My Animation Era

Regarding hair style.

In fact, as early as when the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" comics began to be serialized, Gu Miao told Teacher Nantong that it must be exaggerated and clear.

This is the iconic design of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" and Wanbao must not disgrace the original version.

Speaking of which...

The original author Kazuki Takahashi is also a wonderful person. I really don’t know what he was thinking in his mind when he created the comics.

Such an exaggerated hairstyle looks like a Super Saiyan. Isn’t it really unconventional?

Of course, Gu Miao can also guess something.

The peculiar hairstyles in "Yu-Gi-Oh!" were mostly influenced by the common designs of Neon's "hot-blooded comics" characters at the time.

Especially "Dragon Ball"!

When Gu Miao saw "Game"'s hairstyle for the first time, she couldn't help but think of "Dragon Ball". Maybe this is just a coincidence, but he is more willing to believe that Takahashi Kazuki was inspired by "Dragon Ball".

Takahashi has gone too far compared to Dragon Ball.

The hairstyle in the game, due to the "two-color" splicing, looks and feels more visually impactful than the "Saiyan" hairstyle.

Of course, Saiyans are more "ethereal".

Talking about this is not because Gu Miao wants to join the beauty and hairdressing industry and work with Teacher Tony.

But hair design is actually a very important part of anime character design...

Many people should know it.

In animation works, especially those with "insufficient funds", embarrassing scenes of "face-bumping" often occur.

simply put.

In an animation, the characters basically have the same "face shape". Only based on hairstyle and hair color can you tell who is who.

This is most vividly reflected in the female characters.

In those animations that save money, the female characters who appear in the plot have the same face over and over again. Except for the different hairstyle and hair color, there is no difference at all.

Therefore.

Gu Miao specifically emphasized the importance of the hairstyle and color of the protagonists and supporting characters during the animation production of "Yu-Gi-Oh!"

This is an important means of distinguishing characters.

Just imagine, if everyone in the animation had the same hair color and similar face shape...

Good guy!

Now I am really face blind, I can't recognize who is who.

In order to avoid this situation, when designing anime characters, you must pay attention to hairstyle, hair color, and daily clothing.

Yu-Gi-Oh is pretty good.

At least the characters and modeling settings are very distinct and three-dimensional, allowing the audience to recognize them at a glance. I won’t mistake celebrity A for celebrity B and then make a joke like “please get out, you fake fan”.

Speaking of which, we have to mention the difference between [Game] and [Dark Game].

As everyone knows.

The story of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" originated from the protagonist Yugi. After putting together the thousand-year building blocks, another "self" appeared in his mind, namely Yami Yugi.

These two characters are very similar!

It can be said that they are almost carved out of the same mold. If you are not serious at all, you may get the wrong person.

How to distinguish these two people?

Height, face shape, eyes and expressions, these are all obvious differences between the dark game and the host game.

The most obvious one is “height and body shape”.

When Yami Yugi takes over the duel, the audience can clearly see that Yami Yugi's height and body shape are more like that of an "adult".

Looking back at the usual game, although the setting is a "middle school student". But it feels like a "primary school student".

This is a very obvious difference.

Secondly, the expression and eyes changed.

Gu Miao, who has watched the original version, knows very well that after An Yuxi appeared, his expression was actually quite serious and inhumane.

On the other hand, the game is innocent.

This huge difference in personality between the two is reflected in their expressions and eyes.

Based on these points, the distinction between dark games and games is actually not difficult for the audience at all. Anyone who is not blind can tell whether Yami Yugi or Yugi is leading the duel at this moment.

Gu Miao retained this approach.

It's just that he thinks that the height of the protagonist Yugi in the original "Yu-Gi-Oh!" is really "flawed".

It looks fine alone.

But once he faced Kaiba, once he was side by side with Jonouchi, Kyoko and the others, it would be a complete disaster. It feels like a middle school brother and sister taking their elementary school brother out to play together.

Isn't that right, Sir?

They are classmates!

Although there is a huge height gap between classmates, this is a very common thing. But Yugi's height is indeed a bit too short.

Why do you say that?

Because from many shots, one thing can be seen, that is, Yugi is standing next to Jonouchi and can only barely reach his shoulders.

This must be 20 centimeters shorter, right?

To be honest.

As a middle school student, if you are ten centimeters, or even more than ten centimeters shorter than your other classmates, you are considered extremely short. This was the first time in Gu Miao's life that she had such a big height gap with her classmates like Yu Yu.

Yami Yugi's height is almost a "standard" height.

Gu Miao didn't expect the game to be as tall as An Yuxi. At least it had to be a few centimeters taller so that it wouldn't appear...

Half of Jonouchi's body is on the screen, but the game can only show a weird picture of a "head".

To be fair, this is hilarious.

In order to make composition more convenient, it is actually a very trouble-free move to "increase" the game appropriately.

Of course, it won't add much.

Assuming it is a real character, the height of the Wanbao version of the game is about five centimeters higher than the original version.

These five centimeters cannot change the fact that he is still the shortest person in the team. But at least it makes him look less awkward when he appears in the same frame with his friends.

the most important is……

When Kyoko is with Yugi, she will no longer have such random illusions as "a single mother raising a baby".

"Don't ask, just ask because the game is wearing height-increasing insoles!"

Gu Miao waved her hand and signaled to everyone: "As for the protagonist, let's stop here first. Let's talk about the supporting characters, especially the opponents."

There is also a doorway here.

The supporting characters that appeared in the "Duel Kingdom" chapter, including the opponents, actually except for one [Millennium Eye-Becas] and [President Kaiba] left a deep impression on people, the other characters were a bit lacking in three-dimensionality.

This is not an image design issue.

The main reason is that the "personalities" of these characters were not established and failed to leave an indelible impression on the audience.

This needs to be improved.

Although, we can't expect every villain or opponent to be as attractive as President Kaiba.

But it can’t be marginalized, right?

It stands to reason that someone who can meet and fight against the protagonist in the early stages of Duel Kingdom will also be a "celebrity" in the world of Duel Monsters in the future.

As a result, except for the seahorse, which was still strong, this group of people in the later period did not know where to go fishing and paddling...

What a pity!

Saiyan hair has influenced more than one generation. When I was a kid, I wanted to dye it...