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Super deformed or SD is a specific style of Japanese caricature
Caricature

A caricature is either a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness, or in literature, a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others....
 where characters are drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads, to make them resemble small children.

The style is called chibi by some fans
Fan (person)

A fan, aficionado, or supporter is someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking and enthusiasm for a sporting club, person , group of persons, company, product, work of art, idea, or fashion....
, though chibi is a different concept that refers more to a person's stature rather than the art style.






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Super deformed or SD is a specific style of Japanese caricature
Caricature

A caricature is either a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness, or in literature, a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others....
 where characters are drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads, to make them resemble small children.

The style is called chibi by some fans
Fan (person)

A fan, aficionado, or supporter is someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking and enthusiasm for a sporting club, person , group of persons, company, product, work of art, idea, or fashion....
, though chibi is a different concept that refers more to a person's stature rather than the art style. Many amateur anime artists enjoy drawing super deformed characters because the style is considered cute and is relatively easy to draw.

Japanese media

The super deformed style is part of Japanese culture and is seen everywhere from advertising and subway signs to anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 and manga
Manga

, , are comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century. In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II, but they have a long, complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art....
.

It is often also used on anime and manga in brief interjections to show an extreme or exaggerated emotion
Emotion

An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings, thoughts, and behavior.Emotions are subjective experiences, or experienced from an individual point of view....
, such as anger or surprise, that would be difficult to portray or would seem out of character if expressed on a more realistic face. They are meant to be cute and are often used in humorous diversions from the storyline
Storyline

Storyline may refer to:* The Plot or subplot of a story;* The narrative of a work, whether of fictional or nonfictional basis;* The narrative threads experienced by different but specific characters or sets of characters that together form a plot element or subplot in the work of fiction....
.

Recent trends in anime have shifted away from super-deformed character designs, yet the traditional anime character designs remain.

Proportions

In life, heads are usually one eighth of a person's height.

The head of a super deformed character is normally anywhere between one third and one half the character's height, often a golden ratio
Golden ratio

In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio between the sum of those quantities and the larger one is the same as the ratio between the larger one and the smaller....
 (38 percent), with the eyes taking up much of the space on the head. Some artists may use alternate proportions. There are other exaggerated proportions (such as the 1/5th proportion, as used by Tales of Eternia
Tales of Eternia

is a Japanese PlayStation Action role-playing game video game released by Namco in 2000, and later ported to the PlayStation Portable in 2005. Tales of Eternia's characteristic genre name is ....
, etc) that are popular in anime, but are not considered SD.

Examples


See also

  • List of super deformed fighting games


External links

  • Sailor Moon site devoted to Chibis and Super deformed
  • defined at Anime News Network.