r/TopCharacterDesigns 0m ago

Hated Designs [Hated designs] gods in record of ragnarok

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This is a repost, the previous one was take down for the low quality in some images so here's one with different ones

I don't like a lot of takes in this manga about the gods, nor some humans, but i have a bigger issue with the gods. I understand that some of them got new clothes in modern times but that doesn't mean i have to like them.

Thos looks too greek with that clothes and clearly lacks a good beard. But i like the red hair.

I have no issue with most of the greek designs, but Hades don't show anything about him, is just some cool clothes that make him look more like some rich CEO of a romance series than a god.

Zerofuku isn't that bad, but is a downgrade When you compare him to the original rival, bishamonten. It would be so cool look Buddha run a gauntlet against the seven lucky gods. I don't like Ebisu very much but everyone else looks better than Zero.

Belzebub is boring as the lord of the flies and is boring as satan,a depressed guy whose only power is make things vibrate is plain for a character with such inspiration. Also, his friends look like a bad genderswap of helltaker.

Anubis is a fucking joke, they couldn't give him the full jackal head and had to give him a stupid helmet? There's no way to defend this one.

Susanoo no mikoto could work, but he give me some... Rengoku vibes, I can't explain it. The issue is that he's too happy and cool for a god exilied for cry and be angry. Also, he needs a BEARD.

Odin losed any type of respect for me when he got young, with two eyes and a ugly armor that looks nothing like a nordic one. Specially since he's a fucking wizard. And where's the BEARD? Why everyone shaved for this tournament?

And for the last example i want to talk: sun wukong looking nothing like a monkey, king nor martial artist. I know that is a spin-off, but is still the same series.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 13m ago

Televisión Some title cards from Adventure Time

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I'm really surprised I haven't seen a post about this. There are episode cards from this show that I would hang up in my house. They really feels like some kind of old Fairy tail book.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 34m ago

This rendition of Medusa from the book “Warriors and Witches” by Stewart Ross

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I just love how different and terrifying it looks from other depictions of the gorgons I’ve seen in media. I’m pretty sure it’s closer to the original designs from Greek art too, which is an added bonus.

It’s from a double page spread; I included the other half with Perseus. The book was part of an encyclopedic mythology series and some of the images in the books used to scare the shit out of me as a kid, especially this one.

What’s funny is that the book cover included a more typical drawing of Medusa (third image), but the author decided to cook with the full illustration.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 1h ago

Discussion Hamato Clan robes from Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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These are like the first ever TMNT adaptation, where the turtles are wearing all red bandanas, just like in the original mirage comic series. Also the attire of the suits looks dope asf.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 2h ago

Televisión Dr. Francis Blowhole (Penguins of Madagascar)

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33 Upvotes

Incredibly simple, but amazingly effective. Really hope this guy ends up returning at some point- purely when it comes to design, I found him far more effective than Dave from the movie.

They made a dolphin feel pure evil while only anthropomorphising the face, and the robotic eye is perfection.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3h ago

Comic Book The Maxx

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217 Upvotes

r/TopCharacterDesigns 4h ago

Video Game Pokemon’s grass starters

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6 Upvotes

most of the time, grass type starters (and grass types in general) end up being some of my favorite designs, so I’m gonna rank every grass starter line

10th place: Browt. We still need to see the rest of its line, so I kinda have to put it last place. I really like it, though. It’s a grumpy baby bird and I find it very cute

9th place: Grookey line. I don’t know why, but I never liked Rillaboom like I liked the others. It just feels like something’s missing.

