@Blick: So you're actually going through with it, eh? Oh well. I'll pack you a nice Inuit lunch, and eskimo pie for desert so you don't go starving yourself on your sacred journey. Soldier on, young Inuit, soldier on!
@Helm: Liek oH my Gawdz, U Remind mE soo much of Snape, from Harry Potter(what with the angry-toned, stern mentor, and all...)
But seriously, I guess I'm like these other supposed pretentious stiff nosed, artists who don't like Anime, or new generation gameplay direction(in terms of visual Aesthetics...). I find the Final Fantasy stuff ok, it's just that they take it too damn far sometimes. Not to mention the androgynous nature of some male designs...seriously, stop it. Hopefully, I'm alone in this confused department, else future generations of feeble minds will grow flabbergasted over what gender they are, and what goes where. Understandably, every kid has his right to imagination, and kooky designs. If anything, I'm definitely all for that. But then we start leaning toward a more wider, mature audience, thus asking for more sex appeal for more sales. I'm not one of those, "stop sex and violence in videogames, IT KILLS JEEBUS', and makes baby kittens cry tears of his sacrificed blood!!". I just have to admit, it creates a strange gray area, for child like designs, mixed with adult themes. Psychologically, this may cause a shorter gap and transition between childhood, and adulthood, which may lead to some unhealthy results. I also have issues with other non-anime-ish games, like newer Soul Calibur games. What's going on with the freaking designs? The vibrancy of it is killing me. Damn near, all the females of the game HAVE THE SAME FACE AND BODY STRUCTURE, but different clothes and colored hair. I think designers really need to look at humans and see if they can achieve separation, and differentiation through the simplest means of design, AND THEN work on outer design, like clothing, and accessories(I think this might be a product of frequently honoring similar designs by habit).
This is not to say that Eastern artists are horrible. By any means, this is so freaking untrue. Different strokes for different folks, ya' know. I still enjoy some anime-ish art, just not as much as some hardcore gamers who take it as seriously, and all of a sudden lead a j-rock lifestyle(blegh...).
However, my opinion on this subject is most likely prone to be countered hard, as my gaming has been decreased to an extreme minimum ( mostly due to this very issue, marketing, and the failure to create something different or groundbreaking away from the norm.).In other words, I'm probably just talking out of my ass...
@TakaM: I...HATE...that....show. I swear, there's always some dramatic pause in DBZ, during some ridiculously long, 2 episode battle, where one or more characters are looking surprised or shocked with their mouth open and grunting. They always frickin' grunt during the strangest, silent moments. But yeah...hate that f****** show, and the fan art it produces...(that's right, I'm a hater.)