Why would a reporter wear a jumpsuit?

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Originally Posted by neatoman

... What power does a writer have over the animation models? I remember some other interview where he claims the Technodrome and Krang's body looks nothing like he imagined they would. And even if if did have that power, it contradicts the fact that April's design in issue 2 (released long before the cartoon was put into production) is very similar to the cartoon design.

There are a lot of holes in David Wise's claims, so don't trust what he says without digging a little deeper first. It's more likely one of the animators watched Lupin III and redesigned April as a nod when they noticed the similarity between April and Fujiko, rather than David Wise just coming up with it on his own.

Writers have a lot more power than you think. They usually write down the character designs before they are send to the designers. It is up to the director on weather to keep those designs or not.