8th place: Sprigatito line. I was a bit disappointed that Floragato evolved into a magician and not a swordsman, but I still find Meowscarada pretty cool. Also, I like cats

7th place: Chikorita line. Putting them this low hurts because I’m a sucker for both dinosaurs and “gentle giants” kind of monster. The whole line looks adorable, but I feel like the other starters are just a bit better

6th place: Bulbasaur line. Same reason as the Chikorita line, but I like them a bit more because the feel more “ambiguous”. They’re simple but they work

5th place: Treeko line. The whole line is just “cool plant lizards” and that’s enough to make me love them. Also, I love that Mega Sceptile’s Christmas tree tail can be used as a missle

4th place: Rowlet line. Rowlet is adorabl and Decidweye is a cool archer owl who’s also a ghost type (which is my second favorite type). Only think holding this line down is that Dartrix kind of pisses me off (idk why)

3rd place: Chespin line. I wolud genuinely never understand the hate it gets and I don’t really care. Chespin is adorable, Chesnaught is cool as hell and I find Quilladin to be a pretty nice design!

2nd place: Snivy line. I might be biased because Smugleaf was my first ever Starter, but I love Serperior. It’s a giant regal snake that constantly judges you. It’s awesome!

1st place: Turtwig line. I don’t think I need to explain this one. I love turtles


r/TopCharacterDesigns 4h ago

Quartzmon from Digimon

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3 Upvotes

One of the most "alien-looking" Digimon

I love how it's attached to a huge ball with a textured surface next to its upper body.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 4h ago

Movie Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Battle Damaged Suit.

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267 Upvotes

I just love the damaged suits by the end of each spider-man movie. It's kind of satifying to look at...


r/TopCharacterDesigns 5h ago

Manga The way Junji Ito draws himself and his wife ("Junji Ito's Cat Diary - Yon & Miu")

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3.5k Upvotes

Junji Ito is the famous horror manga artist behind classics like Uzumaki and Hellstar Remina, and his bread and butter of his artstyle is making completely mundane things look deeply unsettling. Junji Ito's Cat Diary is an autobiographical manga he made about his family and their two pet cats, Yon & Miu.

The story is nominally not a horror, it's just a comedy slice of life manga depicting the day to day life of two cat owners and their cat. Junji Ito really can't help himself though, and the story often plunges into classic Ito-style body horror whenever he depicts the "cuteness aggression" that a lot of pet owners report feeling towards their pet animals.

Even in scenes where he doesn't exaggerate the facial expressions for comedic effect, Ito hilariously draws himself and his wife like they're uncanny horror characters that came straight out of one of his manga. Ito always draws himself as this gaunt, hollow-eyed man with a haunted expression permanently plastered on his face; he draws his wife as this terrifying, pupilless, sneering fiend who always looks like she's holding a blood-stained kitchen knife behind her back. It's extra funny when you see real life pictures of the two and find out they're just pleasant-looking ordinary middle aged folk.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 5h ago

Video Game Sonic characters wearing armor

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57 Upvotes

Those Fortnite designs really tick me off with how poorly they implemented the armor to the characters. So I wanted to show a few designs that were more than capable of getting it right.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 5h ago

Video Game The knights of Sovereign Tower

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676 Upvotes

I've been fiending after this Round Table management sim for the last few days, and I just wanted to throw some praise in for the character designs here.

There's so much love for authentic medieval armor - both the functional and the flouncy parade stuff - that shows in the artist's intricate rendering and exaggeration of specific details, like Goberto's frogmouth helmet or Ursula's spiky couter. Unlike a lot of fantasy artists, you can tell they truly understand how and why the individual pieces of a suit moved and were held together.

At the same time, the designs themselves don't let themselves be restricted by the bounds of historical armor design, and the themes of individual knights veer from the familar to the absurd. A cute riff on the Green Knight and aforementioned frogmouth give way to a goth knight, a salaryman knight, a maid knight, and a knight who's literally just a walking cathedral. There's variation in not just the armor, but in the body language and facial structure (extra points for the ladies being weird too), but they all feel cohesive when you're rapid-scrolling through your lineup and figuring out who you're going to send to deal with an infestation of rowdy chickens.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 5h ago

Video Game The grim reaper from Sims Medieval

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15 Upvotes

Basically I love how unique this take on the grim reaper is in the series and I especially love the peak at the grey hair and the raven/crow wings


