Why are all anime characters white?
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Almost all anime characters are Japanese in appearnace.
Small noses, smooth jaw line and rather wide eyes.
Caucasin people tend to have much more slanted eyes than the japanese.
Small noses, smooth jaw line and rather wide eyes.
Caucasin people tend to have much more slanted eyes than the japanese.
Take a look at this girl. See the nose? Notice how it looks nothing like a white person's nose (or anyone else's, for that matter). Notice how it's smaller than the eyes. Notice how her eyes are huge.
Now watch this girl. Notice how her nose is bigger than her eyes. Compare the anime girl's eyes with the real girl's. Notice how they are completely different in size and shape. Notice how their noses, as well, are completely different in size and shape. Notice how different these girls' mouths look. As you can see, their facial features are very different. The anime girl doesn't look white at all. It's just the human instinct to see yourself in everything. Kind of like the reason that a smiley like this one:
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looks like a face even though there's a million other things it could look like.
Now watch this girl. Notice how her nose is bigger than her eyes. Compare the anime girl's eyes with the real girl's. Notice how they are completely different in size and shape. Notice how their noses, as well, are completely different in size and shape. Notice how different these girls' mouths look. As you can see, their facial features are very different. The anime girl doesn't look white at all. It's just the human instinct to see yourself in everything. Kind of like the reason that a smiley like this one:
=D
looks like a face even though there's a million other things it could look like.
They aren't white. Case in point:chuckman1 said:
Each of these characters has a clearly Japanese name, was born in Japan, etc.
By the way, the above image translates to this:
Into this. Just FYI.
Now I'm just being picky and someone might've already told you, but Edward and Alphonse don't look Japanese because they aren't supposed to be Japanese.ph0b0s123 said:
Their looks came from their father who came from a country that was wiped out a long time ago. And even if that wasn't the case, Amestris isn't based on Japan at all, but rather an alternate universe version of England (after WW1, if I recall). In fact, in that setting, I'm not sure an alternate Japan does exist; Xing appears to be mainly based on China.
So that's why you're not convinced they're Japanese. Because they aren't.
(Also me being super picky, but their eyes aren't blue. They're golden)
OT: Parroting what others have said, art style.
Also, characters with odd hair colors stick out and are easy to identify. That's why they're used as main characters often.
Good lord....break out the shotguns people, and perhaps call up a few priests. That's some pretty foul necromancy that brought this dessicated corpse shambling back onto the forums.
