Current Events > I don't see why people say anime characters look white.

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They generally don't look like any actual race.
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Of course. White people have eyeballs the size of oranges.

No one actually has eyes like anime characters. Nor noses like anime characters. Nor lips like anime characters. Nor head shapes like anime characters.
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Depends on the anime style. Some can look semi-realistic while others completely exaggerated.
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Some are whiter than others


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Scotty_Rogers posted...

No one actually has eyes like anime characters. Nor noses like anime characters. Nor lips like anime characters. Nor head shapes like anime characters.

except white people apparently
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Ayy
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Tell me that doesn't look like a Caucasian woman.
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Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Tell me that doesn't look like a Caucasian woman.

No real human being actually looks like that. Lol @ those nostrils. Wtf is that nose? Why does one of her eyeballs look like they're part of her skin?

SomeLikeItHoth posted...

Ayy

Fam!
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Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Tell me that doesn't look like a Caucasian woman.

Maybe because she is Caucasian woman in that anime

Let's compare a white character and a Japanese character.

From the hentai anime Discipline, here's Linda Hamilton, an American:



And here is Leona Morimoto, a Japanese:



You can tell right away.
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Unless there are stereotypical features, people just automatically assume cartoon characters are the race that are predominant in the culture they were raised in. Why do white people think Homer and Marge Simpson are white, that stick figures are white, that random blue skin characters from shows like Doug, Kim Possible and adventure time are white.

Fine, let's take Ino.



Clearly a White chick with light blue eyes.
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frozenshock posted...

Let's compare a white character and a Japanese character.

From the hentai anime Discipline, here's Linda Hamilton, an American:



And here is Leona Morimoto, a Japanese:



You can tell right away.

This was totally an excuse to post a woman with huge jugs.
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frozenshock posted...

From the hentai anime Discipline

ayy
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Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Fine, let's take Ino.



Clearly a White chick with light blue eyes.

Nah bro, if she had black hair and black eyes you'd probably assume she's Asian or some shit. Would she actually look Asian? No, and she doesn't look White in your pic, either.

No human being has tiny dots for nostrils. She doesn't even have lips. Where the fuck even is her jawline? Cheekbones? Her eyeballs look like they're part of her skin, too.
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PBusted posted...

Unless there are stereotypical features, people just automatically assume cartoon characters are the race that are predominant in the culture they were raised in. Why do white people think Homer and Marge Simpson are white, that stick figures are white, that random blue skin characters from shows like Doug, Kim Possible and adventure time are white.

I don't assume they're white by looking at their designs. I would assume the Simpsons to be white because they sound like white people and I can picture white people having their personalities.

"But what if they were aliens!" Well, we already know that The Simpsons are human, so logically they've have to be a human ethnicity. Given how they sound and act like how I'd picture a white family, I'd assume them to be white.
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Scotty_Rogers posted...

No human being has tiny dots for nostrils. She doesn't even have lips. Where the f*** even is her jawline? Cheekbones? Her eyeballs look like they're part of her skin, too.

I'll take "Art Stylization" for 500, Alex.
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Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Scotty_Rogers posted...

No human being has tiny dots for nostrils. She doesn't even have lips. Where the f*** even is her jawline? Cheekbones? Her eyeballs look like they're part of her skin, too.

I'll take "Art Stylization" for 500, Alex.

And because of that art style, she doesn't actually look like any race.
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Scotty_Rogers posted...

PBusted posted...

Unless there are stereotypical features, people just automatically assume cartoon characters are the race that are predominant in the culture they were raised in. Why do white people think Homer and Marge Simpson are white, that stick figures are white, that random blue skin characters from shows like Doug, Kim Possible and adventure time are white.

I don't assume they're white by looking at their designs. I would assume the Simpsons to be white because they sound like white people and I can picture white people having their personalities.

Exactly. And anime characters have Japanese voices. If we're go by dubs, that's more evidence, since would you suddenly think Homer was Japanese or whatever with the Japanese dub?

It's like the only reason people assume anime characters to be white is because of light skin, big blue eyes and blonde hair. But light skin isn't exclusive to white people, big eyes aren't exclusive to white people, anyone can put on blue contacts and anyone can dye their hair blonde.
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PBusted posted...

And anime characters have Japanese voices. If we're go by dubs, that's more evidence, since would you suddenly think Homer was Japanese or whatever with the Japanese dub?

