The obvious inspiration for Blue Diamond's design--Maetel, and the art of Leiji Matsumoto
Posted Jan 3, 2017, 8:24 PM UTC
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I could definitely see that. My first thought upon seeing her and hearing her voice was that she reminded me greatly of the human Amalthea from The Last Unicorn
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She reminds me of Misery from Ruby Gloom
http://statici.behindthevoiceactors.com/behindthevoiceactors/_img/chars/misery-ruby-gloom-2.7.jpg
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I thought this was really obvious too, if not Maetel specifically Blue Diamond is definitely model after one of leiji's many charactter designs: [FEMALE]
joking though :'D Sugar has shown she appreciates lots of early anime and Leiji's works were some of the first to be brought to North America
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Sorry for the blurry picture--there aren't a lot of images of Maetel without her trademark hat. However, it is clear that Rebecca has squeezed in another anime reference and it makes me pretty happy. :)