But to the Japanese the Default Human Being is Japanese! So they feel no need to make their characters “look Asian”. Why? Because to them white is the Default Human Being.Īmericans apply this thinking to Japanese drawings. It is Americans who think they are white. The Japanese see anime characters as being Japanese. Why do the Japanese draw themselves as white? You see that especially in manga and anime.Īs it turns out, that is an American opinion, not a Japanese one. There is a really nice article written about this on thesocietypages and as stated there: Just like stated in his comment, for the Japanese people, their characters do look Asian.
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