do you know whats the reason why the Japanese draw an anime character with round big eyes since Japanese?

Question

people has cross eye and small .

Answer 1

It has nothing to do with American eyes or Japanese eyes.

It has to do with a style of art, which you can't just look at the eyes to understand. The art style of Manga and Anime is all about expressing emotion loudly. The entire design is relatively simple, characters are drawn with as few lines as possible so that the expressions they make will become louder by contrast. They have big eyes because we express a lot emotion with our eyes, it is easy to tell if some one is happy or sad or angry by the expressions of their eyes so the eyes need to be big to express that loudly.

When Anime characters are worried they will often have one big bead of sweat on the side of there face, that does not mean Japanese people sweat like that. When a Anime character is angry their teeth might appear all canine like a rapid animal or monster, that does not mean Japanese people have sharp teeth.

In America we invented a similar icon figure that is just a circle and three lines but is uses the same simplistic style to express strong emotions. The "Have a nice day" yellow smiley. =)

Answer 2

Wow, looks like most of you people are stuck on terrible stereotypes.. esspecially this "querious" guy. It depends on the artist, but, Most likely the "big eye trend" started from one the two earliest and most influential artists, Osamu Tesuka (the other most influentiall being Goseki Kojima). Tesuka started drawing big eyes because he was trying to get the animated feel of american cartoons such as Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse, he started drawing exaderated charachters like, his most popular, Astro Boy. Since artists after these two didn't have much else to go by, most became inspired by one of the two (Goseki Kojima's artwork being incredibly detailed and realistic). Now days styles tend to be a hybrid of bith the realistic and the fantastic. A prime example being Cowboy bebob, which mixes a style based in realistic anatomy (the charachters also have smaller and more realistic eyes) that also uses occaisional charachter distortions and exaderrated expressions.
Also, Japanese people don't have "cross eye and small". once again, you're stuck in a stereotype. Just like every other type of person on this earth; their eyes, weight, features, height, skin hue, and personalities varry. The only set features with almost all Japanese people are a natural black hair color and black eyes (the exceptions being albinos or people with hair dye or contacts). I would call you a prejudice biggot for that comment, but many people have the same misconseption.

Answer 3

If we were to go along a line of thinking such as that, then why do we draw cartoons the way we do?

We have 5 digits on our hands, but most of our cartoons have 3.
In a way it may be that they admire some traits in American culture, but it's just as feasible that this is how they separate the animation from reality.

Exaggerated features are just one way they separate the animation from real people.

If you look at our American comics or animation we have our own similar standards.

When one of their characters gets mad or angry, there is usually a large plus shaped symbol around their head.

Here, the character's face usually turns red, like a thermometer building up. (There are a few animes that use this as well, but it was not always the case.)


I'm just not sure why people let it get to them. If you like it, watch it, if you don't ignore it.

Though I still have to say your final comment was a little narrow minded.

Peter Griffin is fat, stupid, and wears glasses, but that doesn't mean all Americans are like that.

I know a majority of them are, but still, not all of them.

Answer 4

It's correct that some Japanese have cross eyes and small. But Japanese is not homogeneous as it claimed. There are many big eyes, thin and tall in Japan. Even in Tokyo you can see them everywhere on the streets. The big important thing is as a Japanese myself, I love girls with big eyes.

Answer 5

That's because Japanese and Chinese people think Americans are a pretty people. Just like we (as least I do) think they are a pretty people. Some Japanese or Chinese have surgery on their eyes so that they look more American.

Answer 6

It started out along time ago back in the 50s as a joke on Americans. they made the characters very foolish to make fun of Americans. this was explained by a writer of manga in a issue of people awhile back

Answer 7

It is a case of envying what you don't have. Asians share similar characteristics so they like round eyes which is not an Asian feature. Some Asian eyes are crossed,most are slanted or angled.Peace.

Answer 8

many people think that they draw the characters to look more americanized because they envy the look we americans have, they mimic in real life our styles and features and looks, so they draw t the same way.

Answer 9

Why do they often have no nose too?

And all the cartoons look identical?

What's up with the neon color spiked hair?

And when they are angry they make a face like they are stuck on a toilet too long.

Answer 10

They Americanize their drawings, by giving them rounder eyes.