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Roy9076
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That's the problem with animation in general; sometimes the characters look the same. Wouldn't kill to add in distictive features, but then if you make the character too complicated, then it is just a pain in the ass to animate! Ahh... shortcuts.
Another good one as well. Love Nina's expressions. |
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chibisama
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Great comic. Myoopi always makes me chuckle when he randomly poops out candy like in the fifth frame.
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RedTail
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Might've been me. I created and posted these over at AN several years ago to demonstrate how much of a hack Hisashi Hirai is...  +  = 
Forgive the lack of Photoshop skill. Still gets the point across though. |
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narutoismybrother
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lmao! I didn't even see the scar until Nina mentioned it.
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icepick314
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Hisashi Hirai is one of my favorite character designer!! No dissing on Hirai-san, dammit!!! I recognize his character design right away...along with Clamp, Masamune Shirow, Noizi Ito, and Ken Akamatsu... |
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Ai no Kareshi
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I would recognize his character designs right away as well, seeing as they apparently all look the same. |
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billyarnie
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Indeed, it would be different. BTW, don't forget 2 of the 5 have ear studs... now I'm having a hard time telling them apart! 
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Viga_of_stars
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Also, I like bishies! Screw you Kevin! |
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errantrogue
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meh, like what you want... just don't expect me to respect your choices.
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Iritscen
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Thanks for (re-)posting that for those of us who hadn't seen it, RedTail; that's pretty sad, right there. I daresay there's a little more variety in one of his shows, s-CRY-ed. But otherwise, man, the guy has got to expand his style a bit.
Also, re:scars, don't even get me started on how there's only a few kinds of facials scars in all of animé: the vertical one across one eye, the cross-shaped scar on the cheek (or sometimes chin), the parallel tracks down one cheek... let's see, can anyone else come up with a couple more? |
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enurtsol
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Well, sometimes character designers are constrained by what looks in the original manga, where the character similarities are even worse - in B&W without the benefit of colors! 
OK, would it be blasphemy if we consider Hayao Miyazaki's females on this list? 
Last edited by enurtsol on Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:36 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Big Hed
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Am I the only one who first thought that Talan was a restyled Nina?
Great comic. Another one that's so funny because it's true. |
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SailorButterfly
 Posts: 152 Location: Pike Road, AL |
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I don't mind if my bishie look alike as long as they're hot.
Hey, guys, I'm working on an Anime News Nina costume for a convention, and I've made a Myoopi plushie to go along with it. What do you think? 
I need to smooth his stuffing out some, though. He also has a pouch that snaps closed on the bottom where I can put candy poops. ^-^ Last edited by SailorButterfly on Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:10 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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NamaeX
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When they mentioned that, I thought about this: 
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Sam Murai
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It’s pretty funny when also considering that Nina’s entranced facial expression when thinking of Talan is different than the others (the psychiatrists would have a field day on that one ).
Hisashi Hirai’s illustrations have never bother me, personally, and I think that he gets too much grief when other more revered designers don’t get any while pretty much reusing the same sets of designs each time (even some of my favorites). Hayao Miyazaki (and Ghibli, in general), Leiji Matsumoto, a good chunk of shoujo mangaka, Masamune Shirow, Osamu Tezuka (despite doing so on purpose), Akira Toriyama, Rumiko Takahashi, and even Keiji Gotoh and Range Murata are all guilty of reusing some or a good deal of previous designs or use a single template for most of their single sex designs (often the females). I don’t see anything terribly wrong with that as long as their some variety used along the way. Also, a good deal of animated characters in a series look fairly indistinguishable from the nose to the chin, with the variations lying on the areas that will tend to catch viewer’s attention the most: the eyes and hair. Hirai’s aren’t that much different in terms of how others do their’s, though I tend to think that the dislike is based more on the style of the designs themselves, as his have a smooth, less detailed look that makes it easier to dissertate. Additionally, it also comes down to personal tastes, in which the others listed have more popular, aesthetically-pleasing designs than him. P.S.: If you really want variety in Hirai designs, just watch LINEBARRELS OF IRON. There’s some in every different scene, even in the very same shot! 
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