Does the general state of anime skin color need to be altered?
No, anime is fine with light skin waifus.
63.5%
331
Yes, anime needs to expand horizons and include more people of color in their quota
36.5%
190
521 votes
| it makes the brown loli even sweeter if the opposite was true than it would be the ivory loli which gets trade banned |
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| ''would anime be as popular outside of its country of origin if it was made from say, Africa?" I don't think skin color is what makes anime popular. |
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| Not to be rude but I don't think I could get off to dark-skinned waifus. |
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| no not really because regardless if they're white or brown they look like your average anime character but yes I do prefer white over brown skin in terms of sexiness be it anime or real life now if it would be just as popular its hard to say. It could have the same core audience or be just as popular but with another audience for all we know |
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| Who tf cares what colour skin the characters have? |
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 Here's that race baiting attention you ordered |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| I wish there was more dark skin in anime, and I think it's a shame there isn't. Not because I want inclusion and diversity—I'm the last person who would want something for those reasons— but because dark skin is so damn attractive to me, both in 2D and 3D. Since I'm white I guess they call this jungle fever? dark_skin is easy the most consistent tag I use on Boorus. |
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| I don't care. I don't watch anime for skin color and I doubt skin color matters to that extent. Black people love Bleach and Naruto and yet most of the characters are not brown skinned. |
Duke_of_York said: If we think about it, would anime be as popular outside of its country of origin if it was made from say, Africa? Yeah, sure, an anime coming from Africa...  |
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Spagem said: I wish there was more dark skin in anime, and I think it's a shame there isn't. Not because I want inclusion and diversity—I'm the last person who would want something for those reasons— but because dark skin is so damn attractive to me, both in 2D and 3D. Since I'm white I guess they call this jungle fever? dark_skin is easy the most consistent tag I use on Boorus. Only the 3rd and maybe 2nd one I would call attractive, 4th is way too dark. Who's the 3rd one btw? |
Ebony> ivory. Dark skinned waifus for life.      |
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Darek said: Yeah they are. There are a good bit of them in anime though even though not as much as light skinned characters.DrGeroCreation said: Dark skinned girls are amazing, sucks we get so little of them :/Ebony> ivory. Dark skinned waifus for life. |
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Natalia from The Idolmaster.  @DrGeroCreation I'm gonna need the sauce on that second one, pal. Darek said: Lack of diversity =/= racismNo, because I happen to not be a racist. |
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Now now, no need to be rude...why do you think I'm baiting if I may ask? |
Duke_of_York said: Now now, no need to be rude...why do you think I'm baiting if I may ask? Joined: Nov 2017 Take a long hard guess, Sherlock HolmesPosts: 3 |
Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
Duke_of_York said: That's good to know, I suppose you're right. Thanks. xDConno_r said: Not to be rude but I don't think I could get off to dark-skinned waifus. Nah, it's not rude everyone has preferences :) |
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| There is absolute to generally change unless one wishes to virtue signal to the kind of people who don’t even watch anime tbh. Although if someone wants a character with a darker skin tone then they can go right ahead. |
Darek said: Spagem said: Nothing is sexist, nothing is racist, nothing is homophobic and we have to point out how not-___ it is. I'd say being glad of black characters not being there is kinda racist. Not caring about the amount is one thing, the question in the title is another...Lack of diversity =/= racism Half of the world population have dark skin color, and plenty of them are ridiculously rich. They have more than enough manpower and economical resources to create their own content where there won't be evil racist light skinned racists if they want. What is racist is your paternalism. |
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  guess which one easier to draw Anime character isn't white because of race or whatever. They look white because it's the easiest color to apply to |
| I have never liked that Outlaw star's character's design tbh. Not a fan of the over the top hairy ears. In general I don't like Outlaw star character designs. |
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| Jesus, what's wrong with some people on this site? I think this sort of stuff can be kinda stupid to try and apply to media that comes from a country that views race much differently than we do in the west. For the most part, Japanese people view most anime characters as Japanese, and the idea that they're supposed to look white is just a misconception by people here in the West. It's kinda pointless western babbling to try and apply race to the medium of anime and manga tbh. But I do think that it would probably be harder for anime to be popular in the west if it had more dark-skinned characters, because people can be ridiculously close-minded and don't like media that don't reflect them (though this applies more to white people in the west I guess, since most of us brown and black people are pretty used to not having movies and tv really reflect us). I think this also ignores the fact that there are in fact a lot of characters who are portrayed with darker shades of skin as well. |
| They are just appealing to their audiences, they have no requirement to do quotas. |
| Well where is the "I don't care" option? The thing is with such arguments is that they are pretty counter intuitive, I mean doesn't it kinda undermine the whole "Skin Color doesn't matter" argument? These are some fine Ladies indeed. Nyu said: They are just appealing to their audiences, they have no requirement to do quotas. Plus they mostly either take place in Japan or europe (Britain mostly) Where Dark skinned and etc are a Minority, it would be a bit weird if they weren't (unless it has a "plot" reason for it. and when Anime goes towards Countries with for example dark skinned ppl then that country is mostly dark skinned anyway. plus Japan is also a bit Xenophobic. |
