Stereotypes
Arina Tanemura's characters
A stereotype is a popular belief associated with a specific type of people. A stereotype that many people may be familiar with is the one where people think that all blondes are stupid. This is not the case. Not everyone who happens to be a blonde is stupid, but enough people believe it so the idea is still spread around today.
In movies and television shows there are stereotypes that we see that we have become so familiar with we don’t even blink an eye. Some examples of these are: the snobby cheerleader, the popular jock, the quiet bookworm, the geek, and many many more. Entertainment is full of stereotypes; manga and anime are no different. They have their own set of stereotypes that can be seen religiously throughout their movies, books and television shows.
Women often fall into one of these categories, sometimes occupying more than one at a time. Although well-developed characters can, and often do belong to more than one group, the less developed characters can only occupy one of these. This is either for the sole purpose of fulfilling this role or because this category mostly defines them. They may have more characteristics that would put them in other categories, but they are so defined by this one thing that their other qualities are over looked.
In movies and television shows there are stereotypes that we see that we have become so familiar with we don’t even blink an eye. Some examples of these are: the snobby cheerleader, the popular jock, the quiet bookworm, the geek, and many many more. Entertainment is full of stereotypes; manga and anime are no different. They have their own set of stereotypes that can be seen religiously throughout their movies, books and television shows.
Women often fall into one of these categories, sometimes occupying more than one at a time. Although well-developed characters can, and often do belong to more than one group, the less developed characters can only occupy one of these. This is either for the sole purpose of fulfilling this role or because this category mostly defines them. They may have more characteristics that would put them in other categories, but they are so defined by this one thing that their other qualities are over looked.