CATDOLL: The character design of the comic adaptation "Miss Bernard Says" is revealed. Netizens: Who are you, beautiful lady?

"Miss Bernard Says" is a funny comic based on world classics. It was announced in June that it would be adapted into an animation. Judging from the character design pictures released by a magazine recently, the contrast between the animation styles is amazing, causing netizens to exclaim "Who are you, beauty?"

Comparison between the animation character design of "Miss Bernard Says" (left) and the comic character design (right)

In the original comic book of "Miss Bernard Says", the author Shi Chuan Yong's painting style is very concise. He does not focus on portraying the characters but strengthens the story of the plot. The eyes of the heroine Machida Sawako are even replaced by circles. In the animation character design published by the magazine, Sawako has transformed into a tall and cute girl with a more natural body proportion and a youthful aura. Even the magazine was surprised by this huge contrast and compared the original and animation character design pictures together, and added the words "This... this is!?"

The original style of "Miss Bernard Says"

Of course, the animation team's improvement on the character design seems to be the original author's opinion. After learning that his work was animated, the comic author Shi Chuan Yongqi drew a four-frame short comic to express his feelings. In the last frame, Shi Chuan hoped that "the character design of the animation can be more lovely than the original work." It seems that his wish has been perfectly fulfilled...

Original author: I hope the characters in the animation will be cuter than the original.

The new characters in the animation also made netizens complain: "Is this a character designed to cater to otakus?", "Since the original author also agreed to this change, there is nothing to say", "It seems to be not bad?", "The characters are fine as long as the interesting story of the original work can be fully restored." It seems that netizens are still very much looking forward to it. Will this work meet the expectations of the audience? Anime Star will continue to pay attention and report on it, so stay tuned!

"Miss Bernard Says" is a funny comic created by Yuki Shikawa. The story revolves around the heroine Machida Sawako. Sawako doesn't like reading, but she pretends to be a "good student" who loves reading, so she is called "Miss Bernard" (a variation of George Bernard Shaw) by others. The comic is currently serialized in Ichijinsha's "Monthly Comix REX" and has won the 18th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award.