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ANIME CHARACTER By CHIA XIN YI

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Copyright © 2021 by Chia Xin Yi All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a book review. For more information, address: chiaxinyi02sd.taylors.edu.my

Acknowledgements This paper would not have been possible without the guiding of Dr Hayati, the module leader of Design Research Dissertation. She had giving a lot of helping and opinion in writing this paper so the researcher is able to done the work. The researcher is especially indebted to her father, who have been supportive of her studies, worked hard and provided her with a good learning environment to achieve these goals. The researcher is grateful to living in this era of advanced technology, the researcher can easily find the information she want on the Internet and complete her data collection through the online platform such as Instagram, Email and Google Form. The researcher would especially like to thank to her seniors which had sharing her their experience on how to manage the time wisely and also their example works. Nobody has been more important to me in the pursuit of this project than the members of my family. The researcher would like to thank her family, whose love and guidance are with me in whatever I pursue. They are the ultimate role models. Lastly, the researcher wish to thank to her friends which had gave her a lot of support when she was down.

Abstract Character is the soul in an anime or animation, people mostly will focus on the character when they choose on the anime to watch. Japan is a rich producer of anime, they have create a lot of character in a year, but only a few was famous. It is hard to survey in a place that full of anime, the designer need to not only work on the design, also the characteristic and others to create a successful character. In this research, will find out the success key of a character design in an anime, what is the principle behind it and the process of the character design. This research will just focus on one character design, which is one of the famous anime character in Japan, Conan Edogawa. The conclusion of this research is based on two different research method which are qualitative method and quantitative method. However, the research had state out the principle and the process of a character.

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CONTENT

I Acknowledgment

1.1

Research Topic

II Abstract

1.2

Research Problem

III Content

1.3

Problem Statement

1.4

Research Questions

1.5

Research Objectives

02 2.1

Principle of Character Design

03 2.2.3 Rendering

3.1

Survey Questionnaire

3.2.1 Research Iocale & materials

2.1.1 Aesthetic

3.1.1 Reseach Iocale

3.2.2 Data gathering procedures

2.1.2 Personality

3.1.2 Research respondents

3.2.3 Data analysis

2.1.3 Story

3.1.3 Research Instrument

2.2

3.1.4 Data gathering procedures

Process of Character Design

2.2.1 Idea

3.1.5 Statistical treatment

2.2.2 Sketches

3.2

Visual analysis

04 05 06 07 4.1

Visual Analysis

4.1.1 Background 4.1.2 Personality 4.1.3 Appearance 4.1.4 Relationship with Character 4.1.5 Representative 4.2

Survey Questionnaire

5.1 Introduction

6.1 Conclusion

5.2

6.2

Discussion and Analysis

Project Recommendation

7.0

Reference List

08 8.0 Appendices

Character design is an important part in a creation of animation. Without the character, there will be no story line for an animation, they are all play a supporting role in each other. Characters are tools that help you tell the story. A good character is memorable and leaves a lasting impression on the audience, whether it’s a character on TV, in a game, or in a movie. The characters are designed to have a unique personality and to be visually stimulating and resonate with the audience. In addition to personality, everything from shape to character, then emotion, back story, color and attitude are all required for a successful character design.

INTRODUCTION

Since Japan is a producer of anime, and they had produce a lot of famous anime, so In this research, the researcher aims to study on one of the famous anime character in Japan. The character chosen is Conan Edogawa from Detective Conan. The reason of choosing this character is because this character in well known in the world and also this character is one of the oldest classic anime characters. This research will find out the design principle of this character and also the process. In this research is conducted with two research method which are qualitative method and quantitative method. Visual analysis as qualitative method to analysis the character of Conan Edogawa and Questionnaire as quantitative method. A Google Form has created to ask some question about Conan Edogawa. There are five sections in this paper which are Introduction part with research objectives and problem statement, literature review, research methodology, results of research, discussion and the last part was conclusion.

