prototype design
A proof-of-concept design (usually not (officially) released to the general public), or a preliminary design (such as those appearing in artbooks, animation pilots, or pre-serialization one-shots).
Notable prototype characters
- Bowser Peach (Super Mario Odyssey)
- Warupeach (Mario Power Tennis)
- Saver (Fate/Stay Night)
- Unused Character (Kill Me Baby)
- Akatani Mikumo (Boku no Hero Academia)
- Second Generation Enoshima (Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls)
- Feels the Rabbit (Sonic the Hedgehog 1)
- Terios (Sonic Adventure 2)
- Prototype Blaze (Sonic Rush)
- Hatsune Miku (if) (Vocaloid)
