Rambutaan Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Does anyone think this character called :"No-Face" from the critically acclaimed anime, 'Spirited Away' has similarties to Darth Nihilus. They obviously don't *look* EXACTLY the same but here are some facts: (1) Both DN and NF conceal their true identity. (2) Both feed off others to gain power. (3) Both speak in an unintelligible manner. Anyway, sorry for the random post (if you don't like it, you can just laugh at the randomness :"> ), it's a long shot that someone else has seen this anime but if they have I'm curious if they had spotted the similarity . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Von Manstein Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 It's not too crazy to think that maybe Obsidian drew some things from the character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowpoke Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I saw that movie but didn't make the connection until now. They are very similar. Maybe the Obsidian designers were inspired by Spirited Away, whether consciously or not ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I've seen spirited away, and there's some resemblence between those two, so there might be some inspiriation at work there. But then again, you'll find alot things in this business that chare some similarities. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambutaan Posted March 2, 2005 Author Share Posted March 2, 2005 I've seen spirited away, and there's some resemblence between those two, so there might be some inspiriation at work there. But then again, you'll find alot things in this business that chare some similarities. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> True, could be just a coincidence :D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebus Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Good observation! Another character that Darth Nihilus reminded me of was Galactus from Marvel Comics' Silver Surfer: A cosmic being sending out his envoy to search for planets he can devour to still his endless hunger? Pretty close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenKnight Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 (1) Both DN and NF conceal their true identity. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I didn't even notice that Darth Nihilus had a "secret identity". What does he conceal? What does he have that he could conceal? I thought he was wearing his clown mask just for fun ... Does anyone remember the teenager slasher in Wes Craven's "Scream" series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordNihilis Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Does anyone think this character called :"No-Face" from the critically acclaimed anime, 'Spirited Away' has similarties to Darth Nihilus. They obviously don't *look* EXACTLY the same but here are some facts: (1) Both DN and NF conceal their true identity. (2) Both feed off others to gain power. (3) Both speak in an unintelligible manner. Anyway, sorry for the random post (if you don't like it, you can just laugh at the randomness :"> ), it's a long shot that someone else has seen this anime but if they have I'm curious if they had spotted the similarity . <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dear Lord.... "There is no running or hiding, Jedi. Your times up." -Boba Fett- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swedish Dark Lord III Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Yeah, what's up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarjahurmaaja. Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 "I didn't even notice that Darth Nihilus had a "secret identity". What does he conceal? What does he have that he could conceal? I thought he was wearing his clown mask just for fun ..." Well, neither does No-Face, to be fair. 9/30 -- NEVER FORGET! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Hawk Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Umm isn't he called No-Face (I belive he's called Kaonashi in the Japanese version, whatever that means I don't know) because he doesn't have a face (duh) ...so there's nothing for the Noh mask to actually conceal...unlike our friendly neighbourhood sith lord who's "just a man" underneath. Also I think what was meant by the secret identity was that they hide them selves. Plus No-face doesn't really "speak" by himself, he just goes "ah ah". Nihilus does speak, it's just in a language we can understand. Interesting point all the same. *Pointless trivia* Jason Marsdn was the voice of Haku in the Amercian dub of Spirited Away, he also did some voice work for the orginal KOTOR (Dustil Onasi, Igear and Brejek I think) but not the sequel....so there is a connection, albeit an extremely geeky one " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGamer Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I now present to you... Darth Kaonashi... ...and and Nihilus No-Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryTarsier Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 well... that took time to do.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laozi Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 The most sincere form of flattery.......... People laugh when I say that I think a jellyfish is one of the most beautiful things in the world. What they don't understand is, I mean a jellyfish with long, blond hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarx Xun Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 this thread is awesome, seriously. I can see the resemblance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Appleton Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Yes, definitely - first time I saw Darth Nihilus, I thought he resembled No-Face. When the idea of him feeding off others was revealed, the parallels became even stronger. I wonder how original No-Face was though? Visually, the idea of masked, cloaked figure does not seem that innovative. Nor is the idea of evil spirits feeding off humans' emotions. I kind of assumed No-Face was a Japanese archetype or some such, but Spirited Away was a very creative film so maybe he was original. Regardless, No-Face and Nihilus may be a case of creative convergent evolution rather than direct imitation. PS: It's threads like this where the absence of developer interaction really hurts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzuriaZyfire Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 I kind of assumed No-Face was a Japanese archetype or some such... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually the movie's director/creator, Hayou Miyazaki, commented how the character of No Face was actually a bit of a characture of himself. Figure that one out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambutaan Posted March 3, 2005 Author Share Posted March 3, 2005 I kind of assumed No-Face was a Japanese archetype or some such... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually the movie's director/creator, Hayou Miyazaki, commented how the character of No Face was actually a bit of a characture of himself. Figure that one out... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If that's the case, maybe Hayou Miyazaki is.... Darth Nihilus himself! *Dark Side Jingle plays* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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