Find the Anime Challenge

[Raven Crowking]

[hijack]

We're anti-sharks now? When did this happen?

[/byejack]

When WotC jumped the shark.

 

[Raven Crowking]

Nuh uh! I appoint myself to be the official Hussar forswornitude judge! I called it first, so tough cookies. I also declare myself king of the moon and rightful owner of all left-handed hammers.

My authority to do so is exactly as well-grounded as your authority to declare Hussar forsworn.

My ability to declare that I consider a person forsworn is absolute.

 

[Raven Crowking]

I asked a friend of mine to look at the thread a while back. It was several pages ago, in post 210. She's into comic books, and anime, both. Quite a large collection of both. I asked her whether the art in this thread was comic book or anime styled. I didn't tell her my opinions on the matter.

She said that it was comic book art, mostly. Some generic fantasy art. No anime.

So far, two actual Tokyopop messageboard members agree with her.

Immediately someone told me she wasn't objective. Their reasoning was that she likes both comic books and anime. I don't know why that reasoning makes sense, but that's what they told me.

Why would liking both disqualify someone? I think it would probably make someone more qualified. Are you sure that your post wasn't accepted because there's no way of checking the source? For example, say I claim that I have a friend who is very knowledgable about anime, and who likes comics, and who claims that at least three of these pictures are anime-inspired. Would that be enough for you? Of course not. Nor should it be.

If she wasn't acceptable to the "OH NOES THE ANIME" crowd, I don't know who would be.

Claiming that anime influence is in WotC artwork =/= "OH NOES THE ANIME". Obviously.

I'm thinking that if I can talk a Tokyopop Mod into looking at this thread, and then rendering a verdict on the Tokyopop site, that this should be acceptable as a judge who is both impartial and knowledgeable. Of course, I don't know if I can do that, but I'd like to try.

What do you say, Hussar? Does that sound agreeable to you?


RC

SWEETEN THE POT: If Hussar agrees to abide by the decision, and I can get a Tokyopop Mod to do this, and they decide that Hussar is right, I'll put the following in my sig for a year:

Hussar is the greatest god of gaming and has proven me to be the biggest schmuck of the internet. He won his anime challenge and I hereby declare that 3e art is not at all inspired by anime.

 

[The Merciful]

One decent example. Only one. Out of all the art to choose from.

Well, not to walk over you, but in your original post you wrote: "To anyone who can find three examples of anime art from any WOTC Dungeons and Dragons book." I do agree the thiefling picture has clear manga/anime influence in it, but I would look funny at anyone trying to tell me it is anime/manga.

 

[TwinBahamut]

Wait? Are you talking about Alphonse's metal body?

Isn't that simple a medieval suit of armour, something you would find straight out of the 1E PHB as compared to the 3E PHB?

I found that amusing too... Alphonse from FMA is not a robot. He is a hollow suit of ordinary armor being animated by a bound human soul. He is nothing like a warforged. I don't even see a reasonable similarity in appearance.

 

[Scribble]

I found that amusing too... Alphonse from FMA is not a robot. He is a hollow suit of ordinary armor being animated by a bound human soul. He is nothing like a warforged. I don't even see a reasonable similarity in appearance.

Possibly. It's not, however, the character story you're comparing, but the artistic rendering.

 

[Merlin the Tuna]

This just in! 4E art revealed, and it's totally anime!

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You may now carry on with your lives.

 

[blargney the second]

Lmao

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

Um...saying "No it isn't" isn't the same as debunking.

We didn't say "no it isn't." We gave reasons. You can agree or disagree with them, but the art simply does not look very similar, and the comparison is undermined by people pointing out that there are only so many ways you can draw a walking, talking suit of armour. Due to the latter point, the likelihood of any resemblance being coincidental is high enough that someone would need to demonstrate that the warforged is actually inspired by FMA to make a solid connection.

If you look at first respondant to the poll I posted on the Anime Messageboard, you'll note that the respondent joined apparently just to answer that poll, but has no knowledge of this thread. Hmmm. It reminds me a bit of a recent Savage Love column, when Dan Savage talked about the kind of details that he uses to preclude fake letters. Clearly, someone on this discussion has no desire to see an unbiased judgement, and attempts to tell the other potential respondents what is being seen.

I smell a rat.

(But I absolutely, unequivocably, believe that that rat is not the OP, who I have faith would not do this sort of thing.)

So, you're saying it's the OP?

When someone tries to avoid an impartial judge, there is always a reason for it!


RC

I have reason to believe that there are no impartial judges around here that would satisfy either side, given the testimonial by Cadfan.

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

My ability to declare that I consider a person forsworn is absolute.

True, but that doesn't give you any claim to Hussar's sig.