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''In JapaneseMedia, this is an OmnipresentTrope (being Creator/OsamuTezuka the TropeMaker and [[TropeCodifier Codifier]]), so the examples in this section are exclusively about {{Lampshading}}, {{Subversion}}s and {{Aversion}}s of this trope. For the same reason, examples from TaremeEyes and TsurimeEyes shouldn't be mentioned here since they're all straight examples.''
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''In JapaneseMedia, this is an OmnipresentTrope (being Creator/OsamuTezuka (Creator/OsamuTezuka being both the TropeMaker and [[TropeCodifier Codifier]]), so the examples in this section are exclusively about {{Lampshading}}, {{Subversion}}s and {{Aversion}}s of this trope. For the same reason, examples from TaremeEyes and TsurimeEyes shouldn't be mentioned here since they're all straight examples.''
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"Anime Eyes" is an OmnipresentTrope in Japan, so the list of works would be huge and [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs widely common]], so this article will only list Western or non-Japanese works that use this as a resource intended to be "anime eyes". In the case of works from Japan, examples should only be added if they are cases of {{Lampshading}}, {{Subversion}}s and {{Aversion}}s.
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"Anime Eyes" is an OmnipresentTrope in Japan, so the list of works would be huge and [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs widely common]], so and this article will only list Western or non-Japanese works that use this as a resource intended to be "anime eyes". In the case of works from Japan, examples should only be added if they are cases of {{Lampshading}}, {{Subversion}}s and {{Aversion}}s.
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"Anime Eyes" is an OmnipresentTrope in Japan, so the list of works would be huge and [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs widely common]], so this trope is about Western or non-Japanese works that use this as a resource intended to be "anime eyes". In the case of works from Japan, only should be added if it's the case of {{Lampshading}}, {{Subversion}}s and {{Aversion}}s.
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"Anime Eyes" is an OmnipresentTrope in Japan, so the list of works would be huge and [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs widely common]], so this trope is about article will only list Western or non-Japanese works that use this as a resource intended to be "anime eyes". In the case of works from Japan, only examples should only be added if it's the case they are cases of {{Lampshading}}, {{Subversion}}s and {{Aversion}}s.
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* If well it's a trope present in almost all manga and anime works, there're creators that try to avoid the "big anime eyes" making them more small and realistic. Some notable examples are the works of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo and Creator/TakehikoInoue, just to name some big names on industry.
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* If well Though it's a trope present in almost all manga and anime works, there're creators that try to avoid the "big anime eyes" making them more small and realistic. Some notable examples are the works of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo and Creator/TakehikoInoue, just to name some big names on industry.
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* In ''Fanfic/StarlightIsForAlways'', Craig revamps Synergy into an animesque style, complete with larger eyes, because he's fond of anime.
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* The ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' adaptation of [[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Yukito Kishiro's creation]] has Creator/RosaSalazar play Alita via motion capture, and the character has eyes enlarged beyond the usual human range, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw the first trailer]]. Director Creator/RobertRodriguez explains that they gave Alita large eyes because they were such a distinct feature for her, and as part of the effort to faithfully [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgy6gAK9OA bring an anime aesthetic to live action.]]
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* The ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' adaptation of [[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Yukito Kishiro's creation]] has Creator/RosaSalazar play Alita via motion capture, and the character has eyes enlarged beyond the usual human range, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw the first trailer]].range. Director Creator/RobertRodriguez explains that they gave Alita large eyes because they were such a distinct feature for her, and as part of the effort to faithfully [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgy6gAK9OA bring an anime aesthetic to live action.]]
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* Ty, Inc., the creators of ''Toys/BeanieBabies'' made a new line called ''[[https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&rlz=1C1RLNS_esCL828CL828&biw=1440&bih=753&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=aCfBXPjMI_2i5OUP7NCdoAs&q=Beanie+Boos&oq=Beanie+Boos&gs_l=img.3..0l10.411832.411968..412243...0.0..0.57.110.2......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i8i30j0i30j0i10i24.YhH0oxSJPPM Beanie Boo's]]'', a type of beanies that are fantastic animals (like unicorns, dragons and in general animals with a horn) or normal animals with [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife very different colors]], and all of them provided with big wide eyes.
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* Ty, Inc., the creators of ''Toys/BeanieBabies'' made a new line called ''[[https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&rlz=1C1RLNS_esCL828CL828&biw=1440&bih=753&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=aCfBXPjMI_2i5OUP7NCdoAs&q=Beanie+Boos&oq=Beanie+Boos&gs_l=img.3..0l10.411832.411968..412243...0.0..0.57.110.2......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i8i30j0i30j0i10i24.YhH0oxSJPPM Beanie Boo's]]'', a type of beanies that are fantastic animals (like unicorns, dragons and in general animals with a horn) or normal animals with [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife very different colors]], and all of them provided with big wide eyes.