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Problem Statement The most important major factor in a successful animation is the character. It is because an animation is remembered most for its characters. A successful character design requires a lot of attention to detail, need to start with the basic shape and follow with proportion after that is skin tones, hairstyles, attire, accessories, key postures, gait, action energy, mannerisms, and finally facial expressions. In addition, painting styles may vary greatly depending on the types of cultural media and entertainment (Tanvirul Islam, 2014)

1.1 Research Topic Study of anime character 1.2 Research Problem Character design of Conan Edogawa

Every year, thousands of new characters are created around the world to cater to the multi-billion dollar animation and gaming market. But in this research, I just keep focus on one character, which is the main character of Detective Conan, Conan Edogawa.Conan Edogawa is the alias name for the shrunken form of Kudo Shinichi, who takes on the appearance of a six - or seven-year-old after being exposed to a prototypical poison. Characters are the most important part of a story. They are the key elements in an 4 animation. One has to keep in mind how the character is going to perform in the animation and its behavior in the story. (Vajra Pancharia) Designing a good character requires more than only having an idea nowadays. In order to create a coherent and consistent character design an artist needs to consider the many restrictions and to develop a suitable work method. Accomplishing this task requires more than only knowing how to represent things graphically. Unfortunately, there are few academic books and articles about Character Design. As this task is an inherent part of the industry, many artists focus on learning the processes in order to apply them to a product instead of scrutinizing these processes and spreading new developments in the academic field. (Silva Filho, 2016) In this research, I want to find out why the character of Conan Edogawa is so success what is the secret behind it. I need to study how the character of Conan Edogawa is created. The core principle, the archetype, represents the personality and character traits that we identify with as human beings, which is the first step in character design. Besides there, the story behind the character, creativity, shapes and aesthetic, all these are the things to create a character and also is the things I need to find out for character Conan Edogawa. A tool that abstracts the rules of character design from the finished art is very useful for professional character designers in this industry. Studyofanimecharacter

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Research Questions

1. What are the archetypes of Conan Edogawa? 2. what is the characteristic of Conan Edogawa? 3. what is the importance of character to a animation?

Research Objectives

1. to study how a character is created 2. to study how important character is to a successful animation. 3. to study the relationship between the character and the story

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Literature Review This section of the paper explored and studies the articles based on the research topic chosen on character design. The articles chosen are to support the objectives of the research and form a conclusion. Total of 5 articles has been reviewed and evaluated in this research. The researcher had categorized all these articles based on the theme into 2 part which are principle of character design and process of character design.

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Principle of Character Design To create a good character the designer have to design it in such a way that people will like it and have an intimate relationship with it. So the designer can observe and infer human preferences and use some basic principles or guidelines to create a successful character. Once the designer had understanding these principle, they can know what to focus on when creating a character or they can choose to go against them and create a new, stunning character. There are a lot of principles that need to be noticed when creating a character, the researcher had combined them and state a few important principles in the below sections.

2.1.1 Aesthetic

2.1.2 Personality

Every designer has his own style, and different countries have different aesthetics for characters. US animated characters tend to be more exaggerated than Japanese ones. US characters have larger heads, whereas Japanese characters are closer to the real human body. Japanese characters are usually slender, with large eyes, small noses and oval faces. But US characters are usually in exaggerated style which have fat short or slender figure, round face, pointed chin, and so on. (Kun Liu, 2020) Facial feature is also one part of character design. Facial features of male and female characters are highly exaggerated as they grow older. The changes and exaggerations in facial features of male characters were greater than those of female characters, but reversed as they aged, with the differences between male characters becoming smaller and female characters becoming larger. (Kuan-Lin Chen, 2020) Different styles of character design can highlight the distinctive characteristics of characters, so that these characters can stand out in the market, with a strong recognition.

A character’s personality is made up of many aspects, but most of it comes from the character’s physical characteristics, and that’s because it’s the first thing we notice, known as first impression matters. (Alchemist Digital, 2019) The audience will define the character’s personality through character design. For example, rounded, plump shapes imply cuteness, because we visually associate them with babies. (Sudarshan Kar, 2019) Therefore, no matter want to design any character, the designer should consider the relationship between the character’s personality and characteristics, so as to design an excellent role that can resonate with the audience. Designers can also make the character do something, move, dance, or have a specific facial expression and pose to add personality to the character. Add accessories to the character will also help to figure out its personality and also make an impression on the audience and remind them of the character when they see a particular object.

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2.1.3 Story The story and the character are so inextricably linked that. (John M, 1996) If there is no character to do anything there is no story to be created, the same, character is created but there is no story or action on it, then it has no meaning. So story is an important part when creating a character. In order for the audience to experience the story, the design must create a character that resonates with the audience so that the audience can better understand the story. A designer can start with a character, or even can start with a story. If the designer starts with a story, the designer has to think about who is going to be involved in the story, then create a character for the story. If the designer starts with a character, then the designer has to think about why the character exist, what does the character do, and what is the story behind it. (Ioana Sopov, 2013)

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Process of Character Design Character design is composed of different stages, which is conducive to the creation of characters. Every designer also has their own design process that they is comfortable in. But normally the process are the same, just different in the order of the step. Having a specific plan can help a designer improve efficiency and reduce frustration when designing. The research had read through a few of different design process and simpifled these process into 3 step and describe them into below sections.

