Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-112.207.82.60-20140309021854/@comment-53539-20150417094402

Anime/manga design was, as I said, a "paint by numbers" thing. As others said, it was because their body structures were simlair, but its also as I said... So when you see a character you know what to expect.

http://www.ioffer.com/img3/item/143/061/005/beyblade-complete-1-154-seasons-1-3-+-movie-free-ship-bc7b.jpg

So lets do a test; if you did not see Beyblade back in the day,, identify the enthnic origins here. 3 of these guys are Japanese.... 1 is American... 1 is chinese... I'm not sure the origin of the last but I also think he is Japanese too... That that might be 4 Japanese.

But if you can't at least pick out the American here based on whats been said...

Anyway, once you've done that, go back to Leon and you'll see what we're on about with Blond-haired blue-eyed Leon. I will note by season 3, beyblade was varying its character designs, but in season 1 the China and America face offs were all sterotyping. Be it... For some reason the mangaka gave the Chinese characters all animal characteristics which was the only oddity here in their designs.