Timeline for What are these designs based on?
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| Jul 13, 2015 at 23:27 | vote | accept | Graph Theory | ||
| Jul 7, 2015 at 20:13 | answer | added | Torisuda | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 7, 2015 at 19:35 | comment | added | Graph Theory | The design is reminiscent of the XB-70A, a Mach 3-capable jet developed in the 60's. It has small foreplanes near the front of the aircraft that look like ears. I've also noticed that Japan Airlines uses a red-crowned crane in their logo: I thought a crane or similar type of bird might have served as a basis. The design seems a bit too distinct to simply be "based on birds" or "based on jets" especially considering the ears, which appear on neither. | |
| Jul 7, 2015 at 12:26 | comment | added | seijitsu | I agree that these are clearly based on birds; the anime-related aspect would be why do designers consider this to be what birds look like (feather tufts on the sides of the head, long neck). If you asked a classroom of American kindergarteners to draw you a bird, I don't think this is the common design that you'd get from them. This seems along the lines of why Japanese dragons have eel-like bodies and long whiskers whereas Western dragons look more like dinosaurs in build | |
| Jul 7, 2015 at 11:23 | comment | added | Hakase | Okay-okay, I take back my vote. Let's see what happens. | |
| Jul 7, 2015 at 8:10 | comment | added | Torisuda | @Hakase I see your point. I agree that this question has a lot of failure modes. An answer which goes deep into the aerodynamics of flight is too tangential to anime, and examples of similar designs certainly appear widely outside of anime. (Example). But I do think there could be a reasonable answer based on the design aesthetic, as ʞɹɐzǝɹ says. From the wording of the question, the OP seems to be asking about artistic considerations, not science. | |
| Jul 7, 2015 at 2:37 | comment | added | user15511 | They're based off of fighter jet planes. | |
| Jul 7, 2015 at 2:25 | history | edited | кяαzєя♦ |
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| Jul 7, 2015 at 2:23 | comment | added | кяαzєя♦ | @Hakase I would consider the design and concepts behind anime/manga to be valid topics of discussion (same would apply to tv and movies). A lot of real life concepts are reflected in anime. This is a question on design aesthetics, not technical specifications. | |
| Jul 7, 2015 at 0:00 | comment | added | Hakase | I don't think this has much to do with anime even, it's just how nature and then people designed flying things. It's more of an aerodynamics question and would fit better on Physics.SE than here. The examples only happen to be from anime, but other cartoons and fantasy artworks have the same creatures. The significance of these similarities is kind of a stretch. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 23:01 | comment | added | Torisuda | I don't really understand the close votes. This doesn't seem any more opinion-based than Why do some characters have broken lines for mouths?. @ʞɹɐzǝɹ's comment seems like it could be expanded into a reasonable answer with sources. Can anyone who close-voted explain why they think this is primarily opinion-based? | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 21:59 | comment | added | кяαzєя♦ | Birds, they're all based on birds... as are all planes. All designs are unrelated, any resemblances are probably coincidental. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 20:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 6, 2015 at 19:39 | history | asked | Graph Theory | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
