Anime predicated upon works of literature ?

Question

Besides Ghost in the Shell : Stand Alone Complex (The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger) are there other anime series or films based upon works of literature (not manga ) ?

Courteous answers , please - thanks !

=^..^=

Answer 1

Basilisk is based on an manga that was based on "The Kouga Ninja Scrolls" which is an old Japanese novel.

That count?

Answer 2

Using AniDB's search engine

* Filter category -> Original work -> Novels

http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?sho...

The  search spat out every Anime series that has any kind of text based relative (from small market light novels, to classical text, etc.).

But from your example, I'm guessing you want series that are somewhat based on Western (or popular Eastern) texts.  So ignoring many of the light novel series, here's a short listing of the more notable titles you might be interested in.

Basilisk - based on a novel by the late Fuutarou Yamada

http://anidb.net/a2436

--Also has a live action movie - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475723/

Dog of Flanders - by Oui'da

http://anidb.net/a1646

Gankutsuou -The Count of Monte Cristo-

http://anidb.net/a1868

Gen Senki: Tales from Earthsea - on novels by Ursula K. Le Guin

http://anidb.net/a4193

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_...

Juuni Kokuki / Twelve Kingdoms - novel by Fuyumi Ono

http://anidb.net/a26

Les Miserables: Shoujo Cosette -

http://anidb.net/a4781

Romeo x Juliet -

http://anidb.net/a4832

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And there were quite a few interesting classic-esque types too

* ROFL @ Peter Pan & Tom Sawyer Anime XD

[Edit] Hit the Yahoo link limit :(  

*You'll have to search the synopsis pages yourself

- Adventures of Peter Pan - by James M. Barrie

- Adventures of Tom Sawyer - by Mark Twain

- Anne of Green Gables - series by Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery

- Emily Of New Moon - series by Lucy Maud Montgomery

- From the Appenines to the Andes - "Cuore" by Italian Edmondo de Amicis

- Little Prince Cedie - "Little Lord Fauntleroy" by F.H.Burnett

- My Daddy Long Legs - book by Jean Webster, 1912

- Romeo & the Black Brothers - "Die Schwarzen Brüder" by Swiss author Lisa Tetzner