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Anyone else thought ghe character designs were bad?


The characters look like blocks and their lower bodies are smaller than their big upper body size. How did this win t he Annies?

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While some of us (myself included) think the character design is stupid, there are people who write it off as, "unique." And to them, unique = award material.

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There are way more chars that dont look like that.
The nose of the green guy while in human disguise crept me out.
The muerte lady is awesome designed.
Manolo and Joaquin werent my design taste either but it reminded me of Juan of the Guacamelee game.

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the characters are supposed to look like blocks, wooden marionettes to be specific.

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There was a touch of the Ren and Stimpy's about some of the more grotesque characters..

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That one soldier guy looked like a Picasso painting with that sideways nose, lol

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I was confused as to how the Manolo and Joaquin looked like humans, and the old people looked like a cross between human & pig, like Maria's father.

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