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Link_of_Hyrule said: No anime is by definition a Japanese cartoon.You would almost have to go out of your way to make an anime character "ugly". Anime is by definition a very bright, vibrant, and visually appealing art style KillJoyMafia said: Do you wish to be an ignorant person?Do you wish to watch something that is ugly? |
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| Personally, I feel that there isn't enough detail in anime faces to show whether the character is attractive or not. Everyone just looks average to me, with the only variation being body type. There aren't many fat females in anime, which is a little sad, but that's pretty much how it is in Japan IRL. |
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| Diversity and the likes is really terrible when it comes to anime if you think about it. A large portion of anime girls are skinny with the same small faces but mixed with different height/hip/boob sizes. It's not very hard to take the face of one anime girl and put it on the face of a totally different one from a whole 'nother show and get similar results. What makes this worse is that this isn't as much as an issue for male characters at all. Male characters can be chubby, have different noses, be ugly, have different face types, different body builds, all of that -- but finding that in an anime girl, namely a protagonist, is a rare sight. People are perfectly fine with drawing males that aren't necessarily attractive but females are more often then not given same-face syndrome. |
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| Mostly, no, but once in a while I do see "fat" girls. They aren't really fat, just slightly overweight - but you can see the obvious difference between some of the other characters. |
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Heredity said: Oh trust me, I know that there are plenty of anime out there that bring out generic, conventionally attractive males. But males in anime are more likely to be given unique and sometimes unattractive designs compared to females.ihateeveryone said: eh, go watch an anime aimed at fujoshi and try to spot the 'ugly' male.Diversity and the likes is really terrible when it comes to anime if you think about it. A large portion of anime girls are skinny with the same small faces but mixed with different height/hip/boob sizes. It's not very hard to take the face of one anime girl and put it on the face of a totally different one from a whole 'nother show and get similar results. What makes this worse is that this isn't as much as an issue for male characters at all. Male characters can be chubby, have different noses, be ugly, have different face types, different body builds, all of that -- but finding that in an anime girl, namely a protagonist, is a rare sight. People are perfectly fine with drawing males that aren't necessarily attractive but females are more often then not given same-face syndrome. Some examples: It's overall more likely for male characters, even male, to have more diverse body shapes, types, and faces than females. |
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| LOl I just noticed. There are no fat girls, only slim girls with silm thighs.. hehe. Obviously this sells better than fat and ugly girls, but there are a lot of ugly/fat/chibi male characters |
| Well ugly is debatable, but fat is pretty rare, particularly for MC's, even more so for girls. No one really wants to watch that for very long, and the Japanese standards of beauty are pretty centered towards slim people (Japanese people already are some of the skinnier people on earth already). Like think of a 5'7 girl who's like 90 pounds for a model. |
| well there is Buyuden9if im not mistaken) but i dont think there's an anime for that manga. At first she was cute and thin but later on she became fat and chubby. On top of that she was a very important character in the entire series. But I do admit it's rare to find nowadays and tbh I was kind of surprised they left her like that instead of making her typically cute again. Respect for the artist! :) |
| Aku no Hana has some decent looking girls, that don't look like super models. Otherwise, most anime seem to be sexist, only portraying girls as über cute. |
ihateeveryone said: Heredity said: Oh trust me, I know that there are plenty of anime out there that bring out generic, conventionally attractive males. But males in anime are more likely to be given unique and sometimes unattractive designs compared to females.eh, go watch an anime aimed at fujoshi and try to spot the 'ugly' male. Some examples: It's overall more likely for male characters, even male, to have more diverse body shapes, types, and faces than females. That's because the overwhelming majority of anime is aimed at men. You won't see any fat or ugly males in anime aimed at females either. |
