There was a forum I read asking if you would watch anime that had no fanservice/sexualization. Many said yes which is hilarious to me since a big part of sexualization in anime is designing the characters to be hot. So I thought I would ask this question again with the catch meaning the anime lacks all pretty boys ie (any JJK male, Lloyd Forger) and any pretty girl either. Instead you get this. Personally, I would skip such anime and watch stuff with attractive characters. So would you watch anime without good looking characters? |
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| ABSOLUTELY NOT One of the main reasons i watch anime and play jrpgs is because of the beautiful and mesmerizing and magical artstyle that is common in japanese manga and the other related print medias. On the opposite side i refuse to play western games and watch western cartoons because of the ugly and repulsive realistic artstyle that intentionally makes characters look as awful as possible.   |
tchitchouanJul 8, 2023 7:51 PM
| Definitely, as long as the artstyle isnt ugly like in Seven Deadly Sins. Attractive characters aren't that important, it's just nothing more than a bonus. |
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Sure. After all, I watched Ousama Ranking (but I kinda wish I hadn't). The closest that show has to a waifu might be queen Hilling and she looks like this: |
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epidemia78 said: Sure. After all, I watched Ousama Ranking (but I kinda wish I hadn't). The closest that show has to a waifu might be queen Hilling and she looks like this: I did like that show, but I did not think the cast was ugly. Fair point. |
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| Well one of my fav anime is mob psycho so.... |
tchitchouan said: ABSOLUTELY NOT One of the main reasons i watch anime and play jrpgs is because of the beautiful and mesmerizing and magical artstyle that is common in japanese manga and the other related print medias. On the opposite side i refuse to play western games and watch western cartoons because of the ugly and repulsive realistic artstyle that intentionally makes characters look as awful as possible. That Morrigon will give me nightmares. Lmao Reminds me of the cursed digimon movie short  Pretty sure that ruined the movie for many. Really shows why I push english subbed for digimon anyway. |
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| Would I watch anything with no characters I find attractive? I already have. Multiple times. You think I watched Dorohedoro because I found any of the characters attractive? I watched it cuz there's a dude with a lizard head. I got over that mindset years ago. |
epidemia78 said: Sure. After all, I watched Ousama Ranking (but I kinda wish I hadn't). The closest that show has to a waifu might be queen Hilling and she looks like this: hey now don't you dare disrespect mommy Hiling like that, she's beautiful 😭 😭 😭 |
rohan121 said: tchitchouan said: ABSOLUTELY NOT One of the main reasons i watch anime and play jrpgs is because of the beautiful and mesmerizing and magical artstyle that is common in japanese manga and the other related print medias. On the opposite side i refuse to play western games and watch western cartoons because of the ugly and repulsive realistic artstyle that intentionally makes characters look as awful as possible. That Morrigon will give me nightmares. Lmao Reminds me of the cursed digimon movie short Pretty sure that ruined the movie for many. Really shows why I push english subbed for digimon anyway. HOLY COW, i'm getting horrifying flashbacks from Angela Anaconda. it is hands down the ugliest show made by human hands, not even the newer stuff like big mouth and wild thornberrys could compare. it almost killed the digimon film for many.  |
| Mou Ippon! was one of my favorite anime of winter, and it didn't have traditionally "anime attractive" characters, so I'd say yes, I would. |
tchitchouan said: Geez, maybe that's because western cartoons aren't made to sell horny merch to people. Man am I glad I don't think like this...I would have missed out on so many of my favorite shows, and several non Japanese games I really liked. Not to mention if I kept this mindset with anime I would have missed out on some fun stuff there too. ABSOLUTELY NOT One of the main reasons i watch anime and play jrpgs is because of the beautiful and mesmerizing and magical artstyle that is common in japanese manga and the other related print medias. On the opposite side i refuse to play western games and watch western cartoons because of the ugly and repulsive realistic artstyle that intentionally makes characters look as awful as possible. Also, while past me that was more obsessed with sexy Japanese characters than I currently am would have been appalled by that Morrigan, current me thinks that's fucking hilarious. |
FanofActionJul 8, 2023 8:17 PM
