There are tons of untooned images out there, so I used the following criteria for selection:

1. They must be high quality, high-res images.
2. The depiction must match or come close to the true proportions of the cartoon character.
3. It must be photo-realistic. Nothing too cartoony.
4. With one or two noteworthy exceptions, no video game characters or anime. Cartoons only.

With no further ado…

Agent P (Phineas & Ferb)

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Alfred E. Newman (Mad Magazine)

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Barney Rubble

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Bart Simpson

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Beavis

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Brain (Pinky & the Brain)

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Bugs Bunny

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Butthead

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Charlie Brown

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Fred Flinstone

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Hans Moleman (The Simpsons)

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Homer Simpson

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Jessica Rabbit

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Link

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Mario

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Mr. Burns

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Moe Szyslak (The Simpsons)

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Mr. Natural (by Robert Crumb)

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Naruto

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Patrick Star (Spongebob Squarepants)

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Peter Griffin

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Pikachu

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Popeye (old)

Sideshow Bob (The Simpsons)

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Snoopy & Woodstock

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Spongebob Squarepants

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Squidward Tentacles

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Stan Smith (American Dad)

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Stewie Griffin

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Timmy Turner (Fairly Oddparents)

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Wimpy (Popeye)

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Wolverine

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Zoidbergg & Bender

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Fire, electricity, ground shaking hits, if you think about it Pokémon has always been a dark, mystical cock-fight placed inside child friendly wrapping, but that all changed last week when  a fan trailer was released with a modern and much more adult spin on the classic cartoon. While that trailer was decent, the shaky hand held cinematography was annoying and nearly unwatchable.

Thankfully we now have the real cinematography for the fan-made trailer titled Pokémon: Apokélypse and to say the least, I’m 100% blown away, I would go see this movie today if it actually existed.

From the cock-fight type underground fighting to the cool re-imagining of Pichahu and the Pokemon, it’s a gritty story with what appears to be great acting (I say that in the several moments I had to review the characters).

I’ll be straight up and say that in my opinion this is the best fan made film I’ve ever seen, the CGI is great, the acting looks decent, the cinematography is gritty and real…why hasn’t Hollywood picked up the director (Barry Liu) and cinematographers (Kial Natale and Nelson Talbot) is beyond me, these guys deserve a shot, perhaps even with an extended version of this trailer and by that I mean finishing the entire movie. In fact the entire crew from costume designers to location managers should be working on this movie, immediately.

Here’s the trailer:

What do you think?

Akikan

Anyone who has been to Japan will know that there are vending machines everywhere, and they sell everything from the regular stuff like snacks and drinks, to weirder things like underwear and lobsters. One thing that they don’t sell, however, are girlfriends, but that’s where Akikan comes into the picture. This anime is about soda cans that transform into girls. These soda can girls, which are either steel cans or aluminum cans, then battle it out with each other to determine whether steel or aluminum is better. Did I mention that they also need to be regularly infused with carbon dioxide? I’ll let you guess where the CO₂ comes from.

Sleeping with Hinako

The Training with Hinako anime may have been predictable; after all, there are tons of workout videos out there so why not make an anime version of one. Sleeping with Hinako is an entirely different matter though. The main point of this anime is to have it playing while you sleep. Basically all it is is a girl named Hinako sleeping in bed. Now lonely otaku will never have to worry about sleeping alone because they have Hinako sleeping beside them (or wherever their TV is located).

Lucky Star

Most people who follow anime will know what Lucky Star is, so you might be wondering why it’s on this list. Well, rather than try to explain it, let me just ask this: can you summarize the plot of Lucky Star for me? Exactly, think about it and you’ll realize that Lucky Star is an anime about absolutely nothing. Whoever thought that an anime with no story whatsoever would be so popular?

Midori Days

We all want to be close to people we like, but Midori Days takes it even further and physically attaches a girl to a guy. Seiji is a regular, lonely, high school boy that wakes up one day to find a mini-girl named Midori attached to his right arm. By attached, I mean that his hand has been replaced by the top half of a girl (from the waist up). If you don’t think this is a bizarre idea, you’ve probably grown immune to the strangeness of anime.

Samurai Pizza Cats

They’re cats who are also samurai, and they work at a pizza joint. I don’t think I need to say more to justify this title’s placement on the list.

Qwaser of Stigmata

Qwaser of Stigmata is an anime about people called Qwaser who have special powers and use those powers to battle each other. That sounds pretty standard for anime, but the twist here is that Qwasers need to feed off breast milk to replenish their powers. Yes, you read that right, breast milk. Naturally, there is a lot of breast-sucking going on in this anime. This is probably the most “wtf” anime that has come out this year.

Unko-san

I have a feeling that the idea for Unko-san came about while someone was taking a dump on the toilet. The title can be translated as “Mr. Feces” and from that you can probably tell what this anime involves. It’s about a poo fairy that lives on lucky island and brings good luck to all of his other poo friends. Apparently some people find it cute, but I prefer my poo flushed down the toilet and not floating around some island.

Pokémon

Everyone knows who Pokémon is; it’s so popular that even old grannies can identify Pikachu now. Heck, Microsoft Word even recognizes Pikachu as a name. So why have I added this anime to the list? When you think about it, Pokémon in the Pokémon world are no different from animals in our world. We do a lot of things to animals, but most of us don’t stuff them into tiny balls and then force them to fight with each other until one is unconscious. I’m actually surprised that animal rights activists aren’t up in arms about it. Whoever came up with this idea had a sick mind.

Moyashimon

Moyashimon is about a college boy that can see and communicate with microbes. I guess no one told the producers that microbes aren’t complex enough to think on the same level as us, not to mention that the microbes don’t look anything like what they’re supposed to. This is meant to be an educational anime too.

Yakitate Japan

There are anime about various sports and board games, but Yakitate Japan is the only anime about baking bread. Most people know the basic process for baking bread: you get some flour and water, knead it into dough, and bake it. Yakitate Japan gets into the nitty-gritty details of bread baking and actually manages to pull off being serious and funny at the same time. It certainly makes baking seem a million times more exciting than it actually is.

If you’re a Pokemon fan, own a DS, and still haven’t gotten your hands on the newest ones, then this should be the perfect opportunity to do so. Sure, the game is more of the same, but it’s the best iteration so far. Plus, being American/European has great advantages like being able to trade Pokemons named Pikachu for rare or legendary Japanese ones (they get them simply for the sake of different letters).

Now you know readers, if you own Ruby or Diamond, farm those Pikachus and do thorough searches in the trade channel.