Better looking?

[TheUltimateShredhead]

Am i alone when i say the new april and casey are better looking:D
http://www.4kids.tv/images/uploads/tmnt_wk14-13.jpg

[Tinuvielsdreams]

well this is the most stylistic example of April and Casey I think. I can definitely see some of the movie influence creeping in (Casey's outfit, Aprils face and super thin build).
I get Casey for sure I can picture him fighting with the guys...April I dunno what it is, I think I just need to see her in motion. I said in the 4kids blog thread that she is cute but she is a much different April to me...? That also may only make sense to me :lol:

[VaughnMichael]

Better looking in what sense?
I like Casey he's not all that differnt.
But boy oh boy I don't think we'll be seeing April fight any time soon, she'd break to easy!:lol:
It'll be over all, the new series is sort of becoming like the Mirage comics, by that I mean there's a differnt artist or style ever couple of issues.
So if you think about it that way it's really not that bad.
I liked how April looked before much more though, she just looked sweet, now she looks like she could be a stuck up valley girl.:ohwell:

[Jon]

Compared to 2k3, I take it you mean?


Have to wait and see how the show is with it's new style. From the picture I'd say Casey is equally good in both aspects (2k3 and Back to the Sewers), but I like 2k3 April more (though Back to the Sewers April is alright).

[Jester]

Yeah, she looks younger...after what 5 years she's aged backwards? She looks like a teen herself.

[TheUltimateShredhead]

Sorry for not informing the thread better, i ment better looking then the 2k3 versions:D

[Revan]

Am i alone when i say the new april and casey are better looking:D
I thought the original designs were way better. More realistic. And april's back crack and midriff! *shivers* :o 2k3 april was awesome.
I suppose I am just missing the older animation. I hope I get used to it

[Buslady]

No.

Don't like 'em.

Casey looks too NICE.

April is too thin and looks like a little girl.

[AquaParade]

I like the look. I mean, I don't mind it. There are things I like more and things I like less. I'm glad Casey is out of those goofy track pants and into some jeans. For some reason, that always bugged me. Casey does looke kinda "nice" though as some of you guys said, but I'll leave that up to how they portray the character. I'll be fine once I see him go nuts on some purple dragons.

April does look kinda young, but other then that I don't really mind the look. It works for me.

[karailynn]

I like the 2k3 april over this one (she looks too young for her supposed age and I liked april's shape in the 2k3 cartoon. She looked realistic. She was skinny..but athletic. she wasn't just a stick. She had more of an acutal woman's shape, I think.) ...but I don't mind the art so much. It's better than I thought it was gonna be.
The only thing I'm worried about is the turtles. I really liked them in the 2k3 version. They looked...real? maybe. I dont know...I liked how detailed it was and how gritty it looked, I guess. I don't know how to explain it. But, I liked their animation for the 2k3 the best. And I liked their build. Ninja's should be skinnier...but I liked that they looked buff. They work out ALOT...and for what...15 years? They should be buff.Plus it goes with the fact that they are supposed to be powerful and strong. I wasn't a fan of the skinny turtles in the movie. and I wasn't a fan of the turtles in FF. I liked raph shorter than donnie and leo (like he was in 2k3) and they seemed skinny in FF...stretched out sort of. If the turtles look somewhat like april and casey..but still have their normal bodies (buff and not gumbi like)...I'll be cool with it.

[tortugapower]

Yeah, she looks younger...after what 5 years she's aged backwards? She looks like a teen herself.

I wouldn't say she looks younger it's just a completely different style.

[TheUltimateShredhead]

I would say they look like there in there mid 20's.... offtopic what's up with the duck on your avatar tortugapower:P

[Scandia]

Casey is fine. He looks pretty much the same.

April is NOT. She does not look like the 2k3 April we know and love. She almost looks like a totally different person. Not to mention younger.

[Jelly Bean]

I like Casey I think his design is good. My only complaint about April is that she looks flat chested now :o

[Lil G]

i hate them like that, first of all caseys too buffed, and second, april is a carrot top! i mean come on! i hate their look like that, they should have just kept it the way it was, just mix it around a little from original design, but come on! everything just flipped! (pisses me off man, it pisses me off lol) and is it just me or is that a pipe in caseys pack? wierd.

[Revan]

I like Casey I think his design is good. My only complaint about April is that she looks flat chested now :o
:lol: yup. sad day.

[Yorae]

Casey's hair is too "neat" for me. I kinda want him to have the messy hair from 2k3. It suits him better IMO.

April, I think I'll get used to her new design in time. Her pink hair did annoy me in 2k3 at first, but then it grew on me. I suspect it will be the case here as well.