Jackson1333 said: Mou Ippon! was one of my favorite anime of winter, and it didn't have traditionally "anime attractive" characters, so I'd say yes, I would. oh believe me the characters in Mou Ippon are quite decently good looking, in terms of character design things could be a lot worse and i mean A LOT worse.  |
| I guess I would, assuming the anime is not too long, and if it has a good story. |
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| If it has an interesting plot, well written characters, ect. than sure, I would watch it. A good example would be Ping Pong the Animation. The characters aren't physically attractive (at least to me) because of the art style, but the show is still very good, and the animation is very good too. I love the classic "anime" art styles and character designs just as much as the next guy, but there is plenty of good shows out there that don't adhere to that style, and skipping out on them because the characters aren't attractive enough or whatever is definitely a loss. I remember a lot of people skipping out on shows like Odd Taxi and Ranking of Kings because of the unique art style, and its a shame since both shows, especially Odd Taxi IMO, are really good. Not all anime characters have to pander to waifu loving otaku, and not all anime has to be fap material, you know? |
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FanofAction said: tchitchouan said: Geez, maybe that's because western cartoons aren't made to sell horny merch to people. Man am I glad I don't think like this...I wouldn't have missed out on so many of my favorite shows, and several non Japanese games I really liked. Not to mention if I kept this mindset with anime I would have missed out on some fun stuff there too. ABSOLUTELY NOT One of the main reasons i watch anime and play jrpgs is because of the beautiful and mesmerizing and magical artstyle that is common in japanese manga and the other related print medias. On the opposite side i refuse to play western games and watch western cartoons because of the ugly and repulsive realistic artstyle that intentionally makes characters look as awful as possible. Also, while past me that was more obsessed with sexy Japanese characters than I currently am would have been appalled by that Morrigan, current me thinks that's fucking hilarious. I'm quite the opposite, i've had the opportunity to watch very many cartoons growing up and i regret having been subject to watching them, if i had known better at the time i wouldn't have watched them especially the ones with ugly artstyles but anime was very scarce and uncommon where i lived in the early 2000's, but as time progressed and i grew into an adult i realized that i actually hated most cartoons i watched as a kid and regret not having known better what i was missing out on the anime side, i'm still on that mindset to this day i actively shun and avoid anything western with an ugly or realistic artstyle. |
| I'd say yes because shows with ugly characters usually make up for it by having characters with quirky personalities. Which is pretty much every kid cartoon I grew up with. I feel like when a show has a downside they have to make up for it in another way. |
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tchitchouan said: See, what I did was get into anime half because it filled my growing interest in action focused series and half because of the more attractive characters at first, and then later realized that since I watched ugly ass cartoons, I could also watch unattractive anime. When I first started anime, I would have avoided shows like Mob Psycho like the plague. But that's not the case now. FanofAction said: Geez, maybe that's because western cartoons aren't made to sell horny merch to people. Man am I glad I don't think like this...I wouldn't have missed out on so many of my favorite shows, and several non Japanese games I really liked. Not to mention if I kept this mindset with anime I would have missed out on some fun stuff there too. Also, while past me that was more obsessed with sexy Japanese characters than I currently am would have been appalled by that Morrigan, current me thinks that's fucking hilarious. I'm quite the opposite, i've had the opportunity to watch very many cartoons growing up and i regret having been subject to watching them, if i had known better at the time i wouldn't have watched them especially the ones with ugly artstyles but anime was very scarce and uncommon where i lived in the early 2000's, but as time progressed and i grew into an adult i realized that i actually hated most cartoons i watched as a kid and regret not having known better what i was missing out on the anime side, i'm still on this mindset to this day i actively shun and avoid anything western with an ugly or realistic artstyle. |
