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There are many anime which are adapted from galgames now, e.g., _School Days_
, _Kimi ga Nozomu Eien_ , _Shuffle!_ and so on.

What's the first anime adapted from a galgame?


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What's the first anime adapted from a galgame?


[Anisearch](https://www.anisearch.com/anime/index) allows us to filter anime
based on the type of material adapted.  
[Using](https://www.anisearch.com/anime/index/page-1?char=all&adapted=102&sort=date&order=asc&view=1)
the more general term of visual novel as a category, the 2-episode OVA _Rance_
from 1993 seems to be the first anime adapted from such a medium.  
This OVA is very loosely based on the erotic RPG series of the same
[name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rance_\(series\)) (potential NSFW
content).


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It depends on what is meant by galgame, but a web search suggests* [Dragon
Knight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Knight_\(video_game_series\)) is
one of the oldest. The game is released in 1989 and animated in 1991.

* [a source](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1047759045), you may not be able to see it depending on location


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As far as I remember, it was **To Heart (1999)** that established these kinds
of anime on TV.

Technically both _Sentimental Journey (1998)_ (based on Sentimental Graffiti)
and _Night Walker (1998)_ came earlier as far as TV anime based on a Visual
Novel go. But not every VN is a Gal Game and I do not think either of these
does qualify.

Same for Rance and Dragon Knight. They aren't really Gal Games. At least not
if you think of a Gal Game as one where you are a guy trying to get a
girlfriend among a selection of heroines through choices you make interacting
with those heroines.


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