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Morh said: People do not want to see ugly or fat people as a general rule, in any medium. Look at TV shows and movies, they are just the same. If you see a ugly or fat person they are usually a bad guy, or someone you are otherwise supposed to dislike. I can personally say that I do not want to see, fat and/or ugly people in Anime. King of Queens.. one of the best comedies of all time had a fat guy... now its Mike & Molly (only medicore) and it has a fat guy and a fat woman... In Movies we've Jack Black, Zach Galifianakis f.e.. which are really popular. ppl dont care about who is fat etc... only some dislikable [insert badword here :D ] |
| hahaha lol. I have seen fat girls in animes but they tend to be depicted as like "evil" characters or characters who are not nicel....which is sorta distorted, whereas the fat guys that I've seen in animes tend to be normal people....but yeah. it's just due to societal sexism, women are highly judged on their appearance by both men and women so in most animes, the female characters are either attractive or at the least good looking ...just the world we live in |
KiraieAeternaJun 8, 2014 5:27 PM
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DragonQuest3 said: No, anime is an animation style that just so happened to be developed in JapanLink_of_Hyrule said: No anime is by definition a Japanese cartoon.You would almost have to go out of your way to make an anime character "ugly". Anime is by definition a very bright, vibrant, and visually appealing art style |
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Shiratori99 said: I see fat people portrayed in only 3 waysJizzyHitler said: also to the op's question, most of the time when someone portrays a fat person in anime its in bad tatses or mean spirited. There is really no reason whatsoever to draw characters fat for the sake of drawing them fat, if you work it into the plot somehow then yeah but most of the time it will just again, be mean spirited. Well, I agree. Anime is all about stereotypes and the stereotype regarding fat ppl is that they're either a) (if they're being portrayed in a sympathetic way) gluttons or b) evil/mean/creepy (ugliness = bad character). So if a character is portrayed as fat it either says something about his eating habits or about his bad character. I don't think I've ever seen an anime where someone was fat just for the sake of being fat and a completely normal person apart from that. 1: Probably the most common and what you already mentioned, fat = evil. Whenever there is some asshole corporate antagonist that sits on the sidelines and orders people to death they are usually fat and portrayed as idiots with power 2: and the 2nd most common, they are portrayed as being socially retarded or outright disgusting perverts 3: for the sole purpose of being made fun of. theres only one show i can think of that has a fat character in it for the sake of being overweight, and thats genshiken. But that was done for a guy and not a girl. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
jpem said: Would love to see peoples reactions had Buyuden done well enough for an anime. Agreed! I suppose it would shock the audience at first. Haha It'd be really interesting though. |
Lol even Anime characters worry about themselves gaining weight  Well,basically no one wants to watch an Anime about fat girls fighting or dancing or fighting but maybe an Anime about motivation might do it. |
| As if movies and live-action series all had ugly and fat actors/actresses playing main characters... right? And as already been said, cuteness, coolness and ugliness varies from person to person. Some characters, who are supposed to be cute or cool, have the total opposite effect on me. Just like I don't find all actors/actresses to be good-looking. EDIT: Also, there are a few ugly and fat girls out there. Just try Girls Saurus. The main girl starts super fat. There are a guy who goes after fat girls. And it has the ugliest girl ever seen in manga: http://www.anime-source.com/manga/girls/c023dx/118.jpg |
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AloysiusYap said: Lol even Anime characters worry about themselves gaining weight Indeed.  |
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| In the second or third episode of Fairy tail, there is an ugly and fat girl. |
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Link_of_Hyrule said: No lol don't be ignorant. Most anime has a certain look but any Japanese cartoon is considered anime. Look at Belladonna of sadness.DragonQuest3 said: No, anime is an animation style that just so happened to be developed in JapanNo anime is by definition a Japanese cartoon. |
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Shiratori-san said: And it has the ugliest girl ever seen in manga: http://www.anime-source.com/manga/girls/c023dx/118.jpg Wtf. The mangaka tried too hard there... |
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| This is true. Quite interesting now that you say that. |
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Shiratori99 said: Lol, true. And she's both ugly outside and inside.Shiratori-san said: And it has the ugliest girl ever seen in manga: http://www.anime-source.com/manga/girls/c023dx/118.jpg Wtf. The mangaka tried too hard there... |