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Thus big eyes are very very popular for characters intended to be [[CutenessOverload cute]] and [[{{moe}} endearing]], and in genres which rely greatly on emotion and melodrama. Even in works that employ more realistic proportions use eyes as a major tool. However, out-of-context- or over-use of large eyes can, intentionally or unintentionally, place a portrayal in the [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley]]. Only in the gag genre and some more experimental styles are eyes downplayed.
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Thus big eyes are very very popular for characters intended to be [[CutenessOverload cute]] and [[{{moe}} endearing]], and in genres which rely greatly on emotion and melodrama. Even in works that employ more realistic proportions use eyes as a major tool. However, out-of-context- or over-use of large eyes can, intentionally or unintentionally, place a portrayal in the [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley]].{{Uncanny Valley}}. Only in the gag genre and some more experimental styles are eyes downplayed.
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Compare PuppyDogEyes, AnimeHair and {{Disneyfication}} or CartoonyEyes (a Western version). Strongly related to GoodEyesEvilEyes. See also {{Mukokuseki}}, which applies this to ''everyone'' regardless of ethnicity, {{Animesque}} and OELManga, in which Western and non-Japanese creators draw their creations with big anime eyes as a way to emulate and/or make tribute to JapaneseMedia.
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Compare PuppyDogEyes, AnimeHair and {{Disneyfication}} or CartoonyEyes (a Western version). Strongly related to GoodEyesEvilEyes. In live-action media, frequently used in combination with {{Serkis Folk}}. See also {{Mukokuseki}}, which applies this to ''everyone'' regardless of ethnicity, {{Animesque}} and OELManga, in which Western and non-Japanese creators draw their creations with big anime eyes as a way to emulate and/or make tribute to JapaneseMedia.
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Thus big eyes are very very popular for characters intended to be [[CutenessOverload cute]] and [[{{moe}} endearing]], and in genres which rely greatly on emotion and melodrama. Even in works that employ more realistic proportions use eyes as a major tool. However, out-of-context- or over-use of large eyes can, intentionally or unintentionally, place a portrayal in the [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley]]. Only in the gag genre and some more experimental styles are eyes downplayed.
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* In ''Fanfic/StarlightIsForAlways'', Craig revamps Synergy into an animesque style, combined with larger eyes, because he's fond of anime.
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* ''Literature/ISeeACat'': The dog's eyes are massive, compared to the eyes every other character.
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Compare PuppyDogEyes, AnimeHair and {{Disneyfication}} or CartoonyEyes (a Western version). Strongly related to WindowOfTheSoul, as well with GoodEyesEvilEyes. See also {{Mukokuseki}}, which applies this to ''everyone'' regardless of ethnicity, {{Animesque}} and OELManga, in which Western and non-Japanese creators draw their creations with big anime eyes as a way to emulate and/or make tribute to JapaneseMedia.
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Large eyes emphasise the youthfulness and [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} cuteness]] of a character. They also make it easier to convey complex and nuanced emotions. Eyes are an [[WindowsToTheSoul important tool for emotional communication]] for humans; the difference between Japanese and occidental smileys (which focus the information on eye and mouth shapes, respectively) would suggest that the importance of eyes is even higher in East Asia.
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Large eyes emphasise the youthfulness and [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} cuteness]] of a character. They also make it easier to convey complex and nuanced emotions. Eyes are an [[WindowsToTheSoul [[WindowsOfTheSoul important tool for emotional communication]] for humans; the difference between Japanese and occidental smileys (which focus the information on eye and mouth shapes, respectively) would suggest that the importance of eyes is even higher in East Asia.
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Compare PuppyDogEyes, AnimeHair and {{Disneyfication}} or CartoonyEyes (a Western version). Strongly related to ColorCodedEyes, WindowOfTheSoul, as well with GoodEyesEvilEyes. See also {{Mukokuseki}}, which applies this to ''everyone'' regardless of ethnicity, {{Animesque}} and OELManga, in which Western and non-Japanese creators draw their creations with big anime eyes as a way to emulate and/or make tribute to JapaneseMedia.
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* The ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' adaptation of [[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Yukito Kishiro's creation]] has Creator/RosaSalazar as Alita. Apart of the RaceLift polemic of their characters, Alita specially is in the eye of the storm, because of the anime eyes made by CGI as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw the first trailer]]. Director Creator/RobertRodriguez explains the reason why he made Alita with anime eyes in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgy6gAK9OA this IGN interview]].
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* The ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' adaptation of [[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Yukito Kishiro's creation]] has Creator/RosaSalazar as Alita. Apart of the RaceLift polemic of their characters, Creator/RosaSalazar play Alita specially is in via motion capture, and the eye of the storm, because of the anime character has eyes made by CGI enlarged beyond the usual human range, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw the first trailer]]. Director Creator/RobertRodriguez explains the reason why he made that they gave Alita with anime large eyes in because they were such a distinct feature for her, and as part of the effort to faithfully [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgy6gAK9OA this IGN interview]].bring an anime aesthetic to live action.]]
