| I've seen anime where there is an image or photo of a person whose face is not shown. In your opinion, is there a particular reason of it? Or is this just the usual problems such as a limited budget problems? Sorry if my English is bad. |
hafizhfp said: I've seen anime where there is an image or photo of a person whose face is not shown. In your opinion, is there a particular reason of it? Or is this just the usual problems such as a limited budget problems? Sorry if my English is bad. Most of the time its an artistical way of expressing something, I wont deny that its probably cheaper too. |
| The person is not moe enough to warrant having any great detail shown on their face, so they're instead left faceless. |
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| I remember in Baka and Test all characters that were underneath the supporting role were all faceless to show how useless and insignificant to the plot they were. |
| It can portray mystery, laziness from the drawer, lack of focus, an emotional response, you name it. Depends on the show and the objectives of each scene, there is not a definitive answer for this. |
| Why... not...? Because they'll reveal their faces later, it saves money, and it keeps a sense of mystery. More often or not it's just to save money. Inventing faces takes work! |
| I thought this was going to be about how some faces in the background of certain scenes in current anime are almost always completely blank. Lazy ass animators. You never saw that shit in the 90's. |
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MellowJello said: Because they'll reveal their faces later Tell that to Sasami-san. |
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mitch3315 said: MellowJello said: Because they'll reveal their faces later Tell that to Sasami-san. That guy was the best thing about the show. |
jal90 said: jal90's got it.It can portray mystery, laziness from the drawer, lack of focus, an emotional response, you name it. Depends on the show and the objectives of each scene, there is not a definitive answer for this. |
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Makomonogatari said: lupadim said: The best part is that you somehow actually exist.And the best part is that no one can prove it wrong |
| This is also used for a character that has significant plot relevance to a main cast past, but will not appear in person in the anime. ex. deceased parents or friends, martial arts masters, etc. It is a part of a plot characters that used to emphasis their role instead of their personality or appearance. One of the example I can remember of is Chii's 'father' in Chobits. Or it could also a plot character to emphasis on the ongoing plot, or outsider view of a certain situation. The lack of face eliminates their individuality and thus what they said is considered a general opinion. ex. onlookers that usually drawn very simple or in few details, in shoujo romance anime its usually group of girls gossiping the current trends, usually the only missing features is the eyes. |
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| Most often it's used, as mentioned already, to separate and put emphasis on the relevant characters from the background extras. It also conveys things easier - such as a scene a person may feel everyone is looking at them/watching them, if they all had faces it would kind of ruin the impact. Faceless "somebody" watching you is scary - some classmate looking at you is not - the former carries the connotation of an unknown and more of the feeling rather than the literal (paranoia vs reality). |
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TallonKarrde23 said: Most often it's used, as mentioned already, to separate and put emphasis on the relevant characters from the background extras. It also conveys things easier - such as a scene a person may feel everyone is looking at them/watching them, if they all had faces it would kind of ruin the impact. Faceless "somebody" watching you is scary - some classmate looking at you is not - the former carries the connotation of an unknown and more of the feeling rather than the literal (paranoia vs reality). Well, it is indeed part of human psychology that when people engaging in something personal they had to 'look in the eyes'. |
| The most important things in life is the people that you care about |
| can't remember the show i most recently saw it in, but it seemed to me in those scenes that the MC was supposed to feel alienated from the rest of society. so it WAS used artistically otherwise its prob laziness. lol. |
jal90 said: It can portray mystery, laziness from the drawer, lack of focus, an emotional response, you name it. Depends on the show and the objectives of each scene, there is not a definitive answer for this. It also is used to portray insignificance at times. There are some anime that use faceless background characters to show how little they mean to the existence of the main character. Edit: I see several others mentioned this as well :P |
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KingYoshi said: jal90 said: It can portray mystery, laziness from the drawer, lack of focus, an emotional response, you name it. Depends on the show and the objectives of each scene, there is not a definitive answer for this. It also is used to portray insignificance at times. There are some anime that use faceless background characters to show how little they mean to the existence of the main character. Well, that's reading too deeply into it at the same time - sure that's true in some cases - but the majority of the time that it looks like that it's just done to keep the viewer's actual focus directly on the main cast. As in, they don't put details like faces on the extras because it'd distract you from looking where they want you to look. |
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TallonKarrde23 said: KingYoshi said: jal90 said: It can portray mystery, laziness from the drawer, lack of focus, an emotional response, you name it. Depends on the show and the objectives of each scene, there is not a definitive answer for this. It also is used to portray insignificance at times. There are some anime that use faceless background characters to show how little they mean to the existence of the main character. Well, that's reading too deeply into it at the same time - sure that's true in some cases - but the majority of the time that it looks like that it's just done to keep the viewer's actual focus directly on the main cast. As in, they don't put details like faces on the extras because it'd distract you from looking where they want you to look. I'm not denying that. I was just stating that several anime have used faceless characters for a deeper meaning. Most do not, but I feel some certainly have. |
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| Thank you for your answers, guys. My first thought about this, maybe it's related to limited cost of production from anime that has faceless people. But actually it has a lot of meaning in it. Example Bonus:  |
| It adds a bit of mystery true. I think it opens the door to develop a character in an otherwise impossible way. The imagination takes over a creates a face in your mind. This is most effectively done with villains. You have the picture in your mind of the most disgusting and twisted person you can possibly think of. This backfires however when they finally reveal the face and it's an absolute let down. |
MajinSaga said: I thought this was going to be about how some faces in the background of certain scenes in current anime are almost always completely blank. Lazy ass animators. You never saw that shit in the 90's. Not to mention the completely static backgrounds (characters in the background not even blinking their eyes for example). So many anime look like slideshows, which is too bad really. |
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Treekodar said: Slideshows whaa?MajinSaga said: I thought this was going to be about how some faces in the background of certain scenes in current anime are almost always completely blank. Lazy ass animators. You never saw that shit in the 90's. Not to mention the completely static backgrounds (characters in the background not even blinking their eyes for example). So many anime look like slideshows, which is too bad really. |
hafizhfp said: With that example it's clear that it doesn't have to do with production costs. The artwork looks good so the "faceless people" is probably just used to create a sense of mystique.Thank you for your answers, guys. My first thought about this, maybe it's related to limited cost of production from anime that has faceless people. But actually it has a lot of meaning in it. Example Bonus: |
| Baka to Test took this faceless thing to a way different level lol. http://animetree.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/62.jpg |
| The studio didn't pay the actors properly, what obligated it to have only a limited quantity of frames with the actors' faces appearing radiantly |
| Kuroki, Tomoko dad was to ugly. Since Tomoko is ugly (nice character design tho) and her mother is kind of cute. So the father got to be hella ugly. |
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| Azumanga, aside from these: http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080520000802/inciclopedia/images/2/24/Azumangazombies.jpg has a scene at episode 19 that makes a strange and sort of subtle use of this trend. It is in the dinner the teachers have with Eiko, a common friend. Minutes 2:02-3:54 of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhCUbm4jf0E That is, we do get to see her face, but it remains hidden when compared to her interlocutors (shaded, in a side view). The drawing of the different perspectives is made in a way that they never reveal fully how the character is. It's not a mystery because she never appears again in the series, it's not lazy because this is actually one of the most carefully drawn scenes in the show, and it's not about enhancing the main characters either because the narrative focus is in her and what she represents... I think in this case it is made this way to conceive her as something unattainable for the teachers, that doesn't belong to their immediate and daily reality. |
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