>Hey guys!  I just noticed something!  I was just watching the episode
>where Ranma and Akane has to defeat the Dojo Destroyer and I got to the
>part where Shampoo was using a dog to demonstrate the Instant Nannichuan
>and I just realized it.  The boy that the dog turns into looks like
>Ataru from Urusei Yatsura!  Weird, huh?

        Hardly.  Every artist I've seen so far (with the notable exception
of Shirow, as I haven't been able to see a _lot_ of what he does, and his
characters are blatantly different [Well, maybe Leona and Major Kusanagi
look somewhat alike]) have characters that look like ones previously drawn.
Takahashi's characters from 'Wasted Minds' look like Sakura, Mr. Yotsuya,
and Yusaku (sometimes Ataru).  Nameless individuals from further in the
Ranma 1/2 series (since I haven't found translations yet) look like ones
previously introduced.  The ninja character from Ranma and the one (Kaede?)
from UY are almost identical.  It's hardly a surprise that the transformed
dog bears a resemblance to Ataru.

        But myself, I don't think they look anything alike.  :-P  Hehe...
Looks more like a perverted, wide-eyed characterization of Mikado Sanzenin.
I can't say he looks like Ataru without the black hair...  Maybe it's
different between the manga and anime, I'm not sure.  *shrug*  (I can't
watch the Ranma dubs any more.  :-P  But I have the whole series bootleg.
Perhaps after I get all 38 of the manga _tomorrow_ [hehe] I'll watch the
rest as well.  Meanwhile, I need to find some good translations on the
net...)

        Lesse...  Artists that draw alike...  Manabe, CLAMP, Miyazaki,
_definitely_ Ikegami, Takahashi, Masakazu Katsura...  Anyone noticing a
pattern here?  *smirk*

        [I know this is sort of a pointless thread to follow as _every_
artist will draw like himself (reflexive property and all), but it's at
least somewhat amusing for a few messages.]


                        --The RL incarnation of Yusaku Godai