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19-Jun-2011 22:50:31
Last week I was wathing the newest episode of pokemon on cartoon network and I noticed some things I don't normaly question when my mother asks "If that's a Japanese show why do they look like us in america and those over in europe?"
One thing I never understood about Japanese anime is why rather than resembling themselves with the more slited eyes and asian skin color they decide to give them white skin most of the time like a european or american style eyes.
I guess the window looking eyes don't look exactly like us but deftinatly more so than them in Japan.
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Not really.
Japan has different skin colours pending where you go in the country. You have people who are "brown" to people who have very "pale" skin based on the geographic factors involved because some parts of Japan are very cold.
The same goes for the eyes. Some parts of Japan have led to people have "slit" eyes because of the weather i.e. snow has meant that the Japanese people have had their eyes becoming smaller because of the brightness of the landscape. (At least that is what I was told)
Also, I remember watching a video on YouTube (can't vow on its accuracy) but, it did state that Japanese typically don't have a defined jaw as you see with most other nationalities have, how many people in anime do you see with a defined jaw?
Also, I think the hair is just to make it easier to distinguish between different characters. Typically in some anime though, the hair is kept realistic, i.e. black, brown or blond.
Search for this vid on YouTube: Are anime characters caucasian or japanese
20-Jun-2011 06:38:57
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