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Sep 26, 2020 9:34 PM

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Peaceful_Critic said:
AnimaExZero said:

and Kill la Kill... What the hell is this supposed to be??? A bad, action porn anime or what?

I don't usually believe people need to watch a show in order to necessary judge a design, but in this case, that'll be a good idea.
The nudity vs clothing aspect is a huge theme of the show. If you made those characters dress more modestly you'll lose an important part of the show.
The first battle between those two characters

In other words, the show commented on how society views nudity as something to be embarrassed about through the main character Ryuko in that 1st battle between them and wasn't just there for fanservice's sake.


To be honest, there's nothing that can get my attention to see Kill la Kill. Not even the "fluid" action series, and (I believe) that the plot is a mere excuse to justify and rely it's appeal on erotic fanservice...
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Sep 26, 2020 9:50 PM
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You don't have to watch it, I just thought the perspective would help you understand why others may be okay with the character designs.
Also, I don't think the point of the fight scene was to be fluid. The whole show is pretty stylized and the same can be said for the animation. The animation is impact heavy and is as over the top as it gets. The charm of the animation is the unique ever-changing camera angles, the characters flying across the room, and the overblown smoke at the impacts.
I digress though, that scene was just there to back up my claims on the story. You weren't supposed to focus on the animation, but the subs(which you could turn on by pressing the CC button).

The show is pretty shameless generally based on my experience with the show, if it wanted to just be fanservice, I think it would be just fanservice.
Most pure fanservice shows that I know of don't go through the effort of making a whole thematic deal out of erotic fanservice. At best those shows would contrive a reason via the other narrative type of plot. There are easier ways to make an excuse for fanservice, even if it was a contrived reason, they sure took the hard route, by making it a theme and part of the story.
Sep 26, 2020 11:10 PM

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JoJos tbh.
Most of Seven Deadly Sins.
Half of Black Clover.
Sep 26, 2020 11:15 PM

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https://myanimelist.net/people/6524/Hisashi_Hirai

the worst character designs in the best genre
Sep 26, 2020 11:19 PM

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Attackonfiller said:
All of the Zexal designs. I feel my eyes burning when I look at this shit.





The Yugioh hair style always bug me.
Sep 26, 2020 11:41 PM

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HXH it was my biggest obstacle cause theres awsome gimmicks, plot lines and action sequences.....but most of the main characters are jarringly ugly. it says a lot when the main character looks 1000% better just by ditching his big dumb green coat.

at least in naruto theres character motivation for naruto wearing the orange jumpsuit cause he's wants to stand out and is desperate for attention.
Sep 26, 2020 11:42 PM

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I really hate Jiren from DBS, his head is small and his eyes are too big. He just looks so stupid.



I have the whole scale, I'm gonna use the whole scale.
Sep 27, 2020 12:02 AM
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I really hate Narutos adult design look. The short hair does not look good on him. I wish they did hair similar to his dad.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/47/3a/f0/473af00771eeeea36efa45457ab60dd2.jpg
Sep 27, 2020 1:29 AM

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Frat_Snap said:
The female characters in Initial D are nightmare fuel.

They didn't even look as bad as that in the anime.


AnimaExZero said:

and Kill la Kill... What the hell is this supposed to be??? A bad, action porn anime or what?
Yes.
Sep 27, 2020 4:18 AM
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kllu97 said:
I really hate Narutos adult design look. The short hair does not look good on him. I wish they did hair similar to his dad.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/47/3a/f0/473af00771eeeea36efa45457ab60dd2.jpg

I liked the SoraYori girls, they are cute. ^^

Peaceful_Critic said:
@AnimaExZero
You don't have to watch it, I just thought the perspective would help you understand why others may be okay with the character designs.
Also, I don't think the point of the fight scene was to be fluid. The whole show is pretty stylized and the same can be said for the animation. The animation is impact heavy and is as over the top as it gets. The charm of the animation is the unique ever-changing camera angles, the characters flying across the room, and the overblown smoke at the impacts.
I digress though, that scene was just there to back up my claims on the story. You weren't supposed to focus on the animation, but the subs(which you could turn on by pressing the CC button).

