Re: why are there so few asian anime characters?

Lena B Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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_)

Also for the widely-reported fact that to the Japanese, they do look
like them.  Apparently the style is iconic enough that unless you're
from Darkest Africa or some such, that it doesn't matter where you're
from, it looks like you.

-=Eric
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