Japanese animator Tezuka Osamu, who many people dub as the father of anime and manga, presented the eyes of characters in his pieces largely so that they could clearly display their emotions more effectively to the viewer; to this day, many people agree that the eyes of anime and manga characters are the part which are most expressive.
With a character who is seen to be someone good or innocent, the eyes are displayed as large and childlike. The eyes of a sneaky more suspicious character however will have smaller eyes. In typical anime and manga, it is evil characters who prove to have the smallest eyes of all. Characters in these pieces do a number of different things to reflect their mood when expressing emotion.
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usual anime/manga character can display an evil look when in a
certain situation looking suspicious or thinking evil thoughts. An
evil look is usually accompanied, depending on the circumstance, with
either a blue blush, a sweat drop, or an anger vein. On the other
hand, the happy look is seen as much more common. The character's
eyes transform into two thick half-circles, giving characters either
a delighted, or adorable look. Either sexes of characters can have
that form of a happy look, but unusual to female anime/manga
characters are starry-eyes. With otherwise normal eyes, female
character's eyes will suddenly grow into giant sizes with dozens of
stars and little white spots surrounding them. These features signal
to the viewer that the character is extremely happy.
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