I think I like the moe style more, but I also really like the scratchy scene emo style of drawing from that same time period, gives me the same kind of nostalgia
OP... you seem to have posted innocuous drawings that are tightly associated with a beloved culture that have no sexual implications whatsoever aside from exposed skin... are you perhaps... attracted to minors?
(Jokes aside yeah it's a very unique style that has a charm that can't be replicated, mainly because of the traditional pencil sketch coloring)
I actually love the moe art style too. This art style along with the 90s anime art style are two of my favorite art styles. My favorite fanart that uses this art style is this specific fanart of Hatsune Miku.
1990s-2000s seemed like a great period. I sometimes wish I was alive for it. Although, when you aren't alive for it, it's easy to romanticize the past because you only see the media and descriptions, probably folks who were really around during the 1990s and 2000s are gonna tell me it's a shitty time period. And they might be correct, I'll never know.
Moé and bishojo aesthetics has more or less been totally folded into normal manga anime style, everything is at least a little moé. We got moé Gundam now.
It just goes to show how influential it was as an art movement in animanga and visual novels. This particular variant of moé may be less popular now, but different markers of it are all up and down most modern productions.
They dont make them like this anymore. They forgot how. They forgot their moe roots.
There are times where the eyes got a bit fucked, especially with the female characters when this artstyle was still real big, but its still very cute, and I kinda miss it.
Gotta say this and i accept the downvote from this take. Some of today's moe art ISN'T moe. They try their best to mimic(yea) but not learn how to draw one clearly and turns out they called it the moe's of today, wrapped the ACTUAL moe one aside and having quite the fame and love because of the nostalgia ones. I love moe art, since 5th but i cant draw it clearly and learn it to make it my artstyle, though im not a good artist and good art commenters, i just hate the moe's art losing their charm(especially the eyes drawing part and the colors) due to the art's modern standard.
Ive been kneck deep in this asethetic for months because ive been working on an late 2000s internet inspired gmod map. I really do miss this look; on a related note, any resource to find art like this and any other 2000s crap would be greatly appreciated.
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u/Nedaj_Nitro Sep 06 '26
it's not called speed up or tiktok version it's called nightcore AND YOU PUT AN ANIME GIRL ON THE THUMBNAIL