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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#479001: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:28:41 PM

i dunno those all look pretty different

i mean they all look early anime but they look distinct

@imca yeah thats where i notice it most as well

indie games are a little better about that but at the same time at this point the market is kinda oversaturated w/ a lot of similar ones

the solution: indie anime

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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#479002: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:30:10 PM

they have similar traits while doing their own thing

which is what a lot of anime do now

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Trip Since: Mar, 2012
thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#479004: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:33:12 PM

id watch that

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#479006: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:33:29 PM

gone home would work as anything else

if it showed what we were supposed to be caring about

and not just have it read out to us

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WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#479007: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:33:48 PM

that chart is a bit manipulative

for example, the last image of the first row is from a series called "hakushon daimao", which i've linked to in a previous ost

instead of this character from the series, why don't they use an image of this one?

and don't tell me that he looks like someone who could be in a modern anime

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#479008: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:34:36 PM

well just because one character is designed different from the others doesnt mean a whole lot

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Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#479009: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:35:04 PM

well i wouldn't watch it but on retrospect i think a gone home anime would be better than gone home since it doesnt sell itself for 15 dollyroos

fez: the anime

WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#479010: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:37:33 PM

that's the main character chris

this is another character

in any case the character that is designed differently is the one they used

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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#479011: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:39:15 PM

im

having a little trouble following what you mean with that

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RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#479013: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:41:45 PM

If you talk about specific characters then, well- yeah.

It can be pretty diverse.

Since there is usually a stand-out design from each show that is the identifiable part.

Some, use visuals, some use dialogue and characterization.

And- well- I think the subtleties of design can set things apart just a little even if at a glance it all looks similar.

But, then, I'm not really one to critique visuals all that much.

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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#479014: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:42:47 PM

they have paul blart in a moe anime too

also hil, you take that back. he is an angel and just big

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WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#479015: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:44:45 PM

i mean they took a vaguely-animesque character from a decidedly non-animesque series and tried to claim the entire series is like that

see also this series or this one

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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#479016: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:46:40 PM

i feel like that's cherrypicking a little

not every show was like that

it's like if i showed you Ping Pong the Animation and Jo Jo and said anime is so diverse right now

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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#479017: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:50:34 PM

a lot of it also depends on like

who they have doing the designs

and if theyrr actually good at making distinct chars that arent moe generic

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#479018: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:57:28 PM

Man this is all so complicated.

I'm reminded of why I stay away from all this "media" and "entertainment" business.

It's much simpler to just pay attention to geopolitics.

WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#479019: Feb 4th 2016 at 1:57:28 PM

there are many more though

there's also this and this and this

i'm not saying anime cannot be creative anymore (like whatever that thing you showed me is), but it certainly was much more back then, artists weren't afraid to break molds and make characters look distinct

in fact, speaking of gegege no kitaro, check out the evolution of the main character

you can see him slowly transfoming from a distinct design to increasingly more and more generic and "moe", before snapping back in the last series, which was supposed to be a throwback

see what i mean?

edited 4th Feb '16 1:58:36 PM by WackyPancake

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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#479020: Feb 4th 2016 at 2:01:43 PM

if i being honest

that isnt a very big change

it honestly just looks like he got taller

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RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#479021: Feb 4th 2016 at 2:02:35 PM

Honestly, no.

That doesn't really look all that generic to me.

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Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#479023: Feb 4th 2016 at 2:07:03 PM

I think it can just be attributed to the genre solidifying over the years Wacky.

Like how last page I was saying that if you read some of the earliest mecha shows, you'd wonder what the hell made Eva so original. When it started out there were no rules to bend or molds to break in the first place because no one had any idea what to expect since the people at that time were the first.

over time the mold started to form, to the point that anything returning to the old ways seems more like mold breaking than simply visiting your roots.

It's also possible the switch from hand drawn has an effect, just look at the difference between Big O season 1 and 2.

edited 4th Feb '16 2:07:27 PM by Bcom

ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#479024: Feb 4th 2016 at 2:09:47 PM

dude that's still REALLY distinct

yeah it's changed a little but it still looks like the original

i know of one show that said "fuck it we're going moe"

and that was soul eater not

soul eater

soul eater not

that is going from distinct to generic

edited 4th Feb '16 2:11:09 PM by ChrissieMcNapkins

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Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#479025: Feb 4th 2016 at 2:12:26 PM

[up] christ what did they do to maka and soul?


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