A term for a animation style used in anime

grill_gus

I'm watching some anime on netflix. Is there a term for when the characters get real emotional they are suddenly animated as cutesy almost childlike versions of themselves? Then they go right back? Here's a clip I just recorded from an albeit terrible show Sekirei

Originally asked by Mr. Manager on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I believe the term you're looking for is Chibi Chibi (ちび or チビ) is a Japanese slang word meaning "short person" or "small child". Chibi style is usually used in depicting scenes which are cute and/or humorous, and it is extremely rare for it to be used for an entire anime series. It is quite popular in manga, however.

Full answer by MattD: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/23355 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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