tchitchouan said: Jackson1333 said: Mou Ippon! was one of my favorite anime of winter, and it didn't have traditionally "anime attractive" characters, so I'd say yes, I would. oh believe me the characters in Mou Ippon are quite decently good looking, in terms of character design things could be a lot worse and i mean A LOT worse. Lets see, As far as "anime attractive" goes we have 15yo first year highschooler  V.S. 15yo first year highschooler  I'd say one far more closely fits your typical Highschool female MC. Far more fall into that first, Tall, thin, big sparkly eyes, mid to large breasts. Not many are going to be round and plain faced, slightly pudgy, boyish, smaller chested. So yes, as far as anime standards go, the Mou Ippon girls definitely fall pretty far down on the "anime attractiveness" scale, lol. At least in my opinion. I don't think any of them are going to be winning any "hottest anime girl" awards any time soon. Let's be honest, My Dress up Darling would not be nearly as popular as it is, If Marin looked like Michi |
FanofAction said: tchitchouan said: See, what I did was get into anime half because it filled my growing interest in action focused series and half because of the more attractive characters at first, and then later realized that since I watched ugly ass cartoons, I could also watch unattractive anime. When I first started anime, I would have avoided shows like Mob Psycho like the plague. But that's not the case now. I'm quite the opposite, i've had the opportunity to watch very many cartoons growing up and i regret having been subject to watching them, if i had known better at the time i wouldn't have watched them especially the ones with ugly artstyles but anime was very scarce and uncommon where i lived in the early 2000's, but as time progressed and i grew into an adult i realized that i actually hated most cartoons i watched as a kid and regret not having known better what i was missing out on the anime side, i'm still on this mindset to this day i actively shun and avoid anything western with an ugly or realistic artstyle. Well what got me interested in anime was not action, i did watch dragon ball, naruto and hunter x hunter when i was younger but i wouldn't necessarily say i was a fan of them, action shonen never really appealed to me. What actually got me into anime is that it can ashamedly display scenes of sex and nudity without stigma whether comedically or seriously and i found that absolutely fascinating and unparalleled by any other equivalent media at the time, so i started watching more of what i liked and what i deemed pleasing for the eyes and later i realized that there is a whole genre called ecchi full of what exactly i wanted to see. |
tchitchouanJul 8, 2023 8:43 PM
Jackson1333 said: tchitchouan said: oh believe me the characters in Mou Ippon are quite decently good looking, in terms of character design things could be a lot worse and i mean A LOT worse. Lets see, As far as "anime attractive" goes we have 15yo first year highschooler V.S. 15yo first year highschooler I'd say one far more closely fits your typical Highschool female MC. Far more fall into that first, Tall, thin, big sparkly eyes, mid to large breasts. Not many are going to be round and plain faced, slightly pudgy, boyish, smaller chested. So yes, as far as anime standards go, the Mou Ippon girls definitely fall pretty far down on the "anime attractiveness" scale, lol. At least in my opinion. I don't think any of them are going to be winning any "hottest anime girl" awards any time soon. Let's be honest, My Dress up Darling would not be nearly as popular as it is, If Marin looked like Michi Well in this case it depends on the target audience and the theme of the anime, it's expected for my dress up darling and other similar anime who deal with romance and fashion to have incredibly attractive character, whereas is school sports anime so it's okay to have average looking characters to show to the audience that anyone can reach their athletic dreams given enough effort and perseverance, but in the world of fashion if weren't not born good looking then you have no chance (which is true in both cases, you don't have to be handsome to succeed in sports but you have to be attractive to succeed in fashion). |
tchitchouanJul 8, 2023 8:44 PM
tchitchouan said: That was a major part in why I got into anime as well. Ikkitousen was one of the first few anime I watched when I started watching subs exclusively, and it for sure left an impact. Not to mention certain mecha anime fueled my interest in skintight outfits. That's just become more of a side interest than it intially was when it comes to anime for me. Now while not exclusively why I play games, female game characters have all but replaced my interest in anime girls for the most part. FanofAction said: See, what I did was get into anime half because it filled my growing interest in action focused series and half because of the more attractive characters at first, and then later realized that since I watched ugly ass cartoons, I could also watch unattractive anime. When I first started anime, I would have avoided shows like Mob Psycho like the plague. But that's not the case now. Well what got me interested in anime was not action, i did watch dragon ball, naruto and hunter x hunter when i was younger but i wouldn't necessarily say i was a fan of them, action shonen never really appealed to me. What actually got me into anime is that it can ashamedly display scenes of sex and nudity without rancour whether comedically or seriously and i found that absolutely fascinating and unparalleled by any other equivalent media at the time, so i started watching more of what i liked and what i deemed pleasing for the eyes and i later realized that there is a whole genre called ecchi full of what exactly i want to see. |
