Find the Anime Challenge

[Nifft]

Yeah, but is it...*gasp*...anime?

Irrelevant to whether it looks anime. And that's the big irony of this discussion.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Teemu]

I don't have the time to read the whole thread so I don't know if this has been posted already, but this picture of Kelemvor - look at his face. That's an anime/manga face.

 

[Geron Raveneye]

Irrelevant to whether it looks anime. And that's the big irony of this discussion.

Cheers, -- N

Yep, that's the big funny part of this whole thing.

 

[TwinBahamut]

...I see what you did there...

Yoshitaka Amano's style really isn't that far removed from those of Rebbecca Guay or Terese Nielsen. It would be amazing if he illustrated for Dungeons & Dragons. The Final Fantasy series lost something when he stopped concepting them.

Amano is a fantastic Japanese artist. However, he is also the best example I can think of why Japanese artist != anime style. Amano's artwork is very thoroughly rooted in traditional forms of Japanese art, not the modern style of anime art. He is not what anyone is talking about when they talk about "anime-influence".

But who is that guy in that picture? He looks like he is wearing Vampire Hunter D's hat, but otherwise looks pretty different...

As for the other picture, I think it might be hard to call. The face isn't typical anime-style, but it is nonetheless the kind of face you might see once and a while in an anime. At the same time, everything else about the picture seems more western to me. The pose seems to resemble something you might see in a renaissance painting, rather than an anime. I can't make a definitive call.

Aside from the anime discussion though, what is up with the armor in that last picture? Everyone around him is wearing plate, but the heroic-looking guy is in out-of-date chainmail? The woman is wearing plate (the annoying "female" breastplate type of armor, too), but is wearing leather boots rather than metal greaves? How wierd... It is so close, but not quite right.

 

[BryonD]

I am thinking of a number. It is between 1 and 5 (inclusive).
I will send a check for $100 to the first person to guess the right number.
If it is Hussar I will send $500.
Only the first four guesses count.

I also reserve the right to reject any answers that don't comply with my other rules for this game.

 

[Nifft]

I am thinking of a number. It is between 1 and 5 (inclusive).

Integers, reals, rationals or complex?

Cheers, -- N

 

[JiffyPopTart]

1st edition Mind Flayer

2nd edition Mind Flayer

3rd edition Mind Flayer

3.5 edition Mind Flayer

Things that make this "anime influenced"
1. Mid-karate-kick pose
2. "Exploding" background
3. Mindflayer with twin katanas and bow, ala a samurai
4. Mindflayer with impossible to use polearm weapon that has an energy aura
5. Ninja toe-boots

Do I get a point for that?
DS

 

[Nifft]

4. Mindflayer with impossible to use polearm weapon that has an energy aura

Polearm? Are you sure that's not a hat rack?

Hmmm, -- N

 

[TwinBahamut]

I am thinking of a number. It is between 1 and 5 (inclusive).
I will send a check for $100 to the first person to guess the right number.
If it is Hussar I will send $500.
Only the first four guesses count.

I also reserve the right to reject any answers that don't comply with my other rules for this game.

Before anyone else does, I guess pi. Just because pi is awesome. Though the natural number e also is in that range, and is also awesome... Tough choice...

But what is your point?

As for the Mind Flayer... All those points made certainly prove that the Mind Flayer got turned into a ninja, but I question whether getting turned into a ninja is the same thing as anime influence. I mean, he looks like he would be right at home in an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In fact, the surprising lack of Ninja Toe Boots and double-swords in ninja anime, and thier prevalence in Western ninja comics, makes me say that the influence is just ninja popularity and western comics, not anime.

Also, I don't really agree about the exploding background bit. It looks more like a basic neutral color or clpud background to me. It reminds me of what they put behind me in my high-school yearbook portrait. If it were a moving lines background, I would concede the point, but it isn't.

 

[BryonD]

Integers, reals, rationals or complex?

Cheers, -- N

Integers.