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Satoshi Ishino’s mew Ichigo is very different, aside from the dress itself, the ears changed the most, they are smaller, and are a bit rounder, the shading is much more detailed with spikier shading from the inside of the cat ears, and the spiky fur in the bottom of the cat ears still remains but shorter and the fur detail on the ears disappears with distance. The back hair is more pronounced with fewer strands of hair, and the tendrils of mew Ichigo are even longer at shoulder level, curiously enough, the tendrils in mew Ichigo, private Ichigo, and maid Ichigo have different tendril lengths, probably because of different animator’s style but you can see this even in Ishino’s own character reference sheets… just saying.

One of the most subtle changes is present in Ichigo’s face, which is longer, making her look more mature and realistic, and it makes sense since in this iteration of Tokyo mew mew some of the girls are meant to be older, actually you do see Ishino in the original series elongate the face of the mews in episode 51 where his style shines the most because he abandons the model sheets of Kitayama, one last detail is the blushing of the cheeks, I personally don’t like it, but it is there, and only the main female characters have it almost in all shots.

PS: Ishino's Tweeter sometimes shows drawings of the characters that don't even follow his own reference models, eyes specially sometimes he uses the old style or a mix of the two.

Description

Satoshi Ishino’s mew Ichigo is very different, aside from the dress itself, the ears changed the most, they are smaller, and are a bit rounder, the shading is much more detailed with spikier shading from the inside of the cat ears, and the spiky fur in the bottom of the cat ears still remains but shorter and the fur detail on the ears disappears with distance. The back hair is more pronounced with fewer strands of hair, and the tendrils of mew Ichigo are even longer at shoulder level, curiously enough, the tendrils in mew Ichigo, private Ichigo, and maid Ichigo have different tendril lengths, probably because of different animator’s style but you can see this even in Ishino’s own character reference sheets… just saying.

One of the most subtle changes is present in Ichigo’s face, which is longer, making her look more mature and realistic, and it makes sense since in this iteration of Tokyo mew mew some of the girls are meant to be older, actually you do see Ishino in the original series elongate the face of the mews in episode 51 where his style shines the most because he abandons the model sheets of Kitayama, one last detail is the blushing of the cheeks, I personally don’t like it, but it is there, and only the main female characters have it almost in all shots.

PS: Ishino's Tweeter sometimes shows drawings of the characters that don't even follow his own reference models, eyes specially sometimes he uses the old style or a mix of the two.