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Chibi across different genres

Chibi is a style of caricature originating in Japan, common in anime and manga where characters are drawn in an exaggerated manner, generally small and chubby with short limbs, oversized heads and minimal detail. The style has found its way into anime and manga fandom through its use in manga and merchandising. To be successful, your content must be useful to your readers (source Wikipedia).

The Devil of Antwerp

Jan Olieslagers (1883-1942) was nicknamed the ‘Devil of Antwerp’. In 1909, he became interested in the fledgling aviation ...

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Leon

Who doesn't remember 'Leon', the ‘cleaner’ brought to the big screen by Luc Besson? This beautiful cartoon comes from Cartoon Miniatures; the original figurine, holding a big gun, was modified to give him a violin box instead, more ‘representative’ of the idea we have of a hitman, especially if he's roaming the avenues of New York City...

Note that a caricature of Mathilda, made to accompany this Léon, is available at RetrokiT('Mathilda' Conversion Kit - RetrokiT ).

M3A1 Stuart

The Stuart light tank and its many variants were used on all fronts of the Second World War. Meng, in its World War Toons range, offered us one of its derivatives, the M5A1, and thanks to RetrokiT, it's also possible to go back a little further and convert this kit into the M3 or M3A1 from the very beginning of the conflict, with their slightly more outdated turrets, among other things.