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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]
A study that used Chinese, Malay and Indian judges said that Chinese women and Chinese men with retrusive mandibles (where the mouth is flat and in-line with the rest of the face) were judged to be the most attractive and Chinese men and Chinese women with a protruding mandible (where the jaw projects outward) were judged to be the least ...
Facial bilateral symmetry is typically defined as fluctuating asymmetry of the face comparing random differences in facial features of the two sides of the face. [4] The human face also has systematic, directional asymmetry : on average, the face (mouth, nose and eyes) sits systematically to the left with respect to the axis through the ears ...
Outside Japan, bishōnen is the most well-known of the three terms, and has become a generic term for all beautiful boys and young men. The aesthetic of the bishōnen began as an ideal of a young lover, originally embodied in the wakashū ( 若衆 , literally "young person", although only used for boys) , or adolescent boy, and was influenced ...
Male stock characters in anime and manga (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Male characters in anime and manga" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 212 total.
Gendo ranked in several polls about the most attractive male characters, [215] [216] [217] but reviewers also had negative opinions of him; [218] [219] they criticized his abusive [220] [221] and manipulative ways. [222] Gendo's role in Rebuild has been more positively received, [223] especially in the final installment.
The chibi art style is part of the Japanese kawaii culture, [9] [10] [11] and is seen everywhere from advertising and subway signs to anime and manga. The style was popularized by franchises like Dragon Ball and SD Gundam in the 1980s. It is used as comic relief in anime and manga, giving additional emphasis to a character's emotional reaction.
In humans beings, when choosing a mate of the opposite sex, females place high preference for a mate that is physically attractive. [2] This ties in with the idea that women discriminate between men on hypothesized fitness cues. The more physically attractive a man is, the higher his fitness, and the "better" his genes will be.