| I haven't really thought about it myself. I'm more curious about what you all will answer, and hopefully why. |
| anything else below 2005 has the ugliest art style i've ever seen I dislike them bad art style and im not gonna watch any of them but as long as if its a battle shounen, its all good. |
| I don't like how 60s anime look and I think 2010s character designs are boring. I also don't like how a lot of 2000s anime look but that's mostly a technical thing (digital TV production sucked then) and not a design thing. |
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| I'd say the 2020s so far. It's definitely shaping up as the ugliest-looking anime era. |
| Whenever the moe boom happened, like mid 2000s. CGDCT became a thing and people somehow find the big ass eyes cute. Name dropping one series, the most memorable one was Clannad S1. My buddy somehow was obsessed with it but I can’t stand looking at the characters for another ep even at a young age. |
SoldierDream said: I'd say the 2020s so far. It's definitely shaping up as the ugliest-looking anime era. Totally agree. Especially the continued overuse of digital effects and digital coloring like like what was used in Asterisk War, Gamers, Irregular at Magic High School, Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun to name a few from recent memory. No Game No Life is the only one to use this style that didn't totally offend me. |
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| The 60’s definitely. I wouldn’t exactly call it ugly, but more like “boring.” It’s the most boring looking out of all the eras. The best-looking in my opinion, would be the 80’s and 90’s, particularly the 90’s. |
DanieLDesuu said: some of them have great art style and animation, you'll be missing a lot dude.anything else below 2005 has the ugliest art style i've ever seen I dislike them bad art style and im not gonna watch any of them but as long as if its a battle shounen, its all good. |
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| the 2010s and 2020s but it's not like it's unwatchable, it's just that it's bland and full of pictures when they should've drawn more like in the good ol' 80s. the 60s can't be bad when we have tatsunoko pro shows. If I had to make a top: 80s > 90s > 2000s > 70s > 60s > 2020s > 2010s |
CatalanoAug 21, 2021 9:26 AM
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| Something between Mid to Late 2000s |
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| The average 90s-early 2000s art style is bland and boring. To make things clear: NGE, Trigun and Cowboy Bebop are fine, Escaflowne and 12 Kingdoms aren't. Before and after that are usually better. |
| @Catalano solid list, I'm rolling with this too. Nirinbo said: The average 90s-early 2000s art style is bland and boring. To make things clear: NGE, Trigun and Cowboy Bebop are fine, Escaflowne and 12 Kingdoms aren't. Before and after that are usually better. ... Can't see a difference between Trigun and Escaflowne in terms of art style. In terms of animation Trigun definitely loses, the animation is dreadful. Not that I'm offended, I like Trigun and disliked Escaflowne, but I'm genuinely confused at what kind of differences you see in terms of art style between the two... Escaflowne's bad guy is an almost perfect twin of Vash... |
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| Well, there's only one true answer: 2016 |
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| Clannad. When 70 percent of your head is made of soul piercing eyes, Nightmare fuel is born. |
| That late 2000s/early 2010s super-deformed, super-low detail style, you know the one I'm talking about. That said, nowadays' stuff isn't too easy on the eyes either. In general it's just been careening down since the mid-90s. Shame that the eras of really decent art is long past. |
| Well I for one already loved Lain. |
| The 2000s Clannad-style that was seen in a lot of other anime too. They look like their eyes are kinda melting out of their face and I just can't ... also all of these romance-drama with artstyles like these got incredibly annoying female characters. ididnothingwrong said: Clannad. When 70 percent of your head is made of soul piercing eyes, Nightmare fuel is born. It's not only that they are too big and that there is almost no white from the eye. The lower eyelid is far too inclined, when it shouldn't be. Also some 90s and art styles from old shoujos. What is this ...  |
removed-userAug 21, 2021 11:07 AM
| A lot of the stuff from the 70s and 80s looks too cartoony for my liking. |
 A society which fails to uphold empathy as its foremost guiding principle is doomed to ignore or even defend the exploitation of its most vulnerable members. |
| Anime: 80s / 90s > 2000s > early 2010s > 70s > 60s > current Manga: 80s > 70s > 90s > 2000s > 60s > 2010s > current VN: 2000s / 90s > 2010s > current Games (anime style): 90s > 2000s > 2010s / current Current = last 3-4 years. |
Deathko said: Nirinbo said: The average 90s-early 2000s art style is bland and boring. To make things clear: NGE, Trigun and Cowboy Bebop are fine, Escaflowne and 12 Kingdoms aren't. Before and after that are usually better. ... Can't see a difference between Trigun and Escaflowne in terms of art style. In terms of animation Trigun definitely loses, the animation is dreadful. Not that I'm offended, I like Trigun and disliked Escaflowne, but I'm genuinely confused at what kind of differences you see in terms of art style between the two... Escaflowne's bad guy is an almost perfect twin of Vash... After watching some clips of Trigun I can say that I like some character designs and dislike some others, but at least it's brighter than Escaflowne. I know that quite a few people dislike the brightness of recent anime and prefer the dark atmosphere of older stuff; it's just a matter of personal taste. |