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* [[https://youtu.be/_9WEyuMq0Yk?t=161 Here]]'s what Creator/RogerEbert (probably the most famous film critic in the United States) has to say about anime eyes.
* If well it's almost impossible to get the eye size for normal humans, there's a way to get the optical effect of "anime eyes" via makeup as seen in the main image, having many tutorials about how to make this on Website/YouTube and Website/{{Tumblr}}.
* If well it's almost impossible to get the eye size for normal humans, there's a way to get the optical effect of "anime eyes" via makeup as seen in the main image, having many tutorials about how to make this on Website/YouTube and Website/{{Tumblr}}.
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* Creator/RogerEbert [[https://youtu.be/_9WEyuMq0Yk?t=161 Here]]'s what Creator/RogerEbert (probably the most famous film critic in the United States) has gives his opinion]] anime eyes as a way to say exaggerate personality and emotion as part of talking about anime eyes.
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Interestingly enough, we actually partially have western animation to thank for this. The trend of big eyes in JapaneseMedia was started by Creator/OsamuTezuka, considerated by many as ''[[RedBaron The Father/Godfather/God of Manga]]'', who was based on western cartoons such as WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, Fleischer cartoons like WesternAnimation/BettyBoop, and films like ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'' to get this kind of eyes in his creations, notably ''Manga/AstroBoy''. His works became so important for the industry (first manga and later anime) that the concept of "anime eyes" was widely accepted and much of the works use this kind of eyes until today.
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Interestingly enough, we actually partially have western animation to thank for this. The trend of big eyes in JapaneseMedia was started by Creator/OsamuTezuka, considerated by many as ''[[RedBaron The Father/Godfather/God of Manga]]'', who was based on influenced by western cartoons such as WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, Fleischer cartoons like WesternAnimation/BettyBoop, and films like ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'' to get this kind of eyes in his creations, notably ''Manga/AstroBoy''. His works became so important for the industry (first manga and later anime) that the concept of "anime eyes" was widely accepted and much of the works use this kind of eyes until today.
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Interestingly enough, we actually partially have western animation to thank for this. The trend of big eyes in JapaneseMedia was started by Creator/OsamuTezuka, considerated by many as ''[[RedBaron The Father/Godfather/God of Manga]]'', who was based on western cartoons such as WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, Fleischer cartoons like WesternAnimation/BettyBoop, and films like ''{{WesternAnimation/Bambi}}'' to get this kind of eyes in his creations, notably ''Manga/AstroBoy''. His works became so important for the industry (first manga and later anime) that the concept of "anime eyes" was widely accepted and much of the works use this kind of eyes until today.
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Large eyes emphasise the youthfulness and [[UsefulNotes/Kawaisa cuteness]] of a character. They also make it easier to convey complex and nuanced emotions. Eyes are an [[WindowsToTheSoul important tool for emotional communication]] for humans; the difference between Japanese and occidental smileys (which focus the information on eye and mouth shapes, respectively) would suggest that the importance of eyes is even higher in East Asia.
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Large eyes emphasise the youthfulness and [[UsefulNotes/Kawaisa [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} cuteness]] of a character. They also make it easier to convey complex and nuanced emotions. Eyes are an [[WindowsToTheSoul important tool for emotional communication]] for humans; the difference between Japanese and occidental smileys (which focus the information on eye and mouth shapes, respectively) would suggest that the importance of eyes is even higher in East Asia.
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Large eyes emphasise the youthfulness and [[{{kawaisa}} cuteness]] of a character. They also make it easier to convey complex and nuanced emotions. Eyes are an [[WindowsToTheSoul important tool for emotional communication]] for humans; the difference between Japanese and occidental smileys (which focus the information on eye and mouth shapes, respectively) would suggest that the importance of eyes is even higher in East Asia.
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Large eyes emphasise the youthfulness and [[{{kawaisa}} [[UsefulNotes/Kawaisa cuteness]] of a character. They also make it easier to convey complex and nuanced emotions. Eyes are an [[WindowsToTheSoul important tool for emotional communication]] for humans; the difference between Japanese and occidental smileys (which focus the information on eye and mouth shapes, respectively) would suggest that the importance of eyes is even higher in East Asia.
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Compare PuppyDogEyes, AnimeHair and {{Disneyfication}} or CartoonyEyes (a Western version). Strongly related to WindowsToTheSoul, as well with GoodEyesEvilEyes. See also {{Animesque}} and OELManga, in which Western and non-Japanese creators draw their creations with big anime eyes as a way to emulate and/or make tribute to JapaneseMedia.
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Compare PuppyDogEyes, AnimeHair and {{Disneyfication}} or CartoonyEyes (a Western version). Strongly related to WindowsToTheSoul, as well with GoodEyesEvilEyes. See also {{Mukokuseki}}, which applies this to ''everyone'' regardless of ethnicity, {{Animesque}} and OELManga, in which Western and non-Japanese creators draw their creations with big anime eyes as a way to emulate and/or make tribute to JapaneseMedia.
