The Anime art style has been developed through the last years, the classic anime was hand-drawn work and look far more detailed, while the modern computer generated anime work looks bland and less detailed. The characters have lost most of the distinctive detail of the eyes, mouth and hair.
The image bellow is a screenshot of MD Geist - Demon-Garbed (1986) and you notice clearly how detailed is the face drawn (the lines, the shadows, face expression, the mouth and eyes details...)
Here is a screenshot of a modern anime (Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei: Good bye Mr. Despair) 2009-2010: you can tell the difference between the two art styles, This, again, can be measured physically. There are less lines in modern anime, no shading, less detail, less line work, and minimalist flair.
Also the modern anime is different by:
- Music videos - Credits
- OSTS/Tracks
- Character style and development
- Quality - computer generated
- Content and plot/story-lines
- Stylishness, artwork, realism
Another example is (Igano Kabamaru - 1982) opening:
The music is somehow simple for kids or teenagers, the themes are lovely, colorful,fun,..etc ,comparing to Ergo Proxy opening:
Ergo proxy opening has rich visual contents, and some scenes composed with a real footages,but it is not as simple as classic anime, it has a lot of illustrations and animated elements..gloomy themes that maybe are not suitable for all audience. After all, anime is an art, the music and themes are strongly related to the story, but what the modern anime has missed is the hand enchanting art.
Here is another inspiring and creative opening/ending credits of modern anime:
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