fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #900 ]

⌈ Secret Post #900 ⌋

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[Scrubs]

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[Daniel Radcliffe & Tom Felton]

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[Phantom of the Opera]

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[Constantine]

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[Secret Diary of a Call Girl]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[LOST]

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...except the fact that, as has previously been mentioned, L is confirmed by the author to be mostly Caucasian. Also, Mello and Near's names are both European, they both look Caucasian, and they're said to be from England. So no, it's not really racist to think that a character who is white in canon should be white in the movie adaption. I would probably be bothered by it too, if Kenichi hadn't done such a good job.

I can understand your feelings if it were a different anime, but Death Note does have a lot of British and European characters, and the art reflects that. L has wide eyes because he was drawn to be Caucasian, as was said by the artist in How To Read.

Also, not all anime is based in Japan with Japanese characters. FMA for instance.

L has wide eyes because he was drawn to be Caucasian

Is this different from how the artist of Death Note just draws wide eyes because... he draws wide eyes? Including for (http://discover-indo.tierranet.com/japanart005b.htm) the characters who are Japanese (http://api.ning.com/files/uBLwhWUInEd5vUPhklUl-4CzT4pE*nyAF3zvwvIme83XVvG7YvEjrZRufBInqGwhj7Ubxs98V7YyVwy8FDHV0RnXNLyW7BIs/Misa1.jpg), for instance?

(Nitpicking obviously--I do see where you're going with this. I just think that artists/concept designers of manga/anime stories that aren't based in Japan tend to rely on plenty of other things to get the non-Japanese ethnicities of its characters across. Things which really don't fall into the category of basic anime stylization around the eyes, of all things. Like cultural cues and such.)

L has wide eyes because he was drawn to be Caucasian

Er, no. Wide eyes in anime have nothing to do with being white - it's a sign of innocence/naivete/youth. That's why children have such large eyes, and women, who are (traditionally) supposed to act more innocent (the word 'innocent' or 'naive' - amae - in Japanese is also associated with kindness and thinking of others before yourself) also have larger eyes. Narrow eyes are a sign of being older, jaded, wordly, cynical, mature, what-have-you.

When white people draw Asians, we denote their race by exaggerating the epithantic folds though slanted or squinty eyes. To a Japanese person, their eyes are the norm, and they denote white people through their own stereotypes of white people, what they see as defining features - usually blond hair and blue eyes (and if they're American, a generally crazy personality :P)

In L's case... I think he just as large eyes because it's creepy and makes it look like he hasn't slept. :P

Edited 2009-06-24 11:31 (UTC)

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