SHINTAB | シンタブさんのイラストまとめ

...it's easy to stay motivated when I have earphones in.

This is reawakening something in me

@HaloGuyChief @AhabStudios @180223 Sometimes it's just due to Nagai not really having a rigid design for Mazinger until later in the manga,
other times it's simply due to artist interpretation in how it's drawn.

Either way, it's produced some pretty cool designs over the years at least.

@HaloGuyChief @AhabStudios @180223 As far as I can tell,
it's mostly leftover details from the concept design that bled into the initial one.

That said, it wasn't consistent and one could write it off as simply design inconsistencies with how often it would flip-flop between this design and the one we're used to.

@HaloGuyChief @AhabStudios @180223 I probably should've clarified that I meant the initial manga design and not just in general.

The eyes are more upturned, the nose is beneath the faceplate,
and the faceplate is a bit taller with wider vents than in the anime.

The OVA version is a little closer to this design.

@ShinMoondaze I can also see some Turn A-like bits to it the closer I look at it.

The vent looking things on the backpack and legs make me think of a miniaturized Minovsky Craft.

@LaneAim2 @suguremashita @YGuncannon It's probably based off the High Mobility Test Type now that I look at it closer.

The inner calves are a dead giveaway.

It's going to be another long day today I think

@FlywheelKnot @GundamLet I meant about what it is you can't help,
but I think my question answered itself after that

Goddamn

I hadn't really thought about it before,
since I just assumed the designs were just supposed to be Sentai inspired in general.

Looking at M-HERO designs though,
it makes sense that their E-HERO counterparts would be based off specific tokusatsu characters too.