Japanese Canines?
 

I'm not talking about dogs, just to be clear. :)

Anyways, I came across a video on Youtube showing how to draw manga mouths, and at one point the person filming says something about "fangs" in manga being based off of real life. Because apparently, Japanese people tend to have more pronounced/pointy canine teeth. After seeing it, I searched the web but couldn't find anything confirming this. So could anyone here tell me if this is true or not? By the way, I'm not Japanese, but I do have teeth like this.

Here's the video. The part I'm talking about is at 9:50.



I guess I'll make a poll as well...

I would say i'm part Japanese and have pointy canines.

I thought pointy canines were just common anyway. But Marc Crilley lived in Japan at some point and does have a Japanese Wife so maybe he just noticed this common feature in Japanese people first.

I thought everyone's canines were pointy unless chipped or worn down with age. In biology the canine incisors are described as canines specifically because they are sharp for tearing rather than chewing. But this has me wondering if there are gradients of sharpness that are genetic.

I agree. I thought all canines were supposed to be sharp as well, otherwise they could just be called incisors. Perhaps it varies, but I don't see any evolutionary reason why any set of people would develop sharper or duller canines these days. It's not as though survival or reproduction would depend on it at all. :confused:

I don't know. I guess I'll just try Googling it harder. :)

I just assumed some people had pointy canines and other didn't, not having anything to do with race. I'm not Asian but I have pointy canines. My husband is also not Asian but his canines are not pointy like mine.

My son is half Japanese and he has canines like me. Not pointy.

You're right, it doesn't have anything to do with race.

I love pointy Canines on ladies. They look so sexy;)

Lol, my husband likes it too :) He calls them my vampire fangs. I've never been fond of them but I'm starting not to care anymore. The main reason I don't like them much is that tt sure hurts though when you bite your cheek with pointy canines, lol.

Yeah I agree I doubt it has much to do with race, a friend of mine that's Korean and his teeth are pretty flat and mine were pretty long, I had to get them trimmed down when I was younger actually...

wow! My type of Gal;)

Lol, I never thought my teeth would be something that would attract a guy! I suppose if I think about it though I can understand. Vampires can be sexy!

Mine are naturally pointy and people are always thinking I had them done ^^

............lol;)

I had mine filed down a bit too quite a while ago. They were so sharp so my dad actually filed them down for me with his dremel tool. Lol, weird way to do it I know what hey it helped and it was free :D

Not so pointy cainines and I'm Asian.

Hahah, I LOLed when that guy said "Fang" the way he did! LOL!

I don't even know which teeth are canine teeth, but . . . I don't know.

The canines are the teeth next to the incisors (the front four teeth). They are on both the top and bottom rows of teeth, but I think they're the most prevalent in the top row. :)



Unrelated, but according to your profile we're the same age and have the same birthday. :vsign:

Just thought that was funny. :p

I may not look it but I'm related to a Japanese family somewhere in my family tree. It's on my fathers side of the family. Anyways, I have some really noticeable canines. Still, I don't think I see to many Japanese people with canine teeth to make this statement true in anyway.

I have no Japanese or Asian in me, and I have all four of my canines pointy. Incidentally, my mother does not have canines at all, as if those teeth were skipped; it goes straight from her incisors to premolars.

I'm not Japanese and have pointy canines. 8D

xD I have one big canine (actually everybody has got a canines, so I think you mean fangs), the other one was rasped by a dentist (I really don´t like them :( ) so I have only one now xD
but I´m not a japanese or half-japanese :)

hahah! I love this guy and his videos. It's super fun.

Regarding pointy canines... I don't think werewolves live in Japan. The only prominent ones live in Europe and America. ;) :mtongue:

I'm not Japanese and have pointy canines.