FanofAction said: tchitchouan said: That was a major part in why I got into anime as well. Ikkitousen was one of the first few anime I watched when I started watching subs exclusively, and it for sure left an impact. Not to mention certain mecha anime fueled my interest in skintight outfits. That's just become more of a side interest than it intially was when it comes to anime for me. Now while not exclusively why I play games, female game characters have all but replaced my interest in anime girls for the most part. Well what got me interested in anime was not action, i did watch dragon ball, naruto and hunter x hunter when i was younger but i wouldn't necessarily say i was a fan of them, action shonen never really appealed to me. What actually got me into anime is that it can ashamedly display scenes of sex and nudity without rancour whether comedically or seriously and i found that absolutely fascinating and unparalleled by any other equivalent media at the time, so i started watching more of what i liked and what i deemed pleasing for the eyes and i later realized that there is a whole genre called ecchi full of what exactly i want to see. Same here, just replace ikkitousen with queen's blade and we'd be on the same page. Moreover, i agree with your point on video games. They actually have some incredibly attractive female characters, my favorites are Kainé from Nier, Cammy and Elena from Street Fighter, Isabella Valentine from Soulcalibur and Mai Shiranui from SNK. |
tchitchouanJul 8, 2023 8:56 PM
| I watched Beastars and Odd Taxi, so yes. Must admit when I first got into anime I would avoid shows with character designs I don't like, one example is Honey & Clover. But the more I understand the type/genre I like, I find that show fits my liking and true enough, in the end it even became one of my favorites. |
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| No I won't. Western PC garbage and woke crap need to get out of anime. |
Jackson1333 said: Mou Ippon! was one of my favorite anime of winter, and it didn't have traditionally "anime attractive" characters, so I'd say yes, I would. Back in the day I fixed Mou Ippon! so that it could appeal to a wider (ha ha) audience:  Anna's legs look a bit weird ngl, but she's a bitch anyway. |
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Papa_Scorch said: Western PC garbage and woke crap need to get out of anime. I strongly agree with this statement. |
Tirinchas said: Jackson1333 said: Mou Ippon! was one of my favorite anime of winter, and it didn't have traditionally "anime attractive" characters, so I'd say yes, I would. Back in the day I fixed Mou Ippon! so that it could appeal to a wider (ha ha) audience: Anna's legs look a bit weird ngl, but she's a bitch anyway. Now they look like they are in elementary school, which is going to attract a whole new audience, lol |
tchitchouan said: Those are great picks. As much as I love fighting games for the fighting aspect, damn do they usually have some really hot characters. Mine are Juri and Menat from Street Fighter, Tira and Taki from Soulcalibur and Eliza and Alisa from Tekken. FanofAction said: That was a major part in why I got into anime as well. Ikkitousen was one of the first few anime I watched when I started watching subs exclusively, and it for sure left an impact. Not to mention certain mecha anime fueled my interest in skintight outfits. That's just become more of a side interest than it intially was when it comes to anime for me. Now while not exclusively why I play games, female game characters have all but replaced my interest in anime girls for the most part. Same here, just replace ikkitousen with queen's blade and we'd be on the same page. Moreover, i agree with your point on video games. They actually have some incredibly attractive female characters, my favorites are Kainé from Nier, Cammy and Elena from Street Fighter, Isabella Valentine from Soulcalibur and Mai Shiranui from SNK. |
FanofAction said: tchitchouan said: Those are great picks. As much as I love fighting games for the fighting aspect, damn do they usually have some really hot characters. Mine are Juri and Menat from Street Fighter, Tira and Taki from Soulcalibur and Eliza and Alisa from Tekken. Same here, just replace ikkitousen with queen's blade and we'd be on the same page. Moreover, i agree with your point on video games. They actually have some incredibly attractive female characters, my favorites are Kainé from Nier, Cammy and Elena from Street Fighter, Isabella Valentine from Soulcalibur and Mai Shiranui from SNK. Excellent choices, especially Han Juri she's really sexy in an evil yandere kinda way. |
