2013-04-21, 22:48 | Link #143 |
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A Chinese male/female character is almost guaranteed to wear qipao or other traditional Chinese clothing. Personally, as a Chinese, I don't ever wear that except during the festive season. This is kind of hilarious, but I do understand the reason behind this. Seeing as how Chinese, Koreans and Japanese are often lumped together, the only way to distinguish clearly is for the Chinese characters to wear traditional clothing.
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2013-04-21, 23:08 | Link #144 | |
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I remember watching years ago the final episode of (sorry, but at the time we though it was good watching) Beyblade when all Russians -- including the competitors -- are depicted as cold and unfriendly towards the Japanese.
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2013-04-22, 01:06 | Link #145 | |
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2013-04-22, 18:47 | Link #147 | |
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You can look at shows like Monster or Psycho-Pass to see how other nationalities will look if the character designer went for a feature-based approach. It should be pretty clear that most anime are purposefully staying away from this effect.
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2013-04-24, 00:33 | Link #148 | |
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But seriously, for once, can a Chinese girl not know kung fu of any kind? The only ones that I can think of that don't fall into stereotypes are Revy from Black Lagoon and Mellisa Mao from FMP. |
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2013-04-24, 03:55 | Link #150 | |
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And the official Chinese girl, Shenhua, does in fact use martial arts, stereotypical clothing, and complete with "Chinglish" (per Revy) lol. Heck Black Lagoon is like a collection of the most absurdly stereotyped characters possible, but in a badass way. No one can hate a Chow Yun-fat clone!
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2013-04-24, 23:11 | Link #152 | |
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2013-04-25, 00:54 | Link #154 |
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Tbh, every time I hear the whole "Japanese animation are full of foreign stereotypes!" argument, I have to shake my head and think "yeah because Simpsons and South Park are so clean of those. OH WAIT. They're even worse!"
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2013-04-25, 08:18 | Link #155 |
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Well satirical shows are another issue, that's something to be expected from them.
But in general I think almost all cartoons show stereotyped characters of course, not just anime. That's because more often than not when they throw into the mix a foreign character is because they want to add "flavor" and "variety" to the cast, and what's the point if they act and look like everyone else?
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