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K-on! Community |OT| Never Ending Talk About Never Ending Girl's Talk
- Thread starter Chet Rippo
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i'm skipping it because i've got plenty with Jojo and Gintama this season.
i'm also planning a Sailor Moon rewatch soon. my time's gonna be tight with all this + gaming and work.
Momo from TLRD has the same type of tighs and she's voiced by the same VA as Yui. these coincidences are getting weird.
i'm also planning a Sailor Moon rewatch soon. my time's gonna be tight with all this + gaming and work.
Momo from TLRD has the same type of tighs and she's voiced by the same VA as Yui. these coincidences are getting weird.
look at what my mind comes up with when there's nothing to do at work
ShinoguTakeruKoeru
Member
I drew too close to the spine again. I'm an idiot. Maybe next time I can remember to plan my drawing out with an outline. Then I can also make sure that I won't just draw the person from the chest up.
In my head said:
Chet Rippo
Member
And that's why I think the art being a direct copy of K-ON! dampens the whole thing. Even if it's designed by the same guy, that's not really a good excuse for having it all look exactly the same. It feels like they're just trying to use K-ON!'s popularity for a cheap hook.
Yoko has the better singing voice, but this is pretty neat!
No.
Haha, Tsundere Yui looks cute. The face seems to be one of your best yet. It looks clean and accurate.
Not worth it.
His royal fat ass is the reason I keep watching.
ShinoguTakeruKoeru
Member
Forgot to say Thanks for the birthday wishes, K-ON GAF rocks!!
Crying Yui GIF here please.
Crying Yui GIF here please.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
I went through a period where I stopped drawing completely for a couple of years. It happens. :/
Speaking of which, what time is your art collab discussion happening? I wanna watch.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
About 9:00PM EST (about 1.5 hours from now), but by "watch" you mean just see text in a chat room right? XD
Yes.
Chet Rippo
Member
Even if I don't really do any finished pieces, I try to sketch some small things once in a while just to keep my skills sharp. Sometimes I'll just cover a whole notebook page full of sketches of hands just to practice drawing them better.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
True enough, which is why I'm getting back into it. I was just kinda depressed for a while and needed a break. While breaks really shouldn't last as long as mine did, occasional ones can be good mentally I think.
Chet Rippo
Member
Haha, I always thought they looked kinda similar.
I'd say yes, but I don't think my computer can handle it. It is kinda old.
Yeah, there are times were I just get into art slumps and take a break from it all. I never stray to far away though, as I always get new ideas for something to draw.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
It doesn't really look the same, though. At least not in a way that I would say it is a cheap imitation. Yes, the character themselves do resemble that design, though the same can be said for the majority of KyoAni works. Even Ghibli retains a distinctive design in that regard, but the worlds and locales do change around those familiar faces, and I think the same can be applied towards Tamako Market. You can see traces of it in most of their recent output, and even K-ON itself is markedly different in appearance from the manga.
Rather than it being cribbed from one source in-particular, or being used as a cheap tactic to elicit a response, It's more a result of KyoAni using their own in-house style, one which they continue to refine here. It's just something which you are giving K-ON ownership over. Though, If you aren't referring to that aspect specifically, than I apologize.
I don't really understand your point either. You are complaining a KyoAni show looks like a KyoAni show.
Sora no Woto, Chuunibyou, Hyouka. All of these shows feature similar character designs to K-On!. Aside from things like Nichijou this is how KyoAni generally designs their characters.
Sora no Woto, Chuunibyou, Hyouka. All of these shows feature similar character designs to K-On!. Aside from things like Nichijou this is how KyoAni generally designs their characters.
Chet Rippo
Member
Looking at Hyouka and Chu-2 at a glance, sure they have similarities to K-ON!, but they really aren't the same. Where as if you take Tamako's hair and change it to blonde, you get Mugi. Sure the K-ON! anime art isn't that dependent on the manga, but the anime really outgrew the manga and has become it's own huge thing.
I just feel like they could have shaken it up a bit more than they have.
Which is conspicuous, because that did take that style, and it seems a deliberate ploy on their part. I say nothing for its quality (having never watched it), but this seems to doing exactly what Chet originally accused Tamako Market of. For better or worse, almost every review that I've read, prefaces itself by saying that it isn't K-ON.
I don't think that you hate it, just that some of the terms by which you are judging it on are slightly unfair.
Chet Rippo
Member
Sora no Woto isn't done by KyoAni though.
