Which animation style would you rather see in a D&D cartoon?

[Chain Lightning]

I would actually like to see a D&D animation done fairly straight (seriously). Not sure what realm i'd want to see it done it, but I'd like to see it done straight. Not action/comedy or kid friendly ...


I love the old Disney style a lot, but I'd rather not see it again. Its been done y'know? Even the new school Disney/Feature Animation American style (Treasure Planet, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Sinbad {yes, its Dreamworks, but its still same style basically}) I enjoy this style . but I'd like to see something new.

And while I appreciate the work and artistry that goes into such CG films as "Final Fantasy: Spirits Within" & "Polar Express", I don't understand the appeal. I mean, what's the point of spending that much money to make it look realistic? Why not just film it live-action at that point? I like CG animated worlds, but not when its trying to be super-realistic. Pixar and their works is fine. But I wouldn't want that for D&D either.

I know many generalize anime with one big brushstroke, but it does have many styles within it too. I do agree, that D&D shouldn't be the common anime we see....the big eyes, small mouth kind. Oh, and about realistic human figures? Most anime studios do it well on a consistent basis. I think people get hung up on the big eyes so much that they don't notice that the figures the big eyed heads are on have realistic human proportions. Most of the inconsistant attempts at realistic human figures comes from tv episodic American shows that don't give much time/money for over seas studios to do it nicely all the time. So that's why some episodes look ok...and some don't. I like the Japanese OVA style...where they have more control of the animators (because most of the time their inhouse) and they seem to know their limitations and how much time it takes to do what.

I'd like to see a darker/realistic anime style for D&D. What do I mean by "darker/realistic anime style"? Something along the line of (but doesn't have to have same character design, but same approach as) "Blood: The Last Vampire", "Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust" (yes, the girls had big exaggerated eyes, but the other male characters were fairly realistic looking with just enough stylization...and the look of the world was nice), "Demon City Shinjuku" , or like "Magnetic Rose" (first story in the anime "Memories").

If the same art team that did "Magnetic Rose" did a 6 part OVA (Original Video Animation - direct video) Dungeons & Dragons project....I'd love it! Of course, I don't know if many of you have seen "Memories" or not....probably not many, and so I don't think this reference will help convey what I'm talking about.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Something like Dreamworks' The Prince of Egypt, the Road to El Dorado, and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas would be fine with me. I also wouldn't mind an animation style similar to the one from Batman: The Animated Series.

Please no D&D anime; the last thing we need is anime snobs telling us that we aren't really watching it as it was meant to be watched unless we watch it in the Japanese language with subtitles.

 

[RangerWickett]

Inuyasha style would be alright, but I would love a trendy, genre-crossing fantasy cartoon like Cowboy Bebop that combines fantasy story elements with blues and rock music.

 

[Enkhidu]

You know what would kick? If the whole thing were done by an art team led by Wayne Reyolds.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Claymation!

With a secondary vote for Supermarionation.

-Hyp.

 

[Ranger REG]

Traditional animation. To be honest I like some anime but I don't like it unless it is serious without the faces getting all crazy when they get mad and stuff like that. And I don't associate anime with D&D. I'd probably skip it if it was an anime style.

Not all anime have weird symbols like a huge teardrop or a cross on one's forehead. Robotech had none of those. But Japanese fans like that and that style is being imported here. It's a hit among children, I guess, like that annoying purple dinosaur.

 

[Anime Kidd]

While I love anime, I don't think it would be suited to D&D well. I'd choose Gargoyles or the new He-Man style if anything (but with less muscles), something with anime-like qualities but it isn't obviously. To me it really depends on how the story is treated. Would it just be something in between the action? Or would it actually be important?

 

[Pants]

Inuyasha style would be alright, but I would love a trendy, genre-crossing fantasy cartoon like Cowboy Bebop that combines fantasy story elements with blues and rock music.

I'd love to have a D&D cartoon animated by Sunrise (Bebop, the Gundams) or BONES (RahXephon, Wolf's Rain). Those two studios do some amazing animation and they usually get some pretty good budgets to work with.

 

[Jamdin]

I would not mind seeing a D&D animated series using the Bruce Timmor the Disney's Gargoyales styles.

 

[WayneLigon]

Either a serious anime style (Like, say, Gundam), or a style similar to the one used in X-Men: Evolution. I like the Timm style for JLA/Batman, but I don't think it would work for fantasy all that well. The style used in Sinbad was fantastic as well; that suited fantasy very well.