Quote Originally Posted by shadowsworn View Post
it doesn't make sense to me.
Exactly. Exactly.

Anime is based on western cultural animation, thus though the storyline might be japanese the characters are made to copy the western cuture characteristics.

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This is simple. Japanese comic culture has a fixation on caucasian beauty. To them, the typical white teenage girl is a Pinnacle of beauty, innocence and a general 'cute' auror. Many anime comics and animations reflect this by using characters which look Caucasians opposed to japanese, which to them is less beautiful.