Re: why are there so few asian anime characters?

"Eric Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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.

This explanation sounds more plausible, since I can't
see why they would find non-asian drawings cuter than
asian ones.
(But who knows, self-loathing goes very deep in the
human race)

- NightRaven