Find the Anime Challenge

[Mad Mac]

Except, you know, Inu-Yasha.

Heh. Close. Inu-yasha is more Wolverine than ninja, though. It's been a while since I've watched that show, but his preferred fighting style always seemed to be to get his doggy behind stomped into the ground until his opponent was too tired to keep impaling him, and then bouncing back for the big finish.

Most of his enemies are demons though, so no oversized sword dueling. There is that girl with the huge boomerang ...but I love that weapon.

 

[Branduil]

I would hope that most artists would not borrow from something so mediocre as Inuyasha.

 

[Mad Mac]

I would hope that most artists would not borrow from something so mediocre as Inuyasha.

Can't imagine it happening to any meaningful degree. Rumiko Takahashi has a distinct style, but most of her characters look the same. I don't see anyone ripping off her designs.

 

[Paraxis]

If you want to see an RPG with alot of Anime style art work check this out.

http://www.animarpg.com/

The wallpapers and the links to the artist web pages are amazing.
I look forward to this game about as much as 4E.

 

[Rechan]

Actually, it's closer in meaning to what American animators mean by a "wild take." It's an overblown expression, usually of surprise or shock. Anime uses a different set of these expressions than American cartoons do, and they're mainly found in comedy anime, just as wild takes are usually found in comedy animation.

Emphasis mine.

I just want to toss this out there because I think this is wrong.

It feels like practically ALL anime that is not very very serious has these.

I can only think of four anime I've seen before that does not have these:

Cowboy Bebop.
Helsing.
Berzerk.
Ghost in the Shell.

I make this point because I hate the face faults. I always find them when I sit down to something I think is going to be some nice story/fight show. The only cartoon I actually gave a pass on this was Teen Titans.

 

[Rechan]

Can't imagine it happening to any meaningful degree. Rumiko Takahashi has a distinct style, but most of her characters look the same. I don't see anyone ripping off her designs.

As long as the artists don't rip off her writing.

 

[Rechan]

While I'm not an aficionado, I enjoy anime and manga when I encounter it, but I don't want a D&D standard that includes hugely oversized weapons

Y'mean like Greatswords?

Having a big weapon is usually just a gimick to have some mook look tough for 5 minutes before he gets thrashed. It's the girly-looking guys you have to look out for. I haven't seen anyone break out their big sword pics for the contest yet, either.

The best example of "dude wielding huge sword" I can think of is Berzerk, or what pictures I've seen of Bleach.

Berzerk, I think, is the quintessential "I't sa greatsword!" though.

 

[Moon-Lancer]

Emphasis mine.

I just want to toss this out there because I think this is wrong.

It feels like practically ALL anime that is not very very serious has these.

I can only think of four anime I've seen before that does not have these:

Cowboy Bebop.
Helsing.
Berzerk.
Ghost in the Shell.

I make this point because I hate the face faults. I always find them when I sit down to something I think is going to be some nice story/fight show. The only cartoon I actually gave a pass on this was Teen Titans.

Their are alot of anime without face faults. The ones you have listed are just the more well known ones.

 

[Branduil]

If you want to see an RPG with alot of Anime style art work check this out.

http://www.animarpg.com/

The wallpapers and the links to the artist web pages are amazing.
I look forward to this game about as much as 4E.

Well, they hired actual Japanese artists, so naturally that art is actually manga-style.

 

[frankthedm]