aeolian-mode:

hi I’m here with some opinions about Digimon today

this?

i LOVE this. colorful, lively, instantly recognizable characters with strong silhouettes

This… if you showed me this i would not be able to tell they were the same characters. 

IMO they all look exactly the same. even their faces are the same.

and that is why I have not yet seen past episode 6 of Tri. I just… every time I watch it I just find myself wishing it was the original Adventure. 😦

here’s the thing about character design: it doesn’t matter what style you’re working with, you just have to make your silhouettes strong. anime style tends to use very similar body/face structures to make animation easier, but you can STILL work with similar ‘base’ models as long as you dress them up in ways that are recognizable. I get that it’s more “realistic” or whatever for these kids to be in school uniforms or something but it completely leeches the life and energy that made the original Digimon Adventure character designs unique. so if your cast of characters are all in school uniforms that’s when you need to spend extra time giving them unique body types and/or extremely different facial features so you can give them recognizable silhouettes.