Probably the newest one that it only consist of sharp lines. These are 2 prime examples   |
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| This isn't an era but Ufo table's art style is ugly af and on the other hand their animation is godly |
Nirinbo said: Deathko said: ... Can't see a difference between Trigun and Escaflowne in terms of art style. In terms of animation Trigun definitely loses, the animation is dreadful. Not that I'm offended, I like Trigun and disliked Escaflowne, but I'm genuinely confused at what kind of differences you see in terms of art style between the two... Escaflowne's bad guy is an almost perfect twin of Vash... After watching some clips of Trigun I can say that I like some character designs and dislike some others, but at least it's brighter than Escaflowne. I know that quite a few people dislike the brightness of recent anime and prefer the dark atmosphere of older stuff; it's just a matter of personal taste. Oh, then I can definitely agree that Escaflowne is often way too dark, adn trigun much brighter. I think it's more a matter of stupid choice from the director than art style, but we agree. There's always the good old joke: "What's the darkest anime you've seen? -Gasaraki, I had to turn the gamma all the way up." |
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| My list: 60s>70s>80s>90s>00s>2010s>2020s You wouldn't understand pleb, back in the old days were when anime really peaked 😎 People used to actually pour their soul into it, and women looked like women, not this moefag 6 year old looking garbage. Oh man, can't get enough of it 🥰 |
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| It’s definitely the 2020’s. Seems like the character designs nowadays is too bland or the same. |
Auron_ said: My list: 60s>70s>80s>90s>00s>2010s>2020s You wouldn't understand pleb, back in the old days were when anime really peaked 😎 People used to actually pour their soul into it, and women looked like women, not this moefag 6 year old looking garbage. Oh man, can't get enough of it 🥰 i actually cant believe it, how was the sound design and storytelling so complex? in such a short animation they tackled the idea of freedom itself and if us as humans in society are truly free. And the sound design, dear god its an insult to call anything that released after this masterpiece an "anime". Oscar worthy work, |
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| 2000s to 2010s. Most anime characters were drawn similar specially female characters. But if we talk about when full made CGI 3D animes introduced, thats the worst art style of the era and we are in it. |
| I don't like the majority of anime that came out in the 80s and 90s; really any old anime art style. This is probably because I grew up watching 2010 style anime. |
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| I dont like 2000s anime art style. Humongous eyes and overly prominent and spiky bangs. Stuff that looks like these: anyways that's just my opinion |
seriously wtf is this?
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| Any era that can be characterised by this type of shit: |
| There are plenty of art styles I'm not that into, like kyoani. Cleopatra D.C and Zetsuai I think encompass things I don't find appealing at all, they are from the 1989 but same year The laughing salesman started to air and I like that quite a lot. |
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| I'm torn between "eyes separated by a mile of distance" 00s moe era and "bulky fringe hairstyle" 80s-90s Rumiko era. |
| it depends because that art style usually transcend era. but mostly I don't like the art style which most people like. (80s or 90s something) an example would be better explanation  from the image above 90s looks the worst |
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| @Adamk Whoever made that comparison must really hate the 90s tbh. Only one which is poorly framed, only fantasy-colored hair, and the artstyle is... early 90s? I'd have picked something that looked more like NGE to represent the 90s. tho to be fair if they're all taken from actual anime (doubt for the 70s one) then the 90s shred in terms of animation. Technically it's def the hardest of the 6 to pull of. More detail, more shades, etc... |
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That has to be one of the most disgusting art styles ever invented by degenerate cartoonists ngl |
Prophetess of the Golden Era |
| This era is the worst, followed by the 2010s and then the 2000s. While the 2000s aren't quite as bad as the 2010s and 2020s character design wise, many works suffered from "grey face syndrome," where characters' faces were grey or white in color, rather than any normal skin tone. This was a result of early digipaint, where ill choices were made in painting skin tones. |
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| There ain't many nice-looking hentais since 2010. Such a pity. |
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_Maneki-Neko_ said: The 2000s Clannad-style that was seen in a lot of other anime too. They look like their eyes are kinda melting out of their face and I just can't ... also all of these romance-drama with artstyles like these got incredibly annoying female characters. ididnothingwrong said: Clannad. When 70 percent of your head is made of soul piercing eyes, Nightmare fuel is born. It's not only that they are too big and that there is almost no white from the eye. The lower eyelid is far too inclined, when it shouldn't be. Also some 90s and art styles from old shoujos. What is this ... Japanese depression at 90's affected really hard the taste of the artists. They was just not caring anymore.  |
Rob7Sep 1, 2021 7:17 AM
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| I guess it's 2000s for me didn't really find the big eyes cute |
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