(also 14 years old, yikes)
Sorta speaking of...
I cant imagine this getting better with age.
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Which anime character designs have not aged well?
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Sorta speaking of...
I cant imagine this getting better with age.
(also 14 years old, yikes)
I bet those statues sold like hotcakes though.
i guess i'll count CLAMP too
I saw a promo for the recent Code Geass movie and it felt like i was being chokeslammed by 2007 with how pointy and shiny (and noodly of course) everything still was
I still like a small handful of their designs though. even with bad art, Yuko from xxxholic had some outfits that were absolute looks
I saw a promo for the recent Code Geass movie and it felt like i was being chokeslammed by 2007 with how pointy and shiny (and noodly of course) everything still was
I still like a small handful of their designs though. even with bad art, Yuko from xxxholic had some outfits that were absolute looks
I was expecting a bunch of Mr Popo type charcters in this thread. But, people are really out here attacking Gainax/Trigger classics.
Fan service is definitely worse than this
Staff Officer Black got a redesign in Path to Power at least
Nice whataboutism.
"Fanservice" sounds pretty reductive for what it actually is: sexualizing child characters. You both should check out this thread and give the OP a read.
Why women criticise sexualised character designs |OT2| I have no pants and I must scream (READ OP) OT
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What can you say, Gainax had to sell toys and it was an 80s OVA. Had to have perv hook, I guess.
Still an incredible character design.
Haruhiko Mikimoto was a star in the 80s.
Yeah. I hope people still give it a chance though, because when it goes hardcore it goes HARDCORE.
Dont take it so personal. I still love Noriko and her crew, its just that her design could use some touching up is all. Nothing is perfect.
Nice whataboutism.
"Fanservice" sounds pretty reductive for what it actually is: sexualizing child characters. You both should check out this thread and give the OP a read.
Why women criticise sexualised character designs |OT2| I have no pants and I must scream (READ OP) OT
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i don't agree with it at all. my post history pretty much roundly criticizes that kind of shit. i'm just surprised to see it more instead of the racist stuff-- that's all.
Staff Officer Black got a redesign in Path to Power at least
dude looks so much like Sylvando here lol
i haven't seen this movie in 20+ years.
WTF???? That has to be the most egregious examples of sexualizing children I have ever seen! Simon's relationship with Yoko makes so much more sense to me now, but WOW.
The goddamn worst. I fucking hate it.
God yeah, I hate this so much.
real shit? i'll just link it cause its nsfw
from muv-luv
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I gotcha. Mr. Popo is one of the most egregious ones and I'm not surprised it's one of the first posts.
this was also pretty bad
Yes, but in the same sense this is real
Its a off model frame of animation
The character in question is supposed to look like this
Which still looks awful to me, honestly. Anime is Kamichama Karin is anyone is curious.
Pyunma from Cyborg 009
Racial caricatures aside it's hard to dunk on the past. Character design has only gotten more homogenized with time.
Holy shit, i had no idea this was what he originally looked like, he looks much much better in the more recent adaptations.
Anyways, i think the reason why we're getting more hate towards fan service than racial caricatures is, Racial stuff was always considered horrible and unaceptable by decent people, fan service is something most people had to grow out of.
Yoko figures still command pretty high prices among vendors. KLK too, come to think of it. Those $$ are what the fanservice is really chasing, to get a dude to spend $350 on a hunk of plastic (and I say that as someone who dabbles but only when the price is right).
All the Orochimaru curse seal forms from Naruto look worse compared to later designs in the series in my opinion.
Especially Sasuke and his weird hand-wings.
Especially Sasuke and his weird hand-wings.
Is this actually real or just a weird transitional frame posted out of context?
Not really, but they are a really good homage to the mid/late 1900s "Yankii" trend in japan.
Sasuke's stands out as especially terrible compared to the more serviceable ones that Tayuya and Kimimaro had.All the Orochimaru curse seal forms from Naruto look worse compared to later designs in the series in my opinion.
Especially Sasuke and his weird hand-wings.
The hair, the face mark, the ugly ass back wing hands, it's so ugly
Well that answers that question.Yes, but in the same sense this is real
Its a off model frame of animation
The character in question is supposed to look like this
Which still looks awful to me, honestly. Anime is Kamichama Karin is anyone is curious.
How'd you get a picture of my middle school rivals?Not really, but they are a really good homage to the mid/late 1900s "Yankii" trend in japan.
Sorta speaking of...
I cant imagine this getting better with age.
I don't think KLK can really count in this case because it's supposed to be absurdly sexualized and over the top. Nobody's ever going to look back at that show and say "What were they thinking?" because we all know exactly what they were thinking.
Are you using "1900s" correctly? Was this style actually around at the turn of last century?Not really, but they are a really good homage to the mid/late 1900s "Yankii" trend in japan.
I don't know that it's appropriate to talk about datedness with regards to fan-service though because it implies that anime has somehow grown out of it when the opposite is true. Someone brought up Noriko's uniform from Gunbuster and it's pretty darned tame by todays standards.
To give some context, it's been a spell since I caught up with Gurren Lagann lore but from my recollection she's not actually 14 when it comes to solar years. Like Simon and Kamina, she was raised in the caves and had never been to the surface as a child, so their perception of time is generally out of sync. It's very likely she's older than what's claimed. Time displacement is a neat concept but given the overall gratuity of the design it's pretty clear that the only thing it amounts to is an extremely ill-advised joke.
WTF???? That has to be the most egregious examples of sexualizing children I have ever seen! Simon's relationship with Yoko makes so much more sense to me now, but WOW.
EDIT: And since people keep quoting/misunderstanding, yes, I'm in agreement that it's a dumb explanation, especially since people who watch Gurren Lagann never think much into her age given that the anime never mentions anyone's age.
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Oh, no, im not implying the industry grew out of it, i meant the audience, im pretty sure a lot of people in this forum had to grow out of finding fan service acceptable.
A lot of Bulma's fashion and hair from DBZ looks so dated.
Honestly, although Bulma's fashion was firmly from that era, it actually gives DBZ a retro-cool vibe I appreciate wat more now that it's not in fashion. Staff Officer Black & Kid Chi-Chi's bikini aged like... I was going to say milk but at least milk starts off good, & those designs were never ok. But late 80s/early 90s Bulma aged like wine.
Side-note, I present Kid Chi-Chi as my example. No, I won't post it. The FBI probably has me on a watchlist because of telling Akita Toriyama to "meet me in the Toei parking lot" over Tenshinhan in the Tournament of Power. I'm not going to let Dragon Ball get me on a list twice.
Yea, I don't think Gurren Lagann honestly has aged well as a whole, and this is definitely one of the reasons. I remember thinking it was 10/10 when I was way younger, but trying to rewatch it now, you see a lot of cracks. It's probably why I dropped KLK too, you see these cracks more as you get older.
(also 14 years old, yikes)
that doesn't make it better, really
is this actually based on anything, or is it just a fan theory made up after the fact?
(also 14 years old, yikes)
Why not put anything else Risque like Kill la kill or Cutie Honey.
