Who would you prefer to be the character designer?

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Who would you prefer to be the character designer?

Post by iAnimationLover_ » Sat Dec 17, 2016 1:56 am

Who would you prefer to be the character designer for super? For me its gotta be Shida :>



Edit: Actually Nakatsuru is a better choice as i did my research haha xD
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Re: Who would you prefer to be the character designer?

Post by OLKv3 » Sat Dec 17, 2016 1:57 am

Toriyama. If not him, then the dude who made the fan manga of Vegeta landing on Earth instead of Goku

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Post by iAnimationLover_ » Sat Dec 17, 2016 2:05 am

OLKv3 wrote:Toriyama. If not him, then the dude who made the fan manga of Vegeta landing on Earth instead of Goku
Can i have a screenshot of that please? :)

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Post by Bansho64 » Sat Dec 17, 2016 2:10 am

I only have two words; Masaki. Sato. He's my favorite DB artist, animator, and I wouldn't have anyone else as a first choice for character designer. Though, Nakatsuru is an extremely close second.

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Post by Saikyo no Senshi » Sat Dec 17, 2016 3:07 am

Tate Naoki. His simple and loose designs and lack of detail would help in smooth and fluid movement. They are animation-friendly. In fact, it is the norm in the industry now.

The reason why Sun and Moon is so good is cause of the animation-friendly designs. Something like that would do wonders for Dragon Ball animation and I think Tate has that style.

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Post by ArchedThunder » Sat Dec 17, 2016 3:33 am

Saikyo no Senshi wrote:Tate Naoki. His simple and loose designs and lack of detail would help in smooth and fluid movement. They are animation-friendly. In fact, it is the norm in the industry now.

The reason why Sun and Moon is so good is cause of the animation-friendly designs. Something like that would do wonders for Dragon Ball animation and I think Tate has that style.
I'd be 100% down for Tate if it was his polished style.
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There is also a really good shot of Vegeta he did in this same episode when they are on Beerus' planet that I can't find, it's just a head shot.

Besides Tate I think Tsuji would be interesting.

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Post by iAnimationLover_ » Sat Dec 17, 2016 3:46 am

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Saikyo no Senshi wrote:Tate Naoki. His simple and loose designs and lack of detail would help in smooth and fluid movement. They are animation-friendly. In fact, it is the norm in the industry now.

The reason why Sun and Moon is so good is cause of the animation-friendly designs. Something like that would do wonders for Dragon Ball animation and I think Tate has that style.
I'd be 100% down for Tate if it was his polished style.
[spoiler]Image[/spoiler]
There is also a really good shot of Vegeta he did in this same episode when they are on Beerus' planet that I can't find, it's just a head shot.

Besides Tate I think Tsuji would be interesting.

Tsuji's vegeta is too friendly :wave: http://prntscr.com/dkgwti

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Post by ArchedThunder » Sat Dec 17, 2016 4:04 am

iAnimationLover_ wrote:
Tsuji's vegeta is too friendly :wave: http://prntscr.com/dkgwti
Her Vegeta and Piccolo are the only things I take issue with really, but she's actually done some pretty good Vegeta drawings as of late.
It'd be interesting if a character designer tried to emulate Toriyama's modern style or Toyotaro's style.

EDIT: Shit I feel ashamed now, I forgot to mention Yokoyama Miyuki! She's got such beautiful organic shapes in her art!

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Post by Nejishiki » Sat Dec 17, 2016 4:22 am

iAnimationLover_ wrote:
OLKv3 wrote:Toriyama. If not him, then the dude who made the fan manga of Vegeta landing on Earth instead of Goku
Can i have a screenshot of that please? :)
It's by @dragongarowLEE

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Post by iAnimationLover_ » Sat Dec 17, 2016 4:53 am

ArchedThunder wrote:
iAnimationLover_ wrote:
Tsuji's vegeta is too friendly :wave: http://prntscr.com/dkgwti
Her Vegeta and Piccolo are the only things I take issue with really, but she's actually done some pretty good Vegeta drawings as of late.
It'd be interesting if a character designer tried to emulate Toriyama's modern style or Toyotaro's style.

EDIT: Shit I feel ashamed now, I forgot to mention Yokoyama Miyuki! She's got such beautiful organic shapes in her art!
I always wanted her to become a key animator or animation supervisor for super, instead of a 2nd key animator :lol:
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iAnimationLover_ wrote:
OLKv3 wrote:Toriyama. If not him, then the dude who made the fan manga of Vegeta landing on Earth instead of Goku
Can i have a screenshot of that please? :)
It's by @dragongarowLEE
Oh, so its basically the same guy who did the yamcha thing right? hah

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Post by Zephyr » Sat Dec 17, 2016 8:21 am

Bansho64 wrote:I only have two words; Masaki. Sato. He's my favorite DB artist, animator, and I wouldn't have anyone else as a first choice for character designer.
Seconding the hell out of this. He's recently posted some newly drawn DB art on Twitter, and it's unrivaled.

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Post by Draconic » Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:04 am

Tate for sure. Loose designs look sooooo good. Sun and Moon proves it, as I've seen clips of it here and there and while I don't give a shit about Pokemon, the animation sure intrigues me enough to want to watch it. The potential for action and character acting would be incredible, making not only fights but jokes visually interesting too.
Check out the videos below, made by yours truly!

Goku vs Beerus BOG/Super mash-up https://gofile.io/d/kKKnMe

Vegeta vs Freeza ROF/Super mash-up https://gofile.io/d/MKPepW

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Post by iAnimationLover_ » Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:10 am

Zephyr wrote:
Bansho64 wrote:I only have two words; Masaki. Sato. He's my favorite DB artist, animator, and I wouldn't have anyone else as a first choice for character designer.
Seconding the hell out of this. He's recently posted some newly drawn DB art on Twitter, and it's unrivaled.

Thats awesome! :thumbup:

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Re: Who would you prefer to be the character designer?

Post by nite_jay » Sat Dec 17, 2016 1:25 pm

I wouldn't really care too much, honestly. Just make sure that they try to make it stand out from Dragonball and Z, instead of that weird 'Boo arc but downgraded' thing we still have going on now. But for the sake of the question I would probably want Hayashi or Hosoda. I even made a little picture a while ago of what I'd imagine them looking like.

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Re: Who would you prefer to be the character designer?

Post by Mazingerdestro » Sun Dec 18, 2016 10:37 am

Yamamuro and Tsuji

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Post by Cetra » Sun Dec 18, 2016 10:39 am

Yamamuro-san without any doubt.
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Re: Who would you prefer to be the character designer?

Post by JulieYBM » Sun Dec 18, 2016 4:07 pm

I love Hayashi Yuuki's animation. He's also respected enough to be able to attract talent to work on the series with him. The lines and shapes he uses are so pleasant. He also has great layouts.
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Re: Who would you prefer to be the character designer?

Post by Miracles » Sun Dec 18, 2016 4:29 pm

Toriyama. He's got taste.

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Re: Who would you prefer to be the character designer?

Post by SaiyanGod117 » Sun Dec 18, 2016 7:22 pm

Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru without a doubt, Tsuji is good too. To be honest though, if Yamamuro could just revert back to his old designs. I wouldn't have a problem with him still being character designer, really he doesn't even have to do that. Just make the designs a little more organic...actually a lot more organic; or better yet improve off his old character sheets.

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Re: Who would you prefer to be the character designer?

Post by Avok » Sun Dec 18, 2016 8:51 pm

Nakatsuru without a doubt.

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