Portrayal of Americans in anime?
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How do you think anime portrays most Americans? Do you think it's mostly an accurate portrayal, or based on stereotypic views? Obviously answers are going to vary along with the genre of anime.
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Militaristic.
Refer to: Guile from Street Fighter, Lt. Surge from Pokemon.
Probably because it is American troops who still have bases in Japan today.
Refer to: Guile from Street Fighter, Lt. Surge from Pokemon.
Probably because it is American troops who still have bases in Japan today.
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Lughost
the Lugoat
I go with stereotypical to militaristic. It saddens me a little bit but it's just what happens when an attempt is made at portraying another people different from the intended audience/country of origin.
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I have also seen them as protested as rich and snobby. And bitchy if female.
Take B Gata H Kei. And other slice of life's.
Take B Gata H Kei. And other slice of life's.
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Really? From what I've watched I think were portayed as the more " Loud and Friendly " type. The guy in the middle of the bar with two girls in his arms and buying rounds for the whole place, Kinda style.
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Well from what I read, Americans in Japan are kinda like Japanese here. We find each other hot for some reason. At least, the women find Americans exotic.
Bandit Keith from YuGiOh is probably the most American guy you could get. AND he's blond!
Speaking of which, I'd argue Americans are often portrayed as patriotic, something wearing their flag.
Bandit Keith from YuGiOh is probably the most American guy you could get. AND he's blond!
Speaking of which, I'd argue Americans are often portrayed as patriotic, something wearing their flag.
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The japanese portrayal of Americans in animes/mangas is actually still pretty flattering. The Europeans tend to see Americans as bossy, violent and endlessly stupid. Sometimes also ignorant of the rest of the world.
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Lishy1 wrote...
Well from what I read, Americans in Japan are kinda like Japanese here. We find each other hot for some reason. At least, the women find Americans exotic.Bandit Keith from YuGiOh is probably the most American guy you could get. AND he's blond!
Speaking of which, I'd argue Americans are often portrayed as patriotic, something wearing their flag.
Bandit Keith's Canadian.
Well, most anime characters are already "cant remember that term but it means that there is no distinct feature separating the races" So to make it blatantly obvious that someone's not American or speaks English they have to exaggerate certain features. I think Black Lagoon's portrayal of Americans are pretty accurate.
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i dunno but when i notice a foreigner in anime he's (most of the time) avoided XD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kn2ogbiOuk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kn2ogbiOuk
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Sure its stereotyped but really I see nothing wrong with it. It probably made us look bad in how they portrayed Americans in ep 23 of Samurai Champloo but hell back in the old days really there wasn't much good about us when it came to going to another country. Really if feels like they are using the german stereotype o.o Blond and blue eyes or so. Blond hair seems to be the universal color for a foreigner since really they are all dark haired in Japan
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zeroniv_legend wrote...
gizgal wrote...
Military, fat, or giant chests. Or just loud and proud. Or wannabe otaku.
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Flaser
OCD Hentai Collector
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Eagleland
...the article says all.
Flavor 2: A wretched country full of jerkasses who just got real lucky and like to hide behind their inflated military budget. Americans come into your country either as tourists or invaders, thinking that they own the place and that they rightfully deserve everything. Not only are they less intelligent and less cultured than you, but they also have the gall to look down and patronize you, while proudly waving around the little flags which they carry around everywhere. They're fat, with a diet solely consisting of fast food and television, or Moral Guardians, or trigger-happy cowboys from the Deep South, or shameless anorexic rich bitches from Hollywood California. They fail geography forever. Always.
...the article says all.
TV Tropes wrote...
Flavor 2: A wretched country full of jerkasses who just got real lucky and like to hide behind their inflated military budget. Americans come into your country either as tourists or invaders, thinking that they own the place and that they rightfully deserve everything. Not only are they less intelligent and less cultured than you, but they also have the gall to look down and patronize you, while proudly waving around the little flags which they carry around everywhere. They're fat, with a diet solely consisting of fast food and television, or Moral Guardians, or trigger-happy cowboys from the Deep South, or shameless anorexic rich bitches from Hollywood California. They fail geography forever. Always.
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Flaser wrote...
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Eagleland...the article says all.
TV Tropes wrote...
Flavor 2: A wretched country full of jerkasses who just got real lucky and like to hide behind their inflated military budget. Americans come into your country either as tourists or invaders, thinking that they own the place and that they rightfully deserve everything. Not only are they less intelligent and less cultured than you, but they also have the gall to look down and patronize you, while proudly waving around the little flags which they carry around everywhere. They're fat, with a diet solely consisting of fast food and television, or Moral Guardians, or trigger-happy cowboys from the Deep South, or shameless anorexic rich bitches from Hollywood California. They fail geography forever. Always.
As an American myself I take exception to that, I'm not loud, think our country ready should mind it's own business and when I visit a foreign country I act like a guest (what I am), I'm not entitled to anything different or special based on the particular section of the Earth I come from, I'm quite skilled in geography and I am relatively humble. Not all Americans are alike and grouping a particular type of people as all being similar, in a derogatory manner or not is just not right. All Asians are not good at math, own personal robots or anything else, just like sol Europeans aren't culturally snobby, irritating and seem to think that they're better than Americans. Everyone should be judged on an individual basis and not be held accountable for the shortcomings of their nation if origin. That's just me though...