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* ''[[Barefoot Gen]]''. It looks like a Saturday Morning Cartoon in the vein of ''[[Astro Boy (anime)|Astro Boy]]''. [[Tear Jerker|It isn't]].
* Some have said that the contrast between the [[Moe]] art and the bloody psychological horror plot is part of what makes ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' and ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' so creepy. Whether it's intentional or not is debatable, but the contrast is definitely there.
** It's even worse in the original visual novels for ''[[When They Cry]]''. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030202006/http://2disbetterthan3d.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/rena31.jpg art] [http://www.uk-anime.net/images/higurashi-shots.jpg style] can best be described as "Weird looking chibi-[[Puni Plush]]". Hard to imagine that cute little style is from one of the darkest series to come out of Japan in [[The Noughties]].
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|Madoka Magica]]''. It uses characters done in the cute style of ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'' to tell a story that can be accurately likened to ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
* The anime adaptation of ''[[Violinist of Hameln]]'', originally a parody manga, removes all the humor and plays the [[Dysfunction Junction]] for its full angst value, but keeps the art style.
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