| Probably not, it's the main reason why I haven't watched Ore Monogatari. I know I would love that anime if they had a normal looking MC. I just don't think I can sit through 24 episodes of looking at the male MC's face |
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| Nope, not at all. A huge appeal of anime for me is the nice looking or hot female characters. Anime doesn't need to be like Western stuff where most of the female characters are ugly and unappealing. |
| "Well, she's flatter than a pancake" -Mimi Alpacas "Woof" -Tobiichi Origami "Are you trying to turn the dormitory into a strip club!?! -Atena Saotome |
tchitchouan said: Oh yeah. And I swear she gets sexier with each game. FanofAction said: Those are great picks. As much as I love fighting games for the fighting aspect, damn do they usually have some really hot characters. Mine are Juri and Menat from Street Fighter, Tira and Taki from Soulcalibur and Eliza and Alisa from Tekken. Excellent choices, especially Han Juri she's really sexy in an evil yandere kinda way. |
It's all a matter of perspective. Compared to Kumin, most anime girls are ugly. So yes, I've watched a lot of anime with no attractive characters at all. |
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FanofAction said: tchitchouan said: Oh yeah. And I swear she gets sexier with each game. Excellent choices, especially Han Juri she's really sexy in an evil yandere kinda way. Have you seen her in street fighter 6. She's so fine. |
| If it was a good story, then yes. I think that matters the most. |
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| Seen it, and own it. I especially like how they took her outfit from street fighter v and gave it cleavage, which is a change I'll never complain about. |
FanofAction said: Seen it, and own it. I especially like how they took her outfit from street fighter v and gave it cleavage, which is a change I'll never complain about. Yeah that cleavage is a definite plus about her new outfit, but her feet and toes will always remain her most attractive trait. |
rohan121 said: Would you watch anime if it had no attractive characters at all? Anime does exist where Users will watch something despite offering no attractive characters. A good modern Example would be "Saga of Tanya the Evil" where you got an Adult man that gets reincarnated into the body of a female child in an alternate reality where magic exists during an alternate timeline of World War One. I didn't watch this Anime because I thought any of the characters were attractive looking. Tanya comes off more as a creepy child like doll than anything else which to me is far from being anything attractive in my opinion. I would have my doubts that "Tanya Degurechaff" would even appeal to someone who is a total lolicon. lol  |
ColourWheelJul 8, 2023 10:15 PM
| I mean, if the characters aren't attractive but still have standard face proportions then Yup i'd still watch it. It's when characters tend to have caricature-like features, then i'll probably hesitate to watch it. A couple examples: Usopp from One Piece - His nose bothered me too much and now I fell too far behind to even wana give One Piece a proper chance. Kaiji - I've been avoiding it because of pointy chin. |
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| Yes, if the other aspects are that good, why not? Ping Pong the Animation is easily one of the best anime ever. |
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| Yup, Mob Psycho characters are awful to me, but the story keeps me watching. |
epidemia78 said: Sure. After all, I watched Ousama Ranking (but I kinda wish I hadn't). The closest that show has to a waifu might be queen Hilling and she looks like this: Hiling hitting different, tho. Cutest nose in anime(because she actually has something that looks remotely like a nose) |
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| Yes, none of the characters in Kaiba looks attractive in the slightest. But i still liked the anime. |
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| yup i don't mind at all but then the story got to be really good as cute girls then can't carry the show. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| As if it's a hypothetical. Some of the best anime ever don't have attractive character designs. Sciadopitys said: Perhaps a better question would be whether there is actually any point to not including attractive characters in any given story? Of course it can be useful, or even necessary. Imagine, for instance, Now and Then, Here and There if everyone was a bishuojo/bishounen. It would be a tremendous distraction from what the story is about. There are some things where making characters attractive would be an upgrade, but good anime tend to have reasons for their artstyle choices. |
| Yes. There's anime out there with unattractive characters and there's other animated works I've watched without any attractive characters. Hell, some of the best animated works I enjoyed don't have attractive characters |
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