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* ''Manga/GoodnightPunpun'' has a relatively art-style devoid of the usual manga character design cliches. There is at least one TakeThat at big-eyed manga characters.
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* If well it's a trope present in almost all manga and anime works, there're creators that are GenreSavvy of the industry and try to avoid the "big anime eyes" making them more small and realistic. Some notable examples are the works of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo and Creator/TakehikoInoue, just to name some big names on industry.
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* If well it's a trope present in almost all manga and anime works, there're creators that are GenreSavvy of the industry and try to avoid the "big anime eyes" making them more small and realistic. Some notable examples are the works of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo and Creator/TakehikoInoue, just to name some big names on industry.
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* In ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'', the Trophy Girls [[NonstandardCharacterDesign contrast]] with everyone else by being {{animesque}}, complete with huge eyes and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair weird hair colors]] in the cases of Ami and Megumi.
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* In ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'', the Trophy Girls [[NonstandardCharacterDesign contrast]] with everyone else by being {{animesque}}, complete with huge eyes and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair weird hair colors]] in the cases of Ami and Megumi.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'' takes the franchise's {{animesque}} styling to its natural extreme in the Bliss multi-episode special. During it, there's an ArtShift sequence complete with a woman having huge, sparkling anime eyes.
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"Anime Eyes" is an OmnipresentTrope in Japan, so the list of works would be huge and [[PeopleSitOnChairs widely common]], so this trope is about Western or non-Japanese works that use this as a resource intended to be "anime eyes". In the case of works from Japan, only should be added if it's the case of {{Lampshading}}, {{Subversion}}s and {{Aversion}}s.
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"Anime Eyes" is an OmnipresentTrope in Japan, so the list of works would be huge and [[PeopleSitOnChairs [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs widely common]], so this trope is about Western or non-Japanese works that use this as a resource intended to be "anime eyes". In the case of works from Japan, only should be added if it's the case of {{Lampshading}}, {{Subversion}}s and {{Aversion}}s.
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* ''Manga/FrankenFran'': One strip revolves around a girl who asks Fran for surgery to look like a chibi manga character to get her crush's attention (a supporter of the "2D girls are superior to real life" debate). She keeps coming back to Fran for more modifications, until she finally has the opportunity to sleep with him, at which point we see the extent of the changes: [[spoiler:[[https://ambivalen.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/franken_fran_v05_c37_20-21.png her eyes are half the size of her head, her mouth is shrunken, her nose is gone and her hair fell out]]: she looks like one of TheGreys.]] Unsurprisingly, the guy swears afterwards that he experienced alien contact.
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* ''Webcomic/FrankenFran'': One strip revolves around a girl who asks Fran for surgery to look like a chibi manga character to get her crush's attention (a supporter of the "2D girls are superior to real life" debate). She keeps coming back to Fran for more modifications, until she finally has the opportunity to sleep with him, at which point we see the extent of the changes: [[spoiler:[[https://ambivalen.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/franken_fran_v05_c37_20-21.png her eyes are half the size of her head, her mouth is shrunken, her nose is gone and her hair fell out]]: she looks like one of TheGreys.]] Unsurprisingly, the guy swears afterwards that he experienced alien contact.
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The main trend of big eyes in JapaneseMedia was started by Creator/OsamuTezuka, considerated by many as ''[[RedBaron The Father/Godfather/God of Manga]]'', who was based on old WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts to get this kind of eyes in his creations, notably ''Manga/AstroBoy''. His works became so important for the industry (first manga and later anime) that the concept of "anime eyes" was widely accepted and much of the works use this kind of eyes until today.
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Interestingly enough, we actually partially have western animation to thank for this. The main trend of big eyes in JapaneseMedia was started by Creator/OsamuTezuka, considerated by many as ''[[RedBaron The Father/Godfather/God of Manga]]'', who was based on old WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts western cartoons such as WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, Fleischer cartoons like WesternAnimation/BettyBoop, and films like ''{{WesternAnimation/Bambi}}'' to get this kind of eyes in his creations, notably ''Manga/AstroBoy''. His works became so important for the industry (first manga and later anime) that the concept of "anime eyes" was widely accepted and much of the works use this kind of eyes until today.
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* The''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' based on [[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Yukito Kishiro's creation]] has Creator/RosaSalazar as Alita. Apart of the RaceLift polemic of their characters, Alita specially is in the eye of the storm, because of the anime eyes made by CGI as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw the first trailer]]. Director Creator/RobertRodriguez explains the reason why he made Alita with anime eyes in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgy6gAK9OA this IGN interview]].