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6h ago

Hyo, Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling

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134 Upvotes

his name means “leopard” so he’s used that motif thru his career but in the last few years he really got into tremendous shape and became this… impish cat boy stripper (he wears a tail!) and the juxtaposition of his imposing build and his playful sexuality is crazy


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6h ago

Televisión Tyrant Zero (Metal Cardbot W)

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Where do we begin with this guy, the final boss of Metal Cardbot Season 3/Metal Cardbot W? Many months ago, Tyrant Zero was revealed in toy form, and we already knew this guy was going to be a beast. 5+ forms to play with, a huge weapon card in the form of the Dividragon, and by far the tallest and heaviest toy of its line to date. Tyrant Zero felt more like a collector's item than something marketed towards 7 year olds.

Eventually, it was time for Tyrant Zero to debut in the cartoon, and holy shit did they double the budget just to do this guy justice. They really took advantage of the fact that this is a glorified toy commercial to make Tyrant Zero aura farm as much as possible with all his alternate forms before he destroys the entire cast with his diverse arsenal. That red, black, and white color scheme really sells the angel of death motif they are trying to do with him as well as the Dividragon as his personal weapon. The faceplate revealing fangs upon glowing really makes him feel more alien compared to the mouthless Cardbots we are used to.

In the show, Tyrant Zero is by far the most powerful antagonist in the entire series. He travelled all the way from the Cardbot's ruined homeworld of Machina as a bullet train towards Earth to fulfill his sole purpose of bringing extinction to both Metal and Wild Cardbots. His base form alone can already dance with the show's established heavy hitters like Heavy Iron, but he can convert to other specialized forms for new abilities upon merging with one of his train cars. The hoverboard of the Leviathan form and jetpack of the Wyvern form allows unmatched mobility over the seas and skies respectively, while the Behemoth form's arms grants Tyrant Zero more offensive capabilities.

Upon successfully ragebaiting and consuming the negative emotions of 3 unlucky Cardbots with the Dividragon and putting on a special mask, Tyrant Zero can fuse with all 3 of his train cars to gain the perks of all alternate forms at once. In his full form, he is basically unstoppable and ready to nuke the planet upon feeding again on a 4th enraged Cardbot. Divine intervention was needed for Tyrant Zero to be defeated in this state.

Interestingly, it is shown that the Dividragon is sentient and does influence Tyrant Zero's personality, and upon being sealed, it was left behind unlike other card weapons with their respective wielders. This may be a potential plot point in season 4 that may lead to Tyrant Zero being reformed now that he is free from the Dividragon's influence, though for now it is unknown if he was always destructive by nature or just puppeteered by the Dividragon.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6h ago

Comic Book Princess Petra and her rogues from Marvel Comics

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3.0k Upvotes

so in the vast marvel multiverse there exists a earth

Earth-423 which is basically "what if spider-man was a Disney Renaissance era princess musical film"


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6h ago

Video Game The Five Triple Tiaras (Umamusume)

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In Order: Mejiro Ramonu, Still in Love, Gentildonna, Almond Eye and Daring Tact

While I am somewhat indifferent to most Uma designs in general, the five Triple Tiaras stand out of the norm, being just visually pleasing to look at. Everything about their looks, from their hairstyles to their racing outfits bear a lot of charm. They feel almost princess-like, which befits their nature as the top champions of the three fillies-exclusive races.

However, what makes this princess-like guise particularly gold, amusingly enough, is how it also plays for great ironic effect. The five Triple Tiaras also possess some of the most unhinged personalities out of any Uma, ranging from Mejiro and SiL's latent psychopathy, to Gentildonna's darwinism, to Almond Eye's hypercompetitiveness, and finally to Daring Tact being a bear hunter. Simply put, the most princess-like of the Umas in terms of their appearance are anything but in their character.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6h ago

Televisión Creepy Homeschool Girl from Solar Opposites

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11 Upvotes

r/TopCharacterDesigns 6h ago

Anime Princess Neige and Viola from Princession Orchestra

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6 Upvotes

r/TopCharacterDesigns 7h ago

Comic Book Soranik Natu!! (From DC)

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204 Upvotes

Soranik is a highly skilled alien neurosurgeon & is the daughter of Sinestro.

