The EAA Sketchers challenge for October was Anime, a Japanese stylized character, in any medium.  There were only four members who attended the Zoom reveal and only two decided to take up this challenge.

We discussed, “what makes up an Anime character?”  The stylized characters are drawn without a lot of detail and are usually depicted with pointed chins, very large eyes, small nose and mouth, and straight hair.  Male characters seem to have large foreheads.  The eyes are very hypnotizing.

Anime cartoons appear on almost every children’s TV network and thus are very popular with that age group.  Rozenia teaches art to young children and Anime is a art form that they want to learn.  She asked a young 10-year old, “what do anime characters have in common?”  Response, “they are always fighting!  It’s always about disagreement.”

We asked, “what is this teaching young children?”  Then, we remembered the cartoons we watched back in the day, i.e., Loony Tunes.  It was always about action and drama.  Elmer Fudd always had a gun pointed at Bugs Bunny or Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner were always exploding on the screen in front of us!  “Is Anime the new Looney Tunes?”, we asked.