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minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·5 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-up23·5 days agoIt 100% is. Like one of the best aspects of non descript stylization is self insertation!
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoA blank canvas that’s still cute
minus-squareragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 days agoI think it’s just a byproduct of animation. The simpsons don’t necessarily look like any specific ethnicity either
minus-squareZkhqrD5o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-25 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-up5·5 days agoThe more abstract moéblob stuff is the most ethnically ambiguous. Skin tone is the most explicit you get
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
I think it’s just a byproduct of animation. The simpsons don’t necessarily look like any specific ethnicity either
Yellow… 🤤🤤🤤
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