“I Made Mio into a Nineties Character”

heck they look awesome, aside from Nagi i pretty much like all character in their retro style rendition.
has art lost that much against technology and mas production?
if so will soon be watching stick figures anime

I think older is better, gave me back my kid boners.

KILL IT! KIIIIILLLLLLL IIIIIIITTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!11111

I think most of those look horrible, honestly.

is 2002 kagura of azumanga?

Great post. I miss the 90s.

Wow, 90's Louise is actually tolerable! And Lelouch doesn't look like a frog! That first Nagi is absolutely terrifying, though.

Overall, I think I like the new stuff better, (no one's skin is that shiny!) but it would be nice if it looked a little less flat...

No, I just don't like it sorry. The age where I watched 80's/90's anime has long since passed for me.

http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr214/routou/90s-lulu-1.jpg

yup...

konata only is saved because she's the same of now

Ahh, sweet memories.
There are certainly things I like better about modern animation (mainly the crispness of the digital work) but the character designs back then often had more personality to them--both in design and animation), and there were some very nice bodies.
I was watching some old Urusei Yatsura episodes a few months ago and the expressiveness of the characters shames most of the modern animators. Modern character designs are so fixed it's hard for animators to have much fun with them. There are exceptions, of course--Maka from Soul Eater jumps to mind. And despite the limited animation, I've never seen a flying character that flies as convincingly as Lum, with her lightness and comfort in 3D space.

(Artefact, do you have a larger version of the body shape chart? I'd love to get a closer look at that.)

90's Lelouche looks better lol

always did love me some old skool anime...

They messed up Mio's eye size in my opinion but '90s' rittsu looks vasty superior, the overall look of all these re-works are actually more like late 80s (Gunnm / Gunbuster) rather than actual 90s style.
To be honest I like this older style of more detailed faces and expressions a lot better than the current standard.
Also, holy shit the reworked Louise is cute and I normally don't like her at all.

I MISS THE 90'S ANIME BAAAW
Really I do ;_;

Noo!! Why the hell from all zetsuboushoujotachi, my Matoi has to be the victim!!

lol I like how Artifact calls his readers idiots and is aggressive towards us instead of sucking up to the vile scum that we all are like most blog sites do! good on u

Nice comparsion.

still looks good, brings back memories too.

I don't like 80s, mid 90s nor late 00s moe blob style, but instead the simplistic realism that started around 2002. Namely, getting rid of brightly colored pink, green, blue anime hair and using realistic black and browns. Flat colors with simple shading. Soft, crisp, thin pencil-like lines.

I'm talking about stuff like Haibane Renmei, Koi Kaze, and Aoi Hana. Shoujo-esque, but not quite (because of the focus on simplicity rather than whirly whispy details).

Anyone else expecting Lelouch to look all 'Fist of the North Star'-ish in his pic? He looks even more like a woman in the 90s style!

For some reason, though, I find the 90s and 80s style cuter. I think it's the fact that the girls have, you know...NOSES.

Ah the anime women of the 80's and early 90's. No "MOE~" but characters that looked great.

Fuck yes!!!!!
DO WANT!!!!!

Hmm, I really think this article is interesting. If they'd fixed the freaking hand in the Mio pic, It would have almost made me want to give the series another chance.

A lot of them look better, though a few others looked horrible after it. I never really noticed how little shading the modern ones have until now... Though, I can't say I think the random lines on the face work for all of the characters.

This is really interesting! Kudos to the folks that pulled this stuff off, especially since they did it so convincingly. You could probably trick younger fans with these..."You didn't know? K-ON! is a remake!"

Maybe someone will do 80's or 70's versions next?

I don't miss the 90s art style one bit.

how the hell the 80's version looks better than today's?

I love seeing style changes like this... 2ch's residents are really impressive. They never cease to amaze me with what they can pull off. There's something curiously charming about those classic-styled eyes (the first Ritsu is especially lovely.)

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I actually like the 90's style better

Oh look, it made it better!

Definitely looks more early 80s and less 90s... making me feel old I remember watching Urusei Yatsura when it was airing for the first time.. Just a warning to all the younger anime addicts out there once you're hooked there is no going back even when you start to get grey.

I don't know why most people here think that these designs are actually better than the original. They're boring at best. The over glossy eyes and chipmunk noses are step down instead of a step up. Anime looks better nowadays.

Also, moe existed before the boom. For example Hikaru from KOR or C-ko from Project A-ko. Yeah. Also there were Graduation and the like.

I'm glad the scratchiness is gone, it looks completely over gone. The only one that's kinda good his Ritsu and that's it.

You know, I'd probably be able to watch Geass without vomiting if the characters look like that..

Mio face remind me of Kyoko(Maison Ikkoku)for some reason. Anyway 80,90 0r current any version is ok with me

...And then i realised, i'm not the only one who thinks the 80s 90s where superior in anime charadesign. MUCH. Fuck modern cg crap!

They actually look better this way. :)

i dont like it! the original is better then this new nineties

Well, they at least had noses...