>Delicious in Dungeon would be almost entirely influenced by this genre of anime and not so much the video games.
The author herself has cited Wizardry as one of the biggest influences, among other Western and JRPGs, D&D rulebooks and ancillary material, and Western fantasy books like LOTR and Neverending Story.
>I guess you could argue that the video games are influenced by D&D but now we're talking many steps removed.
Influence is influence.
Delicious in Dungeon would be almost entirely influenced by this genre of anime and not so much the video games. I guess you could argue that the video games are influenced by D&D but now we're talking many steps removed.