Western bodies in japanese anime

[Kurisuten]

I always wondered about this topic! In my opinion, anime girls don't look Japanese. And they DO look more like a western girls. I even read in a anime magezine that the creator of Naruto purppesly made Naruto with blond hair and blue eyes to appeal to the western culture.

I always wanted to look like an anime girl, and I'm American!

And ichigoichie, I always wanted to know a Japanese girls opinion about this topic!

[ILOVEJAPAN]

Its interesting to me that everyone notices anime characters have western hair and/or eyes, but no one pays attention to the the fact that they are all white! Hair/eyes cant be more noticable then skin. Im sure im not the only one who notices this! Or is that people want to avoid talking about race? Maybe its a sensative isue (?) even if it is, Im sure everyone here is mature and respectfull enough to talk about it.

[setsunatenshi]

Originally Posted by ILOVEJAPAN

Its interesting to me that everyone notices anime characters have western hair and/or eyes, but no one pays attention to the the fact that they are all white! Hair/eyes cant be more noticable then skin. Im sure im not the only one who notices this! Or is that people want to avoid talking about race? Maybe its a sensative isue (?) even if it is, Im sure everyone here is mature and respectfull enough to talk about it.

the skin color isn't white on anime, on japanese people or on western people.

The "whitest" people i know are people from northern europe. and even those aren't totally white.

Of course there are Japanese people with a more tanned look but all in all their skin color is the same as most western and southeuropean people though :X

It's an interesting point though. But it also depends on the mangaka, most anime characters have a more western look. But not all manga/anime characters have big boobs and are really tall... when the mangaka puts that character next to a westerner, you can really tell the difference between the japanese and the westerner character

[zerojustice315]

Also one of the girls I went to the beach with looks like Tolho-chan from Eureka 7

[ILOVEJAPAN]

Originally Posted by setsunatenshi

the skin color isn't white on anime, on japanese people or on western people.

The "whitest" people i know are people from northern europe. and even those aren't totally white.

Of course there are Japanese people with a more tanned look but all in all their skin color is the same as most western and southeuropean people though :X

It's an interesting point though. But it also depends on the mangaka, most anime characters have a more western look. But not all manga/anime characters have big boobs and are really tall... when the mangaka puts that character next to a westerner, you can really tell the difference between the japanese and the westerner character

I do agree that some mangaka draw very Japanese looking characters, but you see less of that in anime.

When I say white I donr mean litteraly white like paper, only albino (sp?) people look like that. I mean cocasian.

When you said Japanese have the same color skin as western people, I gotta disagree. There is deffinataly I diffence between asian skin and western skin. Im not even sure how you couldnt see the diffence. Yes there are some white people who have tan enough skin to look asian, and some asian people who look light enough to look western, but there is deffinatly a diffrence. I know alot of Japanese celebrity's have light enough skin to look white, but they are either wearing a lot of make up, or they just pick really light skinned people to be celebritys.

[setsunatenshi]

Originally Posted by ILOVEJAPAN

I do agree that some mangaka draw very Japanese looking characters, but you see less of that in anime.

When I say white I donr mean litteraly white like paper, only albino (sp?) people look like that. I mean cocasian.

When you said Japanese have the same color skin as western people, I gotta disagree. There is deffinataly I diffence between asian skin and western skin. Im not even sure how you couldnt see the diffence. Yes there are some white people who have tan enough skin to look asian, and some asian people who look light enough to look western, but there is deffinatly a diffrence. I know alot of Japanese celebrity's have light enough skin to look white, but they are either wearing a lot of make up, or they just pick really light skinned people to be celebritys.

hmm... asian people from thailand, indonesia, vietnam and such places have a darker tone of skin than those in japan in my oppinion.
Even so not everyone is pure white caucasian here in europe so the skin tone tends to get a bit darker, even though it isn't much.

I have a few japanese friends and their skin is about the same color as mine... only the hair is darker, of course :P

And from my time in japan pretty much everyone i saw there was about the same skin color as people here in europe, except for those overly tanned chicks that walked around with barely no clothes at all

(it could be that maybe i'm colorblind though ´^_^)

[01Balisong]

Originally Posted by tomte

Hmm, can't say that i have anything against cute girls with big boob, eyes and long legs.

But it is quite interesting and i would guess on the same thing as Sanchome.
But also all men is attracted to big boobs, thats just natural.

I couldn't care less about boobs. I don't dislike them but I never saw the interest. I much prefer a girls legs or other parts. I think it's a misconception that all men are into big tits. I don't think a lot are.

[xLain]

I think that while many of the girls in Japanese anime and manga have a more Western body type that not all western girls are look like that. There are very few girls who like that the ones portrayed in anime and manga. We don't all have big boobs, long legs, ect.



Alot of the girls in anime/manga are very exaggerated.
It's really hard to find a girl who looks like that.

[Aleesunz]

Agreed. Manga characters are based on simplified versions of real people, although over time they may have changed a bit. IE - if you compare an older and a newer piece of manga you can see that the art style has changed also. Everyone has a different style, but manga as an art has also evolve or whatever. (Christ why am I being so tongue tied today? D: )

And haha, I have a friend who is acutally WHITE white, like zombie white. XD So she can't wear foundation or whatever because there isn;t any in her skin colour hahaha.

And about the skin thing. I think it's more to do with tone than light/darkness? Like if you compare a pale asian and a pale caucasian(sp?) asians kind of look more...Green? and Caucasians more...Pink? (Not trying to be racist here) Also the same if you look at a tanned Asian+Caucasian, the tone's are also different.

[ILOVEJAPAN]

Originally Posted by Aleesunz

Agreed. Manga characters are based on simplified versions of real people, although over time they may have changed a bit. IE - if you compare an older and a newer piece of manga you can see that the art style has changed also. Everyone has a different style, but manga as an art has also evolve or whatever. (Christ why am I being so tongue tied today? D: )

And haha, I have a friend who is acutally WHITE white, like zombie white. XD So she can't wear foundation or whatever because there isn;t any in her skin colour hahaha.

And about the skin thing. I think it's more to do with tone than light/darkness? Like if you compare a pale asian and a pale caucasian(sp?) asians kind of look more...Green? and Caucasians more...Pink? (Not trying to be racist here) Also the same if you look at a tanned Asian+Caucasian, the tone's are also different.

Yea...well im caucasian but I dont exactly look like it. Im really tan. One o my freinds says I look a little green, and when I thought about it I actualy kinnda agree with her. I think I see a little yellow in my comlection too.

Odviously white people arent actualy white...they are more pink/peach/white/red small amounts of all those colors mixed together.
If you said white people were white that would be like saying black people are black....odviously they arent pure black...I would say more like a dark brown colour (with some other colors mixed in)