Why did Toei stop colouring Krillin's eyes?

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Why did Toei stop colouring Krillin's eyes?

Post by TheGmGoken » Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:00 pm

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I just realized that Krillin eyes stop being coloured. I'm late as fuck but why Toei? Budget reasons? What episode did this begin on?

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Re: Why did Toei stop colouring Krillin's eyes?

Post by TheAldella » Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:26 am

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I just realized that Krillin eyes stop being coloured. I'm late as fuck but why Toei? Budget reasons? What episode did this begin on?
No, it wasn't started, then stopped. It was simply inconsistent.
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Re: Why did Toei stop colouring Krillin's eyes?

Post by Lord Beerus » Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:44 am

It was just Toei being lazy with the animation. It's nothing new.

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Re: Why did Toei stop colouring Krillin's eyes?

Post by Gaffer Tape » Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:28 am

TheAldella wrote:No, it wasn't started, then stopped. It was simply inconsistent.
Yes, it was. His eyes were consistently colored from his original appearance through the middle of the 21st Budoukai, and then they suddenly weren't.
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Re: Why did Toei stop colouring Krillin's eyes?

Post by Mosaic » Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:49 am

Maybe it was a decision made by the creator designer? There are plenty of anime characters that randomly get design overhauls in the middle of their series. One episode, Princess Yukiko from Dororon Enma-kun ages about 5 years:

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In Sailor Moon, Chibiusa's friend Momo also had an inconsistent character design. By her third season, she had boobs and purple hair.

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Re: Why did Toei stop colouring Krillin's eyes?

Post by Attitudefan » Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:29 pm

Vegeta comes to mind.

I think it was probably due to Krillin always squinting his eyes when he was a kid. His eyes most of the time were squinting than open and round. I bet Toei decided it would look best to remove the white part of the eye, much like Yajirobi!

But then Krillin stopped squinting all the time....
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Re: Why did Toei stop colouring Krillin's eyes?

Post by coola » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:41 pm

I also wondered about why Toei made that change, Toriyama kept drawing Krillin eyes same way through whole series.
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Re: Why did Toei stop colouring Krillin's eyes?

Post by hleV » Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:36 pm

Toei was and is bad at its job.

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Re: Why did Toei stop colouring Krillin's eyes?

Post by JulieYBM » Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:52 pm

hleV wrote:Toei was and is bad at its job.
That is confusing consistency for quality.
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Re: Why did Toei stop colouring Krillin's eyes?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:54 pm

They watched/read too much Peanuts.
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Re: Why did Toei stop colouring Krillin's eyes?

Post by hleV » Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:07 pm

JulieYBM wrote:
hleV wrote:Toei was and is bad at its job.
That is confusing consistency for quality.
They provide us with none of that.

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