>>> LOL, All the manga and anime I have seen is about Japanese people and extreme violence.Originally Posted by FFX_fanatiq
>>> LOL, All the manga and anime I have seen is about Japanese people and extreme violence.
>> The black orb glitters ominously... but nothing happens..
Most anime is about japanese.
The hair color and all that is just because they're cartoons.
I watch anime, read manga, and watch Japanese TV shows all the time. I can't even think of one that's set in another country or are about foriegn characters, other than stuff that doesn't take place in reality.
the funniest anime ive watched has to be the Jubei Chan series.
You mean MAHOOSIVE MECHS that fly into space arent real?!?!?!?!?!?!? :O! i've been lied to!!!
Making a slow come back since 2008
Yea but im not talking hair color im talking about facial appearance, most of the anime i watch they have very round eyes and don't look too short either.
The Future Is Inevitable
a nice Anime movie is Vampire Hunter D *rents from video shop*
i want watch anime, but....i don't get the time..or cant be bothered finding some.
Anime on Wikipedia
Note specifically:
The "large eyes" style
Large, saucer-like eyes are a striking and common feature of anime characters. This is mainly due to the influence of Osamu Tezuka, who was inspired by the exaggerated features of Western cartoon characters such as Betty Boop and Mickey Mouse and from Disney's Bambi. Tezuka found that large eyes allowed his characters to better express their emotions. Some Western audiences have interpreted such stylized eyes as more Caucasian. Cultural anthropologist Matt Thorn argues that Japanese animators and audiences do not perceive them as inherently more or less foreign. [1]
When he began drawing Ribbon no Kishi, the first manga specifically targeted at young girls, Tezuka further exaggerated the size of the characters' eyes. Indeed, through Ribbon no Kishi, Tezuka set a stylistic template that later shōjo artists tended to follow.
Another variation of this style is "chibi" or "super-deformed"; which usually feature huge eyes, an enlarged head, and small body.
Its rare, but it does happen. Read or Die tv series, manga, and OVA all take place in other places besides japan such as East India, New York, Washington DC, China, And the whole series focuses on a anonymous agency that is based in England.
I would say mainipulation of paper and crap like that falls too far outside of reality.
Noir is an anime that I can think of that the visit Japan once and only for a few episodes. Other than that it takes place mostly in Europe(France and Italy mostly).
So what race DOES have eyes this round?
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Half of <a href="http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,290,kjccvj,noir.html">Noir</a>, if not more, takes place in Paris or in the South of France. Kenshin takes place in Japan (ok, far in the past, but that's about real events that took place then). Huckleberry Finn takes place in Mississippi (ok, it's in the past too). There are more, but it's true that when it takes place "in reality", it's often an adaptation of books.
And then there is Death
I didn't mean outside of reality as in giant mechs; I meant in location. Like most take place in Japan with their giant mechs, as opposed to Fufulalamojoland.
I haven't seen Read or Die or Noir though. Even though I have bootleg copies. Are the main characters Japanese though? That's what I was getting at. Like, Ai Yori Aoishi, for example. It's in Japan, and all the characters are Japanese, except an American chick, who just happens to be loud and obnoxious.
...Huckleberry Finn is an anime?
The three main characters of Noir are French (Mireille), "undetermined yet European" (France, Spain or Italy for Chloé), and "undetermined yet has Japanese papers/name" (Kirika).
And then there is Death
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