Anime visual styles you can't stand
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Damn this is a really old thread and it was necrod by some guy raging on that post that keeps getting quoted XD[Kira Must Die said:]Same here, although I don't see those kinds of expressions very often in animes nowadays.Marik2 said:Yeah I really don't like those anime facial expressions, especially when the anime is suppose to be serious. Nothing wrong with cracking a few jokes, but don't do it in such a looney toonesque wayColour-Scientist said:Does that count as anime? I thought that was just ye olde animation? Or does all animation come under anime now?Lilani said:
OP: I don't know too much about different styles. I do hate these kinds of expressions though:
I second this. I don't mind abstract body proportions if the art style fits it, but most of the time its not because the universe is trying to play it off like the bug-eyed small-mouth no-nosed large-breasted pink-haired people are real everyday humans.Vault101 said:
I wonder if anyone has taken a bunch of anime screenshots and photoshopped the hair out to see how different the character designs really are. It would be interesting to say the least.
That's not the uncanny valleyOneBrokePony said:Uncanny. Canyon. This goes beyond the valley.TehCookie said:As a huge fan of anime there are only a few styles that I cannot stand to watch. Though the one I hate the most is this:
For a less extreme example see Clannad.
That implies they look human with something slightly off.But that's the style I despise. Cutesy chibi style is so terrible. Cowboy bebop and grave of the fireflies is the style I like,
Oh, fuck! Now I'm an arachnophobe. I don't think I'm going to dream tonight after that.Kahunaburger said:Ahahahahaha
Does this guy like, go around in search of people dissing this show to rage at?
Man, uguu~~ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT2GRpwwS8M] is apparently srs bsns.
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No, all three are Japanese.Saucycarpdog said:Ok, I'm pretty sure two of the three top pictures are american. The middle one I know is my neighbor totoro(I think I spelled that wrong).Casual Shinji said:I like anime with a soft, warm and down to earth design.
Unfortunately, the latter is all anime seems to be as of late.
The top one is an anime of The Wizard of Oz, and the third one is the anime Peter Pan no Boken.
I stopped playing dragon quest for the ps2 because everything looked like freaking dragon ball.
WHY DO THEY ALWAYS LOOK SO ANGRY. Urgh...
Really, once that "dbz simplified standard angry face" is ingrained in your memory, you can't unsee it.
Disgaea took some serious getting used to too.
It's grating on my tolerance for stupid character designs.
Especially disgaea 2 scrapes the bottom of the barrel when it comes to that.
Sometimes, form should be inspired by function. At least a little.
WHY DO THEY ALWAYS LOOK SO ANGRY. Urgh...
Really, once that "dbz simplified standard angry face" is ingrained in your memory, you can't unsee it.
Disgaea took some serious getting used to too.
It's grating on my tolerance for stupid character designs.
Especially disgaea 2 scrapes the bottom of the barrel when it comes to that.
Sometimes, form should be inspired by function. At least a little.
Read the Dragon Ball manga up until the Saiyan arc if you want to see Akira Toriyama?s artwork at its best. Yes, it does fall foul to some character design limitations, but apart from that, the characters are smooth, rounded, unique and full of life.
When Toriyama?s artwork took a dive around the Cell arc, it was only exacerbated by certain staffs of Toei Animation when they animated his work. That?s when you get "triangle crap".
What I hate is the generic anime design of those massive eyes, stupid ?cutesy? expressions, and pointy features.
When Toriyama?s artwork took a dive around the Cell arc, it was only exacerbated by certain staffs of Toei Animation when they animated his work. That?s when you get "triangle crap".
What I hate is the generic anime design of those massive eyes, stupid ?cutesy? expressions, and pointy features.
Gonna have to go with the style used in Hellsing. Not the ultimate version the original anime the ultimate version is freaking gorgeous.
Oh yes and the style used in episode 4 of tengen toppa gurren lagann...that was just a weird episode.
Oh yes and the style used in episode 4 of tengen toppa gurren lagann...that was just a weird episode.
Let me say this: I love Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. It's easily one of my favorite animes of all time. However, I utterly loath the fifth episode. Why? Because of this:
They completely change the art style for the second half of that episode, and I really, really dislike this form of anime. That being said... I did get a chuckle when they did this:
They completely change the art style for the second half of that episode, and I really, really dislike this form of anime. That being said... I did get a chuckle when they did this:
I hate Akira Toriyama's style because of the super-spiky hair that so many of his characters have.
I also can't stand Disgaea: Hour of Darkness's art, but I can't quite figure out why. However, I find the styles of 2, 3, and 4 much better.
I also can't stand Disgaea: Hour of Darkness's art, but I can't quite figure out why. However, I find the styles of 2, 3, and 4 much better.
What form of anime might that art style be?Leemaster777 said:Let me say this: I love Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. It's easily one of my favorite animes of all time. However, I utterly loath the fifth episode. Why? Because of this:
They completely change the art style for the second half of that episode, and I really, really dislike this form of anime.
I dunno, it's kinda pseudo-realistic. Not sure if it actually has a NAME. Not really an anime expert. Here's the episode in question:Flamezdudes said:What form of anime might that art style be?Leemaster777 said:Let me say this: I love Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. It's easily one of my favorite animes of all time. However, I utterly loath the fifth episode. Why? Because of this:
They completely change the art style for the second half of that episode, and I really, really dislike this form of anime.
I think I mostly dislike it because it juxtaposes so harshly with Panty and Stocking's normal animation style. As illustrated by the episode's ending.
what the fuck is wrong with their.... EVERYTHING?! please tell me that,s shopped!TehCookie said:As a huge fan of anime there are only a few styles that I cannot stand to watch. Though the one I hate the most is this:
For a less extreme example see Clannad.
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I agree I hate that style on the other hand I love the older 80,s style like Zeta gundam and Votoms I also love ABe,s style
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I don't really like "generic" looking anime. I know that sounds vague but I can' think of any show in particular whose style I dislike.
Maybe the likes of Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Trigun, Ghost in the Shell(the movie) and the Satoshi Kon movies spoiled most anime for me. I just can't get into it if the visual aesthetic is unappealing or arguably worse, generic looking.
Maybe the likes of Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Trigun, Ghost in the Shell(the movie) and the Satoshi Kon movies spoiled most anime for me. I just can't get into it if the visual aesthetic is unappealing or arguably worse, generic looking.
I watch tons of anime and as such have seen it done in many different ways and this pic pretty much sums it up in the sense that something can be so cute its ugly. I mean just look at it...it looks like they're both fucked on bath salts or something. And sure expression contorts the face but that doesn't mean that the nose vanishes into the ether.TehCookie said:As a huge fan of anime there are only a few styles that I cannot stand to watch. Though the one I hate the most is this:
For a less extreme example see Clannad.
Don't get me wrong though I'm not against the "BIG EYE" thing so long as the subject matter is a little more mature. Take Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (or however the hell you say it) sure the use of gigantic cutesy eyes was apparent but the subjuect matter was dark enough in the long run that I could over look it, though it barely made the "happy medium" that I seem to notice with most animes these days. In my opinion it looks good if the subject matter contrasts character appearance but thats just me.
That's disturbing. They look like inbred frogs.TehCookie said:
What's freaky about Initial D?DarkRyter said:
OT: I don't really think I hate any style of anime in particular, it's more to do with just the general quality. But I really don't like the kind of stuff that looks like it's drawn by someone who has only ever seen a lazy parody of anime, like Yu-Gi-Oh. I mean that hair. Come on.
