Overwatch Reveals The Anran Redesign Fans Begged For

After a mountain of backlash again in February, Blizzard introduced it might be updating new Overwatch hero Anran’s face to look much less like a Kiriko or Juno clone and extra just like the model of the fire-wielding hero that appeared in comics and brief tales earlier than she got here to the sport. Now, the group has revealed the altered face mannequin earlier than it formally goes dwell in-game in season 2.

Recreation director Aaron Keller posted a video on the sport’s social media channels to share the up to date model of her face, together with a message explaining a few of the considering behind the redesign.

“We would like our heroes to really feel distinctive, however we additionally need their visuals to match their personalities, and we really feel like we didn’t fairly land that when Anran first launched. We predict she may come throughout older and that her authentic model was too harmless and playful. Anran is assured, decided, fierce, and a pure born chief, and we wish her visuals in-game to convey that character.”

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— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) April 6, 2026

As Keller factors out, the adjustments to her face additionally make her look extra like Wuyang. The adjustments embody a extra outlined jawline and cheek bones, and transfer the design away from the spherical “babyface” of her authentic design. The group additionally modified just a few components of her visible presentation, together with giving her a extra upright, “assured” pose within the hero choose display screen. The adjustments are delicate, however you possibly can see the distinction when taking a look at each variations facet by facet. From this angle, nonetheless, it nonetheless doesn’t appear to be her nostril is as massive because it was in early representations of the character. Perhaps that will probably be extra obvious at completely different angles. We’ll see how followers react to it when it lastly involves the sport originally of season 2, which begins on April 14.