Why are Japanese Anime Always Wear Western Face Standards?

Anime characters have hair and eyes like the color of the rainbow (variety), and they do not look like Japanese society in general, and various anime characters, is based on Japanese standards of beauty, such as the Supermodel from the West.

A Japanese forum taking a samples of the Caucasian skulls (west) and the Asian skulls, and compare the structure of the face between the Caucasian girl and a Japanese girl, and they also display an image face of K-ON character, Yui Hirasawa's face when using the Japanese standard, which is not as cute when wearing the the Caucasian standard, therefore a lot of Japanese anime characters always wear the face of western standards.

But I think, that about cosplay. Certainly, Asian faces (especially the Japanese people) is most suitable with anime characters.

So, what do you think?

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Poll: Anime Character Would You Like to Give Chocolate on Valentine's Day

Livedoor site has just posted a poll about "Anime Character would you like to give chocolate on Valentine's Day"

The following results :

For Male Anime Character

1. Gintoki Sakata - Gintama
2. Monkey D Luffy - One Piece
3. Roronoa Zoro - One Piece
4. Toshiro Hijikata- Gintama
5. Hibari Kyouya - Hitman REBORN!

For Female Anime Character

1. Mio Akiyama - K-on!
2. Azusa Nakano - K-on!
3. Yui Hirasawa - K-on!
4. Mikoto Misaka - A Certain Scientific Railgun
5. Sheryl Nome - Macross Frontier

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Poll: In terms of what the Japanese Otaku choosing Anime?

A blog in Japan doing a poll, about "In terms of what you choose to watch Anime?"
Apparently, moe character is not the most important choices in selecting anime, and the following is the sequence of the reasons they chose the anime :

1. Story [506]
2. Chara [342]
3. Seiyuu [335]
4. Design [265]
5. Theme songs, background music [146)
6. Animation [124]
7. Direction [100]
8. Jokes [94]
9. Images [91]
10. Moe [64]
11. Production Staff [63]
12. Battles Scene, Confrontations [57]
13. Setting [56]
14. Staff [55]
15. Motion 15]
16. Love between guy and girl, Romance  [41]
17. Backgrounds [40]
18. Broadcast timing [39]
19. Coloring [34]
20. Reputation [33]
21. Girls love [30]
22. Robots [25]
23. Broadcast channel [25]
24. Sound effects [23]
25. High tension [22]
26. Tsundere [21]
27. Boys love [20]
28. Sales [19]
29. Mecha [18]

Source : biglobe.jp

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Cool Naruto Shippuden Papercraft

How to make it :

1. Click on the picture you want to get the full screen version.
2. Right click and save it, or you can save it by clicking ctrl+s
3. And then print it.
4. You should use a thick paper.
5. Cut according to the shape, fold and glue it.

Naruto

Sasuke (2 Template)

Sai

Madara (2 Templates)

Guy

Deidara Bird

visit http://animepapertoys.blogspot.com for more images.

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The Real Suzumiya Haruhi's School

"Nishinomiya Hyogo Kenritsu Kita High School" is a school that became the background of this popular anime, almost all the settings on the school site are based on almamater school of novelist Nagaru Tanigawa, the Suzumiya Haruhi novel creator.

Now, the school are strongly warned the people not to break the school property, or they forcibly entered the area, the violation would be charged as a crime.

This is about intended to prevent the otaku make their pilgrimage to the Haruhi's school.

Take pictures from the outside area of the schools are still allowed, but it was not allowed to enter.

But I think for most otaku's especially the Haruhisme, pilgrimage to there will undoubtedly be regarded as a necessary and an obligatory ritual.

Here are some comparison images that exist in the anime and the actual school.

CLICK TO ENLARGE

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Irisviel von Einzbern Figure Art

MaxFactory has announced on their recent work and the preorder for the figma figure of Irisviel von Einzbern, wife of Kiritsugu Emiya in Fate/Zero anime. It will be scheduled for release in May.

The price will be around 3,000 yen. If you are interested to have this Figure, you can order it at HobbyLink Japan, Hobby Search, and CDJapan.

Maybe the price is quite expensive, but the expression of this figure is well suited to be used as decoration in your room.

It's comes with three expressions :

1. A standard expression
2. A confident looking gaze
3. A gentle smiling expression with closed eyes.

It's also comes with a wire bird that she used in her confrontation with Kirei Kotomine.

images from alafista

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AKB0048 Seiyuu's

After the audition at the end of last year, finally decided that Ishida Haruka, Karen Iwata, Sato Amina, Sumire Sato, Sayaka Nagaya, and Watanabe Mayu from AKB48, Hata Sawako and Kumi of SKE48 Yagami, and Mita Mao of NMB48, they were all elected to be seiyuu of anime AKB0048 as nine main characters.
Apart from being the voice / seiyuu, they will also bring the soundtrack of this anime.
The show time has not been announced yet.

The following is the name of a member of AKB48 and the characters they play :

1. Aida Orine – Nakaya Sayaka (AKB48 Team A)
2. Ichijo Yuka – Sato Amina (AKB48 Team B)
3. Kanzaki Suzuko – Hata Sawako (SKE48 Team KII)
4. Kishida Mimori – Sato Sumire (AKB48 Team B)
5. Shinonome Kanata – Ishida Haruka (AKB48 Team B)
6. Shinonome Sonata – Yagami Kumi (SKE48 Team S)
7. Sono Chieri – Watanabe Mayu (AKB48 Team B)
8. Motomiya Nagisa – Iwata Karen (AKB48 Research Student)
9. Yokomizo Makoto – Mita Mao (NMB48 Team M)

credit : jepanghariini

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Cool Anime Tattooes

credit : jepanghariini

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One Piece New World Movie : Luffy's Strongest Enemy Appears

Last November, the One Piece Movie, Straw Hat latest adventure around the New World, was the new green lit. It has recently been shown that Monkey D Luffy will face a very formidable opponent!

Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates must fight their strongest enemies  yet, a man name Z, Toei officials adding that the man has become his most powerful enemy Luffy . The movie will feature heroic fight between Luffy and Z.

"Soon to be titled" One Piece Movie will be directed by Tatsuya Nagamine (One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta) , and will airing in December. Eiichiro Oda himself will see the production for the film as its executive producer.

New World  manga was launched in October 2010 last year was just started in anime last October. There haven't been any One Piece featured film since 2009's Strong World, breaking their current nine consecutive movies.

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