Ive heard this before but I dont know how true it is!
CRIMS0N-M00N on
I don’t think this is true. They just have simplified facial features for cuteness, the lack of nose really adds to the cuteness. I don’t think it was intentionally based on a cat.
BlackRabbit2011 on
It’s either a cat a bunny or sometimes a squirrel
SzaraMateria on
it is utter bs. History of bishojou character design comes from 1970’s-80’s shoujo mangas. Zero cats mentioned.
These examples also prove nothing. Yui has bigger eyes, more up-pointing nose and completely different chin. Drawing under it is also heavily exaugurated. Head is bigger compared to cat’s to match with bigger eyes. If the head was smaller (matching cat’s head) I imagine the character would look rather ridiculous.
Tatzya-jp-trance on
Flat face and neoteny.
Anime characters don’t look human but Asian is the most close to.
Lugal01 on
Japanese manga evolves from ancient Uki-yoei arts, then Katsushika Hokusai’s style from Edo period.
After that, Ozamu Tezuka, the godfather of manga, took an inspiration from western cartoon and created a modern manga style.
It continues evolving. In 2000s, mangakas adopted ‘moe’ style, which evolved from ‘bishoujo’ style in 80-90s. This style often simplified human’s face yet the body is anatomically correct. The design urges the viewers to ‘protect’, for it is very similar to a baby, or a very young kid.
Edit: If you want a clear example to moe style, look no further than CSM Reze…
Bl00dWolf on
That’s not true. The modern anime artstyle is an evolution of the art style used by Osamu Tezuke in the 1960s, which itself was based on Disney cartoons of the time. It’s just that as time went on it evolved towards making the characters more and more cute by making the eyes larger and more expressive and making other facial features simpler and smaller.
As it happens to be, the features we associate with cuteness also happen to be the kind of features cats, babies and variety of other animals possess.
Gaident on
New shit has come to light
Sepulcher18 on
Nyo way
GrinningGrump on
I knew there was a reason why I find anime characters cute!
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Ive heard this before but I dont know how true it is!
I don’t think this is true. They just have simplified facial features for cuteness, the lack of nose really adds to the cuteness. I don’t think it was intentionally based on a cat.
It’s either a cat a bunny or sometimes a squirrel
it is utter bs. History of bishojou character design comes from 1970’s-80’s shoujo mangas. Zero cats mentioned.
These examples also prove nothing. Yui has bigger eyes, more up-pointing nose and completely different chin. Drawing under it is also heavily exaugurated. Head is bigger compared to cat’s to match with bigger eyes. If the head was smaller (matching cat’s head) I imagine the character would look rather ridiculous.
Flat face and neoteny.
Anime characters don’t look human but Asian is the most close to.
Japanese manga evolves from ancient Uki-yoei arts, then Katsushika Hokusai’s style from Edo period.
After that, Ozamu Tezuka, the godfather of manga, took an inspiration from western cartoon and created a modern manga style.
It continues evolving. In 2000s, mangakas adopted ‘moe’ style, which evolved from ‘bishoujo’ style in 80-90s. This style often simplified human’s face yet the body is anatomically correct. The design urges the viewers to ‘protect’, for it is very similar to a baby, or a very young kid.
Edit: If you want a clear example to moe style, look no further than CSM Reze…
That’s not true. The modern anime artstyle is an evolution of the art style used by Osamu Tezuke in the 1960s, which itself was based on Disney cartoons of the time. It’s just that as time went on it evolved towards making the characters more and more cute by making the eyes larger and more expressive and making other facial features simpler and smaller.
As it happens to be, the features we associate with cuteness also happen to be the kind of features cats, babies and variety of other animals possess.
New shit has come to light
Nyo way
I knew there was a reason why I find anime characters cute!