Lol touche touche
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Scotty_Rogers posted...

Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Scotty_Rogers posted...

No human being has tiny dots for nostrils. She doesn't even have lips. Where the f*** even is her jawline? Cheekbones? Her eyeballs look like they're part of her skin, too.

I'll take "Art Stylization" for 500, Alex.

And because of that art style, she doesn't actually look like any race.

Then what does she look like then? If we were to assume they're humans and not aliens.
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Scotty_Rogers posted...

PBusted posted...

And anime characters have Japanese voices. If we're go by dubs, that's more evidence, since would you suddenly think Homer was Japanese or whatever with the Japanese dub?

Lol touche touche

Ugh I'm so slow and so is this site's loading lol. My posts were agreeing with you and I realized it came off a bit like I was arguing with you so I edited it but you saw it before it happened, my bad.

in anime, people have natural pink hair, lime green eyes the size of tennis balls, various different lip/nose shapes and sizes, and more...

the only demographic I've known to claim anime characters generally look White were White weebs wanting to feel closer to those characters than they really are.

insecure nerd shit.
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Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Scotty_Rogers posted...

Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Scotty_Rogers posted...

No human being has tiny dots for nostrils. She doesn't even have lips. Where the f*** even is her jawline? Cheekbones? Her eyeballs look like they're part of her skin, too.

I'll take "Art Stylization" for 500, Alex.

And because of that art style, she doesn't actually look like any race.

Then what does she look like then? If we were to assume they're humans and not aliens.

Going by just her design and nothing else, she just looks like a humanoid, not an actual human.
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Scotty_Rogers posted...

Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Scotty_Rogers posted...

Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Scotty_Rogers posted...

No human being has tiny dots for nostrils. She doesn't even have lips. Where the f*** even is her jawline? Cheekbones? Her eyeballs look like they're part of her skin, too.

I'll take "Art Stylization" for 500, Alex.

And because of that art style, she doesn't actually look like any race.

Then what does she look like then? If we were to assume they're humans and not aliens.

Going by just her design and nothing else, she just looks like a humanoid, not an actual human.

I don't think you understand the concept of anime or stylization, Brother Scotty. Would you say Hank Hill is White despite being a cartoon character that doesn't resemble an actual human?
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Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Tell me that doesn't look like a Caucasian woman.

She's literally a European analogue
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Volkswagen_Bros posted...

I don't think you understand the concept of anime or stylization, Brother Scotty. Would you say Hank Hill is White despite being a cartoon character that doesn't resemble an actual human?

He's white because he's written to be white. Does he actually look white? nah fam

Cartoon characters don't look like anything, unless they're really drawn realistically.
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PBusted posted...

Unless there are stereotypical features, people just automatically assume cartoon characters are the race that are predominant in the culture they were raised in. Why do white people think Homer and Marge Simpson are white, that stick figures are white, that random blue skin characters from shows like Doug, Kim Possible and adventure time are white.

I don't know about Doug, Kim Possible, or stick figures, but I figure the Simpsons (and most other yellow-colored characters) are supposed to be white because we can contrast them with characters we know are supposed to be other races, like Carl, Cookie Kwan, and Apu.
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frozenshock posted...

From the hentai anime Discipline, here's Linda Hamilton, an American:

I don't see Discipline listed on her resume:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000157/

They aren't meant to be drawn with that much detail this is common sense....some animes even state characters country of origin.
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"Do Anime Characters Look White to Japanese People? (Interview)"

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Spoilers: Turns out the answer is no.
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Sorry but they look closer to White then any other. Look at how bad the full metal alchemist live action was... the characters are clearly European based, yet casted as asians? the fuck...
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Does anyone watch sports anime? These make it fairly obvious as to what race the characters are...
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I agree TC


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Dusk_ posted...

Sorry but they look closer to White then any other. Look at how bad the full metal alchemist live action was... the characters are clearly European based, yet casted as asians? the fuck...

All live action movies that based on anime or manga are bad or mediocre, they not suppose to be great cause they just made for fans.
And do you really expect white people in Japanese movies ?

it's funny when you learned that the reason why some characters looks Caucasian in manga is to save on production cost and time. drawing and printing black hairs need more work and inks.
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I've never assumed the race of any character in anime, it's so weird that people care about this . If it's relevant to the story, their race will be stated or talked about in the series, if it isn't brought up then it doesn't matter at all. Especially in fantastical settings where humans didn't even came about like humans in our world.

