Right. I mean, in general Oda has a lot of fun designs, it's just a shame he falls back on copy and pasting Nami and changing her hair for a lot of female characters.
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Right. I mean, in general Oda has a lot of fun designs, it's just a shame he falls back on copy and pasting Nami and changing her hair for a lot of female characters.
Crash Station
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I love OP, but Oda really does have a problem with drawing women. I believe Infinite Justice said he pretty much only uses two styles and that is generically hot and ridiculously ugly, the former of which almost all have the same face.
It's kind of weird since he is fantastic at doing a variety of different male faces.
I'm honestly starting to hate his designs after 60ish chapters of Billy Bat.
Unknown Soldier
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I don't think they're backing up Horizon's designs because they are good...
Female characters in anime all look the same because they're usually meant to be attractive and traditionally attractive girls aren't allowed to look "unique". Artist and character designer Tomomi Ozaki talked about it in an old interview, in which she explained that she wanted to design a girl that wasn't pretty:
Ozaki Tomomi said:
Exactly.
Jex
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I don't know, if you're saying they're so ugly you find them funny or memorable then that's pretty close to appreciating them.
That's different from what I am saying, which is that they're so ugly I don't want to watch the show.
hosannainexcelsis
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Besides the aforementioned Urasawa (Master Keaton/Monster), Casshern Sins and Mononoke immediately come to mind.
Samurai Champloo, so much. I haven't seen too many shows take the actual personalities and individual histories into account when designing as well as Champloo did. I don't even think Bebop did it as well.
Random Example: Ginko from Mushishi
He looks damaged, fitting the image of a traveler who has seen a lot in his travels and is affected by the world around him. The actual reasons for why he looks the way he does (Hair, eyes) are explained in the show its self. Also, he is interesting to look at.
Jex
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Yeah but he wears a coat from the future. What gives? (I actually know what gives, but I still have to point it out.)Random Example: Ginko from Mushishi
He looks damaged, fitting the image of a traveler who has seen a lot in his travels and is affected by the world around him. The actual reasons for why he looks the way he does (Hair, eyes) are explained in the show its self. Also, he is interesting to look at.
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dakkumauji
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Fairy Tail 43
So, I liked actually seeing the not important other members of the guild have a chance to show off for once. But, now of course it's getting close for the important guild members to have the important fights. Silly shounens.
Not even gonna attempt to argue about Horizon's character designs besides the fact, that I liked in, in knowing everyone was pretty unique and I could recognize who's who. Not name them, but at least I could tell them apart.
So, I liked actually seeing the not important other members of the guild have a chance to show off for once. But, now of course it's getting close for the important guild members to have the important fights. Silly shounens.
Not even gonna attempt to argue about Horizon's character designs besides the fact, that I liked in, in knowing everyone was pretty unique and I could recognize who's who. Not name them, but at least I could tell them apart.
hosannainexcelsis
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That worked out to his character's advantage, since it accentuates his role as a mysterious drifter.
As long as I don't find it ugly as sin, and the designs reflect and benefit the narrative, I'll find it good design.
A good design is a design that is well-drawn, sensible in its composition and fitting for the setting of the story; a great design is a good design with visual personality, which doesn't mean "an original design" but rather "a design that doesn't get lost in the crowd". Heartcatch's character designs are a fine example of this. They always look "out of place" in the Precure crossover movies for a reason.
Crash Station
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What if you're mostly indifferent to them, but like a select few?
Well, designs can certainly benefit the narrative; they can add to determined atmosphere or serve as subtle world building in sci-fi or fantasy shows.
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I don't think they look alike, Just that nami face is plain so a few minor character have similar faces.
Jex
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That sound's like exactly what it sounds like!
Natsume v4.0 2
It's great to see Natsume back to the kind of quality we could expect from the first 2 seasons. Looks like the next episode is a return to a more episodic format.
It's great to see Natsume back to the kind of quality we could expect from the first 2 seasons. Looks like the next episode is a return to a more episodic format.
The opposite of this:
hosannainexcelsis
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Gintama 241
Just do it!
Just do it!
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Miyazaki doesn't reuse the same character design in the same movie multiple times for the central characters then have them all stand next to each other to make it stand out at how bad it is.
