No, because anime characters are just the imagination of Japanese and I don't find any significant resemblance (physically) between Anime characters amd Japanese people. Yes, because they are so much obsessed with Anime that they try to be like them.
Yet to us, they don´t look Japanese, they look white. So why are Anime characters White? Anime Characters are an abstracted illustration of reality, so their looks are idealized. In Japan light or white skin is seen as beautiful, so most Anime characters are drawn with white skin.
It's mostly the celebrities and of course not all of them. The average Japanese man does not look like an anime character and the same goes for the average Japanese woman, boy, and girl. Average people don't look like celebrities. This is coming from an anime fan.
They're very unique at first, but their faces are mostly similar designs. Some benefits of keeping the same face is that the animators only have to learn that single type of face, meaning less time redrawing as they should be very used to it.
The reason seems to be more historical and technological than some kind of art or costumes. Realistic lips are hard to draw. The lips has certain singularities that prevent creatives from trying to imitate them.
It's more popular in Japan by a country mile, made by the Japanese for the Japanese. That's the way most Japanese things work, they're very focussed on what their own country's consumers want first, everyone else comes a very distant second.
Anime is a Japanese loanword used to refer to any sort of animation. Outside of Japan, in other countries, anime is generally considered to be a type of a cartoon. You can make a cartoon in a style similar to anime, but it can't truly be considered an anime.
Answer by William Flanagan, longtime manga and anime translator: The high-pitched tones of some of the characters are there to serve the story. They are there to emphasize the childlike qualities and innocence (or, in some cases, contrast the innocent sound with evil intent) of the characters.
While some clubs that appear in anime also have real-world counterparts, others don't. Sports clubs, service clubs, publications, and bands all have their place in real Japanese high schools, but clubs like the SOS Brigade and the Telepathy Club are unlikely to be approved.
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Because they mimic humanoid appearances and are drawn to be attractive. This. Anime / manga characters are designed for emphasis on appeal.
It is more common in Anime, but it can happen in any style. It might be just how the art style is, or the character might literally be lacking a nose. This noselessness is a favorite target of a Stylistic Self-Parody.