Question: is the hunger games based on battle royale

Answer: No, Maclean's pointed out that the 2008 novel The Hunger Games, and its subsequent 2012 film adaptation, have similar themes. Although Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins maintains that she ``had never heard of that book until (her) book was turned in'', The New York Times reports that ``the parallels are striking enough that Collins's work has been savaged on the blogosphere as a baldfaced ripoff'' and that ``there are enough possible sources for the plot line that the two authors might well have hit on the same basic setup independently.'' The 2012 film adaptation has also faced similar criticisms for similarities to Battle Royale.