2.2.1 Idea

2.2.2 Sketches

Everything come with an idea. The first step of character design is the designer need to come out an idea since will know what to do. The idea can inspire by something, an object, things that happened in life, a scene or even a dream. Sometimes the designer still can’t come out the design based on the idea then the designer can look for some references on Internet. Even the professional will also look for references when they designing character. This part known as research part, research not only helps to stimulate the creative thinking of designers, it also helps designers to complete the design correctly. (Sudarshan Kar, 2019) Confirm the audience can also help the designer with the design. If the audience is children, the characters should be simple and cute.

Sketching is a rough version of a designer’s idea. (Joao R.F.S, 2016) Sketching helps the designer to build a foundation of shapes. By sketching out different designs and variations, the designer can come up with new design ideas and eventually the designer can get the final character out of those sketches. The designer can start with some basic shapes to start the sketch. The designer must create a design that allows the audience to know the age, gender and personality of the character through the sketch. Only in this way can the character connect with the story and continued to next step.

2.2.3 Rendering The designer will choose the best sketches and start to rendering. (Liandro. R.M.M.) This stage is for the designer adding details and choose the colors for the character. Designers will start thinking about character colors, lighting details, personal features or shadows. Choosing the right color is very important in designing a character. (Sudarshan Kar, 2019) Different colors will show different personality and emotions. For example, dark colors represent bad and light colors represent good and bring out hope. Designer can start with primary colors then start evaluate to secondary and tertiary colors. Designer will also adding accessories to character can helps to bring out the attitude of character and also make an impression on the audience. Studyofanimecharacter

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Research Methodology

The objective of this research is to study how a character is created and how important character is to a successful animation. Firstly, quantitative method is using for the objectives of how important character is to a successful animation which is online questionnaire. The researcher had create a Google survey form by asking a few questions about how the audience feels with the character and story to find out how important character is to a successful animation. In order to find out the important of character in an animation, the survey also aim to study the relationship between character and story. Secondly, qualitative method is using for the objectives of how the character is created which is visual analysis. The researcher had used a famous character as an example to analyse about the character based on the principle and process that had mentioned in the literature review part. By analyse the character will find out the process and reference of the character and also the design of the character. The analysis was done with the researcher’s own view.

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Research Iocale

Survey Questionnaire

The researcher had created a Google Form by asking a few questions to reach the research objectives. The researcher had put the Google form to Instagram, Quora and also sent the link personally to collect the respond. The reason of using these platform is because the researcher can confirm the groups of responders and also online platform is easier for both the researcher and responders to collect and answer the survey. Especially during the pandemic, the method and platform can help to avoid close contact. The survey questionnaire had put online around 3 weeks to collect

The researcher had put the responders into 2 groups which was fans of the character chosen (Conan Edogawa) and non-fans. By confirm the groups which was all fans, the research had shared the Google form link to the space of Conan Edogawa to collect the data. For the non-fans group, the responders was randomly because the responders had post the linked in the online platform and asked for the follower to filled up the form. The reasons of separate the responders into 2 groups is to ensure that the respond collected is fair and to find out the popularity of the character.

Research respondents

Questionnaire survey is a technique used to collect statistical information about a group’s attributes, attitudes or behaviours by asking a number of questions. (V. Preston, 2009) Questionnaire survey is applicable when the researcher has a clear research topic and the responder. In this study, the research had specific topic which is what to know the relationship between the character and the story and the important of character to an animation. Beside this, the cost of survey questionnaire is extremely low, and its coverage makes it easy to conduct online surveys.

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Questions 1. Gender (to find out which gender group this type of character is more famous for or attracted to)

2. Age (to find out which age group this type of character is more famous for or attracted to) 3. Do you know about Conan Edogawa? (warm up question) 4. Have you watched Detective Conan before? (warm up question) 5. You know Detective Conan because of the story or character? (to find out people will attractive to story or character) 3.1.3 Research instrument The survey questionnaire created had total of 11 questions. The questions are separated into 2 sections. First sections is basic information and the second section is all about the character. All the questions designed in this survey questionnaire is to answer the research objectives of the important of character in an animation, and also to study the relationship between character and story. The questions designed had approved by the lecturer before posted it on online platform. Below is the questions that the researcher had designed for it.

