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NEWS: Touhou-Based 'Memories of Phantasm' Episode 4 Apology Video Streamed

From the sounds of things, Zun wouldn't agree to let an official anime be produced. He created Touhou for his own sake, and handing off the creative process to some company would inevitably take away his control. We're talking about a guy who did virtually everything to make the Touhou Project games all by himself, even going so far as to compose its own unique in-game music.

People unfamiliar with the Touhou Project will look at its characters and try to insert them in undesirable anime stereotypes. An official anime (as in, something produced outside of Doujin circles) would most likely be a disaster (or 'incident', am I right?) and the existing fan-base would be outraged. So it's better-off staying away from the mainstream anime industry. Doujin circles, whether they produce their own short anime or remix soundtracks from the games, spread the Touhou brand in a positive way and attract new fans (especially outside of Japan, where the games aren't available, except through pirating).

Touhou will always be a niche title(s), primarily because some of its earliest games (and most well known ones) exist in limited quantities and/or cannot be played on modern computers. Personally I would love to see a compilation of some of the earlier games on one disk, perhaps with an English language for North America, and an official release (essentially, proper distribution).

they already have all the games on one disc and they have them all english translated (obvious fan translated) but yeah they have all of they including the original which can be played on modern computers

I thought Zun didn't want any anime of Touhou free or paid. Id rather see a studio do something if he has changed his mind.

From the sounds of things, Zun wouldn't agree to let an official anime be produced. He created Touhou for his own sake, and handing off the creative process to some company would inevitably take away his control. We're talking about a guy who did virtually everything to make the Touhou Project games all by himself, even going so far as to compose its own unique in-game music.

People unfamiliar with the Touhou Project will look at its characters and try to insert them in undesirable anime stereotypes. An official anime (as in, something produced outside of Doujin circles) would most likely be a disaster (or 'incident', am I right?) and the existing fan-base would be outraged. So it's better-off staying away from the mainstream anime industry. Doujin circles, whether they produce their own short anime or remix soundtracks from the games, spread the Touhou brand in a positive way and attract new fans (especially outside of Japan, where the games aren't available, except through pirating).

Touhou will always be a niche title(s), primarily because some of its earliest games (and most well known ones) exist in limited quantities and/or cannot be played on modern computers. Personally I would love to see a compilation of some of the earlier games on one disk, perhaps with an English language for North America, and an official release (essentially, proper distribution).