[ SECRET POST #3382 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3382 ⌋

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Comments

Re: "Mentally whitewashing" anime?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think I've ever actually thought a character wasn't Japanese when they were obviously supposed to be through name/setting, but most of the time I don't see many character designs as looking specifically "Asian" either.

Not saying they should look like Western-created stereotypes or that everyone looks white, though, because common anime features like huge eyes aren't exactly realistic for any race. More like, if I saw an anime character out of context, with blonde hair and blue eyes and no name given (and somehow wasn't aware of how anime is typically drawn), I doubt I'd initially guess they were Japanese. But of course that's because I've grown up in Western culture and am used to many protagonists being from similar backgrounds, even though most anime characters are logically not.

It feels a bit weird when fanartists are attacked for supposedly not drawing anime characters as Japanese though. Often it seems like they're just trying to translate generic anime face into something slightly more realistic, but without quite imitating the appearance of real people either. Unless they do something really stupid like claiming the character is somehow "not really" Japanese in their description or draw them exactly like an IRL white person, I think it's more often them just not deviating enough from anime sameface even as they attempt different styles.

If any of that makes sense.