Poll: How Big is Too Big?
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I think 5 is too big. It still looks pretty good, but the eyes are just too big. Although I don't watch much anime, so maybe the larger ones are just out of my comfort zone.
That's the DVD cover (I assuming from the US since that anime never got release in the UK).neoontime said:4, anything above better be really funny without being too MOE!
Wow, I hate to criticize but that's the pic they used to advertise the show?! Tell me the series doesn't have this many messed up human features all the time!Scarim Coral said:snip
This was the ad that intrigue me into watching (this was back in the Cowboy Bebop era and before I had access to Youtube)-
I'm pretty sure the eyes size were inconsistent-
I admit, I am literally asking myself how was I able to watched J to X all this time now that I rewatched the intro!
I don't have a problem with eye size in my anime. Although, interestingly enough, the #1 on that chart doesn't look very good to me. Got no problem with #9, though.
They say it's in the eyes of the beholder, but in the case of the bottom row, everything seems to be in the eyes of the beholden...
I'm fine with anything up to 6. Hell, I'm fine with 7 if it's done right. Anything more shouldn't have an entire show in that style though.
Overall I'm okay with all of them, assuming the bottom row is left for one of those in between commercial break chibi transition things some animes do.
I'm fine with anything up to 6. Hell, I'm fine with 7 if it's done right. Anything more shouldn't have an entire show in that style though.
Overall I'm okay with all of them, assuming the bottom row is left for one of those in between commercial break chibi transition things some animes do.
If we're talking about what I can take seriously, then 5 is the limit, and 6 and up would be too difficult for me to really accept in a show that's trying to have a more dramatic/serious tone.
I think that's part of the reason why I couldn't take Koutoura-san seriously(besides me finding the show to be absolute shit), because the even in the few moments where it was legitimately trying to be serious(badly), the art style further hampered my ability to actually take them seriously.
But yeah, if it's just a sillier/fun anime like Lucky Star, then I'm perfectly fine with 6+ eyes... Well, 8 and 9 might still be a bit out there, and the show would pretty much have to be pure and utter unadulterated silliness in order for me to accept eyes that big. With Lucky Star I could at least be convinced to take the characters seriously in the few times(like once or twice?) when the show called for it with their eye sizes, but I don't think that could have happened with 8-9 eyes.
I think that's part of the reason why I couldn't take Koutoura-san seriously(besides me finding the show to be absolute shit), because the even in the few moments where it was legitimately trying to be serious(badly), the art style further hampered my ability to actually take them seriously.
But yeah, if it's just a sillier/fun anime like Lucky Star, then I'm perfectly fine with 6+ eyes... Well, 8 and 9 might still be a bit out there, and the show would pretty much have to be pure and utter unadulterated silliness in order for me to accept eyes that big. With Lucky Star I could at least be convinced to take the characters seriously in the few times(like once or twice?) when the show called for it with their eye sizes, but I don't think that could have happened with 8-9 eyes.
I'm OK with everything in 1-6, 7 is where the eyes are just too creepily huge. I don't like super huge eyes on things in the first place.
I'm pretty okay with 1-5. 6 begins to push it, and beyond that, it starts to get into Betty Boop territory, and I've always found her hideous.
Too big for what? Stylistic exaggeration has a place, as a stylistic choice.
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I'd do them all.
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Draw, that is.
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See? Like her or not, Betty Boop is at least important in cartoon history stuff, and a generally accepted stylistic choice.Headsprouter said:
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I'd do them all.
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Draw, that is.
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...I started laughing WAY too much after seeing said choices...
Anyway, I'm a bit biased (HA!) when I say that I'm fine with most of them, given when they're used in full context... (except maybe 9... Then again, that caused the most laughter from me...)
In other words...
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Anyway, I'm a bit biased (HA!) when I say that I'm fine with most of them, given when they're used in full context... (except maybe 9... Then again, that caused the most laughter from me...)
In other words...
...That sums it up quite nicely, actually...tippy2k2 said:
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..It's part of the comedy of the show... (You'll get used to it... I hope?)Coakle said:Background:
I became curious about other people's tolerance for eye size, after I tried to watch Azumanga Daioh.
I really enjoyed School Rumble, so I was pretty sure I would like the shows humor. I couldn't get past those eyes. Too unsettling.
None are too big, it's just a matter of aesthetics and theme.
Slayers are somewhere around 7 and it works fine. Others are at 9 and work even better. That said, making a serous and/or gory drama with those aesthetics would clash, but it does suit other types of products. So... go ahead, knock yourself out?
Slayers are somewhere around 7 and it works fine. Others are at 9 and work even better. That said, making a serous and/or gory drama with those aesthetics would clash, but it does suit other types of products. So... go ahead, knock yourself out?
6 is a little big, but 7 is the definite "nope." area. In terms of anime/ manga characters 1 doesn't fit the style that I've become accustomed to. The nice area is around 3-5.
This is pretty much my take on this. I don't really have a "limit", but the art has to match the tone of the story. An ostensibly serious drama with art on the 8-9 area of the scale is unwatchable because of the tonal dissonance, just like a goofy story with poe-faced realistic characters makes it hard to stomach.tippy2k2 said:
It's all just a matter of tone - as long as it's consistent throughout the work as a whole, it doesn't matter in the least what it actually is.
I'd like to submit a write in vote for "11, and tear off the nob". It's all fine, as long as it's context appropriate.