Fortnitehas been one of the most popular shooter games in the world over recent years. One reason for its success is that Epic Games constantly collaborates with others to add skins of popular characters from other media into the game. While most of the collaborations have been with comic book publishers, like DC and Marvel, or real people, such as John Cena and Ariana Grande, some of the most popular crossovers thatFortnitehas had are with popular anime series.
WhileFortnitehas added original anime character skins to the game, players are much more excited when an iconic anime series makes its way to the game. From having skins based on characters from anime and manga to going so far as to add gameplay mechanics inspired by these stories,Fortnite’s crossovers with the media have been amazing.
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Naruto
The firstanime that made its way intoFortnitewasNaruto. It tells the story of the titular character as he goes on a journey to become a great ninja, along with his classmates. The original manga series started getting published in 1999, with an anime adaptation coming out in 2002. Since then,Narutohas had quite a few spin-offs, video games of its own, and even asequel series,Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.
There have been eight characters thatFortniteplayers have been able to obtain skins for. The first skins that were available included Naruto, along with his closest comrades, Sasuke and Sakura, and mentor, Kakashi. A few months later, otherbeloved characters, Itachi, Orochimaru, Hinata, and Gaara, were added to the game as well.
Dragon Ball
Dragon Ballis arguably the most influential anime of all time, so it makes sense thatFortnitebrought elements from it into the game as well. There are several anime in theDragon Ballfranchise, withDragon Ball Superbeing the most recent in the main series.Dragon Ball Superbegan in 2015and continues Goku’s arc as he learns about the universes beyond his own.
There have been four skins based onDragon Ball Supercharacters added intoFortnite.Goku was an obvious first choice, with his rival, Vegeta, childhood friend, Bulma, and one of his newest comrades, Beerus, being the others. Elements ofDragon Ball’s universe, such as the powerful attack, Kamehameha, and flying cloud that Goku uses to travel, Nimbus, were also added into the game, giving players more methods to defeat enemies and claim victories.
My Hero Academia
The most recent collaboration thatFortnitehas had is withMy Hero Academia, which tells the story of a child named Dekuwho aspires to be a superhero, despite not having powers like the majority of those around him do. The manga series was first published in 2014, with its anime adaptation beginning in 2016.
My Hero Academiacharacters that gotskins inFortniteinclude Deku, his idol, All Might, his rival, Katsuki Bakugo, and his ally, Ochaco Uraraka. Along with these skins, players have been able to go to an island in the game based onMy Hero Academia, the Hero Training Gym. All Might Supply Drops were also added to the battle royale mode of the game.
While there haven’t been a lot of anime crossoversyet, fans have enjoyed seeing characters and elements fromMy Hero Academia,Dragon Ball, andNarutoadded intoFortnite, and hope to see more anime brought in soon. As all three anime thatFortnitehas collaborated with have dozens of other characters that would make great skins, hopefully, more crossovers between them will come in the future, along with other popular anime that a lot of gamers have expressed wanting to come into the game, such asAttack on TitanandDemon Slayer.