You may be right. The way I write things always seems to come off more harsh than I really mean them to.
Lol, Toshifumi might as well be Horiguchi lite anyway. Just look at how people received Kokoro Connect's anime designs.
(Yeah, I know Horiguchi did Kokoro Connect's light novel designs. The anime still looks a lot like Horiguchi though!)
Chet Rippo
Member
They got the best guy for the job I'd say. lol
amishpriest99
Member
Not sure if my computer is up to the task, but I'll take the code and give it a shot if you still have it
Might at least try tracing first lol. I hope I'm not too old to learn to draw.
No worries, Chet. I do get where you are coming from, and to a great extent agree with you on Tamako as it relates to K-ON. While I enjoy it, part of me feels like "well, we COULD be getting K-ON!!! but instead we get this" but at least what we are getting is still pretty good. I don't want that to sound more derogatory than it is; as Chet said I believe this is due to the striking similarity between the two series' character designs and art styles.
Perhaps the staff is a bit K-ON'ed out right now. I would think that a S3 is still somewhat of an inevitability.
Chet Rippo
Member
I think they have said they don't really want to do anything passed highschool, but money talks so you never know. It's not like they have to have it be a sequel.
amishpriest99
Member
I think they'll come around on that, especially given the demand for it. At least we still have the manga...and the memories *sniff*.
That would explain a lot!
Always seemed like their faces were just off when they were at 3/4 views and such.
Chet Rippo
Member
They could always do another movie so they don't have to go the college route yet.
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
I feel bad for only being able to watch this english dubbed.
Chet Rippo
Member
The voice work isn't that bad really, and in some cases it's really good. Most of my complaints for it are more localization nitpicking than anything. Like they should have dubbed the songs or tried to ween out some of the more weeaboo-ish words.
Why can you only watch in English?
Chet Rippo
Member
Maybe it's because he saw it first in English. I've had that happen before with other shows I've seen dubbed first.
Chet Rippo
Member
Yeah, the first season isn't on there either. Sentai really needs to save it from Bandai, it's not like they're gonna do anything with it anymore anyways.
They will make sure we never get a proper BD release.
Chet Rippo
Member
You could always just import the sets from Japan.
No subs
Twin Drive System
Member
You don't need subs, just love.
And money, lots of money.
Lee Chaolan
Member
No K-On! episodes tonight because of Toonami GAF
I'll resume tomorrow. xD
Uraizen, when do you think you might be open for some Tekken? ;3
Amishpriest - Got your request, so same question for you! (or Mahvel, I dun care.)
I'll resume tomorrow. xD
Uraizen, when do you think you might be open for some Tekken? ;3
Amishpriest - Got your request, so same question for you! (or Mahvel, I dun care.)
amishpriest99
Member
There is the Laura Bailey/Nodoka factor that gives the dub huge bonus points.
No K-On! episodes tonight because of Toonami GAF
I'll resume tomorrow. xD
Uraizen, when do you think you might be open for some Tekken? ;3
Amishpriest - Got your request, so same question for you! (or Mahvel, I dun care.)
Maybe later today (by which I mean Sunday)? I'll let you know.
Good question, I'm not even sure myself... Hell, I don't think I've got on PSN to accept your friend request yet.
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Guys, short notice, but I'll be showing up for the simulview today! We still doing it at 8PM EST?
Lee Chaolan
Member
LOL, don't worry about it, no rush, I'm not on a lot anymore either. Whenever is fine.
Aww, you guys do sumulviews? Sounds fun. Will have to catch myself up soon.
Yay, more K-ON! That works for me.
LOL, don't worry about it, no rush, I'm not on a lot anymore either. Whenever is fine.
Aww, you guys do sumulviews? Sounds fun. Will have to catch myself up soon.
Yes, we usually end up watching two episodes a week. We're on episode 9 of the first season at the moment.
That's a yes.
Actually, Studio A-1 started that "plump" character design that K-on uses with the show Kannagi in 2008. K-on then came out in 2009.
amishpriest99
Member
Yep, should be around for it as per usual.
Chet Rippo
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Exactly.
Most definitely
A trend I can get behind.
Though for whatever reason, I see the K-ON! faces more in Sora no Woto than I do in Kannagi. Maybe it has more to do with the actual characters than the look of everything.
The sora no woto characters have those huge eyelash designs characteristic of K-On. Kannagi had much lighter weighted eye designs but definitely put a bit of meat on the characters, which I really appreciated. It was also a pretty looking show.