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ZakuConvoy

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Citizen
Tony Tony Chopper has been revealed! For real this time!
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And my thoughts on his live action design!
Hmmm...well, I don't hate it. But, I don't think it's automatic slam dunk, either.

I don't know if I like the "stringy" fur texture? I might have preferred something a little more "fluffy". But, that's likely just imitating real reindeer. I don't know if I can blame the animators for that.

Chopper's movements are also a little..."reserved" here? I'm so used to Chopper giving so many big, over-the-top reactions to things that it's a little strange to feel like he's not emoting a lot. But, live action is a different medium, with different rules. So, maybe something a bit more "controlled" is called for. It's likely a limitation of "TV" level CGI, but it doesn't look bad, really. But, it is just a bit stiffer than I'd ideally like.

I like the voice. I think it fits the character. Sound a lot like Tails from Sonic, even though it's a different person. She was Floor the Rabbit from Guardians of the Galaxy 3, though. No real notes, there. It'll be interesting to see if they change the voice or get different voice actors for Chopper's different forms, down the line.

So, I think this is...fine. I'm not blown away. But, I'm not overly disappointed, either. I think I would have personally done things a little differently with the design. But, this isn't bad. I'm...whelmed. Now, we just have to see how much Chopper is actually in the show itself. Hopefully he's in there for more than 5 minutes across the two episodes or so of Drum Island.
 
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Superomegaprime

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Citizen
Chopper looks kind of cute, the CGI has room to improve a bit in the next few months, overall, I'm kind of exicited for this new season, sure it can't beat the anime or manga but it will do the job, hopefully and keep audiences intersted and getting people to check out the source
 

Pocket

jumbled pile of person
Citizen
Well, it isn't all of the way into Ugly Sonic territory, but it could see it very clearly through the floor of a glass-bottomed boat.
 

ZakuConvoy

Well-known member
Citizen
To be fair, early Chopper could often be "ugly".

reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/go48jh/i_often_see_people_complain_about_choppers/
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reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/1gz2f58/the_evolution_of_choppers_design/
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That's just being faithful to the source material.

Honestly, knowing Oda, it could even be a plot point. Chopper might be becoming more "human" as the series goes on. And as he gets closer to truly Awakening his Devil Fruit.
 
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Superomegaprime

Wondering bot
Citizen
And I also think its all of the workouts he gets being a member of the Strawhats and the changes of suroundings, plus the number of times he used the rumbleballs, so shifting between all of his forms and using the Rumbleball to go large these days, likely takes a lot of energy and body fat as Luffy has been shown to eat a lot to regain his energy after his battles and transformations, so I wouldn't be surprised if Zoan type users require more energy than the other types of of DF users as they are pulling from their own bodies and so far we never seen the other type of users run out of energy, thou most are already masters of their fruits powers!
 


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