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Which anime or manga, if any, do you think has a profound art style? Not just interesting, detailed, or cute, but deeper than that?
The Ghibli film The Tale of the Princess Kaguya's art style to me is achingly precious and beautiful. The story is also profoundly moving if you're open to its message but I think many people are not. The art style I think reinforces the beauty of the story.
I am a huge fan of 60s and 70s shoujo manga and I think the artwork in Moto Hagio's and Keiko Takemiya's work from that era are sometimes profoundly beautiful. Shoujo Kakumei Utena borrows heavily from this era of anime/manga and the art style is fantastic- the sort of abstract mannerist heights the movie reaches in its art nouveau meets modernist architecture is really interesting. The character design of the Utena characters is also so odd, with weirdly overlapping physical traits and rich personalities.
I don't know how the content of Ah My Goddess holds up today but I've always found the artist Kosuke Fujishima incredibly talented- the quality of his linework is immaculate and he renders the curls and twists of hair as precisely as the intricate machinery he draws.
Not what you asked for but while I'm here, Macoto Takahashi, Yoshitaka Amano and Tomomi Kobayashi must all be mentioned as extremely good artists working in the manga/anime style.
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