Magical Measurements (Ever Changing Chest Size)

[Suwako Moriya]

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that girls vary in terms of their chest size. One girl might have larger breasts than another. This is also true in the world of anime. However this thread isn't about how large X's breasts are compared to Y.

Rather it's about who X apparently can't decided if she's an A Cup, B Cup, or C Cup. Yes, apparently some anime females have breasts that are inconsistent in terms of their size. One such example that helped to inspire this was Reika from Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun. With her ever changing chest size.

Then you have the fact some girls have their chests become magically larger when they get naked. It's either that or their clothes act as a limiter. And one the limiter is removed their true powers can be unleashed.

There is also the matter of angle. Sometimes a girl looks like she has nothing based on one angle. Yet from another, there is definite evidence. I will confess that sometimes I pay extra attention in hopes of seeing such evidence.

Sometimes the inconsistency is not just in the anime, but the art as well. Watch an episode of Saki and not how well endowed Nodoka. There's an official artwork image where her breasts are even larger. To the point of being creepy or if you prefer extra creepy.

Which brings us back to Reika, who's both inconsistent in the anime and inconsistent in the artwork. Which kind of sucks for me since I was hoping I could have used the artwork to get a gauge of how large her chest was supposed to be. No such luck.

Speaking of which. Sometimes the artstyle can make a huge difference in terms of how noticeable a girl's chest is. Under one style a girl must have at least a C Cup before you can really notice her. Under another style and even the A Cup girls are quite noticeable.

As you can see the purpose of this thread is to bring up the following. First, girls that have or at least seem to have inconsistent chest sizes. Second, talk about how certain things seem to have an effect on how noticeable a girl's chest is.

[TheGreenMan]

Shizuma from Strawberry Panic. Her breast size changed dramatically during the show. Minna's breasts grew really large when she wore that revealing dress on Strike Witches.

[railohio]

All the women on Burst Angel during the beach episode seemed to increase by a cup size or two, even the relatively flat-chested Jo! For Sei it was somewhat disturbing, but for Meg... :nosebleed: :beatingheart:

[Dack Ralter]

Off the top of my head, Misato and Asuka in Evangelion (mostly depending on angle and fanservice factor).

The Shuffle girls seem to go presto-change-o when they're shown out of their school uniforms, but that seems to be a common problem.

[Fencedude]

Off the top of my head, Misato and Asuka in Evangelion (mostly depending on angle and fanservice factor).

The Shuffle girls seem to go presto-change-o when they're shown out of their school uniforms, but that seems to be a common problem.

Speaking of Shuffle, once she got HCG in Really? Really!, Mayumi got promoted to A-cups. There was actually some disappointment over that.

Other than that, the biggest issue in Shuffle is that Lisianthus' breasts fluctuate wildly, the other girls are fairly consistent.

[Gatts]

I was going to mention Burst Angel, but since that has already been done... Eiken. Most people don't notice and think the breasts are always tremendously huge, but there are times when they shrink them down to normal size for the serious parts and then expand them again to astronomical size for the comedy bits.

More consistent with oversized breasts is Divergence Eve, but they fluctuate in that series as well. Generally if half of the cast is over GGG, the breast size doesn't stay consistent with most series. Godannar even had it's moments of inconstancy.

[Suwako Moriya]

Speaking of Shuffle, once she got HCG in Really? Really!, Mayumi got promoted to A-cups. There was actually some disappointment over that.

Why am I not surprised? Truth be told I'm not sure what I think of the err promotion myself. Then again I haven't really looked at HCG from that game. And if HCG stands for what I think it does then likely the chances of me looking are possibly none-existent.

[strangefour]

Oh there could be some many possibilities why cup size is inconsistent. Rarely animated tertiary girl who people for get what cup size she was supposed to be. Oops someone misplaced a model sheet lets go from memory. Episode directors change and he prefers larger sizes or is a flat chest aficionado.

I know I do that myself sometimes when drawing, "Wait was she a a B cup or a C cup..." You lose original character sketches, come up with a better one, just haven't drawn someone inna while, or sketch out a good pose and don't want to change it. The there is the whole down playing size when in most clothing. Thus playing up the size when in bikinis. "Hey how come she looks bigger in a bikini than topless." That's gravity vs the power of the push up bra.

So yeah, the representation of breast sizes can change like the time of day. But if bust size on one girl regularly change more than a single cup size on a regular basis, well then you got yourself some crappy artists. Or implants. Magical of screen anime implants.

[DocWatson]

Samurai Champloo's Fuu—IIRC it was episode 2 in which her breasts went from a modest (by my estimate) B cup to an E cup (Japanese sizes). She returned to her norm in episode 3, and stayed that way for the rest of the series.

On a slight tangent: "The Yuribou Guide to Fanservice for animators #14 Appendix 2 - Breast sizes" (http://www.yuribou.net/blog/the-yuribou-guide-to-fanservice-for-animators-14-appendix-2-breast-sizes/), from the Yuri to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito blog.

[populuxe]

Coco in The Melody of Oblivion was normally flat as a board, but when it was time to show off her hotness, the animators would give her some nice, big, bouncy breasts.

[Ty]

Some variation in artwork comes with the territory in anime, plus they are going to go for a little extra in certain circumstances. That is what sells so that is what we get I guess. I would prefer consistency all the time myself, but that just isn't going to happen with most shows. What bothers me a lot more than this, actually, is the tendency for high quality promotional artwork and posters to promote all the female characters up a cup size or two. It's very deliberate in that situation, and while it doesn't take a genius to figure out why I suspect it annoys as many people as it pleases overall so I wish they would stop and just stay faithful to the character design.

[Zeether]

In one Negima artwork I saw, Asuna's breasts were slightly larger than normal...

