The universally loathed character designs inflicted upon Aku no Hana in its anime adaptation are proving incendiary amongst fans of the original, a well regarded adolescent romance manga formerly known for its elegant art.
The show is described by ZEXCS as “the first ever fully rotoscoped Japanese TV anime,” the producers perhaps having missed the reason no other TV anime had been produced in this format before:
The original was known for both cute and sexy character designs:
The fate of this poor manga has inspired a wave of horrified comparisons:
Why an otherwise promising title has been consigned to guaranteed commercial oblivion with what has charitably been described as an “experimental” style has been the subject of massive speculation – some even speculating that the whole thing is a ploy to generate notoriety for the show.
Other anime of the season have been held up as counter-examples:
The japanese are ugly, so what’s the big deal? Also, read the manga. That “adaption” was awful.
Bu . ..bu . .. but this is 100% more accurate <=o
Japanese people actually look like this though, I don't get why they're making such a big deal about it. Did they think they look like fucking sexy goddess and gods or something? Jeez, it's like they make a fuss when they see their own ugly mugs in the mirror.
Yeah, see, Japan, this is why we stopped rotoscoping YEARS ago. It’s hardly experimental if someone else has tried it and decided it produced shitty looking animation. That’s just called being late to the party.
so when you trace over Asians they don’t look like Anime characters, what a surprise 😛
When you trace over whites, they don’t look like Anime characters either, in fact even less so.
vast majority of anime characters aren’t meant to be white
Could have fooled a few “whites” on the internet.
Back to the manga in 3…2..1.