Anime with the worst art styles

[Satomi87]

Vision of Escaflowne. Pretty forgivable as this one came in 1996.

[npcomplete]

Tenshi na Konamaiki Has anyone seen that? I think it's a great series (albeit dragged out a little too long), but the character designs are just fugly. It seems as if they tried to improve it in later episodes though, since a change was noticeable.. or it could just have been inconsistent artwork.

[MeoTwister5]

Originally Posted by Satomi87

Vision of Escaflowne. Pretty forgivable as this one came in 1996.

Wait what?

Aishiteruze Baby comes to mind. It had a great, down to earth story at it's core but it looked like the animation team subsisted on water and old beef jerky during the entire project.

[Chiibi]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

Wait what?

Aishiteruze Baby comes to mind. It had a great, down to earth story at it's core but it looked like the animation team subsisted on water and old beef jerky during the entire project.

The anime looks better than the manga's art does, imho....=_=; I don't like Youko Maki's style, really....

[palpatin]

Originally Posted by Chiibi

The anime looks better than the manga's art does, imho....=_=; I don't like Youko Maki's style, really....

hehe, I just found it different, but as time passed I began to like it.

Well, then there are the noses in soul eater. At first they bothered me extremly, but I got used to it more quickly than I would have thought.

Liar Game is a Manga, but lets hope it will get an anime soon
The bothersome thing here are the terribly big mouths when someone is shocked which occures quite often...

Well, I never saw an anime with an overall shitty art style, so my post is not that attached to the topic...

[Atmospheric]

Soul Eater, eww. =x

[Snickripep]

As much as I love Key's series (AIR, Kanon 2006, and Clannad are three of my all-time favorite series), their art style in AIR really bugged me. I didn't notice it so much in Kanon (the newer version) or Clannad.
And again, I love the series, but the art style in the Fruits Basket anime bugged me. It's more suited to be seen drawn on paper, in my opinion.
Also, sometimes I didn't like Elfen Lied's art all that much either... I think it was the way Kohta was drawn. I don't know why I didn't like it. All I remember is that his really round face bugged me in the beginning.

[GreatTeacherKen]

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure OVA (2000): Funny how the newer OVA looks worse both artwork wise and animation wise compared to the old one. Jotaro already looks like he's in his twenties in the original manga and OVA when he's supposed to be 17, but here he looks like he's 40! The older OVA did a better job of adapting the manga's artwork, which I feel gets better around part 3.

[icab]

I like the anime itself.
But i hate how the females look in Air.
The have Gigantic eyes and their mouths are in the middle of there face.
It made it rather hard to get attached to them.

[awkwardanimals]

Bokura Ga Ita's art bothered me at first but the story is cute so I'll watch it any day haha.

Rurouni Kenshin's art bothers me too...idk why

[Ricky Controversy]

Initial D is the anime with the most aggressively disgusting art I have ever seen. Ya know, yay technical accuracy and an autistic savant protagonist, but damn.

[0utf0xZer0]

Originally Posted by Snickripep

As much as I love Key's series (AIR, Kanon 2006, and Clannad are three of my all-time favorite series), their art style in AIR really bugged me. I didn't notice it so much in Kanon (the newer version) or Clannad.

Based on the small number of screenshots I've seen, Air is one of those rare game to anime adaptations where the art style is very, very close to the original game. It's just a pity that Air had to be one of the few games to receive such an exacting adaptation of art style - if only the Tayutama anime looked as good as the DVD covers the artist for the game did.

Again going off a small number of screenshots, the game version of Kanon had an Air-like art style, but Kyoto modified it a bit for their adaptation.

[Ichihara Asako]

I'd have to say One Piece for worst character design. A few other series have been mentioned that did have rather sub-par art styles (eg Aishiteruze Baby and Initial D) but for its huge popularity and longevity, I just don't get One Piece.

[C.A.]

Originally Posted by Ichihara Asako

I'd have to say One Piece for worst character design. A few other series have been mentioned that did have rather sub-par art styles (eg Aishiteruze Baby and Initial D) but for its huge popularity and longevity, I just don't get One Piece.

Its really sad that there are people who don't get One Piece's style and even sadder for those who didn't want to watch the show because of it.

If you're talking about artistry, One Piece character designs has more artistic creativity than most anime and manga out there. This is from my view as an artist.

It has such an enormous cast and yet it each character looks and feels completely unique. Besides a handful of characters that look a little like each other, every other character has a face and build that's different. Each design carefully brings out the culture and behavioral context of each character. You can feel a strong sense of character identity and personality just by the design.

While One Piece started out with relatively bad art, the mangaka, Eiichiro Oda, has gained so much experience and skill over the years that his character design is at master level. His characters made the series the most popular, best selling manga and anime in history.

[Dextro]

Originally Posted by Ricky Controversy

Initial D is the anime with the most aggressively disgusting art I have ever seen. Ya know, yay technical accuracy and an autistic savant protagonist, but damn.

Gotta agree on that one. The first stage wasn't bad but oh dear lord did it go down hill from there. If it wasn't for the "hachi roku" reeling me in I wouldn't have kept watching. Very very painfull.

[C.A.]

You really have to blame the mangaka of Initial D for such bad character designs.

He obviously can draw very well, not just with cars and tracks, he drew the characters really well for covers. But for some reason he just prefers to not give the characters attention in the pages itself, their expressions are really bad, especially the 'duck mouth'.

[Woopzilla]

I'd say Kemonozume was too weird for me. It's style is very raw and dark. I won't call it bad or 'the worst' since it obviously intended to be that way. http://www.catsuka.com/interf/icons2...creenshots.jpg Some of those screenshots actually look quite good but I couldn't seem to watch it.

It's fine if art styles are consistent throughout the series with what the producers want to achieve... unless it unintentionally becomes bad or weird due to sloppiness. Which reminds me of a pic I saw:

Spoiler:

But I guess that's more about quality rather than art style.

EDIT: Regarding the art quality: I was speaking generally and not about Kemonozume.

[Miko Miko]

Saikano I am currently watching this and the art is doing my head in!!!!
Higurashi S1 It is my favourite series BUT i didnt like how in series 1 their legs kept changing lengths etc.

[Tealeafy]

Originally Posted by Snickripep

Also, sometimes I didn't like Elfen Lied's art all that much either... I think it was the way Kohta was drawn. I don't know why I didn't like it. All I remember is that his really round face bugged me in the beginning.

Me neither. I have no idea why... I just didn't like it all that much.
And AIR is one of my favorites, but the art took a while for me to warm up to.

[KholdStare]

Yeah, Key's art is really weird. KyoAni makes it better, but some of it is still weird in Air.

Saikano's art is just...ehhh.