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[gegege-no-blog]

Taking a closer look at the new character designs, I made an interesting discovery. The colors of half the new designs are based on the 1980s series.

I’ve said elsewhere that Mana is so similar to Yumeko that she may have originally been Yumeko early in development. Well, this definitely gives credence to that theory!

Even the new Neko Musume gets her colors from the 90s series

This throw back to an older version of Kitaro is a bit of a wrench in my theory that this new series will be going in a new darker direction though. But then again most of the characters here have had the fewest changes except in terms of color. (like seriously, would anyone notice if Nezumi Otoko had six whiskers instead of eight?) Perhaps the director or character designer was just really fond of the 80s Kitaro. Or maybe it’s a subtle nod to how long these characters have been around. It is the 50th anniversary after all.

[siryl]

“Konaki Jiji” by J. D. Daniel.

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Gegege no Kitaro fan art that I made in Adobe Sketch on my iPad Pro. I'm really loving doodling on it. I've been in a creative funk for a while and having a new toy to play with has helped get me out of it.

If you’re wondering why all the Neko Musume’s in the fourth picture are cleaned up except for the three on the right it’s because I just didn’t care anymore. I just wanted to make this post and more on but I felt I needed a compare and contrast of Neko’s normal and monster face. Then I over did it by experimenting with different expressions. I just wanted to see how well I could make those stubby little bodies emote. 

I also played around with my own color scheme for Sunakake Baba. Interestingly, with the exception of the first series, Baba’s design doesn’t vary that much from adaption to adaption with the except of her colors.

[tokumon]

Advanced Youkai Konaki-jiji is a dumbbell monster from Ninninger ep. 34

[miyoron]

Just a reminder well...Konaki-jji is a jerk.

[gegege-no-blog]

I want to hear people’s thoughts on the new Gegege no Kitaro redesigns! Is there anything that particularly stands out as a good thing or bad thing? Do you like the new look or would you have preferred they stick closer to Mizuki’s style?

While we’re at it, what do you think about the new human character, Mana Inuyama? What do you think about her design? Any thoughts or concerns about adding a new character to the cast? What do you think the series will do with her?

Reblog this post with your thoughts or submit your own post to the Gegege-no-Blog!

[miyoron]

Sometimes, one’s special monstery skills are not as helpful as one might think. This goes both for predator and prey.

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