On Similar Character Designs
Categorized Under: Spring '07 Series, Summer '07 Series
Dated: 13 Jul 2007
Current Mood: 
Disappointed
Okay, look. I’m as aware as anyone that anime and manga steal borrow character designs from each other, and that sometimes a particular kind of design just gets popular, right?
But still, isn’t this a little much?
That’s Karen from Sky Girls, Mugi from Hitohira, and Michiru from Zombie Loan. All three are shy girl types, with Karen and Mugi both even having problems speaking (though in Karen’s case it’s only talking to guys). And Karen and Michiru have the same bizarrely grey hair color. But of course, the link between all three is those super-skinny pigtails/braids! WTF?…End rant.
Tags: character-designs, comparisons, Hitohira, rants, Sky-Girls, spring-2007, summer-2007, Zombie-Loan
July 18th, 2007 at 5:04 am
If you weren’t getting paid to be this obsessive I’d be worried. As for girl character designs that never change - Studio Ghibli needs to start looking around. I’m tired of the same girl in every film. XP
July 18th, 2007 at 5:10 am
Haha, I guess it’s just the kind of thing I notice when I watch this much damn anime ;) But you’re right, Ghibli does beautiful stuff, but they do need to broaden character designs a bit. Actually, I’m coming to decide that that’s one of Gainax’s strengths - even if they have characters that are similar archetypes, they always look amazingly different.