Anime Base for Genesis series?

BabsDoProd

Hi, everybody, I know that DAZ and Poser has been used for anime style works in the past using Hiro, Aiko, Hitomi, and now Keiko for Genesis 2 but the issue I see is that none of them ever look quite right and always look more realistic than truly anime style, even with toon shaders. Looking at modern video games and 3D anime shows, the head is usually bigger and the bodies are more rounded overall and overall softer in terms of detail. I've read previous threads for anime characters and the consensus is that the proper proportions don't line up with the overall base Genesis figure, particularly in terms of eyeball size to head ratio. Figures like ChibiBel have gotten this look just about right but have seemingly lost all support for compatibility with modern content, as well as a lack of a male counterpart, and it hasn't been adapted to Genesis at all. My proposal for DAZ or third party content creator is to make a brand new base model and morph set based on the Genesis system that is compatible with current DAZ content, granted that some may not work depending on fitting, and that would be aimed strictly at making anime style figures and morphs. The morphs don't have to be compatible between regular Genesis series morphs but the content should be compatible as there already is a great deal of anime style clothing and props on the market. Imagine having a morph set for everything from small animated chibi characters to Studio Ghibli-esque figures as well as more traditional anime character types. I can imagine that textures and eyes would have to be different based on size and UV issues but since the anime look is more or less single color skin tone with shading, it shouldn't be too big of a deal. Another inspiration is the 3D characters from the Manga Maker Comipo program, if those figures could just be exported as OBJs then it would be a lot easier to get anime style characters but as it is it's just for 2D work.