I don't want to be a hater and I love studio orange, but vash looks like a character skin from fortnite, not someone who belongs in a bleak sci fi western. The flat lighting only makes things worse. I get he's supposed to be a bit goofy at times but he just looks so generic it's a damn shame. There was a certain grittiness to the design from the 99' anime, stemming mostly from strong contrasting colors and sharp lines that just doesn't come out at all in the new version.  Anyone else agree/disagree?? |
titor420Dec 21, 2022 8:09 PM
| We always consider something to be bad, when a thing or two is changed about it. No matter how good the change looks. You will definitely disagree with me... But that'd be me as well!! I disagree the new character design for Vash looks butchered. It looks more mordern and I think it fits him really well... |
| when i first saw him he looked like he belongs in a boy band or something but enough time has passed so i don't really mind anymore. ofc OG vash still looks better. but even if they used the old design, i don't think it would hit the same anyway with that artstyle. |
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| Not a big fan of the new design as well, just doesn't give off the same vibe. |
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| Vash's original design worked well because it allowed him to appear friendly or menacing depending on what the situation demanded. The biggest issue with this redesign is that it makes him look too soft. The new haircut, bigger glasses, and modernized outfit all take away from his ability to be threatening, which prevents him from effectively (or at the very least, convincingly) using his reputation as the Humanoid Typhoon to his advantage. |
| this adaptation is secretly foreshadowing trigun x fortnite collab |
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| Honestly, since it's a reimagining, I'm completely okay with a different character design. |
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| New design is atrocious, for sure. I do not have much hope for the rest of the new series either, unfortunately. |
| The new design is atrocious and I haven't even watched the original Trigun. Having said that I'm watching it now. |
| It's terrible. Not gonna taint my memory of this anime. |
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| The new design threw me off at first, but I've actually grown to like it. New character designs, new animation style, and apparently a new story. They're clearly not even attempting to re-do the old series and are going for something very different this time around. And y'know what? I'm fine with it. The first anime wasn't even very faithful to the manga, with only 4 episodes that are completely faithful to the manga and another 5 that are modified versions of the manga. The other 17 episodes are completely anime-original. Who's to say that another completely alternate take won't be just as good, or at least good for what it is? I'm still holding out hope for a new adaptation that is completely faithful to the manga some day, and maybe that one will actually be 2D? But until then, I'm excited to see this alternate take. |
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| I know right. Everything looks so goofy (in a bad way) and, I dunno, zoomerified that it seems like characters are going to burst into fortnite dances. |
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| Thanks for reminding me this anime remake of a classic exists, I hate it. |
| Couldn't agree more. Demolished design, such a bdass dude turned into a kpop-bitch look-alike. Overall animation and background design is great and good job for that but the charater designs with their soulless looking attitude just ruins it for me. |
Ardis_Weard79Jan 7, 2023 10:57 PM
| It does not live up to its legacy. I swear I tried to resist, but I couldn't take the first five minutes of the first episode. It was like a sour lemonade juice. |
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EXMIL said: This comment nailed it.Vash's original design worked well because it allowed him to appear friendly or menacing depending on what the situation demanded. The biggest issue with this redesign is that it makes him look too soft. The new haircut, bigger glasses, and modernized outfit all take away from his ability to be threatening, which prevents him from effectively (or at the very least, convincingly) using his reputation as the Humanoid Typhoon to his advantage. |
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| I prefer the old one but I don't think the new one's not bad |
| I will still prefer the old one as a huge fan of the OG anime, but now after seeing the EP1 and the new design in full motion it's actually a good "modernised" version of Vash. But I will not forgive them for skipping on the Z-shaped glasses legs while doing a fully 3D CGI anime! |
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| Overall the use of 3D character models does bother me a little, but I think I'll get over it. Something does seem off, maybe them appearing too flat due to the lighting. It causing a weird issue with my brain where the charters are separate from the world around them rather than a part of it. From a character design standpoint Meryl's design bothers me a lot more than Vash for some reason. |
| Character design is great to me, way better than your generic 90s design. And i prefer hair down vash. |
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LampP0st said: Yeah. It's going to take some time to get used to the different vibe, style, and approach to things. The major reaction occurs is because it's different. Again, it's something to get use to and it's not that bad. It's not bad it's different. I LOOOVEE the 99' design a lot, and I do like it more than Stampede's BUT- Stampede's is good. Also Stampede's overall aesthetic is different not just Vash, I would treat it separate from the original 99' anime. It isn't going to be the same and I am fine with that, we still have the 99' anime to go back to. |
| i will make a guess that by the end of the show Vash hair will go spiky again as a sign of some maturity or enlightenment that he achieves through his journey and battles |
deg said: Yeah pretty much most hope for that to happen I think. There's a certain risk producers take when zoomerfying these classic series into today's "standards" and the reception would definitely get better if that's how the anime ends. Because Trigun isn't a small series, it's a huge IP in the west. As long as they're able to attract its original target audience then this will be a success.i will make a guess that by the end of the show Vash hair will go spiky again as a sign of some maturity or enlightenment that he achieves through his journey and battles |
| ^^ Integrating CD like this into the actual storytelling, better not be copium. The original design is just so iconic, so it does make the new one look worse in comparison, but I don't necessarily mind. Pretty sure I'll just get used to it. [font="\"Proxima Nova Regular\", \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"]  [/font] |
titor420 said: hmm. that... isn't vashI don't want to be a hater and I love studio orange, but vash looks like a character skin from fortnite, not someone who belongs in a bleak sci fi western. The flat lighting only makes things worse. I get he's supposed to be a bit goofy at times but he just looks so generic it's a damn shame. There was a certain grittiness to the design from the 99' anime, stemming mostly from strong contrasting colors and sharp lines that just doesn't come out at all in the new version. Anyone else agree/disagree?? i'm going to watch it anyways because vash is one of the greatest anime characters of all time and trigun is one of the greatest anime stories of all time. but... wtf am i looking at? i'm going to send it to my buddy who likes vash/trigun and just randomly ask him "do you know who this anime character is?" i'm 100% confident he won't recognize vash. which makes me sad |
Vash had zoomer haircut equivalent of 90s |
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| I guess the message of acceptance in the original anime completely gets thrown out of the window when Vash has a different design, it's not like they changed his personality or anything meaningful about his character. Punk had already become somewhat of a commodity in the 90's, so I wouldn't really say Vash's design had any real meaning back in it's day, It's a really nice design though. |
| I honestly don't mind, plus they pay homage to the old Vash, in the final episode, sort of. It's Meryl Stryfe's character design that pisses me off. |
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Well, different hairstyle rubbed me wrong way at the start, then I used to it. It reminds me David from "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners": His mechanical arm I liked more in this version, but his hidden gun was replaced with some cable shooting gimmick. So some pluses, some minuses. |
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