AC-Phobia

Iyami, Yoshiyuki Kishi version. I could have tried to track him through all the episodes like with Abe and Masutani’s work, but this sums up that evolution.

Iyami by Masami Abe, part 2 (66-86). By the end, Iyami has completed his transformation.

Same character, same director. Wow…

Just for a refresher in looking back-

Episode 2, aired 2/20/1988:

86, aired 12/30/1989:

And it’s not exclusive to Abe, but it jumps out so much for example of how the characters change. I feel like everyone decided at a point to go looser and wackier with the character designs, which isn’t inherently a bad thing. Just that when you finish it up, you can really see how some character design changes are either subtler or much more dramatic.

Iyami from episodes by Masami Abe, part 1 (2-50). Same animation director, but Iyami’s evolving into the squatter and toonier look by the last examples.

Iyami, by Saburo Masutani. It doesn’t take long for the squished-down Iyami design to become the norm in his style.

Rhythm Heaven - Remix 3 (Piano Arrangement) Composed by TSUNKU♂ Arranged by Shadoninja Nintendo, TNX Music Recordings © 2008 Get the sheet music for this song and more: http://shadoninja.tumblr.com/sheetmusic