Re: why are there so few asian anime characters?

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Jeffo Swarthmore wrote:

> Of course some of the characters are fantasy characters, with super
> powers and green hair. But even the animes with natural looking
> characters very seldom have characters that look like asians.

_Because they look prettier_ (Gail Benjamin's excellent book on Japanese
Lessons_)

Lena

not my view, but pervasive in japan