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What is an anime person anime isn't a race

Leon is depicted as a white man because Japanese fans thought "Hey he's Western and Western people are usually white and blond right?" and it just stuck with the fandom. Characters like Len and Rin and Lily are blond and blue eyed for different reasons. A lot of anime characters use colorful eye and hair colors to differentiate the characters because they often aren't differentiated by their facial or body structures. And I guess it would be a little boring if everyone had realistic colors, since it's a drawing why not make it a little fantastical?