Naruto is just a dude with spiky blonde hair, blue eyes and freaking cat-like whiskers. If that makes him white then well, I'm surprised.

Weirdly enough most of the time someone says "why do anime characters look like white people" the person who says that is white.

I do wonder though, if you assume that characters like Naruto and Ino are white because they have naturally blonde hair and blue eyes, what race is Sakura? A girl with naturally pink hair and green eyes? Or Hinata with her natural blue hair? @Volkswagen_Bros
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Scotty_Rogers posted...

No one actually has eyes like anime characters. Nor noses like anime characters. Nor lips like anime characters. Nor head shapes like anime characters.

are you stupid

they're not supposed to be photo-realistic

and as a counter-example, we can SOMEHOW identify the griffins (family guy) as white despite them having completely unrealistic features, so how does that work?

like, god, what a fuck-stupid point to make
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Yomi posted...

I do wonder though, if you assume that characters like Naruto and Ino are white because they have naturally blonde hair and blue eyes, what race is Sakura? A girl with naturally pink hair and green eyes? Or Hinata with her natural blue hair?

Sometimes, its just fun to speculate and hypothesize their race based on physical appearance alone, say, if they were real life people.
As far as Sakura goes, I always thought of her as Eurasian. Hinata strikes me as a Japanese woman.
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Yomi posted...

I've never assumed the race of any character in anime, it's so weird that people care about this . If it's relevant to the story, their race will be stated or talked about in the series, if it isn't brought up then it doesn't matter at all. Especially in fantastical settings where humans didn't even came about like humans in our world.

Naruto is just a dude with spiky blonde hair, blue eyes and freaking cat-like whiskers. If that makes him white then well, I'm surprised.

Weirdly enough most of the time someone says "why do anime characters look like white people" the person who says that is white.

I do wonder though, if you assume that characters like Naruto and Ino are white because they have naturally blonde hair and blue eyes, what race is Sakura? A girl with naturally pink hair and green eyes? Or Hinata with her natural blue hair? @Volkswagen_Bros

Unless their hair color is actually said to be that color it's not actually that color. Otherwise things would get kinda Seitokai Yakuindomo.
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EbonTitanium posted...

Unless their hair color is actually said to be that color it's not actually that color. Otherwise things would get kinda Seitokai Yakuindomo.

What do you mean exactly? The characters I mentioned have the hair colors I mentioned . Unnatural hair colors being natural in a setting where blowing out fire from your mouth or summoning meteorites is not a big deal doesn't seem that far fetched to me lol.
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Yomi posted...

EbonTitanium posted...

Unless their hair color is actually said to be that color it's not actually that color. Otherwise things would get kinda Seitokai Yakuindomo.

What do you mean exactly? The characters I mentioned have the hair colors I mentioned . Unnatural hair colors being natural in a setting where blowing out fire from your mouth or summoning meteorites is not a big deal doesn't seem that far fetched to me lol.

Pink, blue, white, orange hair sometimes are the colors the audience sees, but to the other characters it is probably brown or black hair. Odd colored hair is used to make characters stand out.
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EbonTitanium posted...

Yomi posted...

EbonTitanium posted...

Unless their hair color is actually said to be that color it's not actually that color. Otherwise things would get kinda Seitokai Yakuindomo.

What do you mean exactly? The characters I mentioned have the hair colors I mentioned . Unnatural hair colors being natural in a setting where blowing out fire from your mouth or summoning meteorites is not a big deal doesn't seem that far fetched to me lol.

Pink, blue, white, orange hair sometimes are the colors the audience sees, but to the other characters it is probably brown or black hair. Odd colored hair is used to make characters stand out.

oh, yeah I understand the "you gotta have blue hair" trope, I agree with you on seitokai yakuindomo because of its setting. But in works like Naruto, where you're dealing with a unique universe it's seems ok to me that they have weird hair colors

Anyway, if I recall correctly it is actually stated that Hinata got her blue hair from her mother. Nobody considers her hair color weird, so having natural weird hair colors in that universe is not something rare.

Furthermore, Sakura has pink hair and her name does mean cherry blossoms, she has a whole theme going on there.
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