[Left: Anime Japanese Guy, Right: Real Japanese Guy]
There are many off-putting things about Anime movies (of which I consider myself a near-fan), but we don't have time to get into all of those. Today I am going to discuss the way in which Japanese animators portray themselves, or more specifically, the way they draw Japanese people to look exactly like American/European kids. This also extends to the realm of Japanese-made video games. Characters with names like Ashitaka and Naruto and Hinjomi are clearly Japanese. So why do they have blonde hair and blue eyes? Come on Japanese animator guys, where's the pride? Where's the dignity? Most of these films/shows/games are meant primarily, and often exclusively, for Asian audiences. So why make all the characters look like they just stepped out of a southern California mall? Even my favorite director Hayao Miyazaki is not immune to this. Many of his characters, especially major ones, seem to share more ancestral genetics with Heidi Klum than with Miyazaki himself. Ehh. Just bugs me. Anyways.
1 comment:
maybe the japanese understand the inherent genetic dominance of the white race, and this manifests itself through their art. i mean, caucasians are clearly superior to any and all other... wait, is this going to be posted where people can read it?
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