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* The''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' based on The ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' adaptation of [[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Yukito Kishiro's creation]] has Creator/RosaSalazar as Alita. Apart of the RaceLift polemic of their characters, Alita specially is in the eye of the storm, because of the anime eyes made by CGI as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw the first trailer]]. Director Creator/RobertRodriguez explains the reason why he made Alita with anime eyes in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgy6gAK9OA this IGN interview]].
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* The''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' based on [[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Yukito Kishiro's creation]] has Creator/RosaSalazar as Alita. Apart of the RaceLift polemic of their characters, Alita specially is in the eye of the storm, because of the anime eyes made by CGI as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw the first trailer]]. Director Creator/RobertRodriguez explains the reason why he made Alita with anime eyes in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgy6gAK9OA this IGN interview]].
* The 2014 {{biopic}} ''Film/BigEyes'' is about the life of Margaret Keane, a famous American artist that painted women as well children and animals with big and expressive eyes before {{anime}} was known in Western.
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* The''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' based on [[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Yukito Kishiro's creation]] has Creator/RosaSalazar as Alita. Apart of the RaceLift polemic of their characters, Alita specially is in the eye of the storm, because of the anime eyes made by CGI as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw the first trailer]]. Director Creator/RobertRodriguez explains the reason why he made Alita with anime eyes in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgy6gAK9OA this IGN interview]].
* The 2014 {{biopic}} ''Film/BigEyes'' is about the life of Margaret Keane, a famous American artist that painted women as well children and animals with big and expressive eyes before {{anime}} was known in Western.
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* The upcoming ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' based on [[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Yukito Kishiro's creation]] has Creator/RosaSalazar as Alita. Apart of the RaceLift polemic of their characters, Alita specially is in the eye of the storm, because of the anime eyes made by CGI as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw the first trailer]]. Director Creator/RobertRodriguez explains the reason why he made Alita with anime eyes in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgy6gAK9OA this IGN interview]].
* The 2014 {{biopic}} ''Film/BigEyes'' is about the life of Margaret Keane, a famous American artist that painted women as well children and animals with big and expressive eyes before {{anime}} was known in Western.
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* The upcoming ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' based on [[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Yukito Kishiro's creation]] has Creator/RosaSalazar as Alita. Apart of the RaceLift polemic of their characters, Alita specially is in the eye of the storm, because of the anime eyes made by CGI as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw the first trailer]]. Director Creator/RobertRodriguez explains the reason why he made Alita with anime eyes in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgy6gAK9OA this IGN interview]].
* The 2014 {{biopic}} ''Film/BigEyes'' is about the life of Margaret Keane, a famous American artist that painted women as well children and animals with big and expressive eyes before {{anime}} was known in Western.
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Large eyes emphasise the youthfulness and [[{{kawaisa}} cuteness]] of a character. They also make it easier to convey complex and nuanced emotions. Eyes are an [[WindowsToTheSoul important tool for emotional communication]] for humans; the difference between Japanese and occidental smileys (which focus the information on eye and mouth shapes, respectively) would suggest that the importance of eyes is even higher in East Asia.
Exaggeratedly large eyes are one of the most famous and recognisable elements of {{anime}} and {{manga}}. Large eyes are ubiquitous in [[ShonenDemographic shonen]] and especially [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo]], which also happen to be the two best known demographics outside of Japan. [[SuperDeformed Chibi style]], again common in manga and anime aimed at kids and teens, exaggerates the eye size even further. Also it has to add that ''older'' shonen (and some newer ones) avert big anime eyes, instead the eyes tend to be either narrower or realistic.
With "anime eyes" not only the size increases, but also the shape is exaggerated (and usually gives a hint whether the character is generally [[TsurimeEyes active]] or [[TaremeEyes passive]]), the iris and the pupil grow in proportion and change shape to compliment the general eye shape, and especially in the romantic genre, the reflections are greatly exaggerated. Horizontal lines above the eyes represent the folds of the upper lid and are not necessarily realistic for Asian characters, but serve as a visual anchor that makes for a lightning-fast distinction between a narrow eye and a half-closed eye. The range and flexibility of the eyebrows is also exaggerated.
Thus big eyes are very very popular for characters intended to be [[CutenessOverload cute]] and [[{{moe}} endearing]], and in genres which rely greatly on emotion and melodrama. Even in works that employ more realistic proportions use eyes as a major tool. Only in the gag genre and some more experimental styles are eyes downplayed.
On the other hand, characters with small and possibly oversimplified eyes are usually intended to be [[{{Gonk}} incredibly ugly]], and are used more as tools for gags rather than fully-fledged characters. Characters with no eyes at all are the faceless mass, part of the background, moving standies, or perhaps intended to be as emotionally distant from the other characters and the reader as possible.
The main trend of big eyes in JapaneseMedia was started by Creator/OsamuTezuka, considerated by many as ''[[RedBaron The Father/Godfather/God of Manga]]'', who was based on old WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts to get this kind of eyes in his creations, notably ''Manga/AstroBoy''. His works became so important for the industry (first manga and later anime) that the concept of "anime eyes" was widely accepted and much of the works use this kind of eyes until today.
