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Nizzy
United States839 Posts
Just my 2 cents. | ||
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Funnytoss
Taiwan1471 Posts
On January 10 2012 02:52 Nizzy wrote: My Asian GF tells me all asian girls now-a-days want big eyes, noses, and lips just like american girls. Just my 2 cents. Interesting. I'd disagree with her that this is what the majority of what Asian girls want, though. It appears that in Taiwan at least, girls are more strongly influenced by Japanese and Korean fashion, which, while including artificially big eyes and dyed hair, doesn't really extend to the big noses and lips. | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
So I don't know how much I agree with you about white being the 'default human being' and how much of it is just having insufficient schema's for identifying different races. To a two year old a cat and a dog are both small four legged creatures. They only become different when they add new categories. It's the same for new races. Asians of different origins have many different physical traits, but the schema of asians for Americans is too basic and universal to properly differentiate between them, until, that is, they've met a sufficiently large enough sample to make it worth the while to differentiate between them. Defaulting to white is stupid, however, since the values are so Japanese it really doesn't make sense to pretend the characters are white. At the very least one should recognise them as Asian, even with a limited schema... This is why people who think anime characters are white, are stupid. | ||
Xxio
Canada5565 Posts
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Nizzy
United States839 Posts
On January 10 2012 08:40 Funnytoss wrote: Interesting. I'd disagree with her that this is what the majority of what Asian girls want, though. It appears that in Taiwan at least, girls are more strongly influenced by Japanese and Korean fashion, which, while including artificially big eyes and dyed hair, doesn't really extend to the big noses and lips. Oh yeah she knows a bunch of Japanese says just to sound cute. Like Mushi Mushi :D haha | ||
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Nibbler89
884 Posts
On January 10 2012 10:28 Nizzy wrote: Oh yeah she knows a bunch of Japanese says just to sound cute. Like Mushi Mushi :D haha bug bug or ignore? if its on the phone do you mean moshi moshi? ^.^ | ||
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Nizzy
United States839 Posts
On January 10 2012 11:32 Nibbler89 wrote: bug bug or ignore? if its on the phone do you mean moshi moshi? ^.^ Exactly. | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
It's another layer of escapism to the fantasy of the fiction they write. Definitely makes it more exotic and that's what a lot of artists are aiming for. The exotic appeal. | ||
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RoboBob
United States798 Posts
Its not that they want their characters to look "white", its just that they want them to look attractive. If they intended their characters to be "white" then there would be (like the OP mentioned) big noses and more western hairstyles/accents. Its just that here in the US (I dont know about EU) we tend to only consider skin tone when determining race. Things are different in Asia, where race is less about skin tone and more about culture and facial structure. | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
On January 09 2012 13:58 Hnnngg wrote: ![[image loading]](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwn179n1vT1qmzlclo3_500.jpg) These characters are always the best. Hahahaha. | ||
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genesis_crimsonheart
United States81 Posts
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EienShinwa
United States655 Posts
 Interesting post. | ||
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89andy
Canada192 Posts
Also, most dudes in asia dig that "mixed" asian/white look. Heck, I consider it hot as fuck whenever a girl is mix or at least LOOKS like it. | ||
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Nibbler89
884 Posts
On January 18 2012 05:45 genesis_crimsonheart wrote: I always thought that was weird! I would play all these games that were made in Japan and be like, "so were are the Japanese people?' It's kind of weird, the culture is more western in a lot of the games and shows that I watch at least. What do you mean? Most anime I've seen it's usually in Japan. Pretty much all school life type anime it's obviously Japanese schools, anime that take place in cities are usually pretty clearly like Japanese cities. Do you have an example show? I'm not trying to jump on you or anything I'm just really curious if it's actually true or just a perception thing. | ||
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Funnytoss
Taiwan1471 Posts
On January 18 2012 13:12 Nibbler89 wrote: What do you mean? Most anime I've seen it's usually in Japan. Pretty much all school life type anime it's obviously Japanese schools, anime that take place in cities are usually pretty clearly like Japanese cities. Do you have an example show? I'm not trying to jump on you or anything I'm just really curious if it's actually true or just a perception thing. Well, some series like Naruto aren't obviously set in Japan through any intentional emphasis, it's just obvious to anyone who's actually observed Japanese culture what it's based off of. | ||
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Nibbler89
884 Posts
On January 18 2012 13:21 Funnytoss wrote: Well, some series like Naruto aren't obviously set in Japan through any intentional emphasis, it's just obvious to anyone who's actually observed Japanese culture what it's based off of. Yes but imo it'd be weird to watch naruto and say "hm the culture is very western in this anime", that's what i'm wondering. What gives the impression that it's western culture. Naruto having blonde hair and blue eyes? Eye color and hair color aren't really relevant to race in anime most of the time since people have wacky hair/ eye colors all the time. | ||
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Funnytoss
Taiwan1471 Posts
On January 18 2012 13:50 Nibbler89 wrote: Yes but imo it'd be weird to watch naruto and say "hm the culture is very western in this anime", that's what i'm wondering. What gives the impression that it's western culture. Naruto having blonde hair and blue eyes? Eye color and hair color aren't really relevant to race in anime most of the time since people have wacky hair/ eye colors all the time. Yeah, that's actually what I try to argue in the OP, that most people actually *do* base their impressions of where a story is set based primarily upon their own interpretations of character's physical features. And, as you probably know already, that can be quite incorrect. | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
http://randomc.net/image/High School DxD/High School DxD - 02 - Large 04.jpg Supposedly the girl on the right is white (can you tell from the visuals?). This is directly mentioned if you watched episode 2 of DxD. | ||
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Brett
Australia3822 Posts
On January 09 2012 18:38 Endymion wrote: when ever i watch/read anime i always visualize the sexy teen characters as middle aged black women whom I stereotype accordinly. Lol wtf? | ||
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
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