The show is pretty shameless generally based on my experience with the show, if it wanted to just be fanservice, I think it would be just fanservice.
Most pure fanservice shows that I know of don't go through the effort of making a whole thematic deal out of erotic fanservice. At best those shows would contrive a reason via the other narrative type of plot. There are easier ways to make an excuse for fanservice, even if it was a contrived reason, they sure took the hard route, by making it a theme and part of the story.

At first I also thought I had a problem with the fanservice in the show, but I actually like that theme. The thing is that I can't stand Trigger as a studio and how "hyperactive" their shows are. The only thing I would try now is Little Witch Academia or maybe Kiznaiver.

Anyways, I also don't like the old shoujo designs with these HUGE eyes:
https://myanimelist.net/manga/102/Fruits_Basket
https://myanimelist.net/manga/8/Full_Moon_wo_Sagashite
Sep 27, 2020 4:31 AM

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Kazuya Kinoshita (Rent-A-Girlfriend)
Kazuya Rent-A-Girlfriend
Kazuya Kinoshita is not only the boring main character of a harem anime ใƒผ he's a very indecisive one, as well. After his girlfriend Mami breaks up with him, he decides to rent a girlfriend, Chizuru. However, throughout the anime, fans have begun disliking him to the point of labeling him the worst male character of 2020.

Seeing how he wavers between the girlfriend that broke up with him for fun and the fake girlfriend who actually seems to care about him, it's no wonder Kazuya has gained many fans' ire.

Sep 27, 2020 8:12 AM

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rsc-pl said:
Edgy designs. MUH REALISM designs. Ugly designs. Super simplified designs.
Examples? Ergo Proxy, Ping Pong Animation, Aku no Hana, 90% designs of Trigger studio. Most of Ghibli designs.

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I hate Madhouse's character designs. It's like they are trying to make the character look beautiful, but just ended up making them looking worse.

The worst character designer ever is him

This too.
But in the other hand,
https://myanimelist.net/anime/21681/Hanayamata
This one looked really good and had really nice character design.


Hanayamata is the only exception I know. It is literally the only Madhouse anime I've seen that has more than 1 character that isn't ugly.
Sep 27, 2020 9:21 AM

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How about every time clothing curves upward underneath a girl's boobs? It's stupidly common in anime character art, and frankly I find it kinda ugly. It looks weird for both loose-fitting clothing and skin-tight stuff, and it certainly doesn't match real-life designs for stuff like one-piece swimsuits/leotards/bodysuits either.
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Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut.
Sep 27, 2020 9:34 AM

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Cleostar said:
Uzaki-chan.
Don't ask me why, all people know.

thoise big ass tt hahhahahahahahahaha
Sep 27, 2020 9:34 AM

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sav21 said:
All Key adaptations' regular char designs bug me, even if I love Clannad as a whole.

especially nagisa her hair looks like an antenna or alien really annoys me
Sep 27, 2020 9:35 AM

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Not really character design, more art style, but the clannad characters I don’t like too much because of their huge eyes.

how bout their hair hahahbvbbvaaaaa
Sep 27, 2020 9:36 AM

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I wouldn't say hate but when they changed the art in DXD it lost some of its charm.
Sep 27, 2020 9:41 AM

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Probably the designs for Jojo characters, overtly muscular characters are just awful looking imo. Also any loli mom character designs, who thought that would be a good idea?
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Sep 27, 2020 12:18 PM
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The only character design that I hate is the way the CG versions of the characters look in Aikatsu. I don't have a problem with CG itself, it's just the actual character design in the CG of that show, in my opinion the characters look really weird and bad and the performance scenes make me uncomfortable. And this is coming from someone who loves idol shows and performance scenes.
Sep 27, 2020 3:33 PM
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_Maneki-Neko_ said:
At first I also thought I had a problem with the fanservice in the show, but I actually like that theme. The thing is that I can't stand Trigger as a studio and how "hyperactive" their shows are. The only thing I would try now is Little Witch Academia or maybe Kiznaiver.

