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minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 days agoYou’re right. Anime characters don’t really look too much Like any specific ethnicity most of the time. I wonder if that’s part of the appeal
minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 days agoIt 100% is. Like one of the best aspects of non descript stylization is self insertation!
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoA blank canvas that’s still cute
minus-squareZkhqrD5o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-22 days agoThere are some animes which have very clear and distinct racial markers. Perfect blue or Akira for example. Edit: But now that I think about it, I agree with you, most of them are actually very nondescript.
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoThe more abstract moéblob stuff is the most ethnically ambiguous. Skin tone is the most explicit you get
minus-squareragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI think it’s just a byproduct of animation. The simpsons don’t necessarily look like any specific ethnicity either
You’re right. Anime characters don’t really look too much Like any specific ethnicity most of the time. I wonder if that’s part of the appeal
It 100% is. Like one of the best aspects of non descript stylization is self insertation!
A blank canvas that’s still cute
There are some animes which have very clear and distinct racial markers. Perfect blue or Akira for example.
Edit: But now that I think about it, I agree with you, most of them are actually very nondescript.
The more abstract moéblob stuff is the most ethnically ambiguous. Skin tone is the most explicit you get
I think it’s just a byproduct of animation. The simpsons don’t necessarily look like any specific ethnicity either