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minus-squareragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·1 year agoWishes to be Asian Post picture of anime girl, an art style that is highly stylized but somewhat generic in terms of ethnic identity markers
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·1 year agoYou’re right. Anime characters don’t really look too much Like any specific ethnicity most of the time. I wonder if that’s part of the appeal
minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.worksdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 year agoIt 100% is. Like one of the best aspects of non descript stylization is self insertation!
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoA blank canvas that’s still cute
minus-squareZkhqrD5o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoThere are some animes which have very clear and distinct racial markers. Perfect blue or Akira for example. Edit: But now that I think about it, I agree with you, most of them are actually very nondescript.
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThe more abstract moéblob stuff is the most ethnically ambiguous. Skin tone is the most explicit you get
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoeven then i feel like anime skin tends to be either so white you worry about their blood cell count, or the most unspecific shade of brown imaginable.
minus-squareragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI think it’s just a byproduct of animation. The simpsons don’t necessarily look like any specific ethnicity either
Wishes to be Asian
Post picture of anime girl, an art style that is highly stylized but somewhat generic in terms of ethnic identity markers
You’re right. Anime characters don’t really look too much Like any specific ethnicity most of the time. I wonder if that’s part of the appeal
It 100% is. Like one of the best aspects of non descript stylization is self insertation!
A blank canvas that’s still cute
There are some animes which have very clear and distinct racial markers. Perfect blue or Akira for example.
Edit: But now that I think about it, I agree with you, most of them are actually very nondescript.
The more abstract moéblob stuff is the most ethnically ambiguous. Skin tone is the most explicit you get
even then i feel like anime skin tends to be either so white you worry about their blood cell count, or the most unspecific shade of brown imaginable.
I think it’s just a byproduct of animation. The simpsons don’t necessarily look like any specific ethnicity either
Yellow… 🤤🤤🤤