Japanese anime characters are so vibrant and expressive, so why are Japanese people the opposite?

[thepenmonster]

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...

Daimonji on fire off the shoulder of Higashiyama... I watched yattai glitter in the dark on Nakasu Island.

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain...

Time to be repressed and unexpressive.

[aqua03]

A certified hood classic

[ButterflyEmpress]

I remember this ad! It's barely a commercial. It's like someone recorded their kids' daily lives and slapped a Happy Set logo in the corner

[JoshRaed]

“If anime good and based, why actual asian people so dumb and boring?”

Please reconsider basically everything.

[Stargazer31]

"Wallace and Gromit are great. Why aren't British people really made of plasticine?"
It's a cartoon, it's not necessarily going to be a documentary. And you're really going off presumptions and stereotypes here

[MelancholicOtaku]

So you’re asking why is a group of people not acting like how you want them to act.

You are aware that anime and manga is fictional and every Japanese person any person of any race have their own personalities.

[NickRowler]

Why did you bring back a thread from almost a year ago?

[abigaillmartin]

My mother went to Japan for a religious mission before she married my dad. I talked with her about this and she said that these preconceived notions about the Japanese are absolutely false.

[abigaillmartin]

Okay but this video is amazing. I love it!

[thepenmonster]

Dredging up old drama is easier than getting a short report done.

[SumireHime]

Wow. As a Japanese person, this post is extremely racist. This person needs to reevaluate themselves.

[abigaillmartin]

I agree. We will not stand for this. They need to go outside.

huff

[abigaillmartin]

I am so sorry about Mr. Silver 7’s behavior. Deepest apologies. They need to get a hold of grass.

[SumireHime]

Yeah, agreed. Thank you (: as soon as he started talking about samurai and ninjas I was like, "oh here were go..." If he said that to me irl I'd have been like, "excuse me, come again?" lol

[barakothepirate]

German comics are sloppily drawn? Ohhhhhh, that explains why I have so many German followers on instagram, they see me as one of their own... Yeah I've noticed that Germans tend to have a very loose style of art...

[Lensing]

Here are 3 examples of typical german style comics which
everybody knows here and were popular in the 80s and 90s and
are still popular now.
I was reading those comics too when
I was a kid and then discovered franco/belgian, italian, spanish
and later american and japanese artists and thought that german
artists kind of suck. I didn´t know Heinrich Kley at that time, HK was
an amazing german artist who inspired Walt Disney and a lot of other
great german artists.

[barakothepirate]

Wow, those are some funky artstyles, I like them! Very expressive, especially the top one, way more preferable than the tons of cookie cutter anime style comics today. Although I go for an exaggerated cartoony artstyle as well, and I have yet to learn how to draw properly too, so maybe I'm biased...

[thepenmonster]

No lie, there are some days where I want to draw my stuff in this loose / suggestive way simply because it's how I doodle for fun.

[samconnely]

Those vibrant characters are more about creativity than real-life expression.

[kyupol]

As an Asian (Filipino) we generally have inside and outside face. Other Asian cultures have that similar feature.

It's because family honor and reputation is idolized there and it's the basis of a lot of people's ego.

Therefore we overly watch our conduct and try to appear as approachable and friendly as possible. Even look like weak pushovers sometimes.

But many Westerners especially the ones who have had interactions with our military (joint training, exercises) think that we Filipinos are all expert knife fighters and boxers (thanks Manny Pacquiao).

I was even asked at a workplace if I carry a balisong (butterfly knife) all the time like a cowboy carries a gun all the time...