6. Do you think the story still works if there’s no character? (to find out the important of character to a story) 7. Do you feel that what Conan Edogawa did has make the story? (to find out the relationship between the story and the character) 8. Do you like this character (Conan Edogawa)? Why? (to find out the popularity of this character and the reason of it) 9. Do you think this character (Conan Edogawa) is successful? (to find out did the audience think the character was successful or not) 10. Question 9, if no tell us why? (to find out what does the audience think a successful character needs to have) 11. What will make you attracted to a character? (to find out what are the most attractive things about a character)

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3.1.4 Data gathering procedures

3.1.5 Statistical treatment

Before starting the data collecting process, the researcher had identify the problem statement, what the issue to address and why does it matter. By asking one or more research questions then define the objectiv es, based on the research questions, the researcher plan to work with both method (qualitative and quantitative). In this part will describe the quantitative method. After decide the method using, the research had start to plan the research questions because the researcher is conducting surveys questionnaire. After all the questions had well prepared, the researcher had posted the survey on social media platform to wait for responds around 3 weeks. Finally, the researcher can start to analyse the answer to achieve the research objectives based on the responds collect.

For the analysis part, Google form had help the researcher save a lot of time because Google form will help to categorize the responds into bar chart in Google excel make the researcher easier to analyse the results. The researcher just need to categorize the text formed responds to done the data analysis. Descriptive statistics was used in this part because descriptive statistics enable the present of data in a more meaningful way makes the interpretation of the data easier. Descriptive statistics is a way of describing data in a simple way.

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Visual Analysis Visual analysis is the researcher trying to understanding an artwork deeply by analysis the artwork in different perspectives. The purpose of visual analysis is to identify and understand the visual choices that artists make when creating artistic works. (Henry M. Sayre, 2005). In this study, by analyse the character such as color, aesthetic, personality, references and story to get a better understanding about the character and find out the successful key of a character.

3.2.1 Research Iocale & materials The researcher had choose a famous character as an example to done the analysis. In this study the character chosen was Conan Edogawa from Detective Conan. The reason of choosing this character is because it is a classic anime character which is well known in many country. The researcher had find a lot of references website about the character to find out the character’s basic information and design to done the visual analysis, mostly from the official website of Conan Edogawa because the official website had a lot of information about the character in details.

3.2.2 Data gathering procedures Like what had mentioned above, before the data collection is began, the researcher need to identify the research objectives thus to decide the research method. In this part will describe the qualitative method which is visual analysis. During the data collection, the research had used a character as an example and start to find the information of the character as much as possible. After that the researcher start to categorize them based on the design principle and process that had mentioned in the literature review part.

Thus the information of a character was too huge, the research had categorize the information into different section to easier for analysis. Based on the analysis, the research able to find out the principle of the character design of the character chosen and also the process of creating it. The method of data analysis using in this part more closer to exploratory analysis, because exploratory analysis is used to see what the data can tell before the result is out.

3.2.3 Data analysis Studyofanimecharacter

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Research Findings This section presents the results from the mixed methods which were qualitative and quantitative methods. The researcher had divided the results into two parts which is visual analysis and survey questionnaire. Visual analysis informed the results of the existing design of the example character chosen, in this research is Conan Edogawa. The second section is survey questionnaire which had shown the responds of the Google form. The entire discussion is also open at the end of this section. Studyofanimecharacter

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Visual analysis Visual methodology is a collection of methods for understanding and interpreting images that have been used for a long time in anthropology and sociology. However, for most disciplines, especially health research, this is a relatively new research approach. (Kerry Inder, 2017) In this paper, a few things will be observed from the character based on the design principle and process that had already mentioned in literature review part, which are shapes the character based off of dress, personality, relationships, actions, etc. which in turn helps us better understand their actions and motives.

Character Background In this part, the research will make an analysis about the simple background of the character to have a simple understanding about the character. Thus this anime is a special case, there were two main characters in this story but are the same person, so the researcher had done a simple introduction of the background of these two characters. Studyofanimecharacter

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Age: 6-7

Age: 17

Height: Unknown

Height: 174 cm

Weight: 18 kg

Weight: unknown

Date of Birth: May 4

Date of Birth: May 4

Jimmy honor always known as detective ace, Conan Edogawa, although he is only in high school, his keen eye for detail, he calls, help him to solve all the cases, the story of how he became a conan edogawa, one night when he was with his best friend in a red autumn park, happened to be with him, Jimmy noticed something suspicious he decided to investigate One thing you know, he’s been drugged, turned into a child, and his adventure begins as he tries to find the man in black who drugged him, and make sure that justice is done.

