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Why are anime eyes so big?

By Shay • Mar 26th, 2008     

So why do anime characters often have such large eyes or corneas? They wear contacts.

At least that’s what a Thai Acuvue contact lenses advertisement suggests.

It’s a cute and pretty fun ad campaign. Throw out all your Tezuka, ’shows emotion’, and other reasons because it’s in the contacts baby. But then why must some characters wear glasses? A fashion accessory? I kid.

Acuvue Define: Boy
Acuvue Define: Girl

via Ads of the World

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14 Responses »

  1. Apple on March 29th, 2008 at 2:43 am:

    Awwww…so kawaii~~
    I like the answer “They wear contacts”…haha

  2. modemlooper on March 30th, 2008 at 12:02 pm:

    LOL they should make real anime contacts

  3. Sillysweetie on April 1st, 2008 at 9:04 am:

    Hahahahaha so true they wear contacts!! It’s sad those contacts don’t fit my eyes :P

  4. Shay on April 1st, 2008 at 11:43 pm:

    Yeah, last time I checked, Acuvue contacts dont look that cool :P I don’t think they’d fit me either ^^

  5. Bapes on April 4th, 2008 at 11:15 pm:

    LOL! I have always wondered about that. There eyes always look so huge. I guess I know why now. LOL!

  6. Nicole on April 13th, 2008 at 8:58 pm:

    LOLOL oh cool i want one , so i can scare a friend or two

  7. Mishy on April 13th, 2008 at 9:20 pm:

    LOLOLOL.
    @nicole: i wouldn’t want one, i’d want two xD

    i want’em to stare at people
    yesthatsoundsfreaky.
    XD

  8. art student on June 24th, 2008 at 9:53 pm:

    well when you look at the rest if the face its rather simple so 90% of a charector’s expression is through his or her eyes

  9. Name on November 25th, 2008 at 7:04 am:

    i think its cute

  10. yon on February 4th, 2009 at 5:29 pm:

    they do make anime contact

  11. yon on February 4th, 2009 at 5:29 pm:

    they do make anime contacts

  12. Emily on March 6th, 2009 at 5:56 pm:

    http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/08/11/anime_eyes/print.html

  13. Dylan on March 31st, 2009 at 9:33 pm:

    wow….that’s sooooo weird!
    All anime people look better with contacts then….wow

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