DBZ Movie 7 animation style

[coola]

I'm not sure why, but i think DBZ movie 7 animation style look different from other movies and series, and how characters are drawn i actually really like that style, and it is shame it never was used beside them, again, i might be wrong.

[ekrolo2]

Stylistically it kind of reminds me of movie 6.

[Lord Beerus]

Trunks looks a little... off model there. I was never a big fan of the animation of Movie 7, but I think this movie marked the point where the animation for the DBZ would get much better on average.

[DragonBalllKaiHD]

That's the film supervised by the series' character designer Minoru Maeda, as was with the films before it.

[DarkPrince_92]

Nothing really stood out animation wise in movie 7. At least for me. (aside from Goku's balls being punched into his lungs) It just looked kinda ugly for the most part to be honest.

[MajinMan]

When I rewatched movie 7, I was surprised at how ugly it looked. Wasn't this movie rushed or something? I remember seeing something about that.

[jjgp1112]

Movies 6 and 7 both had rather...odd styles. Not so coincidentally, they were both Minoru's last movies as supervisor before Yamamuro Tadayoshi took over in Movie 8.

[JulieYBM]

Nothing really stands out in Movie #7. Between juggling the animated series and having to put together two films are year I think Maeda was pretty burned out. It doesn't help that he didn't have any good key animators working under him, let alone a good director directing and storyboarding the film.

Movies 6 and 7 both had rather...odd styles. Not so coincidentally, they were both Minoru's last movies as supervisor before Yamamuro Tadayoshi took over in Movie 8.

'Minoru' is his given name.

[Son_Gohan]

That angular style reminds me of what I've seen in some promotional artwork before, like this one here:



Maybe it's done by the same person.

[kei17]

The second shot is Naoki Miyahara's key animation left untouched.

Nothing really stood out animation wise in movie 7. At least for me. (aside from Goku's balls being punched into his lungs) It just looked kinda ugly for the most part to be honest.

Agreed. I especially dislike Piccolo with a realistic nose in the OP that Minoru Maeda occasionally draws. His skill was obviously becoming insufficient for Toriyama's development of his art, which must be the reason why he retired from the franchise. For your information, the scene with Goku getting his balls punched was animated by Masaki Satou.

That angular style reminds me of what I've seen in some promotional artwork before, like this one here:

Spoiler:

Maybe it's done by the same person.

No, that's drawn by an unknown artist who was in charge of merchandising art.

[Jaetinh]

That angular style reminds me of what I've seen in some promotional artwork before, like this one here:


Maybe it's done by the same person.

Awesome, thanks for posting that picture. I've been looking for a high quality version of it for a very long time.

[Naruto6583]

That angular style reminds me of what I've seen in some promotional artwork before, like this one here:



Maybe it's done by the same person.

Awsome picture where did you find it?

[Son_Gohan]

Awsome picture where did you find it?

A member here had dedicated a site for compiling all official, high-quality DB art:

http://80s90sdragonballart.tumblr.com/

[Aritz182]

I made a Dropbox folder with these kind of art from the 90s, some of them got from this Tumblr!
If you wanna download, you can do it from here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/296 ... _Aritz.zip

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Awsome picture where did you find it?

A member here had dedicated a site for compiling all official, high-quality DB art:

http://80s90sdragonballart.tumblr.com/

Off-topic, but has anyone done this with 2000s-2010s art?

[DarkPrince_92]

Don't see how the movie looked anything like this. It looked rushed for the most part.

Spoiler:

The artist I wish I knew, but there were like 3 shots in the movie I liked.

[Chuquita]

Re: Unknown artist

I wonder what happened to these promo artists sometimes. A lot of the older promo art has such a cool sense of scale; it's like, if you didn't know what this series was you'd want to check it out just based on the promo art. That doesn't happen anymore, really, with DB imo.

This guy here I'm almost certain is one of the other older (now retired?) promo artists. He's got a pixiv and does a lot of GoChi art: https://twitter.com/si000859m and http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1287199

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Awsome picture where did you find it?

A member here had dedicated a site for compiling all official, high-quality DB art:

http://80s90sdragonballart.tumblr.com/

Oh wow this is pretty awesome I really like the Vegeta one where half his hair blends into the sky so awesome. No kidding when people say the promo art was better back in the day.

[DBZAOTA482]

Movies 6 and 7 both had rather...odd styles. Not so coincidentally, they were both Minoru's last movies as supervisor before Yamamuro Tadayoshi took over in Movie 8.

Speaking of Minoru, whatever happened to him after episode 164 of DBZ?

[JulieYBM]

Movies 6 and 7 both had rather...odd styles. Not so coincidentally, they were both Minoru's last movies as supervisor before Yamamuro Tadayoshi took over in Movie 8.

Speaking of Minoru, whatever happened to him after episode 164 of DBZ?

He left the series after Episode #164 and the second TV special and was no longer credited as chief animator after Episode #199. Presumably he was too busy working on Sore'ike Anpanman.