Urotsukidoji

Nuff said.

Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin. Especially if they used the art from the manga. It is being made into an anime with the first part already out.

Well it all depends on what kind of machine you want. If you want an EM, you can do really anything. You could do a retheme or whatever, it's all quite simple. An SS should be fine if you are doing a thing like Fireball 2 (which has the best sounds by the way), then a few sounds are all you need along with the theme. But then you get to the modern DMDs...

For a modern Stern-style DMD machine or whatever you need modes and multiballs and wizard modes and objectives and cool features and then there need to be basic shots and on the water rules but there need to then bee deeper rules for professional players so that you are making it an accessible machine.

For a DMD I would make a call on AoT (Attack on Titan), Bleach and/or One Piece. I could write up a dictionary-sized book of rules for these three machines.

The problem I have with Pokemon is that the actual character base is so varied and there are too many characters. If you were to make a machine and focus it on Ash and Pikachu (for example), people might not like that, and the game would be all askew for those people who are biased in opinion and e.c.t.

Moe just wouldn't work, because moe. I mean, who would want a Squid Girl or Toradora machine (other than me).

I'll wrap up with some more cool ideas:
Log Horizon, Death Note, Ben-To (from what I've seen - many food, such fight, girl alert), Clannad (not a popular theme necessarily along the guys, but if you haven't watched it, go. It would be innocent), Death Parade (?), Girls and Panzer (kidding), FLCL, Eden of the East, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop and Serial Experiments Lain (although I have not watched it). That's just some of them, I haven't watched all of these, but I know quite a bit about them if I haven't.

Danni
http://myanimelist.net/profile/danni55558152 (pretty up to date, potentially inaccurate. My to watch list is way askew with the wrong anime on there :/)

Kill Bill

Lupin III

Anime fail. Lol

Just went and saw When Marnie was There With Danni_NZ.

She's still crying lol

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Thanks for letting everyone know that one.
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I didn't skim the whole thread but there's a classic that would work for an EM-like throwback style play (like big juicy melons) to a modern machine -- Lupin the 3rd.

Also, another if you went with something modern, check into Kill la Kill as that has a good essential setup that would line out a table nicely.

I'm sure the obvious big stuff like Macross, Gundam, Akira, DBZ, etc have been listed, and the sad reality is if none of those happen, none of the others would either outside of some fan service project like that Goonies table.

A Goldorak pinball

An Hokuto No Ken pinball

To post my suggestion, I must first admit two things:
1. I've watched "Is the Order a Rabbit?" / "Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?" in its entirety.
2. Every scene of the cafe, I wonder in the back of my head where they could fit a pinball machine in there. It's a bar at night, like come on.

Elements that a GochiUsa game would absolutely need:
1. Fluffy spherical rabbit topper.
2. Pistol grip autoplunger. (Makes sense in context)
3. A multiball start sequence depicting the time that Chino blew up a city gate with a magic spell, which totally happened according to her friends.
4. Head pats.
5. A mode in which you fight a hoard of zombies. (Makes sense in context)

Me, apparently, as my own suggestion is moe enough to induce diabetes. Also, a Squid Girl game would be amazing.

Neon Genesis Evangelion for sure. Each angel would be a mission... Tokyo 3 could be a under the main playfield, playfield. Wizard modes could be the 3rd impact, etc. Character selects through Eva 00 thru 03, etc. Would be bomb ass pin, perhaps Jersey Jack should look to liscence?

Trigun/Beserk/BlackLagoon

Girls and Panzer!

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I see lots of Manga titles. Does Tom & Jerry also count as anime?

Flip a coin......
Cowboy Bepop
Ninja Scroll

Honorable Mention.......
Fist of the North Star
Space Adventure Cobra

Not technically anime but would make a great pin....
Voltron

As far as Akira goes, I think it's way way way overrated.

I'm not big into Anime, but Death Note, Hellsing, and Initial D could get my attention.

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Guys guys guys.... what about Sailor Moon???

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Dragon Ball Z

Not gonna lie, that's a very nice retheme.

Ghost in the shell

Someone's already made a ghost in the shell home-brew with mini playfield. It's kinda cool.

Konosuba

Yu Yu Hakusho!

Just gonna necro this thread with some new stuff I discovered in the past year.

First of all, "Spy x Family". A story about a secret agent, an assassin, and their adopted daughter with telepathic powers. Each episode is a "mission" (modes...?) working towards the ultimate goal of Agent Twilight's spy campaign, which is to gain military intelligence from the leader of the opposing party in a government locked in a cold war. But in order to do this, he has to create the fake identity of Loid Forger, find a woman willing to pretend to be his wife, adopt a daughter to pretend to be his child, and socially engineer his way up to his target Donovan Desmond's social circle by way of the prestigious school his son is attending. Oh, and his wife, Yor Briar, is secretly the deadly assassin Thorn Princess, and neither of them knows the other's secret. Meanwhile, little Anya, who could read minds from the beginning, knows all.

Watchable on Hulu in English up to episode 12, and the second episode treats us to the absolute greatest marriage proposal of all time. There are numerous action scenes that could become hurryups or multiball modes, an allied agent named Franky who could deliver context-related awards, and I could see random award prediction or reflexive ball-save features themed around Anya's mind reading power.

The other anime that stole my heart recently is "Bocchi the Rock!". Just when you thought we didn't need more music pins. BTR follows a high school girl with crippling social anxiety, who spends her time expressing herself by playing the electric guitar. When a friendly student of a neighboring school notices her skills, she invites the painfully shy Hitori Gotoh to become part of her indie band, nicknaming her Bocchi-chan after the term "hitoribocchi" meaning "all alone." It's adorable, heartwarming, and wholesome, full of visual jokes and a lot of moments that hit way too close to home.

I can picture a ball lock mech inspired by Thing from TAF, except it's Bocchi hiding in a trash can and just peeking out enough to grab the ball. That said, if a BTR-themed game was built, there would be no excuse whatsoever for it to have messy wiring. That's because the girls name their group Kessoku Band... the Japanese term for "zip tie."

I'm glad you did Spy x Family is a lot of fun, and I had not heard of Bocchi but I know what we're watching at my house tonight!