Re: why are there so few asian anime characters?

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Eric Schwartz wrote:

> Lena B Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Eric Schwartz wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> > ... not according to Dr. Benjamin.  plz cite reputable sources.
>
> Who the fuck is Dr. Benjamin?  Anyway, some Asians have reported this
> as well, see:

Cultural Anthropologist at the University of Pittsburgh (i.e. the Lady who
wrote Japanese Lessons... reachable at [EMAIL PROTECTED])

> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>
> and tons of other threads on this very topic on this newsgroup,
> rec.arts.anime (before there was a .misc), and soc.culture.japan, plus
> a few conversations I had with some native Japanese when I was in
> Japan last (Oct. 2001).  It's conventional wisdom around here more or
> less for that reason.

{{reputable sources accepted}}

**pounces on crow**

Lena

yes, sometimes I do post things just to be proven wrong-nyo.