Anyways, I also don't like the old shoujo designs with these HUGE eyes:
https://myanimelist.net/manga/102/Fruits_Basket
https://myanimelist.net/manga/8/Full_Moon_wo_Sagashite
I think the hyperactivity is a welcomed change for me. A lot of anime I watch has too many still frames where characters drone on non-stop.
Why does hyperactivity bother you?
Sep 27, 2020 3:45 PM
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Peaceful_Critic said:
_Maneki-Neko_ said:
At first I also thought I had a problem with the fanservice in the show, but I actually like that theme. The thing is that I can't stand Trigger as a studio and how "hyperactive" their shows are. The only thing I would try now is Little Witch Academia or maybe Kiznaiver.

Anyways, I also don't like the old shoujo designs with these HUGE eyes:
https://myanimelist.net/manga/102/Fruits_Basket
https://myanimelist.net/manga/8/Full_Moon_wo_Sagashite
I think the hyperactivity is a welcomed change for me. A lot of anime I watch has too many still frames where characters drone on non-stop.
Why does hyperactivity bother you?

I don't know. It's just way too cartoony the way that it is and over the top in everything they do. Ofc other anime have this too but everytime I tried a Trigger show I got annoyed very fast for no apparent reason. I sit through Darling in the Franxx, but I won't sit through another of these shows haha although I believe they are better, I still don't like their style. I mean their art style and their way of presenting the story.
I don't mind the animation so much tbh. There could be still frames for all I care. I mind an art style and atmosphere I like more.
Sep 27, 2020 4:50 PM
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Am I only one that hates Code Geass art while liking the show?
Oct 7, 2020 2:46 AM

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I know It is bad to judge a book by its cover, but in any show with action, fight and deathflag, if most of characters look like they come from a cosplay convention, pop music bands, lolies, or highschool hotties, even if the show has an excellent plot, writting, and good stuffs, I can't simply watch it.

Like in many current Isekai animes, Fate franchises, Rokka no Yuusha, Blazblue, Final Fantasy-like styled shows, even it's fantasy, It's too silly for me to imagine those thin good-looking, in over-stylized clothes,with rainbow-hairstyle and sometimes, with over-sized weapons, in a world of wars, battles, and deaths. It drives me nuts seeing those dolls beating the crap out of bigass better-designed opponents/monsters.

Plus; those charac-designs have no "primal beauty" in them. They're empty, souless, aseptic like dolls...Even the backgrounds of the animes they come from look stylized and "tamed".

I tend to spit my dishonest poison on shonens but most of them have an unique, vibrant, interesting charac-design. At least, I let them that.
Oct 7, 2020 7:33 AM

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Food Wars with people w their hair being a different color of their eyes. Couldn't really vibe w it.

I really liked erinas design but it was kinda hit or miss.

Jojo looks a bit cringe as well.
Oct 29, 2020 8:20 PM
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Man I just HATE Shigaraki from My Hero Academia, generic villian...doesn't even look cool.

He looks like he's constantly facepalming at how bad his design is.

Oct 29, 2020 8:24 PM
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I think I am in the minority here but I hate kakegurui character designs

Oct 30, 2020 12:47 AM

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no character designs that i particularly hate i don't really care for them if i'm being honest
Nov 9, 2020 10:53 PM

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My answer is xxxHolic.
To be fair, I like the anime. But its character design is my least favorite thing that the anime offers. Everyone is tall and thin like a stick.

What about you?