Shinichi is a 16-year-old (17 in the anime) student at Tiantan High School who is famous for helping the Tokyo police solve a murder case. Shinichi is the son of mystery writer Yukusaku Kudo and former movie star Yukiko Kudo. While he was dating his childhood friend (and future girlfriend) Ran, Shinichi meets two men from a secret crime syndicate who force him to ingest a strange poison that causes his body to shrink to a first-grade age. He takes the alias Conan Edogawa and plans to use his enormous skills as a detective to run the clumsy father of Ran to a famous private detective, hoping he will find a case involving a secret organization so he can expose its crimes and get an antidote that will turn him into a teenager. Studyofanimecharacter

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Personality As had mentioned above, personality is one of the principles of the character. Personality of a character can show many interesting story plots. Thus, the researcher had done an analysis about the character’s personality based on the researcher’s view in the below paragraph. The paragraph had separated into two parts, one is the analysis of Conan and the other one is Sinichi. Although they are the same person but different personalities. Studyofanimecharacter

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Sinichi tries to act like a kid as Conan so as to look like a separate person, because he spends every day with the person closest to him, Ran. Although Conan has shrunk to a child, his wisdom is still there and Conan’s knowledge is extensive, which helps him to solve cases and adapt to any situation. When dealing with adults, Conan tries to speak in a child-like way, but he often gets stuck and begins to speak like an adult, talking about high-level topics and using reasoning methods that are too complicated for the average child. When this situation happens, he often uses the reason of hearing or seeing it on TV or learning from uncle Kogoro/professor Agasa/ Shinichi-niichan. Conan acts more like himself in Detective Boy because he is not familiar with popular games and TV shows and is not good at video games, Genta and others tend to think he is stupid, which makes Conan very angry. He will secretly watch TV in the living room after Kogoro and Ran go to bed in order to have more practice. At this moment, Conan’s unyielding character is shown. Although he thinks that criminals should be punished, but he seems to be also willing to give criminals who attempted murder because of misunderstanding of a second

chance, let them escape punishment He has an innate traits may be due to he is a detective Whenever he heard screams, or see the criminal, he would immediately instinctively toward sound or criminals without hesitation. This behavior shows that Conan is a sensitive and highly motivated person. Studyofanimecharacter

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Sinichi is famous as a bright young detective, the savior of the police force, resolves the problem of many professionals can’t solve. He grew up in an unrestrained environment, influenced by his writer father, so he also likes to read. His father, Yusaku always brings him to the scene of the crime, which inspired him to become a detective. Due to his forthright and matter-of-fact attitude, Shinichi comes across as rude and arrogant. However, he cares deeply about people’s lives, he considers the feelings of others, and in some cases, he is willing to hide the truth from certain people in order to avoid them being hurt by the ugly truth. Shinichi loves to be in the spotlight and is rather arrogant, taking pleasure in making local headlines and receiving fan mail. Although Sinichi is very popular in the masses and classmates, his friends are rare. After his close relationship with Ran and Agasa, he also with Heiji, Haibara, to some extent, there are other detective boys who became friends. His lack of a close friend for another reason is that his arrogant personality made many students even teachers don’t like him, which made him hard to be friends. Since ele-

mentary school, Shinichi has had a kind of cool and aloof temperament and although he is a really good guy and a hero, he doesn’t make it obvious to others, and he makes some deductive deductions about why he does what he does. Shinichi is insensitive, for the most part, he doesn’t notice what Ran is feeling, right. Studyofanimecharacter

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Conan’s Appearance A character’s appearance is also very important when the designer creates a character. Character’s appearance will be one of the main reasons to attract an audience to watch an anime. In the below paragraph, the researcher had made an analysis about the character’s appearance and also the references that the author had used when he was creating the character. Same also, the researcher had separated it into two parts which is Conan and Sinichi. Conan and Sinichi are two different age stages thus, the body sculpture is also totally different.

hair is one of his most iconic traits, according to Gosho, the author of Detective Conan, said that he took about a minute to design. He straighten out Yabba’s hair and adds a handful of hair from Togarashi’s character, Shimi, to look like the apostrophe cut from the witch Sally. Conan’s hair is dark brown, and most of it hangs over his blue eyes, though there are a few hairs on the front and back of his head. Conan’s head is oval, like most animated characters

Shinichi is an above-average Japanese teenager with a fair complexion and a thin build but an athletic build. He has blue eyes and short dark brown/ black hair with a swirl in the front and a distinct tuft in the back. Shinichi bears a striking resemblance to his father, Yusaku Kudo, although his jawline is less pronounced and he lacks his father’s beard. Usually, he is famous for being very handsome because he is popular with girls of his age. Shinichi often wears his high school uniform, but he also wears a suit and tie or plain clothes depending on the occasion. Shinichi’s head is also oval.

