Find the Anime Challenge

[Celebrim]

Wow, you're right. Thank god we can always fall back to the hyper realistic era of 1st edition art.

I think I was pretty careful to separate early 1st edition art with its comparitively low production values and lack of clear artistic direction from late 1st edition and 2nd edition art. I'm not sure what you think you are proving. That 1st edition had several stylistic periods has been pretty much universally accepted.

 

[Keldryn]

None of the art show here depicts characters that look inspired by anime.

If one of these character did look inspired by anime, then

1) His head would be shaped like a little bean.

2) He'd have a tiny mouth when closed, RIDICULOUSLY huge when open.

3) His boots would be a whole lot cooler. Like, robot boots. *THUNK*

4) He'd have blue hair. You gotta have blue hair.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

... and then he'd fly around in space, making cool poses 'n' stuff.

 

[Klaus]

You guys need to expand your concept of "anime" and "manga":

Crying Freeman

Lone Wolf & Cub

Here's a page on several different styles of manga/anime:
http://www.sailorenergy.net/HowToDraw/HOWTODiagramRealAnime.html

 

[Mad Mac]

That Manga link is really cool, thanks.

I know manga art is often a bit more detailed than anime art, for obvious reasons, but it's hard to link Manga Art...I mean, if you've got full page scans up, you're basically stealing the product.

I wouldn't call Wolf and Cub Art typical of the genre though...it's out there, but much harder to find at your local bookstore than the more anime looking stuff.

 

[FireLance]

This, to me, is the most anime-influenced piece of artwork I've found so far - Gnome Alchemist from Races of Stone:

 

[Hairfoot]

You guys need to expand your concept of "anime" and "manga"

Again, I don't think that's the issue. If D&D began leaning toward the artistic and thematic style of more "serious" anime/manga, it simply wouldn't be noticed, because some of it fits perfectly.

What inspires threads like this is the "killer kawaii" style that leans toward Dragonball Z, or even Vampire Hunter D.

In fact, D is a perfect example of where I would like the line drawn between anime and D&D. The style and themes are excellent, but it's still about Matrix-like wall-running and huge pastel hairstyles. While that type of aesthetic and theme should be viable with D&D, I wouldn't like it to be the goal.

 

[Jackelope King]

This, to me, is the most anime-influenced piece of artwork I've found so far - Gnome Alchemist from Races of Stone:

Also by far one of my favorites from 3.Xe or any edition, really.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

That's big eyes, *big* mouth - we're looking for big eyes, *small* mouth.

He has a small mouth. You just caught him in the middle of a face-fault...

 

[TwinBahamut]

This, to me, is the most anime-influenced piece of artwork I've found so far - Gnome Alchemist from Races of Stone:

Wow, this would be the first piece of art posted in this thread I would actually agree is anime-inspired. Of course, there are all kinds of influence from other sources (art from children's books, maybe?), but it is fairly anime-styled.