Some anons say LWA is "western style" because it's "western style", but there are no American cartoons that look like it UNLESS they're "anime-style" already.
However, while not "western style", I'd say LWA is "cartoony" which IMO means deforming things in an irreverent/comical way. It doesn't matter if it's a Japanese tradition of exaggeration or a Western one. A show can have the anime-est core designs, but if it's full of irreverent and/or funny deformation then to me it's "cartoony".
How do you feel?
Nathaniel Reyes
I guess the OP should apply to manga too.
Tezuka manga is extremely cartoony author not just because his designs are inspired by Disney Donald/Mickey/Scrooge etc comic books and Fleischer cartoons but because he also deforms them comically.
Gabriel Bennett
Anime is cartoons.
Mason Torres
This show made me realise that i miss character designs that doesn't look "anime attractive" if that makes sence. It reminds me of the wife in the Shining, that made me realise how i came to expect attractive people in movies.
Cameron Rodriguez
Wendy was adorable.
Nathan Brown
>i miss character designs that doesn't look "anime attractive" if that makes sence. LWA isn't "anime attractive" to you? Then I can only assume you don't watch a lot of anime, because that level of deviation is actually relatively common.
Adam Morris
I think he means that kind of deformed expressivity, many characters still look attractive and composed even while they're overreacting or being put through weird situations.
Gavin Myers
And I still think he doesn't watch a lot of anime.
Jeremiah Brown
Yeah, but Amanchu and Aria go to the other extreme of superdeformation (hahiface>dekkai>kinshi, by the way), same with those hyperrealistic faces used for comedic purposes. In shows like LWA or early Gainax the westaboo influence is strong and the transition between wacky faces and their default faces feels smoother.
Austin Johnson
People are just confused and disoriented by the presence of animation. Too used to cardboard people.
Ayden Stewart
deformed expressions during moments of heightened emotion were common as fuck during the pre-2000 era and even still stuck around for a good damn while during the 2000-2007 post golden age.
You fuckers has just gotten so used to the stiff sterile shit they pump out damn near every anime season that anything beyond it is considered Sup Forums.
Aiden Flores
Honestly I think one of the main problems anime has had over the years is the gradual move away from stretch and squash. I think a lot of it is a result of newer animators not being familiar with classical techniques.
Hunter Walker
>I can only assume you don't watch a lot of anime This, it's a stupid topic. Anime is anime.
Sebastian Flores
Looking past framerates, the nature of stuff like character movement has changed. The timing and the motions themselves are different, like how much weight and momentum are taken into account.
Charles White
Does anybody else get this result or is it just my personal search history?
Landon Reed
>Some anons say LWA is "western style" because it's "western style", but there are no American cartoons that look like it UNLESS they're "anime-style" already.
I've never read a stupid fucking sentence that managed to create such a circular logical error as this one.
Brayden Collins
it's an indicator of how retarded OP is, and that further discussion about his topic will just lead to shitposting.
Also, OP first needs to graduate high school before he's allowed to browse Sup Forums. No one alive uses "irreverent" as a part of their everyday vocabulary unless they had just learned it from their English class. Even then they're fucking using it incorrectly given the context of the sentence.
Aiden Cruz
It's Trigger style, dipshit.
Ryan Robinson
>anything past stiff images with moving mouths and arms is now "cartoony" >OP implying that anime and cartoons are different when anime is literally just cartoons made in japan, and anime is just a fucking shorthand for 'animation'
are you retarded?
Nathaniel Garcia
Well he's talking about the difference between Sup Forums content and Sup Forums content. The way he phrased it is retarded though.
Parker Barnes
except there's no difference in terms of what OP is talking about.
Animation is universal, squash and stretch is literally a fundamental to animation, it's not just exclusive to western animation.
if you're talking about a difference to Sup Forums content and Sup Forums content, it would be episode format, presentation, story + tropes/cliches, and art style. All of which OP is not even talking about.
Unless OP is retarded enough to imply that the animation of deforming characters to further drive an emotion is an "art style exclusive to cartoons"
Oliver Cruz
I think that's what OP meant, looking beyond his retarded post.
Cameron Mitchell
"style" goes beyond looks.
John Barnes
>I'd say LWA is "cartoony" which IMO means deforming things in an irreverent/comical way >Squash and stretch is the sole determinant of "cartoony" style
Jordan Hall
>ctrl+F Panty and Stocking >0 search results I am dissappoint
Ethan Martinez
No one cares about your old, obscure shit.
Levi Thomas
Stupid idiot.
Daniel Barnes
but the wife in the shining is cute af
David Thomas
The animatio is very western-ish in this show. The characters are always moving and making faces even when there's no need for it. Anime is generally like japanese movies: the characters are very stoic when they talk, they don't make a lot of gestures like westerners. Here all the characters look non-japanese in the way they move. I'm sure whatever studio animated this intended to sell it to the west.
Christopher Barnes
>How do you feel? It's just a fucking anime.
Dominic Gonzalez
It's western style because trigger is the westaboo studio.
Ethan Edwards
Well they did pretty much get the second special funded due to kickstarter
Elijah Brooks
>we animated this in order to seel it to the minority Epic, just epic.
Jackson Davis
anime is anime you moron
Connor Perez
Staying on model is cheaper than playing with the model, you can trace and recycle more.
Juan Murphy
>PSG >obscure
Jaxson Perez
I think the reason LWA is usually called western style is not because of its animation but because of how it's written. So far it seems to be putting in tropes and storylines that are commonly found in western animation, which gives it a western feel. It also helps that in some ways it feels like a kids show, and since most anime fans tend to skip Japanese kid shows their only frame of reference are the kids shows from their past. Thusly leading to the connection being enforced.