How do you design a character as cute and iconic as Usagi Tsukino?
Sailor Moon
Nicholas Bennett
Ryan Edwards
You think "what do I want to fuck?" And then your pen moves on its own.
Nathan Wilson
a woman designed her
Eli Butler
Asher Russell
She is just candy candy updated for 1995
Just like ONE made OPM an upgrade to anpanman
Landon Baker
Give her a unique hairstyle, I guess.
Isaac Turner
So that's why she lacks character
Carter Edwards
You give them a good personality and solid characterization that all work together with it. There are many characters in forgettable anime that are forgettable because they went off of this mindset without considering what the character themself would choose for their hairstyle, etc.
Nolan Collins
She does
Matthew Thomas
Why are Usagifags so rare?
Isaac Johnson
there's plenty in oldfolks homes, same as sailormoon girls, their era is over.
Ryder Hernandez
Other girls are superior
Eli Cox
A girl like her only comes along once every 100 years.
Easton Jones
based and lorepilled
Zachary James
I'm an Usagifag but I'm leaning toward "only the anime version" lately. I feel like the first volume or so of the manga is generally endearing and clearly what the anime drew most from (along with a bit of Sailor V maybe), then she gets like narratively cucked/nerfed for the rest of that arc the instant Venus shows up and nothing about it is fun or enjoyable, unless you're a Venusfag I guess.
I haven't watched Crystal but I feel like probably the only person who'd enjoy the deviation of Moon killing Beryl instead.
Carson Kelly
her hair style, it was unique back in the day it first aired
Ryder Taylor
>their era is over.
We could have made a comeback if only crystal had been any good
Easton Davis
>unique hairstyle
Takeuchi just gave her a hairstyle she herself wore frequently at the time.
Ian Morales
Usagi gets way more attention again in the manga for the Black Moon arc (the R season). Then it's mostly the Outers for Mugen (S) and then the Inners again for Yume (SuperS). But Stars is very Usagi focused again.
Overall, the Usagi/Mamoru romance is much stronger in the manga than it ever was in the anime. Ironically, for the anime it's arguably at its strongest in the first half of R (the Makaijuu "filler" arc that has no manga counterpart).
Caleb Adams
Think of a girl who is smart, talented, and composed. Then when the character you're writing does something, make sure it's the opposite of what that girl you're thinking of would do.
Nicholas Perez
>talented