"Anime Eyes" is an OmnipresentTrope in Japan, so the list of works would be huge and [[PeopleSitOnChairs widely common]], so this trope is about Western or non-Japanese works that use this as a resource intended to be "anime eyes". In the case of works from Japan, only should be added if it's the case of {{Lampshading}}, {{Subversion}}s and {{Aversion}}s.
Compare PuppyDogEyes, AnimeHair and {{Disneyfication}} (a Western version). Strongly related to WindowsToTheSoul, as well with GoodEyesEvilEyes. See also {{Animesque}} and OELManga, in which Western and non-Japanese creators draw their creations with big anime eyes as a way to emulate and/or make tribute to JapaneseMedia.
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''In JapaneseMedia, this is an OmnipresentTrope (being Creator/OsamuTezuka the TropeMaker and [[TropeCodifier Codifier]]), so the examples in this section are exclusively about {{Lampshading}}, {{Subversion}}s and {{Aversion}}s of this trope. For the same reason, examples from TaremeEyes and TsurimeEyes shouldn't be mentioned here since they're all straight examples.''
* If well it's a trope present in almost all manga and anime works, there're creators that are GenreSavvy of the industry and try to avoid the "big anime eyes" making them more small and realistic. Some notable examples are the works of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo and Creator/TakehikoInoue, just to name some big names on industry.
* Though it's a Creator/StudioGainax production, and ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' mostly adheres to this trope, it's pointedly averted in the episode "Vomiting Point." As Garterbelt succinctly describes it: "In this ghetto-shit place [Little Tokyo], ghetto-shit people seek ghetto-shit happiness as they live out their ghetto-shit lives." Reflective of their miserable existence, the people are drawn with [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smalleye.PNG tiny, mismatched eyes]], bordering on {{gonk}}.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' anime ''The Lost Agent/Fullbringer/[=XCution=]'' arc. The Fullbringer/[=XCution=] character Riruka Dokugamine {{Lampshades}} this in one episode when she says that her eyes dry out easily because they're so large.
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* Lampshaded in an issue of the ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'' comic book where Comic Book Guy lived his life as a Japanese cartoon, and did so with the help of some extra-large contact lenses.
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* Referenced in the web round-robin short story ''[[https://sanjiyan.co.uk/showthread.php?s=a0fd033f6f9656ccf21b4022c4995b89&p=96226#post96226 Lungfish Alpha]]'' features a future in which people can make quite literally whatever physical modifications to their bodies that they want. The main character, Itsuko, was born to a pair of anime {{Otaku}} modifications.
-->They'd geneered their daughter to resemble the characters they loved: ridiculously colored hair, extended legs and arms, a tiny mouth and eyes that took up 70 percent of the face.
*''RolePlay/TheDoomyAdventuresOfIrkenDoominess'': All characters created by Jir will automatically have these sort of eyes.
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* Invoked on ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}''. As Fender is taking photos of Rodney, he asks for "big anime eyes".
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In the fourth book in the ''Literature/{{Uglies}}'' series by Scott Westerfeld, there's a clique called "manga-heads", who get surgery to make their eyes appear larger and who have crazy hairstyles in order to look like they're from manga.
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[[folder:Live-Action Film]]
* The upcoming ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' based on [[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Yukito Kishiro's creation]] has Creator/RosaSalazar as Alita. Apart of the RaceLift polemic of their characters, Alita specially is in the eye of the storm, because of the anime eyes made by CGI as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw the first trailer]]. Director Creator/RobertRodriguez explains the reason why he made Alita with anime eyes in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgy6gAK9OA this IGN interview]].
* The 2014 {{biopic}} ''Film/BigEyes'' is about the life of Margaret Keane, a famous American artist that painted women as well children and animals with big and expressive eyes before {{anime}} was known in Western.
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* Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu usually gets inspiration from anime and kawaii, in which various of her costumes uses [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin big anime eyes]] via makeup and masks. Also used by her Western counterpart, Music/LadyGaga, specially when she went to Japan.
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* ''TabletopGame/BigEyesSmallMouth'' lampshades this in its title.
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* ''Webcomic/FrankenFran'': One strip revolves around a girl who asks Fran for surgery to look like a chibi manga character to get her crush's attention (a supporter of the "2D girls are superior to real life" debate). She keeps coming back to Fran for more modifications, until she finally has the opportunity to sleep with him, at which point we see the extent of the changes: [[spoiler:[[https://ambivalen.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/franken_fran_v05_c37_20-21.png her eyes are half the size of her head, her mouth is shrunken, her nose is gone and her hair fell out]]: she looks like one of TheGreys.]] Unsurprisingly, the guy swears afterwards that he experienced alien contact.