[ToTheNines]

April, I think I'll get used to her new design in time. Her pink hair did annoy me in 2k3 at first, but then it grew on me. I suspect it will be the case here as well.

I think the color on your tv is wrong, she didn't have pink hair.


And they both look closer to their movie versions, and since that's seems to be the idea I don't have a problem with it.

[VaughnMichael]

i hate them like that, first of all caseys too buffed, and second, april is a carrot top! i mean come on! i hate their look like that, they should have just kept it the way it was, just mix it around a little from original design, but come on! everything just flipped! (pisses me off man, it pisses me off lol) and is it just me or is that a pipe in caseys pack? wierd.
Wow lil kid saying pisses...makes one wonder..if one is a lil kid..or some one posing as one.

[GK Punk]

I probably said worse than that when I was 11 :lol:

[VaughnMichael]

I probably said worse than that when I was 11 :lol:
Eh it's just certian things he's saying in differnt parts of the site now that have me wondering if he isn't another member that we had here before that typed in all caps, but oh well it's not that important.
And yeah? That's fun I wish I could have I'd of got my face smacked with a spatula.

[GK Punk]

Older Siblings can be bad influences. That and I listened to a lot of Guns N Roses. :lol:

[VaughnMichael]

Older Siblings can be bad influences. That and I listened to a lot of Guns N Roses. :lol:
Ah I wouldn't know about that either, I'm the oldest out of all the kids in the family.

[TheUltimateShredhead]

i hate them like that, first of all caseys too buffed, and second, april is a carrot top! i mean come on! i hate their look like that, they should have just kept it the way it was, just mix it around a little from original design, but come on! everything just flipped! (pisses me off man, it pisses me off lol) and is it just me or is that a pipe in caseys pack? wierd.

Funny i didn't notice that:ohwell: maybe he started a carrier as a plumber:lol: cool gif in your sig btw!

[maryshine]

Where did you find those pictures?

[GK Punk]

The official Blog.

[gobo]

I think the color on your tv is wrong, she didn't have pink hair.
It's always looked [magenta] to me. That's probably what he was getting at. I remember someone else around here making that same comment before.

[thebrownranger]

No.

Don't like 'em.

Casey looks too NICE.

April is too thin and looks like a little girl.

Totally agree with you. Why can't they just keep the damn 2k3 look. The lair doesn't even look good. Lets just hope the actual show is better than FF.

[Revan]

Totally agree with you. Why can't they just keep the damn 2k3 look. The lair doesn't even look good. Lets just hope the actual show is better than FF.
From what I can gather it will be somewhat of a return to what we were used to. Sure, the animation style is a bit different but we dont' know anything yet. Marty McFly made a good point about how this new season is the "JLU" of tmnt. Give it a chance

[gobo]

McFly? That butt-head? :P I hadn't realized that dude was still around (or that he was the author of said comment) until you mentioned it. :)

[Scandia]

What do you mean by JLU???

[Newton Gimmick]

Justice League Unlimited.

I don't get much of a Bruce Timm vibe myself, but we'll see. I think Casey looks fine and April has a "anime" face. But it could work. I'm down for a new coat of paint on the characters myself.

Hopefully the turtles don't look stupid, that'd be my key concern.

[Raph's Girl]

Well. Just think this folks. At least April doesn't look like the design for the proposed WB series that never got off the ground. You know....the series where April and Casey were teenagers....where Casey kinda looked Asian...

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/warner/april.jpg

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/warner/casey.jpg

And I just saw the designs for WB Baxter Stockman for the first time....he actually looked decent...and Jewish....

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/warner/baxterline.jpg

[Revan]

true, I remember that april. she was almost ugly looking. the turtles on the other hand were awesome! All in all though, it wouldn't trade the april and casey we got for the current series for the proposed WB designs even though those designs had sweet turtles.

[Jo Dawn]

So, I lighten my hair a few months ago and so does April?


Copycats.

[Scandia]

April looks very flat and 2D. And I am not just talking about her chest- though that does contribute to the new design making her look way too young. She looks like a totally different person. I truly hope they decided to keep the older design.

EDIT- And I just realized that April's head is NOT proportionate to the rest of her body. Another thing that is making her look so young. 2k3 and 1987 cartoon Aprils had the proportions of adults.

[Machias Banshee]

I'm not very fond of either drawings - I think they're Way too stylized, April looks like an anorexic teenager and Casey looks like he wouldn't last a minute on his own - but I will wait until I see other drawings. Remember, some of the pictures we saw from the development stages of the show don't look quite like how they draw the characters now...

