
Here you see the character designs for the K-ON! manga (top) compared with the KyoAni-ficated anime designs below, and then with “people inside” the characters.
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Oppai anime Queen’s Blade seems an obvious target for the likes of TMA and their cosplay endeavours, but in fact two such adult movies have already long since been completed: “Queen Blade” and its sequel “Queen Blade II” were of course based on the game books.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 15, 2009 21:44 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Comparison, Idol, K-ON!, Mio Akiyama, Ritsu, Seiyuu, Tsumugi, Yui

Here we see the seiyuu voicing the girls of K-On! compared against their 2D counterparts, who they are loosely cosplaying.
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This classic image attempts on a larger scale what we have seen before to disturbing effect a number of times: the 2D beautification of subject matter most unsightly. Of course, it isn’t always so.
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The eleventh game in the Atelier series of alchemy/crafting/cooking RPGs, ロロナのアトリエ / Rorona no Atelier, set to be a PS3 “exclusive”, has attracted note for the gorgeous 2D and 3D art on display, but also for the rather amusing differences between the 2D and 3D characters: somewhere along the way they have been reduced in age by ten years or so…
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Martial anime Valkyria Chronicles appears to be pursuing a policy of oppai enlargement in its character design, with several characters receiving augmentation, not least of all Alicia, above.
Whether this is a good liberty to take or not is a matter of personal preference, but most will agree that the actual anime screens coming to light so far (below) seem to hint at Asread-like levels of quality:
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The character designs for the upcoming Valkyria Chronicles anime have been made public, and comparing them to the CG originals from the original PS3 RPG (on the left) reveals some subtle changes in style.
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A lesson in restraint for this paperchild molesting otaku; do not interfere with a paper-loli or you may get paper-cut. His last words, scrawled in blood, or at least emphatic red ink, are fittingly enough “pantsu”…
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This rather interesting compilation video shows various seiyuu, especially tsundere queen Rie Kugimiya, recording their roles, often showing them together with the actual anime. The results are rather interesting, particularly when dealing with such high level seiyuu…
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Toradora appears to be an anime where the staff have been uncharacteristically dependent on taking their cameras around Tokyo in order to make the backgrounds; a great number of such scenes have been discovered, and doubtless there are many more:
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From the first episode of Gundam SEED. Probably about the most innocent motive we can ascribe is that dark colouring was avoided for aesthetic reasons.
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In yet another find by fans, this image presents a scene from the latest episode of Clannad After Story alongside its 3D counterpart, much like the earlier comparison of Tomoya and Nagisa‘s real life house.
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