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner:'' In [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE57JapaneseCartoon "japanese cartoon"]], Strong Bad speculates about how he'd look if he were an anime character. Naturally, giant eyes are one of the first things he brings up.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Okay, so first of all, my head would have to be a little bean. With real, real big eyes.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': When Phineas and Ferb visit Tokyo, they briefly ArtShift into anime-style, in particular, their eyes change to be huge and sparkly.
* Despite taking place in the equivalent of TheRoaringTwenties, Ikki from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' draws in a manner akin to 1990s shoujo manga, complete with big eyes.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* [[https://youtu.be/_9WEyuMq0Yk?t=161 Here]]'s what Creator/RogerEbert (probably the most famous film critic in the United States) has to say about anime eyes.
* If well it's almost impossible to get the eye size for normal humans, there's a way to get the optical effect of "anime eyes" via makeup as seen in the main image, having many tutorials about how to make this on Website/YouTube and Website/{{Tumblr}}.
* A famous (and non-anime related) example is TheFifties American artist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Keane Margaret Keane]], who was famous for drawing paintings with big eyes, and mainly paints women, children and animals in oil or mixed media. Her story, as well the case of the trial of her ex-husband StealingTheCredit of her work, was shown in the Creator/TimBurton's 2014 {{biopic}} ''Film/BigEyes'' with Creator/AmyAdams as Margaret Keane.
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Large eyes emphasise the youthfulness and [[{{kawaisa}} cuteness]] of a character. They also make it easier to convey complex and nuanced emotions. Eyes are an [[WindowsToTheSoul important tool for emotional communication]] for humans; the difference between Japanese and occidental smileys (which focus the information on eye and mouth shapes, respectively) would suggest that the importance of eyes is even higher in East Asia.
Exaggeratedly large eyes are one of the most famous and recognisable elements of {{anime}} and {{manga}}. Large eyes are ubiquitous in [[ShonenDemographic shonen]] and especially [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo]], which also happen to be the two best known demographics outside of Japan. [[SuperDeformed Chibi style]], again common in manga and anime aimed at kids and teens, exaggerates the eye size even further. Also it has to add that ''older'' shonen (and some newer ones) avert big anime eyes, instead the eyes tend to be either narrower or realistic.
With "anime eyes" not only the size increases, but also the shape is exaggerated (and usually gives a hint whether the character is generally [[TsurimeEyes active]] or [[TaremeEyes passive]]), the iris and the pupil grow in proportion and change shape to compliment the general eye shape, and especially in the romantic genre, the reflections are greatly exaggerated. Horizontal lines above the eyes represent the folds of the upper lid and are not necessarily realistic for Asian characters, but serve as a visual anchor that makes for a lightning-fast distinction between a narrow eye and a half-closed eye. The range and flexibility of the eyebrows is also exaggerated.
Thus big eyes are very very popular for characters intended to be [[CutenessOverload cute]] and [[{{moe}} endearing]], and in genres which rely greatly on emotion and melodrama. Even in works that employ more realistic proportions use eyes as a major tool. Only in the gag genre and some more experimental styles are eyes downplayed.
On the other hand, characters with small and possibly oversimplified eyes are usually intended to be [[{{Gonk}} incredibly ugly]], and are used more as tools for gags rather than fully-fledged characters. Characters with no eyes at all are the faceless mass, part of the background, moving standies, or perhaps intended to be as emotionally distant from the other characters and the reader as possible.
The main trend of big eyes in JapaneseMedia was started by Creator/OsamuTezuka, considerated by many as ''[[RedBaron The Father/Godfather/God of Manga]]'', who was based on old WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts to get this kind of eyes in his creations, notably ''Manga/AstroBoy''. His works became so important for the industry (first manga and later anime) that the concept of "anime eyes" was widely accepted and much of the works use this kind of eyes until today.
"Anime Eyes" is an OmnipresentTrope in Japan, so the list of works would be huge and [[PeopleSitOnChairs widely common]], so this trope is about Western or non-Japanese works that use this as a resource intended to be "anime eyes". In the case of works from Japan, only should be added if it's the case of {{Lampshading}}, {{Subversion}}s and {{Aversion}}s.
Compare PuppyDogEyes, AnimeHair and {{Disneyfication}} (a Western version). Strongly related to WindowsToTheSoul, as well with GoodEyesEvilEyes. See also {{Animesque}} and OELManga, in which Western and non-Japanese creators draw their creations with big anime eyes as a way to emulate and/or make tribute to JapaneseMedia.
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
''In JapaneseMedia, this is an OmnipresentTrope (being Creator/OsamuTezuka the TropeMaker and [[TropeCodifier Codifier]]), so the examples in this section are exclusively about {{Lampshading}}, {{Subversion}}s and {{Aversion}}s of this trope. For the same reason, examples from TaremeEyes and TsurimeEyes shouldn't be mentioned here since they're all straight examples.''
