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<blockquote data-quote="EzraIsShy76028" data-source="post: 29444" data-attributes="member: 205">TL;DR At the bottom. It&#039;s somewhat hard to describe in a way that makes sense, but a lot of anime characters have this sort of &quot;innocence&quot; and &quot;purity&quot; that Western animated and live action characters just simply don&#039;t. Not sure exactly why I feel this way. Maybe Western animated characters just have designs that are too simple for me to take seriously. Like eyes that are just white circles with black dots in the middle, or having only four fingers. And for live action characters maybe I see them as more the actor portraying them than the actual character. Bad live action acting can also completely take me out of the story. But anime characters...they generally look way more complex than Western cartoons, though at the same time they&#039;re generally a far cry from real live action actors. But it&#039;s like anime characters are the perfect middle. Complex enough to take them seriously, but also stylized enough to look different from real actors. And anime characters seem to be sort of a combination of a general human figure but also having the traits of human babies/kittens/puppies. It&#039;s probably mainly all in the eyes, which all those three categories share. Kittens even more so though, as kittens have smaller noses and smaller mouths (when closed at least) which are very similar to anime characters. All in all, all of these things combined make me feel REALLY bad when something bad happens to the anime characters. With Western animated and live action characters it&#039;s usually just sort of &quot;meh,&quot; but with anime characters I genuinely wanna protect them and not see anything bad happen to them.&nbsp; Not to say that I straight up like anime better than Western animation and live action. I like all three about equally. But in terms of the protective vibe I only get it from anime. I will mention though it&#039;s more or less a &quot;flaw&quot; how the vast majority of anime characters tend to all kind of look the same. You can argue that &quot;the perfect design doesn&#039;t need to be changed, no need to change what&#039;s already perfect,&quot; but variety is always nice. TL;DR It&#039;s kind of hard to put into words, but I guess it&#039;s a combination of how Western animated characters look too simple for me to feel true empathy, and how for live action characters I tend to see them as more the actor than the character. Also most anime characters tend to have adorable puppy eyes, and I feel really bad when something bad happens to them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzraIsShy76028, post: 29444, member: 205"] TL;DR At the bottom. It's somewhat hard to describe in a way that makes sense, but a lot of anime characters have this sort of "innocence" and "purity" that Western animated and live action characters just simply don't. Not sure exactly why I feel this way. Maybe Western animated characters just have designs that are too simple for me to take seriously. Like eyes that are just white circles with black dots in the middle, or having only four fingers. And for live action characters maybe I see them as more the actor portraying them than the actual character. Bad live action acting can also completely take me out of the story. But anime characters...they generally look way more complex than Western cartoons, though at the same time they're generally a far cry from real live action actors. But it's like anime characters are the perfect middle. Complex enough to take them seriously, but also stylized enough to look different from real actors. And anime characters seem to be sort of a combination of a general human figure but also having the traits of human babies/kittens/puppies. It's probably mainly all in the eyes, which all those three categories share. Kittens even more so though, as kittens have smaller noses and smaller mouths (when closed at least) which are very similar to anime characters. All in all, all of these things combined make me feel [B]REALLY [/B]bad when something bad happens to the anime characters. With Western animated and live action characters it's usually just sort of "meh," but with anime characters I genuinely wanna protect them and not see anything bad happen to them. Not to say that I straight up like anime better than Western animation and live action. I like all three about equally. But in terms of the protective vibe I only get it from anime. I will mention though it's more or less a "flaw" how the vast majority of anime characters tend to all kind of look the same. You can argue that "the perfect design doesn't need to be changed, no need to change what's already perfect," but variety is always nice. TL;DR It's kind of hard to put into words, but I guess it's a combination of how Western animated characters look too simple for me to feel true empathy, and how for live action characters I tend to see them as more the actor than the character. Also most anime characters tend to have adorable puppy eyes, and I feel really bad when something bad happens to them. [/QUOTE]

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