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Relationship with Character (Ran Mouri) From the result of google form which will explain in the next part, the researcher finds out that the audiences will also like to watch the relationship of the main character with other characters. Thus the researcher also made an analysis about the main character with the leading character, Ran Mouri, which most of the audience like about their love story. Below paragraph is the view of the researcher about the relationship of the two characters, Conan and Sinichi with Ran. Studyofanimecharacter

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Ran and Shinichi are childhood friends and canonical love interests. They have been friends and playmates since kindergarten.Shinichi liked Ran since they were little. He noticed that when he was in the first year of middle school, Sinichi started to turn down any other potential love interests, but Ran never realized this. Shinichi likewise does not notice Ran’s attention until Ran confesses to Conan that, despite his faults, she is well aware that she has been fond of Shinichi for some time and that he is very protective of her, Sinichi has shocked more than once by her various skills and kindness. They confirmed their relationship with each other in the non-canon 4th movie ‘Captured In Her Eyes’.

Although their characters Shinichi and Ran are lovers, Conan and Ran have a brother-sister relationship. Ran plays the role of nurturing and protecting Conan, whom he regards as a child’s version of Shinichi. They do many activities together, such as swimming, watching movies or having festivals. Ran and Conan are looking out for each other. Ran stands up for Conan when Koguro is out of control, and uses karate to destroy any criminals who try to harm Conan. When Ran is in trouble or wants to vent, Conan will listen and advise her; When Ran is in a bad mood, especially because Shinichi has been away for too long, Conan comforts and encourages her. It is even possible that, subconsciously, Ran knows that Conan is really Shinichi, although she seems reluctant to accept this idea.

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Representative Like what had mentioned above, the character’s appearance and also accessories will be their representative that will make the audience recognize them easily. Thus, the researcher had done a simple analysis about the character’s representative which was very familiar to the audience and the research had explained further more about the representative in the paragraph below. Studyofanimecharacter

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• First was just a normal glasses that Conan used to cover his face • After Hiroshi Agasa transformed it, it become a tracking glasses which can help Conan to track the target

RED BOWTIE • Act as voice modular • Conan always used it to imitate the voice of Kogoro Mouri, to explain the case

Glasses

• Conan will also used it to imitate the voice when he was Shinichi to call with Ran in order to let her not suspicious and worried

• Enhanced kicking shoes • Also transformed by Hiroshi Agasa. It was a power enhanced kick shoes. It uses electric and magnetic fields to stimulate the muscles in Conan’s feet, enabling him to kick with great force.

Conan Quotes • There is always only one truth! (Shinjitsu wa itsumo hitotsu!) • This is the quotes that Conan will always said when he solve the crime case

Shoes

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Survey Questionnaire For the quantitative method, the researcher had created a Google Form by asking some related questions and sent it on social media to collect responses. Below is the results get, the researcher had explained the results questions by questions.

First and second questions is warm up questions to know about Conan Edogawa is more popular in which age and gender group. From that can saw the responder are most male from age group 16-20. Studyofanimecharacter

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From the responses, can see that Conan Edogawa is more popular in male group than female group and mostly of them know about Conan Edogawa only a few of them not really know about this character and who not really know about this character mostly are from the age group 30-40. From that we knew Conan Edogawa was popular in age group from 16-30.

The third and fourth questions is to asked responder if they knew Conan Edogawa this character and if they had seen the anime. This questions is also to find out the popularity of Conan Edogawa. Studyofanimecharacter

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This question is to asked the responders know an anime because of the story or the character and also to find out the responders think character or the story which is the most important. From the responses we can see that most of them know this anime because of the character only a few of them know this anime because of the story. From that we can know how a character is important to an anime because mostly of the audience will know the anime because of the character. So a successful character is very important to an anime.

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No 6 and 7 questions is to find out the relationship between the character and the story. Through the question 6, by asking the responder if the story will work if there’s no character, there have 60.9% of them gave out a comfirm answer which they think the story can’t work if there’s no character and 39.1% of them gave out a uncomfirm answer which is maybe. Through the question 7, by asking the responder how they feel that Conan did has make the story, there have 58.7% of them said yes and only 2 of them said no. 37% of responder gave out a uncomfirm answers, and mostly is because they don’t watch Detective Conan. From that can know the relationship of the character and the story. There is an intimate relationship between characters and story. Story does not work if there are no character to make the decisions and perform the deeds that combine to make the story.