* If well it's a trope present in almost all manga and anime works, there're creators that are GenreSavvy of the industry and try to avoid the "big anime eyes" making them more small and realistic. Some notable examples are the works of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo and Creator/TakehikoInoue, just to name some big names on industry.
* Though it's a Creator/StudioGainax production, and ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' mostly adheres to this trope, it's pointedly averted in the episode "Vomiting Point." As Garterbelt succinctly describes it: "In this ghetto-shit place [Little Tokyo], ghetto-shit people seek ghetto-shit happiness as they live out their ghetto-shit lives." Reflective of their miserable existence, the people are drawn with [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smalleye.PNG tiny, mismatched eyes]], bordering on {{gonk}}.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' anime ''The Lost Agent/Fullbringer/[=XCution=]'' arc. The Fullbringer/[=XCution=] character Riruka Dokugamine {{Lampshades}} this in one episode when she says that her eyes dry out easily because they're so large.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Lampshaded in an issue of the ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'' comic book where Comic Book Guy lived his life as a Japanese cartoon, and did so with the help of some extra-large contact lenses.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* Referenced in the web round-robin short story ''[[https://sanjiyan.co.uk/showthread.php?s=a0fd033f6f9656ccf21b4022c4995b89&p=96226#post96226 Lungfish Alpha]]'' features a future in which people can make quite literally whatever physical modifications to their bodies that they want. The main character, Itsuko, was born to a pair of anime {{Otaku}} modifications.
-->They'd geneered their daughter to resemble the characters they loved: ridiculously colored hair, extended legs and arms, a tiny mouth and eyes that took up 70 percent of the face.
*''RolePlay/TheDoomyAdventuresOfIrkenDoominess'': All characters created by Jir will automatically have these sort of eyes.
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[[folder:Film - Animated]]
* Invoked on ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}''. As Fender is taking photos of Rodney, he asks for "big anime eyes".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* In the fourth book in the ''Literature/{{Uglies}}'' series by Scott Westerfeld, there's a clique called "manga-heads", who get surgery to make their eyes appear larger and who have crazy hairstyles in order to look like they're from manga.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live-Action Film]]
* The upcoming ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' based on [[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Yukito Kishiro's creation]] has Creator/RosaSalazar as Alita. Apart of the RaceLift polemic of their characters, Alita specially is in the eye of the storm, because of the anime eyes made by CGI as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7Apcw the first trailer]]. Director Creator/RobertRodriguez explains the reason why he made Alita with anime eyes in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgy6gAK9OA this IGN interview]].
* The 2014 {{biopic}} ''Film/BigEyes'' is about the life of Margaret Keane, a famous American artist that painted women as well children and animals with big and expressive eyes before {{anime}} was known in Western.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Music]]
* Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu usually gets inspiration from anime and kawaii, in which various of her costumes uses [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin big anime eyes]] via makeup and masks. Also used by her Western counterpart, Music/LadyGaga, specially when she went to Japan.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/BigEyesSmallMouth'' lampshades this in its title.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''Webcomic/FrankenFran'': One strip revolves around a girl who asks Fran for surgery to look like a chibi manga character to get her crush's attention (a supporter of the "2D girls are superior to real life" debate). She keeps coming back to Fran for more modifications, until she finally has the opportunity to sleep with him, at which point we see the extent of the changes: [[spoiler:[[https://ambivalen.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/franken_fran_v05_c37_20-21.png her eyes are half the size of her head, her mouth is shrunken, her nose is gone and her hair fell out]]: she looks like one of TheGreys.]] Unsurprisingly, the guy swears afterwards that he experienced alien contact.
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner:'' In [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE57JapaneseCartoon "japanese cartoon"]], Strong Bad speculates about how he'd look if he were an anime character. Naturally, giant eyes are one of the first things he brings up.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Okay, so first of all, my head would have to be a little bean. With real, real big eyes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': When Phineas and Ferb visit Tokyo, they briefly ArtShift into anime-style, in particular, their eyes change to be huge and sparkly.
* Despite taking place in the equivalent of TheRoaringTwenties, Ikki from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' draws in a manner akin to 1990s shoujo manga, complete with big eyes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Real Life]]
* [[https://youtu.be/_9WEyuMq0Yk?t=161 Here]]'s what Creator/RogerEbert (probably the most famous film critic in the United States) has to say about anime eyes.
* If well it's almost impossible to get the eye size for normal humans, there's a way to get the optical effect of "anime eyes" via makeup as seen in the main image, having many tutorials about how to make this on Website/YouTube and Website/{{Tumblr}}.
* A famous (and non-anime related) example is TheFifties American artist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Keane Margaret Keane]], who was famous for drawing paintings with big eyes, and mainly paints women, children and animals in oil or mixed media. Her story, as well the case of the trial of her ex-husband StealingTheCredit of her work, was shown in the Creator/TimBurton's 2014 {{biopic}} ''Film/BigEyes'' with Creator/AmyAdams as Margaret Keane.
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