[Revan]

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb94/kalaneutrino/pics/ca-1.jpghttp://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb94/kalaneutrino/pics/incredible.jpg

:ohwell:hmmmm

[Sage Ninja]

personally I don't mind how the Casey and April look. I like the fact that they softened April's hair color to a orange red rather than flamboyant blood red. It hardly looked natural. Also it looks like they have made April complexion look more beige colored rather than pasty white, she looks more of an out doorsy girl than some one who doesn't get out much. She does look rather young and to skinny but I like that her midriff isn't showing any more.

Casey looks ok and I like that hius hair is no longer dark gray, seriously I was always WTF about Casey's gray hair color. Although my only complaint is that Casey kinda looks like Kronk from the Emperor's New Groove :-?

[Scandia]

I liked April's milky white skin. Her hair color was unnatural, but I liked the contrast.

And I have been getting the image of a bobblehead when I see the new April design. Truly seems disproportionate. By now April is pushing 30- so why would she not have the proportions of an adult?

[GK Punk]

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb94/kalaneutrino/pics/ca-1.jpghttp://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb94/kalaneutrino/pics/incredible.jpg

:ohwell:hmmmm

I see absolutely nothing in common there. Sorry, I just don't. :ohwell:

[VaughnMichael]

Yeah me either besides the fact that the new style reminds me of later human Disney cartoons

[GK Punk]

Yeah that I can see.

[Drtooth]

Well. Just think this folks. At least April doesn't look like the design for the proposed WB series that never got off the ground. You know....the series where April and Casey were teenagers....where Casey kinda looked Asian...

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/warner/april.jpg

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/warner/casey.jpg

Girl, you hotlinked again! The TMNT site doesn't allow that. But have no fear, here's the picture you're referring to:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/drslumptooth/asas.jpg

Indeed, much better than that design. yuck.

Anyway, I have to say this... I don't hate them, and there is definately movie influence to them. it all depends how they look when animated.

Personally, I disliked the human designs for the new Spider-man cartoon series at first, but I got used to them pretty quick. So these may look terrible now, but they may look a little different when animated. So let's not forget that/

[Revan]

I see absolutely nothing in common there. Sorry, I just don't. :ohwell:
:ohwell:oh. I thought their size ratios were almost identical. In the current series they were much closer in size but now back to the sewers has casey really bulked up and april a tiny toothpick

[gobo]

It's not identical, but I saw the comparison you were trying to make. I'm just glad 2K8 April doesn't have those thunder-thighs. *shudders*

[Warhorse]

I'm going to say I like the 2k3 Casey better, he seemed to have more character, but I kind of like the new April design better.

But I want to see what the main stars of the show are going to look like, and how the animation will flow.

[Coola Yagami]

Casey looks ok.. but too nice, but eh, we have to see him in action. It could also be April taming him... As for April... she's cute. A bit too skinny but as long as she has a nice ass, it's allllright. :)

[Jester]

Casey looks ok.. but too nice, but eh, we have to see him in action. It could also be April taming him... As for April... she's cute. A bit too skinny but as long as she has a nice ass, it's allllright. :)
Right....I don't have to say it, do I?

[Sage Ninja]

Girl, you hotlinked again! The TMNT site doesn't allow that. But have no fear, here's the picture you're referring to:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/drslumptooth/asas.jpg

/

ooh, teenage Casey is hawt :oops: To bad we couldn't have gotten this Casey instead of the goof ball one. Teenage April is...alright I think her hips are too wide (or maybe it's just the baggy pants). But I rather like her loose hair style better than the prudish bun she wears in 2k3 version.

[Jelly Bean]

April in this new design would be alright if they just gave her a larger bust and pants that aren't so form fitting. She looks like she may be shorter than the turtles now, she's so petite :o

Also is it me or does she kind of look like the main character from the Winx Club? :ohwell:

[Casual Matt]

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/drslumptooth/asas.jpg

Augh! It burns!

[Ra]

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/drslumptooth/asas.jpg
I don't see why everyone's reaction so badly. Sure the designs are sub-par, but at least we got the 2k3 designs in the end, didn't we?

I still don't really like the new designs, but I'm sure they will grow on me. If they ruffle up Casey's hair a bit more and give April some looser pants, I'll be happy.

Seriously, what's with the form fitting stuff lately? Is it just me, or is it everywhere?

[Sewer Bull]

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb94/kalaneutrino/pics/ca-1.jpghttp://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb94/kalaneutrino/pics/incredible.jpg

:ohwell:hmmmm

If anything out of the TMNT universe resembles the Incredibles, I'd indicate the 2007 movie April and Max Winters.

[Scandia]

They need to give April more meat on her bones. Period.

[syd]

April's changed too much. >< She looks a little bit like Casey's big sister now.