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JizzyHitler said: Jody32 said: only 3.5% of the population is obese, thats so little especially since someone can be obese while looking averagely proportioned.Also correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't their less fat people in Japan then any other developed nation in the world? So it wouldn't be so unusual for that transition to happen. That seems a lot like black and white thinking. There should be all kinds of people and characters differing in body types could be one factor in achieving that. One thing I do like about making all characters that are supposed to appeal to the viewer the same body type that's also the ideal is that once they're equal in that regard, you can entirely focus on their behaviour, personality etc. However, variety is a good thing and that doesn't necessarily mean what one would probably imagine when hearing "fat", but instead have someone (or several characters) with an ideal body shape and then others who deviate from that in both directions. How far one would go with that is also connected to how many healthy body types you want to show; some skinny and fat body types aren't exactly healthy to have and people (especially younger ones) do compare themselves to that (not that that would generally make people any healthier lol). By the way, the topic title kind of reminded me of from Suki tte ii na yo... Considering she was much more "normal" looking in the anime when compared to the original work and all that... ~.~ |
| Not just today and not just in anime. Unless the character being ugly/fat is the point of the show or episode, there really is little benefit in portraying them that way. |
JumpinJackFlash said: This remark says a lot about what is wrong with our society.Do you honestly want to see more ugly and bat fitches in anime? |
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grandy_UiD said: Not just today and not just in anime. Unless the character being ugly/fat is the point of the show or episode, there really is little benefit in portraying them that way. Plenty of older anime had fat girls or ones who weren't perfect barbie dolls. I can just as easily say unless the character being pretty/skinny is the point of the show or episode, there really is little benefit in portraying them that way. |
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DragonQuest3 said: grandy_UiD said: Not just today and not just in anime. Unless the character being ugly/fat is the point of the show or episode, there really is little benefit in portraying them that way. Plenty of older anime had fat girls or ones who weren't perfect barbie dolls. I can just as easily say unless the character being pretty/skinny is the point of the show or episode, there really is little benefit in portraying them that way. not really, since them being pretty/skinny would obviously bring in viewers. |
| I really don't pay attention to body size when I watch anime. |
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| The only time where there's an ugly character is if it's been played for laughs. Otherwise almost every single character in anime looks like they've been in modeling their whole life. |
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| 2D is inherently better than 3D.....thus fat chicks don't exist. |
DragonQuest3 said: No OP, apparently there's lots of ugly girls in anime.Moe girls are ugly! |
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| In anime nobody wants to see fat / ugly chicks k. |
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| ehh.. i could do with more "plump" girls in anime. gives off a motherly feel. |
| All I can think of is Catharine (and the old woman but they don't count, do they?) from Gintama and the one from SKET Dance. |
| Well, it's anime. The girls are supposed to be cute and moe-ish. |
hentai_eucli said: They would then look like animated girls in the US. LOL Not a thin or cute one in the bunch (unless you count Gwen Tennison).I don't see what is wrong with that. In fact, I'm not sure anyone would want to watch a show about far or ugly girls. having cute girls is awesome, if it were to change, anime would become less good. |
| What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about? |
| ah realism at its finest.... I see plenty of overweight and unattractive females in my daily life. Stop taking anime girls, and the dream that girls might one day look like them, away from me too |
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| I believe Japan has less obesity problems than many Western countries. |
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| I started watching HxH 2011 not too long ago, and I was plesantly surprised by the wide diversity of chara designs, for both males and females : all kinds of different races, body types and facial features. So yeah, I spotted quite a few nameless and side female chars that don't necessarily look good or have very unsettling if not downright ugly designs, and that are never played for the laughs. Among the side characters, there's Kikyo Zoldyck, whose weird ass design somewhat won me over (even though she certainly doesn't look half bad): Senritsu (Melody), whom I totally ship with Pika <3: And of course EDIT: completely forgot about Annie's mom, Pakunoda |
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