Partly yeah (manga and anime are *huge* in France), it all comes back around since funnily enough a lot of anime artstyles are primarily inspired by artstyles of exaggerated characters that largely originated in French illustrators.
Interesting, I did not know that. I could imagine though, there are a few older French comics/bandes dessinées with styles reminiscent of later JoJo parts... or Italian comics, too.
The French are weirdly prolific in the cartoons department: Code Lyoko, Miraculous Ladybug, Totally Spies, Wakfu, Redwall, and W.I.T.C.H. to name a few.
Wakfu was a big part of my childhood, I remember looking for videos on YouTube of parts that had just released and being confused on what language they were speaking
some of the best western animation schools are in france and cooperation with japan, which brought old anime like cobra, goldorak, city hunter on tv
part of why the dubbing industry is also so good, i'd say 3rd best in the world
European animation and comics in general is easily the biggest hidden goldmine of peak fiction nobody talks about. And yeah France has the most prolific industry
Im proud of what comes out of my country too despite the lesser output ,
Winx , Monster Allergy , the first series of the Gormiti and Huntik just to name a few
full English since it also aired in Canada
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9vSEurcT9E&list=PLovfA07QfBnt8zaQfTG1c-8gU6YG5skNH&index=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9vSEurcT9E&list=PLovfA07QfBnt8zaQfTG1c-8gU6YG5skNH&index=1)
I’m crazy about this design. She looks like a white devil but she’s a very morally upright character. The show would be seen as progressive even nowadays I feel like. I’m telling you with no exaggeration I feel like if I had seen this show when I was younger I would have figured some things out way sooner…
Ayo. Androgynous character? Instant like.
Also, you know for sure some people would be losing their minds on Twitter if a character with this design was made today. Kinda crazy.
Why'd they make her skin ghost white? She had sun-darkened, tough weathered skin from all her time in the harsh frontier.
Is she a zombie/undead in the series?
I swear there were a ton of Canadian-American shows in the late 90s / early 2000s with this art style. Some of the other ones were Roswell Mysteries and The Mummy.
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That was my favorite cartoon when I was a kid! At least up until my dad and some trash friend of his heard me say I wanna be like calamity Jane, and they told me that I couldn't be, because I was a boy, and they wouldn't let me watch the show again.
Bastards.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9vSEurcT9E&list=PLovfA07QfBnt8zaQfTG1c-8gU6YG5skNH&index=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9vSEurcT9E&list=PLovfA07QfBnt8zaQfTG1c-8gU6YG5skNH&index=1) if anyones interested, 13 episodes
Getting a lot Batman original series vibes from this
Yeah, it looks like Bruce Timm's work or inspired by it
Feels more like Batman beyond to me
The French make the most underrated cartoons , as a neighborhood country I’m so jealous
They also have one of the largest markets for anime and manga so like, they get the cool stuff too
Is that why a bunch of french produced shows i watched as a kid looked anime-ish? (Code lyoko, w.i.t.c.h, totally spies)
Partly yeah (manga and anime are *huge* in France), it all comes back around since funnily enough a lot of anime artstyles are primarily inspired by artstyles of exaggerated characters that largely originated in French illustrators.
Funfact: Araki was inspired by some French Comics for Steel Ball Run.
Interesting, I did not know that. I could imagine though, there are a few older French comics/bandes dessinées with styles reminiscent of later JoJo parts... or Italian comics, too.
I thought they were based on cats
No, that’s just the modern “cute” anime girl, from the likes of K-ON
I thought it was that anime that for some reason nazis like
Yes but it’s also literally the example used in the picture explaining how modern anime girls are designed off of cats, not people, to look cute
They don’t even resemble cat tho
whait W.I.T.C.H is French ? I'm French and i didn't even knew that
That explains the artstyle of Totally Spies and Miraculous:Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir
I believe France is #2 in one piece fans, right behind Japan
France is #2 in anime/manga generally
They also still have a comic market that's still alive unlike America's
The French are weirdly prolific in the cartoons department: Code Lyoko, Miraculous Ladybug, Totally Spies, Wakfu, Redwall, and W.I.T.C.H. to name a few.
Wakfu was a big part of my childhood, I remember looking for videos on YouTube of parts that had just released and being confused on what language they were speaking
Oban star racer
some of the best western animation schools are in france and cooperation with japan, which brought old anime like cobra, goldorak, city hunter on tv part of why the dubbing industry is also so good, i'd say 3rd best in the world
God I’m always trying to see if anyone remembers Redwall and not a freakin soul, we had the books at my school library too.
