While most anime are based on manga or light novels, some are based on visual novels, which make for incredibly unique and rich narratives.
While most anime are based on manga, many great shows are actually based on visual novels instead. Visual novels are a popular style of game in Japan that are narratives the player must navigate, often making choices that impact the outcome of the story. This can make them somewhat hard to adapt, but not impossible as many anime show.
8 Danganronpa Danganronpa is one of the more popular visual novels that have seen a degree of mainstream success largely due to its killer premise and many twists and turns. The story follows a group of gifted students at Hope's Peak high school who are forced to participate in a death game by a mysterious robotic bear named Monokuma.
5 Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works There have been various attempts to make an anime adaptation of Fate/Stay Night but arguably the most successful one is the series made by Ufotable following the Unlimited Blade Works path. The series follows Shirou Emiya as he gets embroiled in a Holy Grail War, in which sorcerers summon heroic spirits from the past to compete in a battle royale. The anime is filled with many epic fights the Fate franchise is known for.
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