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8. Do you like this character (Conan Edogawa)? Why?

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In pie chart 1.1, the researcher have make a simple conclusion of it from the responses of question 8. 82.61% of the responders like the character of Conan Edogawa and only 17.39% of them don’t like it. And from the 82.61% of the responder, 30.43% of them like Conan edogawa because of it personality, 23.91% of them like Conan because of the story line, 15.22% of them like Conan because of the appearance and design of this character and 13.04% of them like Conan because of others reasons. From that can know that mostly of them feel that personality and story of the character is important. As have mentioned above, story and character could not exist without the other. Studyofanimecharacter

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Question 9 is to know how the responders feel Conan Edogawa is a success character or not. From the responses we can see that there’s up to 70.2% of them feel that Conan Edogawa is a successful character and only 2 of them feel not and they have give out their opinion.

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11. What will make you attracted to a character?

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In pie chart 1.2, the researcher have conclude all the answer of question 11, what will make you attracted to a character. The researcher found that most of them will focus on the personality of the character which was 28.26% of the responder, slightly higher than the others. Appearance, story and others reason have the same percentage which are 23.91% of the responder. Beside than personality, appearance and story, some of them will attracted to a character is because of their voice, the rich relationship between the characters and the skills that the character have. Studyofanimecharacter

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Discussion and Analysis

Detective Conan or Case Closed is a masterpiece in my eyes. Kudo Shinichi, a cutting-edge technology Sherlock Holmes-like person, is an excessive faculty detective who usage of his brief-witted evaluation to solve crimes and has been supporting police given that his center faculty. Now at the same time as taking his adolescent friend/weigh down Mouri Ran to an entertainment park Tropical Land, he witnesses a few men in black garments engaged in an unlawful transaction. He attempts to observe them and discover what they’re as much as however earlier than he does, he located out and knocked them down. Those guys then deliver him a killer drug and go away to die. But he does now no longer die and abruptly his frame receives contracted to that of a basic faculty kid. He then takes the identification of Edogawa Conan, a far-off relative of Shinichi, and begins off evolved residing with Ran and her father Mouri Kogorou of their Detective Agency cum house (Hassan, 2016). The most important plot is simple - Getting returned to normalcy i.e., turning into an excessive faculty boy once more and putting off the Black Organization without alerting them that Kudo Shinichi is sincerely Edogawa Conan. This can be referred to as the primary plot however this cannot be referred to as because the complete plot withinside the Canon

episodes. The Canon episodes include greater subplots which are -1) Solving crimes together along with his Osaka counterpart Hattori Heiji. Both Heiji and Shinichi were competitors given that center faculty and 2) Stopping Kaito Kid, a present-day thief from his tries to thieve jewels. If Hattori can be referred to as his companion in fixing crimes, then Kaito Kid might be his nemesis. Both of those plots alongside our Black Organization plot accommodates the Canon episodes and this may be referred to as because the Plot of Detective Conan (Ayoub, 2020).

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To its credit, anime is one of the few locations left that you could nevertheless find ‘conventional animation’! I assume there was a few confusions amongst many anime fanatics approximately simply how virtual anime manufacturing is, so I’d higher make it clear: industrial, mainstream anime remains hand-drawn, and that’s why it stays this type of notable creative medium! Traditional animation lets in for greater individuality to be expressed. Sure, computer systems do come into it in a big manner, however, the important aspect is that the frames are nevertheless to start withdrawn via way of means of hand, and no in-among From right here Shinichi’s quest starts of evolved as he solves diverse instances performing in the hide of ran’s lazy detective father getting the Nickname of Sleeping Kogoro making him very wellknown throughout Japan. He makes new buddies and unravels the Organization which made him a child.

So quite a good deal he has gotten near the No.2 of the Organization and It hasn’t been found out who he’s, or who the Boss is. Conan’s motive and aim are to assist look into hard instances, reasoning, catching criminals, protecting human beings from the crisis, and resolving instances. His football talent is beneficial while defeating a fleeing crook or while defeating a crook who is attempting to damage human beings. Also, while he wishes to press a far-off switch, he shoots the ball and hits it (Margolis, 2019).