Not even that. I look at the designs as something separate, but not, from the character, the writing making the person. The designs serving to tell us even more not just about the world they inhabit, but about them at various moments. Much like the usual sterile room works as an extensions to whichever character's state of mind, I find what they choose to wear at any moment to be just as effective.
It's not something that's really taken advantage of though in anime though, with characters usually being given a one major design, and alternates that do no more than appeal to certain scenarios.
Hellsing321
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All of the above
Depending on how you feel about do-rags.
Everyone loves do-rags.
PdotMichael
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Yay, I found my Gunsmith Cats DVD and Manga for a rewatch/reread.
The opening is so badass! And after Another I need a great non-CG anime instantly.
The opening is so badass! And after Another I need a great non-CG anime instantly.
You know what show actually used a variety of clothing design to its advantage, many times to reflect the psychological state of the characters?
Idolm@ster.
Nah, I wasn't perturbed by any of that.
I was unfazed by Nadeko's attire since she was wearing something similar when Araragi was searching for Shinobu in Bake, and Araragi harassing Hachikuji in such a way was unsurprising since that behavior was already foreshadowed in the Tsubasa arc in Bake. In short, it wasn't a leap for me to get accustomed to the amplified Bake antics.
I suppose I don't like the direction of Nise. I was unengaged with the Senjougahara and Araragai exchange entirely and would have preferred a different opening scene because the mood wasn't right for me to enjoy it. And I felt the banter between Hachikuji and Araragi banter was more reminisce of Bake than anything else in the episode, and the only thing I enjoyed in the episode honestly.
I suppose I don't like the direction of Nise. I was unengaged with the Senjougahara and Araragai exchange entirely and would have preferred a different opening scene because the mood wasn't right for me to enjoy it. And I felt the banter between Hachikuji and Araragi banter was more reminisce of Bake than anything else in the episode, and the only thing I enjoyed in the episode honestly.
The foreplay and the juicy bits is what I like about Bake.
Usagi Drop 02
This show is so cute.
*rinonfoldedfutons.gif*
I like Rin, and it's good to see Daikichi trying to do the right thing even if he's in way over his head. Rin's childishness feels authentic. I want things to work out.
It's a nice show. It's something that actually resembles reality, which is more than I can say for most of the stuff that I normally watch.
I like it.
This show is so cute.
*rinonfoldedfutons.gif*
I like Rin, and it's good to see Daikichi trying to do the right thing even if he's in way over his head. Rin's childishness feels authentic. I want things to work out.
It's a nice show. It's something that actually resembles reality, which is more than I can say for most of the stuff that I normally watch.
I like it.
hosannainexcelsis
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Natsume S4 2
Great stuff. The scene
was magical.
Can't wait for the cuteness to come next week!
Great stuff. The scene
where Natsume and friends purified the forest
Can't wait for the cuteness to come next week!
So...inverted chins?
Another 1
Ehhh, i'm not really feeling this at all. The creepyness came off as rather contrived, what with the inserted shots of the stupid dolls every now and then. I'll give it a few eps given that Tsutomu Mizushima's directing it.
fuck, this means no simulcast of Daily Lives. goddammit crunchyroll
Ehhh, i'm not really feeling this at all. The creepyness came off as rather contrived, what with the inserted shots of the stupid dolls every now and then. I'll give it a few eps given that Tsutomu Mizushima's directing it.
fuck, this means no simulcast of Daily Lives. goddammit crunchyroll
Yes it is. I have pointed this out in the past but it bears repeating. Tank is but a facsimle and a farce compared to the greatest op of all anime.
but tank was the better song
Zoramon089
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Just stop. You're talking yourself into a hole and making yourself look stupid
have you seen robins nose?
oda has some of the most diverse character design out there
hosannainexcelsis
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Gunsmith Cats is neat. Too short, but better that than too long. The OP must be one of the best of all time.
Not quite.
Both songs are good but gunsmith cats op brings me back to my favorite era, although cowboy bebop came shortly after.
PdotMichael
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add the Riding Bean movie, too
http://youtu.be/P9cDV7ZM-Cc
great stuff, especially the Bluray version looks just stunning!
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