Saiyan Prince Vegita
TT_Dragon
Saiyan Prince Vegita
*Destroys your theory* Dragonball Z, Fist of the North Star, Street Fighter II . . .
Conversely: Futurama, Baby Blues, Clerks . . . .
As I stated in my first post
stare That Japanese animation doesn't consist ENTIRELY of skinny boys. Gee whiz people, I think I'll go edit my post. I'm becoming convinced that people don't bother reading everything that's posted before replying.
Oh, and if you didn't know Saiyan Prince Vegita I think DBZ sucks
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I swore the animators got paid by the minute of how much they can prolong an animated fight sequence. They somehow managed to turn a 30 second fight into a 5 episode long toture of one's sanity.
But Fist of North Star and Street Fighter are tolerable
biggrin And Ninja Scroll was pretty good IMHO.
What you like somehow negates my point? And it doesn't matter if you didn't mean every series. There are enough works on both sides to disprove the stereotypess that you seem to subscribe to.
The fact that you don't like DBZ doesn't disprove the fact that Akira Toriyama used, as its staple, excessively muscled examples for the majority of the male characters, and even went so far as to find ways to extend the musculature even further via super saiyan.
The idea that the only kind of American cartoons involve muscled up superheroes is laughable to say the least. And many of those that DO involve superheroes don't use proportions that exceed typical standards (Static Shock, Teen Titans, Krypto come to mind right off the bat).
I kid, I kid
blaugh . No, what got me was, it sound initially as if you completely ignored my first post. From the first post, I did point out that it's not always true that Japanese animation lack any big muscular guys. So I already
KNEW that I was generalizing and stereotyping. And I only threw in that DBZ comment just to see how you would react
mrgreen And you did
wink . You just decided to quickly state '*Destroys your theory*' When I already know that these examples existed. But I guess it was more important or necessary for you to point out the obvious in your attempt to appear superior. There is also the other part of the theory about not having any feminine guys in American Animation. Well, not ones probably popular or portrayed in a good light. You know of any?
But you're right about the newer, North American drawn cartoons. I've watched and enjoyed Static Shock and Teen Titans. And Teen Titans definitely borrows some anime-flare to it (especially with the character expressions). But I guess it's more realistic that a teenager isn't some big hulking brute. That'd worry me if they were otherwise.
Anyways, I've already did edit my 1st post, even before your 2nd reply. And I stated that people have made their points (including you) and I agree with them. Just don't be such a smartass/elitiest about it, O.K.? It probably would've been better if I asked what body type do people like on their animated guys and not have based it on any kind of origin.
-Have a nice day!
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