Shinji's Nationality

Wonderboy · Postby **Wonderboy** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:21 pm

Well I've had this on my mind for a while now. I've been wondering what nationality Shinji comes from, automatically most people would say Japanese of course.

I know this is nothing more then a stereotype, but I've recently noticed Shinji's eyes are a dark shade of blue. While to most that may mean nothing, but blue eyes on an Asian, whether it be Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, is fairly uncommon.

Now this brings me to a speculation that maybe Shinji is a mixture of two races o.o, this is rather unlikely since both of his parents (I assume) are of Japanese descent, both having Japanese last names and what not (Ikari and Rokubungi)

Maybe I'm thinking to much, but I'm just curious as to what Shinji's nationality is. :nyao:

BattleMonkey · Postby **BattleMonkey** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:30 pm

It's an anime....

IrkenEvangelion · Postby **IrkenEvangelion** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:36 pm

If that was the answer to every question we would have these forums.

Postby **Mr. Tines** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:45 pm

Standard anime physics explain hair and eye colours. Those are a given of the form.

Postby **FreakyFilmFan4ever** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:46 pm

BattleMonkey wrote:It's an anime....

I haven't seen an anime yet that has characters that actually look Japanese in them. They all look very Caucasian.

Ironically enough, that's my biggest problem with Japanese cos players, or Japanese actors in live-action anime remakes (the DeathNote movies). Their nationality is all too wrong for them to be playing their own Japanese characters. :tongue:

schismatics · Postby **schismatics** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:49 pm

FreakyFilmFan4ever wrote:I haven't seen an anime yet that has characters that actually look Japanese in them. They all look very Caucasian.

Death Note...they look pretty Japanese to me in that...except for the guy with the 'fro.

oOoOoOo · Postby **oOoOoOo** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:17 pm

PRO-TIP: Anime characters do not look like any nationality because they are hand-drawn cartoons.

To the Japanese, anime characters look Japanese.

To Westerners, they look Western.

And so on.

PRO-TIP #2: Cultures, like people, are self-centred.

Barong · Postby **Barong** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:19 pm

But to me, they look weird mostly.
What are you implying!!!11 :angry!!:

THE Hal E. Burton 9000 · Postby **THE Hal E. Burton 9000** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:32 pm

^who is THEY, anyway?

BattleMonkey · Postby **BattleMonkey** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:39 pm

Normal Japanese female:

NAveryW · Postby **NAveryW** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:16 pm

Yeah, I noticed Misato's hair is purple. I think that means she's probably an alien.

Joseph the PRPD · Postby **Joseph the PRPD** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:20 pm

Rei's eyes are red
Her hair is blue
Misato can be a bitch
So what are---

Oh wait....
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In all seriousness I don't think his eye color really means anything. I do think Shinji is Japanese and probably nothing else(Has anyone for a brief moment ever pictured Gendo being part Scottish?).

I've recently noticed Shinji's eyes are a dark shade of blue.

I've never really noticed Shinji's eye were any kind of blue until you mentioned it.

(From the wiki)

It's a dark blue as you mentioned but I don't think it has any major significance and Shinji (most likely) is just Japanese and nothing else.

Rock-Slash · Postby **Rock-Slash** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:27 pm

Shinji is Brazilian.

Postby **FreakyFilmFan4ever** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:54 pm

It's just an anime. The medium itself allows the artist to express character traits through unnatural color pallets, and because it's all stylized character design anyway, having unnatural colors wouldn't be as distracting as it would if it were live-action.

I have no idea when nationality Shinji looks like (I like the point oOoOoOo made), simply because the color pallet in his character design were only used to reveal his personality in some way, not nationality.

YouTube · Postby **Reichu** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:10 pm

oOoOoOo wrote:Words

Thank you for saying it so I didn't have to. :bow:

Timstuff · Postby **Timstuff** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:15 am

Anime characters (of the typical variety) are hyper idealized, so they don't really look like anyone.

Sammaeloo · Postby **Sammaeloo** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:35 am

Maybe there could be a race of people called Animesians.

TheLobe · Postby **TheLobe** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:15 am

when you actually compare them to Japanese people they look more realistic if you assume they're Japanese. Many animes have blonde's, as well as blues and purples. Mostly as they tend to be rather stylin', so it can be assume that it's dyed, as is possible with Misato, but it seems mighty unlikely in the case of Rei, and by now their is so many animes that its probably rarely though of as dyed, and more just character designs. and fyi misatos hair is blue not purple, why do people say that.

Sharaz Destler · Postby **Sharaz Destler** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:51 am

Sammaeloo wrote:Maybe there could be a race of people called Animesians.

Manganese, surely? :toothy:

Iron Rooster · Postby **Iron Rooster** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:09 am

oOoOoOo wrote:PRO-TIP: Anime characters do not look like any nationality because they are hand-drawn cartoons.

To the Japanese, anime characters look Japanese.

To Westerners, they look Western.

And so on.

PRO-TIP #2: Cultures, like people, are self-centred.

Reminds me of how different peoples around the world like to make Jesus Christ look like them. I've seen Arab Jesus (probably the most accurate), white Jesus, black Jesus, and Asian Jesus.

Also, it's an anime . . .

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