Irodori Research: Kemono Friends and Optics (Eye Highlight Discrepancy)

2022-12-27

Rehashed from discord messages on 2022-12-27

09:50 PM - i noticed somethingg... interesting

09:50 PM - we all know the key visual right

09:50 PM - notice something about everyones eyes

09:50 PM - theyre actually

09:50 PM - different from the anime (apart from serval and koutei)

09:51 PM - in the anime all but the two mentioned have mirrored highlights in their eyes

09:51 PM - while in this image and only this image theyre normal

09:51 PM - hold on

09:54 PM - koutei also has bigger eyes in this image

09:54 PM - like the eye inside the eye

09:54 PM - whatever that part is called


09:58 PM - ok the image is done

09:58 PM - most friend have the inverted eyes deal going on

09:58 PM - i should make a chart of that

09:58 PM - which friends defy optics and which ones dont

09:59 PM - WHICH ONES HAVE INVERTED NORMALS

10:03 PM - HUH

10:04 PM - WHY DO HER EYES LOOK NORMAL IN EPISODE 1


10:18 PM - hm interetsing

10:18 PM - not only is sand cats highlights different between the opening and the episode

10:18 PM - but

10:19 PM - 1. its a different version of the model as a whole

10:19 PM - 2. HER HIGHLIGHTS CHANGE BETWEEN SCENES

10:20 PM - the bowtie is yellow in the opening but white in the episode and the black part of her eyes is bigger in the opening

10:20 PM - the eyes look different as a whole really but

10:22 PM - another highlight change lmao


10:38 PM - silver fox also just has different highlights altogether in the op it looks like but im not at episode 9 yet

10:38 PM - im pretty sure theyre round and mirrored in the episode

10:38 PM - but here theyre triangular and optical

10:39 PM - now in the exact same scene we see ezo with her usual wrong eyes


10:42 PM - also might have to check the streaming eps too

10:42 PM - because i remember they have like re rendered scenes

10:42 PM - like in episode 7 there are scenes where its rerendered because kabans hat

10:43 PM - or actually the opposite

10:43 PM - the re rendered scenes have a glitch in kabans hat

10:43 PM - that isnt present in the older streaming releases

10:44 PM - idk ill investigate that more later


10:55 PM - (Replying to "im pretty sure theyre round and mirrored in the episode")


11:00 PM - gray wolfs eye is completely different in the op (eyelashes too)

11:00 PM - well slightly but

11:01 PM - enough to consider it a "beta model"


11:13 PM - from my examination

11:13 PM - raccoon has normal eyes the entire show up until episode 11

11:13 PM - where suddenly theyre mirrored

11:13 PM - and it stays that way in 12 too

11:13 PM - what about 12.1 though

11:14 PM - yeah

11:16 PM - ezo however has highlights the right way around after the main season

11:16 PM - in the commercial


11:34 PM - so the chart of eyes


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