Also, while human beings sense that they’re contributing to society in a few manners, they’re prompted to do it. Conan may also be greater prompted via way of means of being thrilled via way of means of the police and human beings.

animation is simulated via way of means of a laptop. There are a few animators who draw 2D animation at once onto the laptop, however, in anime, this is restrained to solo animation productions in preference to industrial anime. The enterprise prefers this due to the fact the animators are usually greater cushy and a position with this method, and it lets in simpler checking and correction of frames beneath neath from time-totime tight schedules (Eberle, 2015).

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Conan Edogawa considers human beings’ lives very precious. And he desires to guard his cherished ones against risk with all his might. He makes use of all his expertise, information and strength, and beneficial tools. Having cherished ones may even encourage you to do your work. So proper relationships are critical and amazing to you.

Conan Edogawa doesn’t say it in words; however, he appears to recognize and respect his mother and father. And he’s obediently mastering proper matters from them. Not simply boasting to human beings approximately his mother and father. He has found out loads from his mother and father and has gathered expertise and information on the way to make contributions to society in his manner (Washi, 2011).

Conan is right at pretending to be a person else while the usage of a bow tie transformer. It appears that he found out via way of means of seeing his mom who became an actress. He also can flawlessly carry out infantile gestures and talking patterns. He appears to take complete benefit of his life, which must be unnatural for him.

Even in case you sense which you are at a downside as compared to others, you could see the coolest components via way of means of converting the path your appearance at. And you must also be capable of revel in it. With wonderful thinking, search for advantages in any state of affairs (Hassan, 2016).

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Conclusion Character animation, in each the conventional and laptop medium, depends closely on the authentic animation standards that had been located via way of means of Disney Studios. This emphasizes how upgrades in the 3-D lively software programs are used as most effective as a device for the introduction of animation and do now no longer rely upon the laptop to make matters appearance plausible via way of means of itself (Ayoub, 2020). Studyofanimecharacter

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Analysis has proven that performing strategies in animation are nearly the same to degree and movie performance. It is the exaggeration of frame language and the cap potential to conform a person in a unique element that units it apart. The emotional nation of a person is a right of way impact of its idea technique. Thought technique may be greatly expressed via frame language to decorate an emotion. This study has resulted in finding out that eye moves are one of the focal factors that decorate a character’s idea. Emotions want to be manifested into an external, bodily frame movement, but slight, on the way to have interaction a target market.

The end to the dialogue has proven that developing empathy because of expressing an emotion, is the important thing detail for attractive any target market. A person’s believability is a hit while a target market can relate to it in a few manners or another. This may be accomplished via way of means of giving a person a persona via mannerisms and unique frame language.

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Project Recommendation Although this study attempts to use Conan Edogawa as a case study to explore the character design projects, some issues cannot be studied in depth. Therefore, it is suggested that the following points should be considered in future studies. One is the method of using to study the character, visual analysis has a limitation on it because the area of the analysis is too narrow and not detailed. Actually it should be recovered with an Email interview with aspects in character design but the researcher did not get the response from the aspects. Beside that, the time of this research is too limited, the researcher not able to collect more data. For future research, researchers hope to find more aspects of character design so will have a depth studies of it. Studyofanimecharacter

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Appendices

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Appendix 1: Google Form Questionnaire

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bgxbQ8UPCq1AHZwJrGQdQ7CDLVuZmagSwxWxdCjBmoc/edit?resourcekey#gid=1386997414

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Picture Credit Img Shinichi ( Princesshetalia 2018) https://www.deviantart.com/princesshetalia/art/Img-shinichi-736950281 https://herewestandrp.fandom.com/wiki/Conan_Edogawa https://houseofanimals.fandom.com/wiki/Conan_Edogawa Ran Mouri ( Jan Areidoten ) https://detectiveconan.fandom.com/wiki/Ran_Mouri Shinichi, Ran y Sonoko (chenchiz 2011) https://www.pinterest.com/pin/432064158001696049/ Crimson School Field Trip Case (Shinran Heizuha 2019) https://aminoapps.com/c/detective-conan-by-ao/page/blog/crimson-schoolfield-trip-case/66K1_mrczuWkn565kk5qPzVY5klMMKZbd4 https://favim.com/anime/entry/detective-conan-edogawa-conan-kudo-shinichi-1115124/ https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Criminal_Tracking_Glasses https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/353603008217215240/ Google Analytics overview report (Myriam Jessier 2020) https://unsplash.com/photos/eveI7MOcSmw Brainstorming over paper (Scott Graham 2016) https://unsplash.com/photos/5fNmWej4tAA https://unsplash.com/photos/IxDPZ-AHfoI

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