk.

 

[Naeras]

- Daenerys would get angel wings whenever Khal Drogo was porking her and later be able to shoot lasers out of her eyes
- Bran wouldn't get pushed out of the window because snuggling a bit with onii-chan isn't that big of a deal
- Tyrion would be a teddybear armed with an eighteen foot sword
- the direwolves found in the first episode would be able to morph into swords that only were usable by the guy they were assigned to
- the king turned out to actually be a tentacle monster as it explains how he's doing as many chicks as he is
- Arya, being a little girl with a sword, would at some point flip out, get a psycho grin and slaughter three armies single-handedly while saying something about how "nobody can escape"

Think that about sums up the most important parts.

 

[smearyllama]

- Daenerys would get angel wings whenever Khal Drogo was porking her and later be able to shoot lasers out of her eyes
- Bran wouldn't get pushed out of the window because snuggling a bit with onii-chan isn't that big of a deal
- Tyrion would be a teddybear armed with an eighteen foot sword
- the direwolves found in the first episode would be able to morph into swords that only were usable by the guy they were assigned to
- the king turned out to actually be a tentacle monster as it explains how he's doing as many chicks as he is
- Arya, being a little girl with a sword, would at some point flip out, get a psycho grin and slaughter three armies single-handedly while saying something about how "nobody can escape"

Think that about sums up the most important parts.

Now that's what I'm talking about! This thread was meant for a release of creative insanity!

 

[chrystallix]

Hey, hey! You forgot the part about the watch all wearing black because they're secretly ninjas!

 

[Infernai]

It would, most likely, end up being like the original berserk series only with better quality animation. If done right, it could probably be very true to the original novels and could be quite awesome.

Err, Spoiler Warning (Ah, who am i kidding, none of you are actually gonna watch Berserk anyway..)


...I kind of just wanted to post that. But the fact remains, it would most likely end up as being a bit like that. Bonus points if the 'next time' segments are voiced by the guy who did these: