Is Piccolo the most well designed character in anime history? Purely from a visual standpoint, he's always stood out to me from other anime characters, both in Dragon Ball Z and other popular series at the time. There was something about seeing Piccolo's design back in the day in commercials for DBZ that made me watch the show.
A green dude isn't that wild or imaginative in design terms, but a lot of little details help bring him together. The protruding eyebrow ridges, pointed ears, deep voice, and stoic nature give him an almost mystic quality. Not to mention his iconic and very visually distinct outfit. I remember thinking as a kid that Piccolo's outfit was the coolest clothing I'd ever seen.
Do you agree? If not, which characters do you think are designed extremely well form a mainly visual standpoint?
>>157608483
either him or Cell
>>157608514
I think the enemy design as a whole was really on point in Dragon Ball. Freiza's original form, Cell, and Buu were all so visually memorable.
tbqh I wouldn't say he was the most iconic character in his own series
He looks like an angry alien sikh and that is cool
I've always been impressed by how his design subtly evolves
>>157609113
I'd chalk that up to the author improving over time, honestly.
>>157609180
I only just realized that he only has 4 digits on his hand
>>157609180
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>>157609215
Wait did the show really never get that right lmao
>>157609215
Yeah. He has 5 fingers in the anime though, since apparently only having 4 could be troublesome for the animators.
>>157608514
Too many spots.
Also Perfect Cell looks like a fucking action figure
Imperfect was best design
>>157609277
How is that troublesome? Isn´t drawing and animating one finger less easier? Isn´t that also the reason why Donald Duck etc only have 4 fingers?
>>157609300
The default is always easier.
Every animator is going to draw a human hand the same way, with finger lengths etc. being relatively proportional. But who knows which finger is longest on an alien hand or how you hold a teacup.
Also you don't have to worry about screw-ups drawing him 5 fingered all the time because the intern forgot about deepestlore
>>157609300
Because it's just not the norm. He'd be the one character that'd have to remember 'four fingers only' for. Having five fingers doesn't detract from his character either so I'm sure they thought, eh why not give him five.
Anyone here watch Super, does he still have five there too?
>>157608483
It's the bitchin' turban. How many other characters can make a turban that cool?
>>157608483
>Is Piccolo the most well designed character in anime history?
Jesus Christ, I didn't think shounenfags could be this retarded.
>>157609401
>not posting his own choice
Lame my dude. Criticism won't kill you.
Piccolo's design is great. On the subject of Dragon Ball here's another great design.
>>157609474
literal deviant art fanfic tier
>>157609474
Shame dudes like him and Roid Rage were limited to films. They could've made great villains.
>>157609618
luckily they realized their mistake and put femBroly in DBS
I'm a big fan of Freeza's second form
>>157609266
Toei did the same with Cell's finger. In imperfect he has 3 fingers, semi-perfect 4 fingers
>>157608483
He's an alien among a mostly human looking cast but is also a fully developed character instead of just a gimmick.
Piccolo is the best character in Dragonball. Vegeta is like a shitty version of Piccolo.
>>157609286
>Too many spots.
Hi Tori
(raugh)
>>157609649
the fuck is a femBroly
this is why i don't watch super
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>>157609362
Looks like he has five in the new shit too.
On an unrelated note why does the animation look so off in Super.
>>157609935
>On an unrelated note why does the animation look so off in Super.
Toei stopped giving a shit a long time ago.
>>157609935
Watch from the zamasu arc, it starts looking passable then, in the tournament arc (the one now) i think it looks pretty good, its on a steady increase quality wise. Also the lightning in Super is just so fucking good in my opinion
>>157610218
The shame is that other on-going shows look fine, but they're phoning it in so hard with Super. Sometimes even basic anatomy looks off.
DBZ wasn't perfect but it still looks great today.
>>157609277
Nope. He got 5 fingers because they fucked up in the first Piccolo Jr episode. They gave him 5 digits for some reason due to it being standard and they kept it going.
Manga has him with 3 fingers and a thumb tho.
>>157609618
He was meant to be a villain in the series for an anime only season but the guys who made the movie, even tho Tori made him, demanded money for his usage.
A shame because if they'd pushed Cooler as the avenging party to Goku's killing of Frieza and having trained to get a leg up then we might have gotten a better form for Golden Frieza instead of gold plated dildoman.
2nd form Frieza was always his most intimidating form.
>>157609656
Shame Freeza never used those forms for very long in the manga
>>157610462
>Sometimes even basic anatomy looks off.
But sometimes it looks pretty fucking good. The recent episodes have been easily Z quality and in my opinion even better (not that thats an accomplishment) thanks to them being HD clean and more sharp than Z stuff
>>157610622
I'll have to pick it back up then to check it out. Thanks for the heads up.
>>157610453
The animation still looks off, even in the current arc. It just doesn't look right. Gohan, for example, looks off even with his bang back.
I've noticed that the characters always look either thinner or with smaller heads or hair. It looks inconsistent.
It reminds me of that shot of Goku in the Cell arc, when he is talking about how he compares to Cell. You know the one, with the derpy face.
>>157610566
>He was meant to be a villain in the series for an anime only season but the guys who made the movie, even tho Tori made him, demanded money for his usage.
Even the other movie characters?
>>157610733
Yeah I know what you mean.
>Different (modern) coloring/shading
>Koreans/Filipinos doing the animating and in-between cels
>Toriyama's current art style makes his characters look leaner, almost like how Araki's JoJo characters became thinner after Part 4.
>>157609386
ayy
>>157610622
All the backgrounds are shit though. No modern anime does backgrounds decently anymore, they've given up.
>>157609401
>hurr durr retarded
Not an argument.
>>157608483
>Is Piccolo the most well designed character in anime history?
Probably not