KANEKO’S CRIB NOTES XLI: ACTIVE CONTINUITYCribs can originate from anywhere…even Ka

**KANEKO’S CRIB NOTES XLI: ACTIVECONTINUITY**

Cribs can originate from anywhere…even Kaneko’s own designs! Here’s a handful of examples of preceding designs influencing subsequent ones, whether in full or just certain elements. It’s exactly this kind of internal continuity that makes Kaneko so missed!

NANDI/DEMI-NANDI:Shiva’s cheerful mount may not seem to have much in common with his mass-produced counterpart from Shin Megami Tensei II, but a closer look reveals a behavior passed on by the divine genes: A predilection for blowing raspberries.
CYCLOPS/MAMEDANUKI:Shin Megami Tensei′s Cyclops is about as forgotten as they come, but his head was to find greater fame as the shape-shifting display of Mamedanuki’s magic scrotum.
LAKSHMI: Kaneko often gave his SFC-era designs new palettes and shading in the Saturn era, but Lakshmi here is one of the few to be completely redrawn with a new pose, using the exact same wardrobe and likeness from her SMTI original. It’s especially apparent with the nigh-identical Devil Summoner version colors.
T-93/JUNK:This little guy’s a trooper, having apparently weathered the turbulent interval between SMTI and II in one piece, albeit acquiring the unfortunate moniker of “Junk” and an appearance to match in the process.