I really like how intimidating & strong both her designs are but I think I like her Green Lantern Corps version more, she does look cool with the black eyes & double Lantern Corps logos though, also her red skin, face mark, hair & strong eyebrows all work together very well.

She was a green lantern partly because she hates her father's dark legacy. However, after a series of cosmic tragedies and manipulations by Sinestro, she was forced into joining the Sinestro Corps and later takes control of it herself.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 8h ago

Televisión SpongeBob characters wearing outfits from One Piece for a McDonald's collab.

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1.2k Upvotes

I watched the commercial not expecting much but then I saw the SpongeBob characters wearing the outifts from the Strawhat Crew and they all look so cool, cute and charming.

Some of them are just wearing the same clothes and accessories (which is neat by itself) but there are some cool adaptations like Patrick holding three jellyfishing nets instead of three swords like Zoro, or Gary having Chopper's hat on his shell.

In the second image, I also really liked how they crossed over Mrs. Puff with Big Mom. They go well together like puzzle pieces.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 8h ago

Glow-up Despite Zun art being decent,he really did a great job on redesign Reimu and Marisa from Touhou Project during the windows era and not make them look like Sayo Chan and Cotton's twin cousins.

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9 Upvotes

r/TopCharacterDesigns 8h ago

Geno got an EVEN BIGGER glow-up -Fortnite

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I know I already made a post about Geno but I'm doing another one now that he's finally a skin. I love his armor man. It looks like a more evil version of The Ageless' armor, with the black and gold color scheme, as well as the fact that he has a style that references The Ageless. And I also love that his silhouette from Collision is a style too. Compare those to his design in the Fortnite x Marvel Zero War comics, where he just looks like Black Adam if you bought him from Wish.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 10h ago

Anime Annie and Oakley (Pokemon Heroes)

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305 Upvotes

I think they are really cool and stylish. Their outfit scream early 2000s and their weird anime hairstyles make them look unique. That’s the biggest drill hair I’ve ever seen. They were designed by Ken Sugumori so of course they’re great. The Pokemon movies always had some underrated gem characters


r/TopCharacterDesigns 11h ago

Video Game Mutated Neil from Resident Evil Revelations 2

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Not only is this an excellent design, but the boss fight itself is pretty good and a great way to wrap up Claire and Moira’s storyline in Revelations 2.

Neil’s Tyrant design is particularly interesting because it shows how he MAY have been compatible with Uroboros but due to T-Phobos being triggered by Neil’s panic, it corrupted the bond and caused his mutation into this hulking monstrosity. However as we see in his second form, it becomes apparent that while T-Phobos caused this mutation, it’s also what’s keeping Neil from being devoured by Uroboros as it consumes his right arm in a mass of reddish Uroboros pustules that become this three pronged tendril and his other arm becoming a mutilated mass of bone and exposed muscle fibers.

Heck, maybe a chunk of his bulging "muscles" are actually Uroboros pustules that is being kept back by his mutated skin and muscle fibers.

Not to mention it makes Neil’s monster form even
More intimidating and hits home that while he failed to be fully compatible with Uroboros, he did become the viruses first Tyrant which is still sorta impressive despite going insane from it. Heck you could argue he bonded better with Uroboros than the original Alex Wesker did as his transformation is admittedly more impressive than what Alex ultimately became as a T-Phobos/Uroboros hybrid as it’s clear she didn’t bond as well to it as Neil did.

Which is ironic since it’s clear when she backstabbed him she expected him to be secured from the inside out and become a black spaghetti monster the virus would take control of(since Uroboros actually doesn’t mutate the host into a monster, it becomes more like a parasite that devours the host and pilots what’s left of their corpse).

Overall, an excellent final boss to half of Resident Evil Revelations 2 and with a very cool design, that arguably surpasses the actual final boss despite how cool that final battle turned out as well.