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If you recall the Broly reboot from 2018, one of the single best animation showcases Toei Animation ever produced, one of the supervisors ignored Shintani’s designs and used Nakatsuru inspired ones, and it was the best looking part of the movie, outside of the Naotoshi Shida cut (who also ignored the design sheets.)

The older style is perfectly compatible with complex animation. The reason it didn’t happen back in the day is because studios just didn’t prioritize it back then except for movies. Contrary to what nerds say, the anime industry has gotten a lot better in the past 30 years.

Once I’m at my computer I’ll post a follow-up with links and/or screenshots.
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Ryu Santiago 2y ago

I look forward to it.

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Sweet 2y ago

Ok, here we go. Several notable cuts from Broly that ignored the modern character sheets in favor of the older models, and still had great movement. (One post at a time, because Snort isn't working for media right now.)

Note that, while the feature placement and curves are a callback to Nakatsuru's old style, the shading is actually far more complex. More complex than GT's, even, which is what I wish the new Daima designs were calling back to.

What I want would actually be less intensive that what Takahashi did for these cuts.

Daima is also getting a little over 3 years of production, which is more than most movies get, so it's a fair comparison.

https://m.primal.net/HNZG.mp4