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A question I have about Japanese cartoons

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A question I have about Japanese cartoons
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A question I have about Japanese cartoons
January 6, 2018 at 11:55 pm
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These are characters from the Japanese cartoons Dragon Ball Z and Cardcaptor Sakura. 

My question: Why is it that these characters always have such big eyes when the Japanese have such small eyes. 

PS: This is not a racist post; I'm not saying or implying that the Japanese are unattractive. Quite the opposite, actually Wink
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RE: A question I have about Japanese cartoons
January 7, 2018 at 12:01 am
Wikipedia Wrote:A common anime character design convention is exaggerated eye size. The animation of characters with large eyes in anime can be traced back to Osamu Tezuka, who was deeply influenced by such early animation characters as Betty Boop, who was drawn with disproportionately large eyes.
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RE: A question I have about Japanese cartoons
January 7, 2018 at 12:03 am
Oh and one more thing with Anime....there are a lot of extremely suggestive undertones that adults will get but kids won't.
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RE: A question I have about Japanese cartoons
January 7, 2018 at 6:49 am
Unless that kid is a Japanese school girl.
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RE: A question I have about Japanese cartoons
January 7, 2018 at 8:39 am
It's not just cartoons, you see it in art and toys also. Is a human attraction to what is described as the "neonate eye".
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RE: A question I have about Japanese cartoons
January 7, 2018 at 8:49 am
Oh.  I thought the question about Japanese cartoons was going to be, 'Why do they suck?'

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RE: A question I have about Japanese cartoons
January 7, 2018 at 8:51 am (This post was last modified: January 7, 2018 at 8:53 am by purplepurpose.)



(January 7, 2018 at 8:49 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Oh.  I thought the question about Japanese cartoons was going to be, 'Why do they suck?'

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RE: A question I have about Japanese cartoons
January 7, 2018 at 8:55 am
Cartoons are cartoons, the cultists notwithstanding.
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RE: A question I have about Japanese cartoons
January 7, 2018 at 9:09 am
(January 7, 2018 at 8:51 am)purplepurpose Wrote:


(January 7, 2018 at 8:49 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Oh.  I thought the question about Japanese cartoons was going to be, 'Why do they suck?'

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Fair enough.  I'll amend my original comment to:  '...'Why do they suck, and why are the people who defend them paragons of suckiness?'

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RE: A question I have about Japanese cartoons
January 7, 2018 at 10:30 am
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