Odd Question

s8Riot · Post by **s8Riot** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 11:30 pm

Most of Hayao Miyazaki's characters are drawn to look Japanese. Take Spirited Away, for example. Or Mononoke Hime. By drawing them to look Japanese, it establishes a cultural existence. SA and MH take place in Japan and reflect Japanese traditions, so the artform must do the same.

Art style adapts to the storyline/setting in most cases. And it's true that a good majority of anime does not have Japan as its setting. Take Gundam, for example. Occurs in outer space and in various locations on Earth. So the character designs depict a wide array of cultural differences.

Flame Sage · Post by **Flame Sage** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 4:39 pm

Yeah i guess...
heh wait till I tell meh sister that no one (or very few people) care about japan (even though I live in flordia)

Wavemaster Minka · Post by **Wavemaster Minka** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 10:56 pm

Mostly, big eyes were inspired by Mickey Mouse(Hey, it's true.).

s8Riot · Post by **s8Riot** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:15 pm

Wavemaster Minka wrote:Mostly, big eyes were inspired by Mickey Mouse(Hey, it's true.).

I believe I heard the same thing from a "History of Animation" program on TV not too long ago. I can't remember if it was on teh BRAVO channel or something else.

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:23 pm

Actually, Mickey mouse's eyes used to be just like pac man. O.o;;; I think you mean Betty Boop.

Seagret · Post by **Seagret** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:25 pm

That's the thing about inspiration, though. It can take things in completely different directions, for no good reason at all.

the hero of Mata-Nui · Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:26 pm

go drink out of a penis you mother fuc ker

Bear · Post by **Bear** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:48 pm

Pay no attention to that last post; I'm leaving this thread open because there hasn't been any other trouble, and that post needs to stay there for his ISP to see.

Invisible Egg! · Post by **Invisible Egg!** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:43 pm

Japanese animation was influenced heavily by Betty Boop (as previously mentioned

) and early Disney cartoons. I'm not sure about Mickey Mouse in particular, but films like Snow White were a source of inspiration for anime. "Big eyes, small mouth."

Although the animated characters usually appear otherwise, they're intended to represent Japanese people.

Wavemaster Minka · Post by **Wavemaster Minka** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:35 am

Heh, after I got offline I realized I should have written Betty Boop, too....

Fox-1 · Post by **Fox-1** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:21 pm

Hmmm.... I always thought that the big eyes were inspired by Bambi...at least that's what I was told...

Robby-san · Post by **Robby-san** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 12:24 pm

Bambi is a Disny movie but, how could anime be based off of a movie with no humans in it? Yes, there are creatures in anime but most of the time they're not real animals. Im not gonna be able to walk outside and find a flying hotsprings turtle.

Kamoora · Post by **Kamoora** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 5:41 pm

In some anime some of the more ignorant and rude characters look more American because they are based off Americans. For a long time the Japanese people thought of Americans as mean ignorant people and therefore the charaters that weren't expected to be liked because of their attitueds ended up looking like Americans.

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 5:50 pm

Kamoora wrote:In some anime some of the more ignorant and rude characters look more American because they are based off Americans. For a long time the Japanese people thought of Americans as mean ignorant people and therefore the charaters that weren't expected to be liked because of their attitueds ended up looking like Americans.

So forth & out of the Mist Cid from FFVII was born.
It's true that they always draw Americans ruggid(sp?) & rude. It's quite amusing. XD

Spike Spiegal · Post by **Spike Spiegal** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 8:19 pm

Is there a Cid in every final fantasy game? sorry this is off topic... Â¬.Â¬