I play BanG Dream! Girls Band Party

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Nov 9, 2020 10:56 PM
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Maybe jojo. Everyone is lit Gorilla, even they have female gorilla too.
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Nov 9, 2020 11:00 PM

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Anything designed by clamp, hisashi hirai and that one anime designed by peter chung. Jesus that thing was painful.
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Nov 9, 2020 11:07 PM

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Code geass.
The last part of Bleach(including the manga), everyone seems to have the same edgy expression.
I don't particularly enjoy the character design in black clover.
I don't like the character design of SAO and similar shows.
Nov 9, 2020 11:11 PM

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Probably Nanatsu no Taizai and Jojo.
Nov 9, 2020 11:26 PM
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Masaaki Yuasa's anime. Compared to other character design, my least favorite is this person's work. But that's what makes his directed anime is unique.
Nov 9, 2020 11:30 PM

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Ballroom e youkoso had some good moments when it came to the animation, but the character design was a tiny bit offputting
Nov 10, 2020 12:27 AM

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Your lie in april. Everything was fine, but the lips just pissed me off for some reason. Can't say I liked FMAB or Devilman crybaby designs either but i enjoyed all of the shows themselves

“๐‘ป๐’‰๐’‚๐’•’๐’” ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’š ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’”. ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’†. ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’•, ๐’š๐’๐’–’๐’“๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’š ๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’˜.” – ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’–๐’๐’”๐’–๐’Š ๐‘ฒ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’Œ๐’–
Nov 10, 2020 6:52 AM

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Almost every generic isekai and ALL Jun Maeda anime.
Nov 10, 2020 6:58 AM

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Shiki with its insane hairstyles comes to mind. It's a great anime but I do sometimes wonder what the characters designers smoked.
Nov 10, 2020 6:59 AM

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Id have to say oreimo. I don't know why but I just don't like the design of the sister for some reason. Not sure why.
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Attack on Titan's titans are really goofy looking, they're all big fat guys with shaggy hair and goofy smiles.

It was actually one of the main reasons I couldn't watch it...because of how funny they looked...it almost feels like a parody on horror
Nov 10, 2020 7:06 AM

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tbh, I'm not watch one piece anime because of the animation.
of course they couldnt keep movie level every episode, but the tension is lost from the manga

other than that maybe clamp, except code geass
Nov 10, 2020 7:13 AM
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Xxxholic for sure, it's frankly horrid to look at, as much as I love it overall.

Anything by masaaki yuasa

One piece

Clannad. Probably because it apes what most vn of its time were like (maybe not really, but I guess it was common) but christ it's so unfathomably boring by trying so hard to be cutesycute.
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Nov 10, 2020 7:14 AM
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All Masaaki yuasa's anime art style suck....
Nov 10, 2020 7:23 AM

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Almost every single male character from every PA Works anime. They design the girls wonderfully but hardly do anything for male characters.
Nov 10, 2020 7:35 AM
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This thread again? I can already see all the replies about CLAMP and Clannad.
Nov 10, 2020 7:37 AM

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GOD EATER HAS SOME GOOD GRAPHICS AS WELL AS DEVILMAN CRYBABY HAS UNIQUE ART TOO

CLANNED HAS BY FAR THE WORST FACES I'VE SEEN
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Nov 10, 2020 7:43 AM
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For me it's Toaru Series
especially girls.
Nov 10, 2020 7:45 AM

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clannad is horrendus. their eyes are half their face. what makes it worse is that te characters themselves are so bland and genric its disgusting how it has such a high score
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WIIXAnd said:
For me it's Toaru Series
especially girls.

Rather the best.

For me it's Tonikaku Kawaii from this season.
Nov 10, 2020 7:52 AM

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Trinity Seven.

It's an ecchi harem, I at least expect the girls to be cute.

At best, the girls are extremely basic looking, and more often than not, the girls are straight up ugly.
I swear, I don't have a thing for blondes.













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I don't like it when characters are 'shiny' and/or have too much colors that just don't fit. Hetalia's character design change suffered from that, DGray Man Hollow similarly.They just look cheap to me. The new Sailor Moon also feels off.
I hate the character designs of angels in Shingeki no Bahamut even tho the anime is one of my favourites. They all look like hoes to me.
I'm also not keen on some over exaggerated designs, like too big anime eyes or hair. Things like that kept me away from some popular anime like BNHA and One Piece.
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