Nope. Japanese like other "yellow" race are white, mean skin color . And because of strong stylization anime - manga characters practically don't have race. Search YouTube, and you can find couple videos where Japanese are asked to decide which race are some characters.
...so you are blind or xxxxx so must read shitty articles even about obvious stuff? I'm white, blond hair, blue - green eyes, and I see Chinese which are whiter than me or my white friends. Of course there are asians with darker skin, just as white people. And again search and watch videos where Japanese can't decide are some character white - westerner or not. Can you guess? Same is with age, in manga - anime are only three age, very small kids, old farts... and everyone else is same... Bur you obviously know better than Japanese. Asians just like caucasians don't have big, round, bug like eyes, which are most common in manga. Except eyes entire facial structure is wrong, not asian at all. In some sub styles characters are very caucasians.... without any trace of asian facial features.
Hair color doesn't mean anything in anime. How many races have purple, blue, or pink hair? The reason there are so many different hair colors in anime is because with that art style everyone has the same face. They need a wide range of hair colors to help tell the characters apart. Plus it just looks cool. It has nothing to do with race.
The large eyes are there in the art style for two reasons.
1) It's considered cute, especially in Japanese culture
2) The art style was originally inspired by Betty Boop
Considering that I actually have Japanese friends, speak Japanese, and have spent years studying Japanese culture and speaking with Japanese people I think I'm a bit more well versed in this than you. No offense intended, but you sound like a typical gaijin drawing a bunch of ignorant conclusions without much knowledge of the history of the art style or Japanese culture.
I don't know who these Japanese people are that you are seeing in youtube videos, but they must be mentally disabled because they don't represent the average Japanese person at all and they certainly aren't otaku.
If you think the facial structure isn't Asian just because they don't have round faces, that's also pretty ignorant. Round faces are less common in Japanese, which is a big part of why their women are so beautiful. I'm not saying that Japanese people with round faces don't exist, but it's way more rare than in other Asians. It's pretty obvious who's a westerner in anime. . Note the extremely strong jawline which most anime characters don't have. Japanese characters tend to have much sharper features, especially around the chin and jaw.
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