Just as manga characters change and evolve, anime characters do the same. Maybe it’s because artistic styles come in and out of fashion or due to the visions of different studios or directors. Whatever the reason, they change.
Twitter user Billy Morgan recently catalogued some of the years. The time that they cover varies. For example, the above GeGeGe no Kitaro comparison spans decades, while the Gintama images are separated only by a few years.
時が進めば同じキャラでも作画が全然違うなぁ… pic.twitter.com/0729KCRT78
— ビリー・モーガン (@siroumaru96) August 4, 2018
こっちの方が露骨ぅ！ pic.twitter.com/KGSdt4eaeL
— ビリー・モーガン (@siroumaru96) August 5, 2018
Other Twitter users replied with comparisons of their own.
結局黒バスなんですよねぇ… pic.twitter.com/UCpSNC9i2s
— ヒロ@????ふりりんぐ・ワンウェイ???? (@Hiro20030611) August 5, 2018
— ヒロ@????ふりりんぐ・ワンウェイ???? (@Hiro20030611) August 5, 2018
しずかちゃん pic.twitter.com/jDAtN9yV9l
— アンパン (@anpan365to) August 5, 2018
FF外から失礼します
BLEACHも中々ですよ pic.twitter.com/2PF3TDRTxT— ????たかの???? (@taka_no218) August 5, 2018
ぼくもそうおもいます pic.twitter.com/OaBuJA3r2w
— 木倉さん＠絵描きゲーマー (@Lancered_yari) August 5, 2018
— たむがや (@tamugaya) August 4, 2018
— 木胡桃 (@kigu25) August 6, 2018
がんこちゃん pic.twitter.com/8tXsWgbNDf
— けいごん???????? (@pad_241225) August 7, 2018
Feel free to add any other character evolutions in the comments below.
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3 responses to “Anime Characters That Have Changed”
Popular art styles change over time in artistic medium. News at 11.
Is this about character that changed over their anime run? Because gintama’s at least a decade going now. If you want to look at a shorter run, look at my hero academia. Deku just after his training montage in the opening episodes is so different to the Deku in the later seasons. Got beefier, more muscle definition, scarring etc.
Isn’t this just the usual difference between Gintoki’s “nonchalant” and “serious” face? The whole point of the character is that he has these two faces, one of which is a mask. You could see a similar difference of styles in Rurouni Kenshin in a single episode.