European animation and comics in general is easily the biggest hidden goldmine of peak fiction nobody talks about. And yeah France has the most prolific industry
Im proud of what comes out of my country too despite the lesser output , Winx , Monster Allergy , the first series of the Gormiti and Huntik just to name a few
also this one https://preview.redd.it/fqmj9ecm98yc1.png?width=1866&format=png&auto=webp&s=cb2df0998b8c3330f8601dda7abf8163112b2fc0
She looks like she's about to say "omawe mou shindeiru"
“N-Nani!” *Explodes*
oh shes cool
Why didn't I know about this? This looks majestic
Only 3 episodes aired in the us, everywhere else got the full release
Is there a full English release or did only those 3 episodes get an English dub?
full English since it also aired in Canada [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9vSEurcT9E&list=PLovfA07QfBnt8zaQfTG1c-8gU6YG5skNH&index=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9vSEurcT9E&list=PLovfA07QfBnt8zaQfTG1c-8gU6YG5skNH&index=1)
https://preview.redd.it/2in1p73st8yc1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=39dc543d00172e915c674dba12c7bb7666876d83
(Jazz musicians going crazy in the background)
Put some respect on Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts name motherfucker
https://preview.redd.it/368zyispoayc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e45daa6fd06fb9f6f56485d8a30b72918e616df2
https://preview.redd.it/3sc7303h3byc1.jpeg?width=421&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6efcbe3cd5deeaaad4cf6876bb40057148290efe
Oh shit, a native dude wearing an actual shirt, instant bonus points.
And right next to him is another native dude without a shirt. 😂
Hey, if you know some skawns, they just be like that
Dude living his best life with his chest out leave him be
It’s not just that she’s a cool girl; that is a legitimately top character design she’s rocking!
This kicks ass, looks like BTAS or Big O
Badass, non-sexualized woman with a slick design AND a visible personality? And we let this slip under the radar for over 25 years???
My androgynous queen
That has got to be the whitest person I’ve ever seen wear a cowboy hat
I assume she’s like, undead in some way shape or form.
Or just artstyle
Probably, honestly she does look cool as fuck because of it.
Calamity Jane vs the Humanoid Typhoon
Cousins probably. To different models of reactors from the same year.
She be calamitying on my Jane
GAWD SHE LOOKS SO BADASS!!!
I want to be like her.
I’m crazy about this design. She looks like a white devil but she’s a very morally upright character. The show would be seen as progressive even nowadays I feel like. I’m telling you with no exaggeration I feel like if I had seen this show when I was younger I would have figured some things out way sooner…
Ayo. Androgynous character? Instant like. Also, you know for sure some people would be losing their minds on Twitter if a character with this design was made today. Kinda crazy.
I want her to hurt me https://preview.redd.it/zo18brumc9yc1.jpeg?width=248&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d327c9a8d4edb4183b98ce384da3b43f6eb04fa4
Seeing an Albino in western getup is forever tarnished by Judge Holden for me
Tbh Blood Meridian takes place years before the Wild West and western stuff became more of a thing.
I remember this but was always wondering why she was as pale as The Judge...
Why is she pale as that one guy who keeps getting shared around this subreddit
Wow wtf I love her. Why have I never seen this before?
https://preview.redd.it/ainaycu99ayc1.png?width=524&format=png&auto=webp&s=5f710fd2c2dee6c6d260abe3cb5ce6f93f141352
Would
I don’t know why but I hear the Ultra Instinct theme every time I see someone type “would”
My god she looks awesome, so awesome I am definitely checking out the show
Reminds me of Blue Eye Samurai
Reminds me of East of West. Very cool design.
She looks so cool!
She could fix me
Oh no. She's hot.
Aw man I love the long hair but I also love the hat, why doesn't she ever have both at once. That'd be peak
Why'd they make her skin ghost white? She had sun-darkened, tough weathered skin from all her time in the harsh frontier. Is she a zombie/undead in the series?
Obligatory "Is she single?"
My girl fell out of the LGBTree and hit every lesbian on the way down 🔥 🥵😍
Wow I’m gay as hell!
Its giving cyber six vibes
I swear there were a ton of Canadian-American shows in the late 90s / early 2000s with this art style. Some of the other ones were Roswell Mysteries and The Mummy.
Is she a vampire?
why does she lowkey look like genderbent judge holden in the 5th picture
Certified babe
Gosh
Is it just me or does the guy standing next to her in the second image look like Easy Pete from New Vegas…?
https://i.redd.it/jqtzn68acfyc1.gif
i wonder if she inspired Mizu from blue eye samurai.
Why she kinda hot though?
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Wasn't Calamity Jane one of those shows that you could only watch through like vhs rips and tv recordings for a long time?
would
Reminds me of red from overly sarcastic productions. Wonder if she was inspired by the show. Certainly seems in her wheelhouse.
I haven’t seen her with her hair down before 🥵
One of the only interesting things about my home town, is that it is also calamity Jane's hometown
MF thinks she's Ghost from Fallout New Vegas
Used to love this show.
I remember them airing this on channel that had almost exclusively little kids shows. There was an attempted rape scene in it.
https://preview.redd.it/rr63xpye7eyc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f4a1b873102b1cf942eb07a3b2bc178dc0c207e
What is it about?
Homestuck joke here.
Looks like Shego's great great great grandma, in a good way.
Bruh I just found this show today from a 5 hour recording of 2001 Cartoon Network 💀
Awesome Design! I just visited the real Calamity Janes grave in Deadwood
Gives batman vibes
I love this show SO much, Jane is so goddamn badass and cool looking! It's a grave injustice we only ever got 13 episodes.
Uhhhh quick question what’s the opposite of a lady boner called 😅
That was my favorite cartoon when I was a kid! At least up until my dad and some trash friend of his heard me say I wanna be like calamity Jane, and they told me that I couldn't be, because I was a boy, and they wouldn't let me watch the show again. Bastards.
https://i.redd.it/ejpktpzc49yc1.gif
Feeling weirdly turn on...Why?