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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3849187" data-attributes="member: 22779">Phew.  Sorry about the delay folks.  I've been busier than all get out the last little while.  Honestly, this is the first chance I've had to sit down and finish this off.  Again, apologies for the delay.Let us recap shall we?  To start things off, this was the original challenge:So, we had to find three images that were not just sort of anime looking, but, really anime looking (or manga looking if you prefer).  There were many entries and some close shaves.  In the end, it was the following images that seemed to have generated the most consensus:In no particular order:1.  An image of a tiefling from Races of Faerun.  Definitely on board with this one.  Dark Seraphim scores one.  There were two other posted with this image, but, the first was straight up comic book and the third lacked any real anime styling.<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/rof_gallery/49757.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />2.  We have another by the same artist from Races of Faerun.  While it's a bit wonky, it's a fair cop.  Props to Zamkaizer for spotting this one.<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/rof_gallery/49759.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />3.  This one got kind of buried way back, but, I think it deserves to be considered a positive.  Its from the Player's Guide to Eberron.  Props to Deekin for this find.<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/pgte_gallery/95054.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />We had a couple of close calls that were later disqualified.1.  A reprint from Paizo, which WOTC had never done before and I suspect was done because of the ending of 3e.  The fact that this image was released after I started this is also something of a strike against it.  Obviously, I could not comment on anything released in the future, only in the past.  So, sorry, this one, while definitely showing anime influence, is disqualified.  <img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/RulesComp_Gallery/110230.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />2.  A gnome alchemist from Races of Stone - was later shown to be pretty much standard short arse proportions as seen in artists like Hildebrant.<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ros_gallery/83271.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />There are probably other images, but, I've spent enough time looking around.Ok, so, the challenge was answered.  There were definitely three examples found.  However, I can't really declare any single winner since the challenge was to find 3 examples, not find one at a time.  And, I know that people are going to scream bloody murder about this, but, no one poster actually answered the challenge.  So, I will amend my sig, but, not quite in the way that the challenge specified.  I did learn a fair bit from this thread though.  For one, people tend to see anime where it really isn't.  Also, I think it's pretty safe to say that D&D art is about as anime influenced as any other pop art form.  At the end of the day, I think it's safe to say:Myth Busted</blockquote>

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