Originally Posted by Death_at_Midnight

With the growing acceptance of Japanese anime and manga over the last 20 years, it is not surprising to me that the new designs seem to have a swing into an anime/manga style design. Are these the designs of things to come? Other toy lines seem to also share the shelf space in the toy isle, a number being from Japanese anime.

So, what do you all think? A sign of the designs to come? Will more anime-influence styles bleed into the Joe lines? Kids seem to like them in other toy lines, I would expect so. Do you like them? If done right, it could be okay--keeping it a hybred of styles could be okay if it doesn't go overboard.