CATDOLL: Netizens hotly discuss: Is it acceptable that the characters in the animation are so different from the original?

In Japan, animation works adapted from comics are generally popular and have relatively fixed fans. However, such works often cause considerable controversy when announcing animation or character design. After all, many readers have already accepted the previous character design style, and animation character design is usually very stressful at this time (especially when the target is a popular original work). When the original comic is adapted into an animation, the character design and lines will be adjusted, but the style of some works has become too outrageous and has been criticized by anime fans. Recently, some netizens posted the original drawings and animations of some works, which also caused heated discussions among everyone.

Flowers of Evil

This is probably the most controversial work. Although it was designed to experiment with new technology, the finished product is too horrible. Flowers of Evil changed the animation style to stream of consciousness, and the work is not like the mainstream anime style. This caused a lot of discussion among fans of the original work at the time. When talking about the character design of animation, this work is usually mentioned.

Overlord

In fact, the character design of the animated version of "OVERLORD" is quite different from the original, but it is a relatively uncontroversial change. After all, it is not very likely to incorporate the original illustrations into the animation, so this is an acceptable change.

Seraph of the End

The animation team of this work is quite remarkable. Their ability to reproduce the original work is very high. Part of the reason may be that the original work itself is very suitable for animation adaptation and does not require too many changes.

Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash

The character design of this one is somewhat different from the original, but I feel that it is difficult for the animation to restore the settings of the original. However, I actually feel that the character design of this animation looks better than the original.

"Blessings on this beautiful world!"

This one is probably the one with the biggest difference recently. There are quite a lot of differences between the character illustrations in the original work and the character design in the animation, so it was criticized before it was aired. However, the work was quite popular after it was aired. However, there is still a lot of controversy about the character design.

K-ON!

After the animation, it is almost a Kyoto Animation face, but the response is still quite good, and the Kyoto Animation face is also a convention, no matter if you have comics or light novels before, the face shape is the same anyway.

My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute

When it comes to anime character design, I always feel that Oreimo is the most successful example. However, the original artist Kanzakihiro is an animator himself, so it is more likely that his comics were designed based on the premise of animation.