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I was looking through google images the other day when I encountered this:


Now, I think Fulgrim came first (correct me if I'm wrong). But, out of curiosity, I searched this mysterious Sephiroth and encountered this:



Yeah, the white-haired pretty boy thing correlates.

But this got me thinking - are there any other 40k characters with anime counterparts? I figured the perfect place to put this request would be dakka.

To get the ball rolling and prompt some responses:

1. Fulgrim + Sephiroth

Both of these kids are white-haired pretty boys with a character design that emphasizes their grace and agility.
Coupled with the curved silhouette of their armor, it's no wonder that someone already drew a comparison between them.

2. Curze + Black Alucard



For anyone who has seen Hellsing Ultimate, Alucard's absurd levels of destructiveness are not a surprise. For those familiar with both Alucard and the Curze, the connection shouldn't be a leap.
For those who are unfamiliar with Alucard's Blood Knight status, I recommend youtube. Just youtube. Any video featruing the character should do it. I especially recommend the one with the elevator...
When I say "Black" Alucard, I am not referring to the character's ehtnicity - his pale skin, ragged black hair and blistering red eyes remind me of Kurze a lot. No, I'm referring to the scenes where Alucard ramps up his "control level" - deacitvating a set of arcane wards built into his clothes, and thus shedding layers of clothing - until he's in his "black" outfit, which mosstly consists of a black staightjacket. To be honest, if I had to picture Kurze on Nostramo prior to the Emperor's arrival, I'd picture this. Near the end of Hellsing Alucard dons a suit of medieval plate armor, the enormous pauldrons of which certainly mimic Power Armor, if not in color.

So, anyone else got anything? Get posting!

Also, if anyone knows how to resize images from the web...I'd appreciate it...

There's fan-art of everything in 40K done in Anime styles. Google Images and Deviant Art will... well, they'll certainly lead you to places you'd rather not go, but there is where you will find all that sort of stuff.

Seeing as the Primarchs are older than FFVII I'd say Sepharoith is more likely the ripoff here. At least in therms of style.

The creator of that first pick failed at history. Wh40k predates FFVII

Curze was more or less inspired by Vampire lore (most likely Vlad Tepes, I would imagine), with a good chunk of bad man thrown in for good measure.

Sephiroth is also known as the 1 winged angel, which does not help either since fulgrim has a single wing on the front of his left pauldron

Kind of reminds me of this:

 Jackal wrote:
Sephiroth is also known as the 1 winged angel, which does not help either since fulgrim has a single wing on the front of his left pauldron

GW clearly went forward in time and ripped FFVII off


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 vodo40k wrote:
Kind of reminds me of this:

That sound...oddly fitting

It's truly unnevering. Can anyone else think of any other familiar 40k faces that they've seen rendered in official anime characters?

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
The creator of that first pick failed at history. Wh40k predates FFVII

Curze was more or less inspired by Vampire lore (most likely Vlad Tepes, I would imagine), with a good chunk of bad man thrown in for good measure.

Curze is based on the character of Kurtz from Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" novel. The name Konrad Curze is even a reference to this.

GW clearly went forward in time and ripped FFVII off

Actually, its more of a symbolic reference to have an angel with a single wing.
Has nothing to do with neither sephiroth or fulgrim
Either way, the fulgrim pics came 1st

And the new FW version is pretty damn good

 Crystal Geyser wrote:
It's truly unnevering. Can anyone else think of any other familiar 40k faces that they've seen rendered in official anime characters?

Sisters of Battle often get the anime treatment, often making them something a lot...cuter instead of bad---.

 Psienesis wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
The creator of that first pick failed at history. Wh40k predates FFVII

Curze was more or less inspired by Vampire lore (most likely Vlad Tepes, I would imagine), with a good chunk of bad man thrown in for good measure.

Curze is based on the character of Kurtz from Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" novel. The name Konrad Curze is even a reference to this.

That as well. I was referring more to his grisly habits of murdering people as well as his gothic attire.

ClockworkZion wrote:

Sisters of Battle often get the anime treatment, often making them something a lot...cuter instead of bad---.

Before it inevitably becomes porn, anyway.

I like to imagine Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star is Rogal Dorn before the Emperor found him. It only makes sense for a dude who can make people explode by punching them. In all truthfulness, I wouldn't expect there to be an cross-pollination between GW and anime, aside from some anime influences in the Tau mecha suits and the like. GW is run by a bunch of 40-50something year old British guys, who aren't exactly the prime demographic for anime. Fulgrim and Sephiroth both being prettyboys with white hair is just a coincidence.

 Jackal wrote:

GW clearly went forward in time and ripped FFVII off

Actually, its more of a symbolic reference to have an angel with a single wing.
Has nothing to do with neither sephiroth or fulgrim
Either way, the fulgrim pics came 1st

And the new FW version is pretty damn good

That was a joke.

Oh I shouldn't forget this. It was made BEFORE the riptide came out:

ClockworkZion wrote:

 Crystal Geyser wrote:
It's truly unnevering. Can anyone else think of any other familiar 40k faces that they've seen rendered in official anime characters?

Sisters of Battle often get the anime treatment, often making them something a lot...cuter instead of bad---.

Spoiler:

Aaaaaawwwwww, who's the cute lil' SoB that's burning Heretics all day long and loving it?

I'm a sucker for all 40k anime-style related stuff. Lolicron remains as one of my favorites (Yes, I know, not exactly anime inspired nor do I think any is besides the Tau's Mechs), here represented with the Blood Angels (Spoilered because the image is huge):



I kinda wanted to show where my previous avatar pic was from, but many results from searching for "Lolicron" on google were... well, let's say NSFW