Split?: Noodle People

When this trope is used in Goth it tends to be used to be aesthetically pleasing and pretty. You may not find it so, but that is often it's intent. Goth just has odd ideas of pretty.

Twenty five posts between it, but you define those people as "realistic"? They are noodles in every since of the word.

The body type can exist in real life. [1]◊

[2]◊[3]◊[4]◊[5]◊ Thin noodle like limbs, thin body. The Anime Thin Bishounen / Romance Art Style for Shojo works or Ho Yay works, are contrasted by Puni Plush [6]◊ [7]◊ [8]◊ which is rounded features [9]◊ stubby fingers the Moe Art Style used in Lez Yay and aimed at Otaku.

While Type 1 cant be contrasted with anything and just stands on its own as something completely different and looks completely different.

edited 7th Jun '11 11:17:57 PM by Raso

9 and 4 are about the only ones that are really noodle thin and no, that neck to head ratio is far from realistic(To say nothing of the faces.

Yeah, Raso's noodle people aren't noodle people. 4 is borderline, but that's about the fattest you can be for this trope. It's not a realistic body type.

Thats the trope though the Code Geass character designs were done by Clamp who's work is the source of the trope name The trope namer◊[1]◊[2]◊ and Code Geass is worse at times than the trope namer, (The thin style carried over into Sunrise's next work after Code Geass, Gundam 00), Then there is the others like Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei◊ [3]◊ They are all examples of Type 2.

edited 8th Jun '11 6:35:58 AM by Raso

Just because CLAMP did them doesn't make them noodle people. XXX Holic has noodle people, I agree, but not all CLAMP work does. And it's not the trope namer. It's far too young. The article is wrong. It happens sometimes when people don't realise that a term exists until it hits their fandom.

edited 8th Jun '11 6:34:11 AM by shimaspawn

Code Geass characters are Noodle People. Raso example images were bad, I agree, but their "noodleness" become clearer in the show itself. Look that official art◊ for a better example.

I agree that not all CLAMP works necessarily have Noodle People, but I think that the Code Geass character designs should definitely count.

I could support a possible hard split or soft split of Noodle People in order to better distinguish between Noodle People as a counterpart to Puni Plush and such. I think the purpose of using such an art style is significantly different from the purpose of using a somewhat similar art style in gothic art.

I am not quite sure what options people want, so I made a blank page action crowner here.

Ok, those look like noodle people. The images Raso showed did not. I suppose I should know by now that anime art is often drawn wildly inconsistently. Still, if you want to show an example use an image that actually shows it.

Can we not have an edit war over trope namer? Clamp vs Johnny whatever seriously probably should just remove all Trope Namer stuff from the page.

Or just say Clamp works (the actual work that the name was taken from for the trope.) or Johnny something (used the name first.)

Edit: why is there a blank crowner attached anyway?

edited 26th Jun '11 12:20:19 PM by Raso

This page still has a blank crowner. Can someone fix it?

You just add suggestions by clicking the "add new" button.

No one's touched this in a month. Call it stale?

Clocked.

I always ALWAYS thought that the term Noodle People was for Jhonen Vasquez/Tim Burton-inspired works, and let's be honest here: even though CLAMP has been around since the 90's, the term was not coined by their (Anglophone) fanbase back then, it would have been coined by fans of JTHM. The word "noodle" is thrown around in Vasquez's works, and the term fits his style better than it fits CLAMP's. I feel like if it IS split, it should be Anime Thin for thinner-than-average anime stuff and Noodle People for the skinny gothicky style. One Step Above Stick Figures sounds a bit insulting to the style because there IS detail and perspective present.

I would say it goes back farther, to Edward Gorey (who was probably an influence on Burton, and maybe on Vasquez as well). The first time I saw Xxx HO Li C, my immediate reaction was "wow, a Gorey-style anime!"

The style was invented by Gorey as seen here◊. The name was given to the style by Vasquez in his books before CLAMP started releasing stuff in the west. The fact that anime fans picked up the name came from crossover between the two fan bases.

Calling this very old crowner, let's resolve it.

Reopened by request, but clocking.

Tagged the article. Apparently, when something is unlocked, you have to hit "Save" in the tag to make the tag appear.

OK, so: I'm assuming we're gonna implement the change chosen in the crowner. Anyone who objects to that, speak now. I'm a bit tied up today, I'll try to throw together a draft for the new description in a day or two; suggestions welcome.

OK, here's a draft description:

Comments? If there are no comments or objections, I'll swap this out Sunday or so.

edited 11th Apr '12 11:57:56 AM by lebrel

The other big standout of A&M Noodle People is sharp pointy features lots of geometric like angles especially in the shapes of faces elbow and knees. Directly contrasted by Puni Plush's round features.

edited 11th Apr '12 12:29:36 PM by Raso

A thin design gives sharper angles by nature, though.