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* One episode of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' was actually removed from circulation by specific request of [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] for containing lots of very egregious [[Off-Model]] shots.
** And keep in mind the rest of the show was rampantly [[Off-Model]] at times. The infamous "wide Gundam", for example, or the time the Gundam mysteriously became huge...
** Rumor has it that the major model flaws of "Kukurus Doan's Island" (the episode in question) was not the only reason the episode was pulled. Apparently the episode's director and Tomino had a catastrophic falling out (and all Tomino will say about it is a cryptic statement to the effect of "he knows what he did") and Tomino had the episode put into [[Canon
* This was one of the major criticisms of ''[[Transformers Armada]]''. This is actually less about outsourcing animation than it was about [[Executive Meddling]] forcing them to rush. This happened with both ''Armada'' and its sequel ''Energon'', where several episodes [[Short Run in Peru|aired in America first]] ''[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Battlefortheasteroidbelt_comparisons.jpg before the animation was even finished]'', and they had to drastically alter the scripts trying (and failing) to salvage the plot, making entire episodes utterly incomprehensible (whereas the Japan got the original scripts with completed animation). It didn't help that the first episodes were animated using completely different animation models for Optimus Prime and Megatron. Energon was worse about it, though Armada infamously has a ''black spot on the screen with wings'' in the place of Starscream for a sustained period in one episode. This series could possibly give even an AKOM animated Generation 1 episode a run for its money.
** Take a look at the quality of animation on the robots in episode 1, then compare it to 2- a significant dip is obvious. ''Then'' go to episode 3, and that's where it starts to get painfully out of control. However, the show rebounds in later episodes, and by the final episodes, the quality of the cel-shaded animation is breathtaking, especially the [[Grand Finale]].
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* ''[[Hell Girl]]'' had lots of issues with character's designs in the first season. Eyes end up different sizes, different heights, looking it two different directions at once, bodies suddenly become a lot skinnier, etc. The second season vastly improved the quality of the animation.
* The anime adaptation of ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' had several cases of off model animation, most notably in the early episodes. The entire series had a total of 28 animation directors, and it would appear that only two of them (Asami Endo and Akemi Takada, respectively) actually attempted to remain true to Akemi Takada's character designs.
** Something similar happens in ''[[Ranma
* An early episode of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' depicted the people within a crowd shot as looking like nothing so much as Q-tips; rather than being a freeze-frame thing, however, this was a several-second wide angle shot. It was corrected in the DVD release.
** There were quite a few quality shots all the way through the series, especially in season 2. Fixed for DVD, of course.
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== Documentaries ==
* Many of the creatures in ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]'' and its kin go through some drastic changes in appearance when the shot switches from a [[
** Pure CGI goofs include: The 3 year-old indricothere calf that still uses its newborn animation model, even though an other, same-aged indricothere already looked like an adult; and (though this could be intentional) the ''Allosaurus'' at the end of ''Walking with Monsters'' who is at first represented by the allosaur model from the 2001 TV adaptation of ''[[The Lost World]]'' (okay...), but then suddenly becomes a true ''Walking with...''-brand ''Allosaurus'' (phew, that's better). As for various other off-model moments, freeze-framing reveals the animals tend to get heavily distorted during particularly fast movements.
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== New Media ==
* In 2007, ''[[Gaia Online]]'' decided to take advantage of their new cinema feature and enlisted an animation company to animate their Halloween plotline. After teasing us with works from 3d animation companies during the film festival, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=717wOI4IBiE MMVII Part 1: White Eclipse]" was released. Even if you ignore the awkwardly implemented plot and horrible voice acting, you can't help but noticed how one of the characters appears to have come down with a horrible case of hemorrhoids. There's also the fact that after the Vampire protagonist kills a wolf and drinks its blood, they put plenty of blood on the inexplicable midsummer snow, yet ''forget to put it anywhere else''. The Vampire's mouth, and the wolf's corpse are both blood free. And this is only in ''part one''. Needless to say, Gaia reverted to a comic based story line, [[Reset Button|undid]] most of what happened during the animated shorts, showcased the best parodies of the shorts, and then tossed them into the bin of "[[Canon
** Unfortunately, some of that stuff still happened canonically. Vladimir seems to have been [[Killed Off for Real]]. Moira and Louie have been having some sort of light-switch relationship since then. So as long as we have plot coming out of that damn thing, there are going to be people who have to watch it for that material... unless, of course, Gaia has it remade as a manga in their usual art styles (hint, ''hint'', Gaia staff).
* ''[[Mad]]'' used to let several different artists draw the front cover, which almost always has mascot Alfred E. Neuman on it. Once, they let movie poster artist Drew Struzan do a cover, which turned out [http://madcoversite.com/mad379id.jpg nightmare-fuelingly] off-model. [[Sergio Aragones]]' two covers didn't fare much better.
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