How Anime Eyes Are Used To Portray Emotions
By Muna wa Wanjiru

In any types of animation you will find that people look forward to watching a program that portrays people, other worldly beings and objects as realistically as possible. To this end you will find that has given the world of a huge boost. The main reason can be seen with the eyes of the various characters who are seen in these different shows.

The way these characters act and how they feel are all shown by their very expressive eyes. The creators of these shows are happy if they can provide their audience with the type of entertainment that is desired.


The main reason why cartoons are well liked by people is because you can see the feelings that are emitted by the characters. As the saying goes the eyes are the windows to the soul. This also allows the creators of various shows to make the characters have expressive eyes.

By looking at the different types of eyes which can be found in shows you will be able to further understand how these character’s eyes are used to make you see their world better. While the shape of the eyes is somewhat similar to that of other cartoon characters, there are certain guidelines which do need to be followed.

These guidelines are ones that you can see being used for female, male and the eyes of children. There are also guidelines about which types of eyes villains and other non-human characters should have.

The main factor that is dealt with is how certain emotions like innocence is portrayed. In order to achieve this you will see how the eyes of children are shown are being wide open. This signifies the innocence of childhood. For women the eyes are shown as being large and given an attractive shading on the upper lid.

The shape of the eyes for women are drawn in a certain manner so that the emotions like happiness, sorrow, bewilderment among the other emotions that we feel are all portrayed. Men on the hand are given smaller but well defined eyes. This is in contrast to the eyes of villains.

In some of the shows the eyes of villains are merely portrayed as little black dots. The expressions from these eyes are conveyed by the lines around the eyes as well as how the rest of the face is reacts to various events in the shows. To convey a more realistic look some animes will have the villains having eyes that are well defined and yet there is a look of evil shown within the eyes.

While we may feel that the action sequences from these shows are the main attractions, this action would

be meaningless unless there was a quality of humanity being shown. This is exemplified by the eyes that you will see on the various figures in the many different animes.

By: Muna wa Wanjiru

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