Why are anime characters so fucking ugly nowadays? - They look like they were Made in China.

Alex Hogendorp

Alex Hogendorp

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What made me love anime was basically because of it's history of beautiful artworks, hand drawn techniques and wide variety of character designs. Ever since it went digital I began to notice a decrease in the detail and the increase in vulgarity. It was really disappointing as I've really been looking forward to creative innovations with the aesthetic but it all seems to be forsaken. I'm just gonna provide you some pictures of anime to give you a refreshment on how far it has fallen and became a cesspool of autistic weeb trash,

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A normal Anime from 2018.
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They're not hand drawn anymore.
There's plenty of software that is used to make the drawing easier and it makes the art lose personality as a result.
There are very few anime studios that have their own recognizable style, everybody learns from the same sources and uses the same software in the same way.
They do it because hand drawn art takes more time and you need to crank out content all the time.
It's not art anymore, it's "content".

Technically, the 2018 looks more "human-like" but most studios do that kind of thing so I honestly can't tell characters apart just by looking at them, it's much easier with older characters.
I'm willing to bet that there are short cuts that the artist used for that "drawing" that shaped her face/body without him having to actually draw the shapes.
That sucks.

Sure, you still have good creative artists today but the majority of the ones making anime are craftsmen.
 
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Isn't OP's first pic spoofed in Genshiken? There's a poster on the wall of the club room and the blonde girl is disgusted because it's a hentai game with an underage girl.

The third pic is just fetish trash for guys to fap to as they fantasize about being crushed between her huge bara thighs of steel.
 
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I have a theory that a part of the reason why anime nowadays doesn't have the pallete it used to is in part due to policies trying to prohibit seizures. That's why anytime there's an action scene, they darken the screen. Its incredibly annoying.
Also, pic related is from 2016, you can see old styles around in some form or another if you look hard. The story wasn't that great though.
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