[ZenAmako]

Well, the female characters in Ranma 1/2 definitely got "upgrades" between the early TV series episodes and the movies/OVAs. Same goes for OVA Madoka (Kimagure Orange Road) vs. TV Madoka.

I also recall an ep. of Last Exile where the main girl's chest was suddenly noticable. Maybe some different animators worked on that one.

[Nanbara Nanadan]

Samurai Champloo's Fuu—IIRC it was episode 2 in which her breasts went from a modest (by my estimate) B cup to an E cup (Japanese sizes). She returned to her norm in episode 3, and stayed that way for the rest of the series.

It's been a while since I've seen Champloo, but wasn't she packing bombs down her shirt? They even make a point to (...grrr) point out how flat she is as a running gag.

Seras in Gonzo's Hellsing oft been a poster child for the "boobies-in-flux" phenomena though.

[martod]

Sakuya from Hayate the Combat Butler. Her chest drastically changes throughout the show. In some episodes she's the bustiest character in the cast, and in some episodes she's almost as flat as Nagi.

[Isuzu Inugami]

Anime breast size is a subcategory of quantum physics, existing in a state of indeterminacy until an actual observation occurs, at which point the probablity wave collapses into a distinct size. If O (observation) = f (fanservice), b[t] (true breast size) > b[a] (assumed breast size). Curiously, if O = j (joke about breast size), b[t] is still > b[a].

[The Great Bear]

Anime breast size is a subcategory of quantum physics, existing in a state of indeterminacy until an actual observation occurs, at which point the probablity wave collapses into a distinct size. If O (observation) = f (fanservice), b[t] (true breast size) > b[a] (assumed breast size). Curiously, if O = j (joke about breast size), b[t] is still > b[a].

You mean anime females require Schrödinger's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat) Bra?

:P

[danth78]

You guys gotta see Jungle De Ikou. It actually features changing breast sizes as part of the story. It also happens to be crazy awesome. Check it out.

[Classical]

The other day I decided to randomly watch an episode of Shakugan no Shana (it was the pool episode in the first season) and I noticed that Shana looked like she had small breasts in one of the scenes. It was kind of weird considering she's flat as a board, and she didn't look flat chested in the scene. She was wearing a spaghetti strap tank top. Other than that, I can't recall any other instances in anime whether girls' breast sizes magically change. Well, maybe except for one episode in Negima! where Asuna's boobs enlarge due to Negi casting a magic spell on her to make them big.

[Ty]

You guys gotta see Jungle De Ikou. It actually features changing breast sizes as part of the story. It also happens to be crazy awesome. Check it out.

Replace "awesome" with "creepy" and I'll agree with you.

[danth78]

You guys gotta see Jungle De Ikou. It actually features changing breast sizes as part of the story. It also happens to be crazy awesome. Check it out.

Replace "awesome" with "creepy" and I'll agree with you.

Really? You mean creepy in a good way because of the weird tribal dances with weird pigmy dudes? Or creepy in a bad way?

[Ty]

Really? You mean creepy in a good way because of the weird tribal dances with weird pigmy dudes? Or creepy in a bad way?

I mean creepy with the stuff about depicting her getting her first period and the various reasons they imply about why it happened. That whole show was just strange and had subtle fetish appeal to it I didn't like at all. The only reason I've seen it was because I got it from a dollar bargain bin VHS sale at TRSI years ago.

[danth78]

I mean creepy with the stuff about depicting her getting her first period and the various reasons they imply about why it happened. That whole show was just strange and had subtle fetish appeal to it I didn't like at all. The only reason I've seen it was because I got it from a dollar bargain bin VHS sale at TRSI years ago.

Man, I don't even remember that part. I'm always surprised to see what things anime fans are offended by, since so much of anime is full of fan service, young-looking girls sexual situations, and busty women in skimpy, tight clothing. I just assume that all anime fans are as unflinching as me. Then again, I believe that something "very wrong" can loop around to "so very right." Maybe I'm just a big ol' pervert.

[Ty]

It's all in how it is portrayed my friend. A fine line, and one that is drawn in a different place by each individual, but a line nevertheless.

[StudioZEL]

We used to have a joke in my anime club that in Hellsing TV, Selas' breasts grew each episode. Sadly, this was mostly true...

[Damius]

In Azumanga Daioh Sasaki breasts get bigger at some points.

[Shiroi Hane]

I know I do that myself sometimes when drawing, "Wait was she a a B cup or a C cup..." You lose original character sketches, come up with a better one, just haven't drawn someone inna while, or sketch out a good pose and don't want to change it.
Losing settei shouldn't be an excuse, neither should some animator deciding to draw things differently. If either go unchecked then the sakkan either isn't doing their job or they just don't have the time/budget to correct things.

[The Alaskan Assassin]

Off the top of my head, Misato and Asuka in Evangelion (mostly depending on angle and fanservice factor).

The Shuffle girls seem to go presto-change-o when they're shown out of their school uniforms, but that seems to be a common problem.

I was waiting for someone to menion Neon Genesis Evangelion, but you forgot Rei. Her's stood out a bit for me. I usually had the reaction of "that's not right" or "I thought she was 14!" and the like.

Was there ever any fluctuation in RahXephon or Martian Successor Nadesico?

[KudosForce]

In Fist of the North Star, Mamiya's chest size kinda fluctuates a bit at times, but not too much (understandable, given the show's production values). I didn't pay too much attention, though.

You guys gotta see Jungle De Ikou. It actually features changing breast sizes as part of the story. It also happens to be crazy awesome. Check it out.

Incidentally, I bought that one at an HMV store a while ago, thanks to my morbid curiosity (and things I've heard about it). I'll eventually get to watching it as I clear my backlog.

Though, I should specify that the thread is focused on unnatural breast size changes, not story-based ones...:sweat: