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Anime's tendency to portray Americans as Aryans.

ChagenChagen
edited 2011-07-25 20:19:50 in Media
[tɕagɛn]
What is it with anime portraying all Americans as blond-haired and blue-eyed? I mean, I think blond chicks are hot but holy christ it's ridiculous.

Comments

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    lol, small reference pools
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    It makes them look really non-Japanese.
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    The same with Western works portraying all asian as short,slain eyed and with short black hair
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2011-07-25 20:22:01
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    ^ But then they make them part-Japanese anyway, so we have no idea what they want.
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    To date, I have seen maybe one well-drawn black character in anime outside of Samurai Champloo.
  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2011-07-25 20:22:33
    ^^^^ Pretty much that.

    Actually, it's not so much Americans getting portrayed that way, as it is pretty much all non-Asians.  Since blond hair and blue eyes are, well, very not Japanese.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Black Lagoon.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    edited 2011-07-25 20:23:09
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^^^Most people in Japan have only seen black people in American movies.

    You'd think they could use a reference or something, though...
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!

  • AHRAHR
    edited 2011-07-25 20:24:19
    Naruto is pretty good with black people.


    Um...artistically...speaking.
  • DYREDYRE
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Black Lagoon.

    Again.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    There are three major characters in Eureka Seven who are black.  They're drawn pretty well.
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    Care to explain,Chagen,for people who haven't seen Black Lagoon?
  • CrimsonCrimson
    edited 2011-07-25 20:29:24
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    Americans? Try westerners in general.

    *Recalls Darker than Black's three British characters being two Aryans and a black woman.*
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    I'M A BLACK, RUSSIAN, SUSHI CHEF! THEY GOT MORE OF ************** THAN THEY GOT THE LIKES OF ME!

    Yes, I just watched the first three episodes of Durarara!! why do you ask?
  • NyktosNyktos
    edited 2011-07-25 20:32:16
    a little muffled
    Claudia from Macross is a pretty good example of a realistically-drawn (or no less so than anyone else) black character in anime. Also the show she's from is almost thirty years old; I don't really get how other shows are still having such a problem with this...

    @Neo_Crimson: August from the second season isn't Aryan-looking, but you forget Decade, who is.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Japan East Asia in general is one of the most horribly racist places on Earth.
  • vacasamavacasama
    Woki mit deim Popo.
    I recall that nationality is the same thing as race to the Japanese POV.  Something like an Indian born and raised in the UK can call him/herself as British will be a mind fuck to a Japanese person that never considered the term "British" more general than a national stereotype.
  • StormtroperStormtroper
    I recall that nationality is the same thing as race to the Japanese POV.

    Funny you say that, I get that impression from foreigners everywhere (those on the internet, anyway).
  • All NinesAll Nines
    edited 2011-07-25 23:47:34
    Has friends besides tanks now
    Never mind. That was obnoxious.
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