Bourmegar said: Well where is the "I don't care" option? The thing is with such arguments is that they are pretty counter intuitive, I mean doesn't it kinda undermine the whole "Skin Color doesn't matter" argument? These are some fine Ladies indeed. Nyu said: They are just appealing to their audiences, they have no requirement to do quotas. Plus they mostly either take place in Japan or europe (Britain mostly) Where Dark skinned and etc are a Minority, it would be a bit weird if they weren't (unless it has a "plot" reason for it. and when Anime goes towards Countries with for example dark skinned ppl then that country is mostly dark skinned anyway. plus Japan is also a bit Xenophobic. This is the best. When they do Europe, they shouldn't show dark skinned, but light skinned, when they do Africa, it makes sense to show dark skinned. Also, Japan isn't xenophobic. |
| OP who's alt are you again......... |
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| Well, the origin of anime is manga and despite the fact that Japanese arent black, its way easier to draw, because shading isnt needed at all.. It would be far more time consuming to draw colored characters. But yearh, there are some popular shows with dark colored MCs, but another question. How do you wanna have a Japan located setup and explain a high number of colored characters? I guess just this answers your question. |
| dark skinned anime girls are hot so i like to see more of them |
| No, cause dark skin is friggin yummy. |
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| "Yes, anime needs to expand horizons and include more people of color in their quota" No offensive to all (this option) voters, but gtfo. |
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Nyu said: Bourmegar said: Well where is the "I don't care" option? The thing is with such arguments is that they are pretty counter intuitive, I mean doesn't it kinda undermine the whole "Skin Color doesn't matter" argument? These are some fine Ladies indeed. Plus they mostly either take place in Japan or europe (Britain mostly) Where Dark skinned and etc are a Minority, it would be a bit weird if they weren't (unless it has a "plot" reason for it. and when Anime goes towards Countries with for example dark skinned ppl then that country is mostly dark skinned anyway. plus Japan is also a bit Xenophobic. This is the best. When they do Europe, they shouldn't show dark skinned, but light skinned, when they do Africa, it makes sense to show dark skinned. Also, Japan isn't xenophobic. They can Show dark skinned ppl in an europian setting, but then it should be a minority in order for the setting to be acurate unless it takes place in for example: certain residential ereas in Amsterdam (where quite a lot of dark skinned live) and Anime does care a lot about the setting. |
Bourmegar said: Nyu said: This is the best. When they do Europe, they shouldn't show dark skinned, but light skinned, when they do Africa, it makes sense to show dark skinned. Also, Japan isn't xenophobic. They can Show dark skinned ppl in an europian setting, but then it should be a minority in order for the setting to be acurate unless it takes place in for example: certain residential ereas in Amsterdam (where quite a lot of dark skinned live) and Anime does care a lot about the setting. Well in that case, they should show light skinned characters in Africa. |
| I don't care about the skin colour of the characters. I only care when I realise that I want to cosplay one day, but there's like no anime character with my skin colour. Other than that? Can't be bothered. |
Well it just makes more sense to show people in their respective lands. |
| I can see where this thread is going... on a side note, this is also bait. |
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Nyu said: Bourmegar said: They can Show dark skinned ppl in an europian setting, but then it should be a minority in order for the setting to be acurate unless it takes place in for example: certain residential ereas in Amsterdam (where quite a lot of dark skinned live) and Anime does care a lot about the setting. Well in that case, they should show light skinned characters in Africa. As long as they are a minority there also yes. |
Nyu said: Well it just makes more sense to show people in their respective lands. They are being portrayed in their respective lands. Or are you conveniently forgetting that most of Northern Africa is made up of light skinned Arabs and white people live in South Africa? Hence making your argument invalid. But to be honest, I’m not surprised you’re the one saying this. |
Minami said: Nyu said: Well it just makes more sense to show people in their respective lands. They are being portrayed in their respective lands. Or are you conveniently forgetting that most of Northern Africa is made up of light skinned Arabs and white people live in South Africa? Hence making your argument invalid. But to be honest, I’m not surprised you’re the one saying this. Are you forgetting that Europeans colonised South Africa. And in Europe, Africans immigrated to Europe. |
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Nyu said: Minami said: They are being portrayed in their respective lands. Or are you conveniently forgetting that most of Northern Africa is made up of light skinned Arabs and white people live in South Africa? Hence making your argument invalid. But to be honest, I’m not surprised you’re the one saying this. Are you forgetting that Europeans colonised South Africa. And in Europe, Africans immigrated to Europe. So what you’re saying is that Africans (or dark skinned people?) shouldn’t be shown in European settings because they immigrated to Europe? Sorry but how does that make sense. The point is that they’re a minority NOW and therefore there’s nothing wrong with showing them in that setting. Anyways, just correct me if I understood you wrong, in the meantime I will sleep seeing as I already have a little amount of hours to sleep left, before my alarm goes off. Edited because my sleepy brain wrote majority instead of minority |
| OP need to add "I don't fucking care" option to the poll. |
Minami said: Nyu said: Are you forgetting that Europeans colonised South Africa. And in Europe, Africans immigrated to Europe. So what you’re saying is that Africans (or dark skinned people?) shouldn’t be shown in European settings because they immigrated to Europe? Sorry but how does that make sense. The point is that they’re a minority NOW and therefore there’s nothing wrong with showing them in that setting. Anyways, just correct me if I understood you wrong, in the meantime I will sleep seeing as I already have a little amount of hours to sleep left, before my alarm goes off. Edited because my sleepy brain wrote majority instead of minority "The point is that they’re a minority NOW" You do know we're not a minority. |
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