Anime Slots

Two sides of anime slots

Half of the games in this category focus on magical girls. Play'n GO set the standard with Moon Princess, a game played on a 5x5 grid where characters use their powers between your spins. Hacksaw Gaming built on this idea with Cloud Princess and Dusk Princess. Both of these are medium volatility games played on a 6x5 grid with a top prize of 10,000x your bet. This kind of anime theme fits slot games perfectly. A character transforming makes a great bonus round, and their special abilities work well as random modifiers.

Pragmatic Play took a different route by looking at action-heavy anime. Saiyan Mania is clearly inspired by Dragon Ball and uses a large 7x7 grid. Power of Ninja draws from Naruto, while Anime Mecha Megaways features giant robots on a Megaways setup with a massive 40,000x max win. Except for that giant robot game, these titles share a 5,000x top prize and a 96.5% return to player rate. They basically run on standard Pragmatic math but with an anime coat of paint.

You can see a clear split between the action games and the magical girl games. Even though they share a similar art style, they play very differently. They offer different grid layouts, varying risk levels, and appeal to completely different types of players.