The huge gulf between the character design used in the initial A Certain Magical Index light novels and that used in more recent volumes, as well as more widely in the anime and similar, has recently been pointed out by fans. Especially the differences in Index’s design…
You can see a simple comparison illustrating the huge differences below:
The initial, hardly moe at all, light novel design:
Volume 11:
The difference is as that between night and day, but that is not all…
Initial protagonist:
Later protagonist:
All the characters now seem to created along moe lines, as you see below:
There are some who speculate that the current huge popularity the series (of novels or otherwise) enjoys is all down to the new artist direction, as exemplified by Index having become something of a moe icon. Might this be close to the mark, or is it mere coincidence that such a radical revamping has taken place?
I would like to know what was the appearance of accelerator in the initial character design…
2nd last pic… is that misaka with wrong sized boobs?… she isnt that big is she?
What the hell is this…
Fucking moe.
I personally like the newer designs I mean in my oppinion index definetly looks better 10/10.
Ya… when it comes to moe…. less is more …………. >>
I love the anime, like the characters all in all could be better could be much much worse….. <<