BTW, anyone like my anime style April/Casey char design?
http://shido5142.deviantart.com/art/April-vs-Casey-84677927

[Sewer Bull]

I like your design a lot, syd. Gotta love the busty April.

Also - glad to have you back.

[Revan]

BTW, anyone like my anime style April/Casey char design?
http://shido5142.deviantart.com/art/April-vs-Casey-84677927
holy smoke! no no no iz too sexy iz too sexy!
That casey is a lucky man

[Sage Ninja]

the designs from the WB version supposed to be CGI or 2D animation?

[Drtooth]

the designs from the WB version supposed to be CGI or 2D animation?

Oh, 2-D of course. They were clearly going in the same animation direction as we wound up with 2k3. If they meant it as the 3-D CGI series they planned, they would have had at least some wire frames or unrendered mock ups.

That said:

I don't see why everyone's reaction so badly. Sure the designs are sub-par, but at least we got the 2k3 designs in the end, didn't we?


I dunno about you, but the human designs smack of post 1999 DIC entertainment animation to me. I really hate how their stuff looks now. Gadget and the Gadgetinis? I really really hated that look for Penny.
2K3 seems to be sort of the whole Jackie Chan Adventures blocky superheor action look before everyone in the world started copying it religiously. but something about it really had a more 80's action style to it. At least with the women folk.

But I have to say, I do like the designs for the Turtles themselves. unfortunately, I just can't see them as anything but goofy with that look. I really can't picture them looking that way during a more somber, serious moment. Maybe if they were just a tiny bit closer to the original designs. Just... something in the smile throws me off.

[Raph's Girl]

Also is it me or does she kind of look like the main character from the Winx Club? :ohwell:

Yeah. April does look a bit like Bloom. Incidentally Bloom's BF Sky was voiced by Dan Green (Hun). Sky's arranged fiance, Princess Diaspro, whom he didn't love and was Bloom's rival was voiced by Veronica Taylor (April).

[Ninjinister]

http://shido5142.deviantart.com/art/April-vs-Casey-84677927
I'm liking this... April reminds me of the Misa sisters of Bakuretsu Hunters.

[Jon]

On character similarities (like Jellybean brought up for 2k8 April).

I hadn't brought this up before, as wasn't sure how many would recall this series. But the WB Concept-Art April reminds me of Marianne from Saban's Around the World in 80 Dreams cartoon.

[Jelly Bean]

no idea what that is bro :-? sorry.

I wander if the show will give April a similar looking yellow ninja outfit like she had in the movie or if they will keep the black stretch pants and zipped up jacket combo fighting outfit she had in the season four intro and in season five? Any one know what I'm talking about?

[GK Punk]

I don't think she looks a thing like Bloom. Bloom is much hotter anyway. :p

[Sunshine]

Casey's hair is too "neat" for me. I kinda want him to have the messy hair from 2k3. It suits him better IMO.

I gotta agree with that Casey's hair just doesn't look natural to me. It's too straight and neat it just doesn't seem right for him. But that's just my opinion I guess. April isn't bad but she looks a lot different from 2k3 the new look is definately going to take a little adjusting to.

[Jelly Bean]

could it be maybe because he's standing still!? Maybe Casey's hair will get that wild touseled look when he's in motion; but as it is he is posing for the camera so his hair is neat and straight.

I wonder how the other characters are going look. Like Hun, Karai, Bishop, and Baxter. Has there been any confirmation on whether they will be in the season seven or not?

[gobo]

Hun has been confirmed, and even seen as a teeny tiny pic with this thing wrapped around his arm that I have to assume is a weapon (unless it's Cyber Shredder's leash for him). Last I read, David Zen Mansley (Bishop, Darius Dunn) was recording lines instead of Greg Carey, but that's not to say this isn't just a stand-in situation.

[Jester]

Yeah, but how often in the run of TMNT 2k3 have there been character stand-in situations?

[gobo]

How much behind-the-scenes insight did we get before? Just because they weren't publicized before doesn't mean they didn't happen.

[Jester]

True. But usually you can tell because the voice is diffrent, like in the OT.

[gobo]

Oh, I meant Mansley might just stand-in for in case Carey should be available later, before going to air. At least, that's what TMNT4KIDS suggested. :) So, whether or not we need to get used to the idea of Darius Hun is yet to be seen... I'm telepathically stealing jokes from Raph's Girl now. :P

[Sage Ninja]

as much as I dislike Karai I hope that I see her in the new season as well, if for no other reason to see the after math of being enemies and then calling a truce, attitude her and the turtles will toward each other.

[Jelly Bean]

I think the general attitude between the karai and the turtles will be, you stay on your side of the bed and I'll stay on mine.