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Chrizy
Joined: 30 Aug 2018
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 Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 3:37 am
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| SilverTalon01 wrote: | | I could completely understand non-anime fans having issues with this because the optics definitely look pretty bad, but I'm a little shocked people on an anime website are so up in arms over this. Oh no, anime art has skin lighter than real life... and the sky is blue. Look at the anime versions of the two athletes compared to the two prince of tennis characters, who I believe are Japanese, and you can see that the athletes actually do have darker skin than usual for that art. This does mirror their skin being darker than average for Japan. Is it an accurate portrayal? Hell no, not even close. However anime art has been 'white washing' characters for forever since a significant portion of Japanese characters are drawn much more pale than in reality. |
I know right? Seriously it's fun to see pissed people ranting.
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teferi
Joined: 16 May 2006
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:45 am
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| SilverTalon01 wrote: | | I could completely understand non-anime fans having issues with this because the optics definitely look pretty bad, but I'm a little shocked people on an anime website are so up in arms over this. Oh no, anime art has skin lighter than real life... and the sky is blue. Look at the anime versions of the two athletes compared to the two prince of tennis characters, who I believe are Japanese, and you can see that the athletes actually do have darker skin than usual for that art. This does mirror their skin being darker than average for Japan. Is it an accurate portrayal? Hell no, not even close. However anime art has been 'white washing' characters for forever since a significant portion of Japanese characters are drawn much more pale than in reality. |
Yeah, idk how you scroll by something like this and still feign outrage. Ayame looks so pale she should go see a doctor about it.
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SilverTalon01
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:22 am
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| teferi wrote: | | Yeah, idk how you scroll by something like this and still feign outrage. Ayame looks so pale she should go see a doctor about it. |
Funny you posted that. When I read the comment above yours, it was right next to that image from the answerman column, and I was thinking the same thing. That girl is suppose to be Japanese, but she is more white than American cartoons draw their white characters. Using the same criteria that makes the Nissen ad white washed, this would be white washed as well. I'm just baffled as to how someone can stick around as an anime fan if they find 'white washing' by lightening/whitening skin tones to be so offensive.
The reaction this ad got from everyone else should have been seen coming. I wonder if Nissen just expected Japan not to care and then got shockingly huge backlash from the international community over it. Something like this is obviously not acceptable in the modern political climate of the US, but they may not consider how things will look internationally (maybe they will after this).
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enurtsol
Joined: 01 May 2007
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:22 am
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This'll make sense if other Haitians (Naomi Osaka is half-Haitian - her tan-ness comes from that side) or other tan people would be drawn the same way.
If other tan people are drawn the same way, then fine.
So keep an eye out for how other tan people are drawn.
I think that's fair way.
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gacha
Joined: 03 Mar 2018
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:21 am
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| gacha wrote: | | Silly oversensitive world strikes again. Hilarious. |
It doesn't hurt to be told you need to be more accurate in terms of skin color. If your attempting to portray a darker skin person but use the typical skin tone seen in most anime, being told "your off the mark" shouldn't be be wrong. I mean, which is more oversensitive? Being told you got something wrong and thus, getting offended by being told that, or a person feeling the need to correct you? |
Definitely feeling the need to throw a scandal because of something like this.
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