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07-18-2007, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ILOVEJAPAN View Post
I keep trying to make this point but nobody gets it:

lots of people have big eyes big boobs and thin waists

but the people in anime are WHITE they have WHITE skin.

A Japanese person can be as pale as humanly possible and there skin still wouldnt look they way an actual caucasion person's skin looks.

The only thing that really shows any signs of wanting to look western (at least I think) is the fact that the characters have caucasion skin.
You keep making this point, but I don't buy it. Japanese actually have a great variety of skin tones naturally. Some people turn blue when it's cold! And many Japananese people tan beautifully.

You often see women using parasols and covering their arms in the sun to avoid getting darker.

This is not from a desire to look "Caucasian" but there is a faction of Japan that beleives lighter skin is more beautiful (like a porcelain doll). This idea of beauty has been around a lot longer than the Western influence (think kabuki and geisha).

For animators, the reason most characters have lighter features is NOT because they want thier characters to be Caucasian, but it is easier to show facial expressions on a lighter "background" of a lighter skinned face.

Sure, in shows like Black Lagoon you have white characters, black characters, Chinese characters, etc... but unless their character is specifically from another country (or planet), I assume they are Japanese.
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