No.31944
Which era had the best styles?
No.31946
No.31964
The Ren-ai/Kanon Game era of the early 2000s certainly wasn't.
No.31975
Late 70s - see Getter Robo for reference.
No.31977
No.32000
I used to be partial to late 80s styles, but I think most time periods have styles I love and ones that don't really do it for me.
>>31964
I know people complain about it a lot, but I like it.
No.32017
Post-appleseed 80-90's mecha designs
70% of it looked like Briareos in some way
Man I miss Bubblegum Crisis
No.32018
>>32001
First image the 2010 version looks the cutest but the DB one the '93 version looks so much better
Guess good art can be found in any year
No.32021
>>31964
Wasn't KEY the company whose shittiest artist was a majority shareholder, and the reason why they pretty much always have at least a couple of characters sporting the
<AM I KAWAII UGUU
face in their games?
No.32025
>>32018
The DB one isn't really a good example since it's not showing trends, it's just a bad remake.
No.32029
>>32001
>fourth pic
>old xray lewd pic
Im calling bullshit on that.
No.34958
>>32001
>fourth pic
Wow Japan is so advanced.
>fifth pic
I think it takes a lot of patience and observation to like old anime art style. The newer ones are simple so that we can focus on the story instead.
>>32029
Why not? They had an imaginative mind in the past.
No.34995
>>33376
>Characters get steadily more sullen
No.34998
>>34995
Anime reflects the times.
No.35308
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>31944
3d cg now is getting better
No.35311
The painstaking detail of late 80s OVAs is something I miss. The animation had moments but it was really just the pencil drawings with ink over the cells that did it for me even in stills. Now everything is watercolors done digitally. It misses the grittiness of a few hundred hard lines with technicolor hues and shades painted over.
No.35315
>>31944
Maybe someone will go fuming at this but I like early 2000s animes that look like they were made in flash. They have their charm.
Otherwise late 80s/early 90s are the best.
No.35352
>>31964
Everyone knows that Kyoani Key has the cutest girls.
No.45375
>>35352
Big eyes, small nose. Best style ever!
No.45393
>>32001
It's because so much anime has to be cheaply made that this happens and it's sad.
No.45416
>>31944
>>31946
This.
2007 had the charm of a child and the weirdness of a cat, while being pretty lovely looking already.
2018 is just your generic "hot anime babe", not even a child, nothing weird about her design.
No.54741
2007 > 1968 > 2018 > 1972 > 1985 > 1996
No.54746
>>45416
Shame 2007 doesn't get as much lewds as the current iteration.
No.54756
>>31944
why does she get taller?
No.54775
>>31964
This. A fucking million times this.
God damn I can't express how soulless and shitty early 2000s anime eye designs look, jesus christ.
No.54825
>>54824
Anime went through some weird weeb teen girl deviantart phase during that period.
No.54869
>>31944
can't wait until she finally becomes an ogre-sized Neko Onee-san
No.54911
>>54756
It's a perfect reflection of anime industry.
Lolis and children, even lewds of them were common in anime back before normalfag media won, and now loli doesn't sell, and can't be lewded.
>>54869
This is inevitable going to happen.
No.54914
>>32001
>first pic
>that successive loss of shading/tones over time
I don't want anime to end up with Calarts tier animation at some point.
No.54917
>>54869
>Second to last
Wait. Stop at that one
No.54931
>>33376
>2000's
>men and women look almost the same
this disturbs me greatly
No.55111
>>54914
There's shading but it's more subtle than a white line to indicate "shininess"
No.55124
80s
90s
Early-mid 2000s
Anything else and you probably need to get your brain examined.
No.55130
>>55124
>timespan of almost 3 decades
gee, can you be a little less specific?
No.55757
>>32001
I like 80's since it feels a bit more "western" and human but for anime I like 90s from the first pic. 00's look like a another girl, and 10's has the better face but seems lifeless like 00's. For the first pic. It also feels flat and bland.
3rd pic has a nice 80's and 70's. But why does 90's looked fucked up?
No.55846
>>55124
Hell yeah, I too am fond of those late twentieth to early twenty-first century century anime.
No.55858
>>55846
I prefer all of the twentieth century and am enjoying the twenty-first century so far. We'll see how it goes.
No.55901
>>55846
>twenty-first century century anime
Oi don't spoil the next millenia's season time traveler-san.
No.56073
>>35308
you call that good?
literally SFM tier
No.56075
>>55901
What the fuck do you mean?
Are you really that stupid?
No.56077
>>56075
It's okay to not get the joke. You don't have to be this defensive.
No.56081
>>56077
There's no joke there. He said he's fond of early 2000's series.
We're not that early in anymore, and anime looks like shit for a few years now.
No.56091
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Late 80's early 90's are my fave, and I doubt that's a very controversial opinion around here
>>33376
WTF, despite the more angular jawlines, they manage to still make the male look more feminine each decade with bigger eyes and a slim nose. If they 80's gut told me he'd kick my ass, I might believe him. If the 00's guy told me the same thing, I'd laugh and kick him in the nuts.
>>35311
Pic related.
>>55130
I tend to agree with him, It's not like anime instantly started being shit in 2001. It's been a slow decline. There was still good looking anime in the early 2000's, it just wasn't as good as what came before. The 2000's is when most anime crossed the line from "good enough" to "disappointing."
No.56097
>>56091
>Late 80's early 90's are my fave, and I doubt that's a very controversial opinion around here
Most here love it.
No.56170
>>56075
You're a very special person aren't you
Dumbass
No.56250
>>56170
I'm embarrassed for you now, PTSD-kun.
>>56081