Anonymous >> #6117
Posted on 2012-06-24 20:26:10 Score: 0 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
They look so weird with their noses actually drawn.

I like it. I'm not sure what Japan's aversion to noses is, but they ought to try not being. Aversed. To noses.

I'll bet the whole gig with them and technology is just a bunch of rushing to get advanced enough to do nose removal surgery nationwide. And then gene therapy to remove noses from all future offspring, of course.

Anonymous >> #6118
Posted on 2012-06-24 23:30:31 Score: 0 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
It's not really a Japanese thing, so much as an overall stylistic decision. It's part of an overall artistic style called "impressionism." It's "A literary or artistic style that seeks to capture a feeling or experience rather than to achieve accurate depiction."

Anonymous >> #6936
Posted on 2012-11-06 02:41:26 Score: 0 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
Impressionism my foot. When better than 90% of the artistic base chooses to remove noses, it's cultural, either subconsciously or overtly.

There's a greater purpose to it, otherwise it wouldn't be done.

Anonymous >> #6946
Posted on 2012-11-08 01:35:26 Score: 0 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
I wouldn't call anime "impressionist", but the lack of noses is probably done to look "cuter", stylistically.

Note that more serious anime tend to have more anatomically correct-looking characters, while more cutesy ones are more likely to lack nose.

Hell, look at shoujou stuff in general- you'll see a lot of really long legs (unrealistically long), and really small or completely absent noses.

That's just how it is. It's not even just Japan, either- I've seen a lot of western artists omit noses when going for a cuter, simpler style.

Also, what makes it look strange here is the fact that only the area around the nose is shaded, so it's just kind of there, and darker than the rest.

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