I really wish there was more evolution in anime. I used to like it a lot but I've grown to really dislike the art style because it's so homogenous. I'm sure I'm missing out on great stories but I'm so damn bored of cookie cutter kawaii characters

I know that's not every anime so no need to reply with the exceptions to the rule. The two most popular styles are "generic anime" (this) and "chibi anime" (creepy/gross)

those hair colors, is this a DV-i reference or something

edit: the personalities match as well wtf

Unrelated: did you know that the term "bog standard" comes from the term "box standard" which means, essentially, vanilla. No modifications or additions, just the basic version in the box. This used to be on the boxes for things people bought.

Now it basically means the same thing but to a none native speaker bog standard would likely not make much sense, where box standard has the context in the term.

That has been my problem with many Animes for many years. There is a boring sameness in many designs that just drive me away.

Your mother was a rhomboid

No. They are very much not. All are rather fit though.

Yep, I'm afraid Gladaed is right; definitely different pictures. When she posed for the sketches, she did something different with her arms each time. She sometimes changed her expression too. Oh, and one day she wore a shorter shirt.

In a lot of Asia, youth is seen as attractive

Human eyeballs are generally all the same size, regardless of skull or body size.

Youth = small

Big eyes and small everything else therefore means cute

Art often exaggerates or interprets

Anime is art

Anime is also not a new medium at all in Japanese, and now global culture, and has had a lot of time to evolve

I'm not defending it, just explaining it, in case people don't understand, because this is a long-standing and very common complaint/criticism

"Biologically possible", I mean, quite a few animals have eyes taking up a ton of their headspace. Owls for starters.

You accidentally double posted, but yes, that is uh... odd.

Bent in knees are cutesy as a pose, but as a fundamental skeletal attribute, they're ... kinda problematic.

It's somehow preferred in Japan.

The second doesn't have the coveted "thigh gap", signaling that you are sufficiently anorexic. The third has the faintest shadow of muscle definition in her biceps and calves. The fourth remembered to wear socks, a thing only tall people do

One is missing an eye. Sucks to be her.