Talk:Big Hero 6/@comment-4542120-20140521215419/@comment-4542120-20140603110649

Maybe it's just the art style. Anime was inspired by Western animation from the 1930s, so the characters look ambiguously native. But in something like 'Akira', the artist makes a distinction between the Japanese characters and the foreigners.

You're right; Hiro does look a little Japanese; I still do think, however, that he looks like Anna. He has her eye shape.

I think my problem is just with the art style, which is just a blend of 1950s and 1990s Disney with CG Dreamworks added in.

(I think some of his facial expressions are borrowed from Hogarth Hughes.)