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Iwatch2muchanime
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With the When they Cry thing, when I first saw this I thought the same thing, however I believe that the character design did wonders for this show, because for a lot of it, it was supposed seem to be a happy, almost slice of life type show with people making friends and what-not, then it hits with the crazy, mind F*CK, mutilating people in horrible ways and still makes it look creepy with the EYES and the laughs. This show was great. Can't wait til season two. |
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Mylene
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Her hair bugged me as well (although I didn't particularly enjoy the series in the first place though.) Every time I looked at her, I saw Skuld from Ah! My Goddess. On the other hand, one of the key reasons I got through Piano quickly was that I loved Yuki's character design. I have no idea why, there was just something about that fresh, energertic look of hers that drew me in. |
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Vuwazy
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No love for One Piece.
When I didn't watch it as much I would also think think how ridiculous some of the expressions on the characters are. When I did watch it more I grew to like it. I guess it can be goofy sometimes but I can appreciate what it does with it. One Piece is something that is able to have me use my imagination. I think its art does have unique things about it. I like how Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (When They Cry) can be light hearted one moment and then another moment it becomes all creepy. Like another poster I was also thrown off at first when it looked like it was just some slice of life anime. To add to that, I thought it was a random one. I like the character designs for the series and the design for the second season (Kai) is even better. |
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NocturnalUX
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Akagi
I do not need a bishounen fest to enjoy anime and am more than content with realistic character designs even if they are not at all attractive but Akagi is simply horrible. Every single character is ugly in a comical way, with beak-like noses and horribly squinty eyes. It seems as if they were aiming at parody which is not the case. Painful to look at through and through. |
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Westlo
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Hirai did an awesome job with Ryvuis and Scryed, he seriously went through the motions with SEED/Fafner/Destiny though.... |
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Monster in a box
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Eureka Seven
Something about the way every character in that show is drawn just seems off. That's not to say I don't like any of the character designs, it's just that the way their drawn seems really inconsistent, or something. I really can't put my finger on it. Oh, and that hippie looking guy is the worst character design ever. |
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Veoryn87
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I'm actually pretty open when it comes to character designs. Rarely do they ruin everything for me. I didn't really like the designs for Vandread, but it didn't ruin the whole show for me. I have an increasing distaste for the big-eyed, cutesty character designs.
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Murasakisuishou
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Usually I don't get too bothered by weird character designs (after all, I first learned to draw from Shaman King), but one character whose look really annoyed me was Yuuko from xxxHoLiC. It was especially irritating because she's such a cool character, and everyone else in the anime was reasonably proportioned. It just seemed like she was too tall, her neck was too long, her arms were too skinny in proportion to her shoulders, and the less said about her gargantuan breasts, the better. She looked fine in the manga, but I don't know what the anime character designer did to her.
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Keonyn
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Character designs rarely really ruin a series for me, I can respect most artistic choices or styles. Excessive fanservice does sometimes annoy me a bit as it seems so unnecessary, distracting and effects the immersion negatively if it feels out of place.
The only other one I can think of off hand is Gankutsuou. It wasn't just the odd fill they used in their animation but the designs themselves that just turned me off from the series. There were of course other factors as I wouldn't let character design decide whether I like a series or not but it certainly didn't help in this situation. |
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.::Lain::.
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Same here... It's either the weird fill (which doesn't move with the characters) or the character design itself but I'm getting nausea everytime I watch this. |
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DragonsRevenge
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I'll agree with the poster who said everything after 1999. Most designs are identical nowadays, with the only difference being what that person is wearing. It makes a creepy series less creepy, or a dramatic series less dramatic if they all look happy bright eyed and cutesy.
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Whoomp
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DNA2, everything designwise is horrible.
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Azmodeus
Posts: 185 Location: Sweden, ass end of nowhere |
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The only two instances when character designs have turned me of from a series where when they cry and saber marionett j to x. It's not the cuteness that i had trouble with in WTC but i just found the designs to be bland and ugly. When it comes to SMJ-X i just didn't like how they skewered the designs from the 1st season+OVA. Even if they were cartoony at times you could at least always tell that you were watching anime and not feel like you were watching a bad american copy.
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kakitamike
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I found Mizuki Tachibana in Gravion to be distracting. I understand the concept of busty women, but hers were so big that I found it distracting in a bad way, like I wanted her off the screen so I could continue enjoying the show.
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Xanas
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One Piece is a show I'm not watching partially due to character design, but also due to the 4kids dub. The combination of the 2 absolutely made me hate the show. (I am aware of the new dub, maybe I'll be able to watch it someday)
Zatch Bell is another where I just don't like the character design generally. I also don't really like Eureka 7, though certain features of it's design are found elsewhere and I don't mind it. Strangely enough, I didn't like the dub of the show either even though people I normally like are in it. I think that is probably due in large part to character designs just being unattractive to me in the show. |
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