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Originally Posted by AstralMage01  You came to a part which I'd like to talk about, which is the eyes
Eyes are the gate to the anime character's soul; the first thing most people do when looking to an anime(mostly the pictures) is to make eye contact w\the character |
Agreed.
The eye is arguably the most defining physical feature/characteristic in anime. There's no real need for heavy analyzation, all we need is one look and, "bam, that's anime!".
In my opinion the eye style in anime is second to none when it comes to character delivery. There's just enough room for expression in anime eyes, realistic eyes isn't capable of doing that, so does the western comic eye designs, etc.. Anime eyes are impossible enough and that impossibility opens up a lot of possibilities. In anime, the artist could easily twitch an eye design and get away with it, there's not too much science about it...If y'know what i mean.
60s- yeah eye designs are okay but it will soon get better
70s- the eyes are starting to give identity to the characters but will still get better
80s- they have become good enough, definitely gives identity to the characters!
90s- eye designs at their heyday, 90s anime are the best in the eye department when it comes to characterization, gave identity not only to the characters but to anime as well
00s- same as the 90s but the variation is becoming much more evident