Lets talk about the animation quality/art style of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

personalmeel:

NOTE: I live in switzerland, so my english is not that good but I try my best. I couldn’t find a post about this specific topic or something similar to what I’m going to be talking about. If this was already done, please let me know! Anyways, lets start this post!

As a kid I always noticed that the art style/animation quality changed with every episode. Each episode had a different art style/animation quality. I was really pissed about it, but as a kid I didn’t know better but now I do. I figured out that they’re is at least three different art styles/animation quality.

So, here we have the first one. I call this the actual art style/animation quality.
Its my all time favourite tbh.
I really love the way the draw/animate the eyes! I MEAN JUST LOOK THIS ONE:

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And then here’s Seto:

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And Bakura! (How many times I re-watched this episode because of the art style)

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Its just perfect. The lines are gorgeous, animation is on point, shading is amazing, proportions are god damn right, no crazy hair and I always enjoy watching this art style!! You get what I mean, right?

And here we have the second art style/animation. The one thing that really stands out is how they draw the profile of the characters. Its unique. And the proportions are also really nice!

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This is my second favourite art style/animation of this series. Its not so smooth like the first one, but it stands out. The hair is drawn a little crazier but thats okay. The clothes have more details (shading) Again, I love how they drew the profile of the characters.

And here we got the third art style/animation, my personal most disliked one. I just dont enjoy it. As a kid I was getting so mad because I didnt liked it how they drew the characters, with no love. (But now I know that they didnt put much money in the production of the episodes)

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Do you see what I mean? The animation is not smooth. Proportions are not right. (Face) I really dont like this art style. I hate it tbh. I dont find any morw words.

I hope you liked this post. It was just something that I wanted to talk about. Leave your opinion! I would love to read them.

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