| Probably because it's simple and easy to draw. |
an egomaniac and a fool |
| Because anime is Japanese and all Japanese people look the same. |
| There's no need for all this tension. |
Emnay said: Probably because it's simple and easy to draw. |
Nyaaaria- said: You really are the king of marathoning  |
| It doesn't matter if they don't have a nose, chin, eye, ear, hands and probably a leg as long as they are cute. |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money. |
| Cause it's kawaii. |
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| The big eyes is anime trademark. |
"I have been wielding a blade since before your were swimming around your father's scrotum." - Kurou |
| Anime is pretty much mass-produced, no? You have studios pumping out multiple anime every season, so I wouldn't expect them to make each one look "unique". There are also a lot of anime based on source material that uses an art style similar to what you would find in your run-of-the-mill anime. |
| It kind of bothers me too, its like they have some assets like in flash animation and just swap out the hairstyles and eye colors and boom new character. At least within a show, you hardly see variety in facial features anymore, its always only eye color and hairstyle/clor that makes a character different from one another. |
| They don't. |
| Because that's how Anime characters would look the best. |
| Smiles and laughter are always good, but never forget your Poker Face.~ |
| Depends on the anime. Ever watch something like Monster? The facial features of each character looks different so you can even recognize their nationalities by looking at their face. |
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| They have similar traits for sure but the more anime you watch the more you will see how very different the various studios art is. |
| Because you have no idea what you're talking about. |
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| Go back in time of anime history long enough and you'll find out that this is indeed NOT the case. |
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| OMG yeah I know. Why do artists feel the need to stereotype female characters? I hate it when characters in my favourite show have eyes. Oh and noses, I hate those things. Mouths are okay, but they're a bit cliche. We should have female characters with facial hair for once! |
| Cause asians all look the same in rl too, didn't you know? It's realism. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Examples, ty |
| Yeah, right |
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| They do not. All of them having eyes, a mouth, and a nose doesn't make them the same, lol. |
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Rivalrun said: Anime is pretty much mass-produced, no? You have studios pumping out multiple anime every season, so I wouldn't expect them to make each one look "unique". There are also a lot of anime based on source material that uses an art style similar to what you would find in your run-of-the-mill anime. |
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| Help me guys, these female characters all look the same and I can't remember who is who: http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/12900000/Mio-mio-akiyama-12944041-500-290.jpg http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/9923/557838-screenshot837.jpg http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1334/20/1334204877618.jpg http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140326123504/jjba/images/thumb/d/d6/HolyKujoAnime.png/500px-HolyKujoAnime.png |
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| I dont see why people are "bashing" the op when he is sort of right. Sure across different anime the characters look different, but take your average anime and make the characters all bald and give them the same eyecolors and see if you can still make a difference. Maybe you can still se which is male and which not but that is as far as youll get. There arent too many anime that try to give the characters uniqe facial features, the difference always lies in the eyes and hair. |
| i just don't think thats true at all. Unless you have been watching a single genre of aniime, produced in a single time period, this rings false |
| The more anime you watch, you will realize this is actually not the case. I think that's a pretty popular stereotype, but its in fact not true. |
| Allot of anime characters have the same base features because it's what most people are used to seeing now a days as well as being easy to draw. However there is ALLOT of anime (especially older stuff) that has very different designs. There is allot that factors as to what certain characters look like such as: Art style, production costs, time schedules and funding to name a few. Not to mention that the design is also effected by the style of story the anime is going for, I mean, could you imagine the characters in berserk being drawn like those in clannad or something? (Just gives a more 'mature' feeling I suppose you could say) |
| Never noticed it except in moeblob shows, where the whole thing is just lazy to begin with, therefore I don't really care. |
| So, What do you think is on the other side? |
| I've been asking myself the same question for years now, have yet to come up with an answer I can accept. I think it's just partial to the fact half of these studios are pumping out shows like no tomorrow, but even then, higher budget shows like Bakemonogatari are in this predicament aswell. Maybe that just appeals to the chinks? Of course this is all an exaggeration, it's not quite as bad as you make it out to be. |
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| "There is nothing new under the sun". Originality died a long time ago. What remains is just Authenticity. |
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YorozuyaGinSan said: I've been asking myself the same question for years now, have yet to come up with an answer I can accept. I think it's just partial to the fact half of these studios are pumping out shows like no tomorrow, but even then, higher budget shows like Bakemonogatari are in this predicament aswell. Maybe that just appeals to the chinks? Of course this is all an exaggeration, it's not quite as bad as you make it out to be. Yeah but still how hard can it be to make one characters face broader, the others longer, give one a bigger ching the one a smaller one, maybe one character has a bigger nose or another one has a thiner one, little things to make the characters within a anime have different facial features. But most of the time they just look the same with the exception of old people atleast having wrinkles in their face, altough some anime are as ridiculous as giving a 70+ old man/woman simply two little lines under the eye and calling them old... I mean a bit more diversity in facial features wouldnt hurt. |
| You're not supposed to mention stuff like that on this website. It probably started out being hugely popular to draw faces in a certain way, then over time other studios picked it up as well. Seems to be more or less genre defining now. I'm just happy I don't have a chin that could poke eyes out. - I bet it's also much cheaper to copy paste features like that. Do make sure not to confuse it with artistic ineptitude as there are plenty of Japanese artists that know exactly what they're doing (Wakfu, the French cartoon is made by the japanese). |
Mr. Wonsworth, you may NOT eat my scones! |
| Because Moe. No really because Moe. |
SolviteSekai said: Because Moe. No really because Moe. THIS No really it's a valid reason. |
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| Because you watch crappy harem anime. |
Ryukatsuka said: SolviteSekai said: Because Moe. No really because Moe. THIS No really it's a valid reason. wat? ._. "Because Moe", as in: only moe shows manage to get good sales, or what? |
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| Why are most disney movies "boy meets girl" with singing |
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Yhuuro said: Ryukatsuka said: SolviteSekai said: Because Moe. No really because Moe. THIS No really it's a valid reason. wat? ._. "Because Moe", as in: only moe shows manage to get good sales, or what? Moe = money. It's no coincidence, moe is found is money |
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pLaguE_ said: Yhuuro said: Ryukatsuka said: SolviteSekai said: Because Moe. No really because Moe. THIS No really it's a valid reason. wat? ._. "Because Moe", as in: only moe shows manage to get good sales, or what? Moe = money. It's no coincidence, moe is found is money http://fireden.net/4chan/images.4chan.org//vg/src/1387873428924.jpg |
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Wh1t3 said: Emnay said: Probably because it's simple and easy to draw. |
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Majikkusesu said: Because anime is Japanese and all Japanese people look the same. This. mecharobot said: Because you watch crappy harem anime. And this. |
mitch3315 said: pLaguE_ said: Yhuuro said: Ryukatsuka said: SolviteSekai said: Because Moe. No really because Moe. THIS No really it's a valid reason. wat? ._. "Because Moe", as in: only moe shows manage to get good sales, or what? Moe = money. It's no coincidence, moe is found is money http://fireden.net/4chan/images.4chan.org//vg/src/1387873428924.jpg I have too much moe. |
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| No, there are many variations depending on the artist or animation studio who created the work, but a lot of them share a common distinguishing style of exaggerated facial features, static hair, and impossible hair colors. If BBCode was freaking dysfunctional I'd post a bunch of images as further example. |
KruszerApr 20, 2014 11:14 AM
| "Laws exist only for those who cannot live without clinging onto them." -Souske Aizen "Bleach"  |
| Because Japs can't draw for shit. |
| It's hard being creative. |
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