A Mass Effect anime is coming. A deal was just announced between EA and animation company FUNimation to bring a home video movie version of the popular videogame to fans in 2012. Set in the Mass Effect universe, the anime will feature a science fiction adventure "set in a vast universe filled with dangerous alien life and mysterious, uncharted planets." Tokyo-based anime and international feature film production company T.O Entertainment has signed on as a co-producer on the video.
"Over the last few years, we have revealed different pieces of the Mass Effect world through different media. Extending the story through an anime medium is another amazing opportunity for us,” said Casey Hudson, Executive Producer for the Mass Effect series. "Partnering with FUNimation ensures that we will bring this rich universe to life with the utmost quality and the same attention to detail that the Mass Effect games are known for.”
Production is already underway. Expect to see both digital and home video releases of this anime in the summer of 2012.
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9:00 AM on 04.07.2011 | 
So, basically how I play Shepard then?
Like one section focus on a Turian's multiple attempts to woo his cute Quarian childhood friend.
Or a Salarian and Elcor's attempt to have a decent philosophical/political conversation.
Or maybe like that part in Gotham Knight, and have a bunch of different alien kids in the citadel talk about supposed "stories" about Shepard and his amazing tasks, ranging from that he's actually a robot (sorta true...) to that he's seduced dozens of women across the galaxy like some sort of intergalactic James Bond (...actually, sorta true as well).
While the Mass Effect games aren't particularly written very well, what it is very good at is character and world building. When you create a world as expansive as the Mass Effect one, with such a variety of different kinds of beings, the possible stories are limitless.
I don't mind, the Halo: Legends set and the Dead Space movies were pretty damn good.
i hope they make the anime based on the novels!!!
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Considering that Mass Effect is M-rated, it's a fair bet that the anime will be Seinen-styled rather than Shounen (or Shoujo as that silly IronShrineMaiden person played around with), so most of those tropes that some folks fear will infiltrate their precious sci-fi pastiche won't even be considered.
If anything, it's more worthwhile to worry that it'll become too grim,gritty and joyless. Shepard might just turn into a coldblooded Infiltrator sniper of few words who only is capable of two expressions. If there are any sex scenes, Shepard clearly won't be enjoying it, doing it only s/he is compelled to fill some hole inside of her/his heart.