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While the art can be realistic or cartoonish, characters often have large eyes (female characters usually have larger eyes than male characters), small noses, tiny mouths, and flat faces. Psychological and social research on facial attractiveness has pointed out that the presence of childlike, neotenous facial features increases attractiveness. [1]
An attraction towards bishōjo characters is a key concept in otaku (manga and anime fan) subculture. The development of the bishōjo aesthetic in manga of the early 1980s marked a departure from previous realistic styles, and the emergence of the aesthetic of "cute eroticism" (kawaii ero) and moe.
In Japan, being cute is acceptable for both men and women. A trend existed of men shaving their legs to mimic the neotenic look. Japanese women often try to act cute to attract men. [14] A study by Kanebo, a cosmetic company, found that Japanese women in their 20s and 30s favored the "cute look" with a "childish round face". [8]
English: Manga-style eye, cropped from this Wikipe-tan drawn by ja:利用者:Kasuga and from this image by User:Dulcem and User:Hikin1987. Português: Olho no estilo dos mangás, retirado deste desenho da Wikipe-tan de ja:利用者:Kasuga e desta imagem de User:Dulcem e User:Hikin1987 .
Shelves of collected volumes of shōjo manga under the Margaret Comics imprint at a bookstore in Tokyo in 2004. Shōjo manga (少女漫画, lit. ' girls' comics ', also romanized as shojo or shoujo) is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent females and young adult women.
Tezuka is a central figure in anime and manga history, whose iconic art style and character designs allowed for the entire range of human emotions to be depicted solely through the eyes. [68] The artist adds variable color shading to the eyes and particularly to the cornea to give them greater depth.
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