Difference between revisions of "Neoteny"

This sexualization of childlike appearance is highly controversial in the west, but parts of the east accepted it. From early on, Japanese animation teemed with neotenous figures (see above). Neoteny, the idea of adults as childlike, dovetailed with parallel cultural movements like [[moe]] and [[kawaii]], and became ingrained into the cultural landscape.

This sexualization of childlike appearance is highly controversial in the west, but parts of the east accepted it. From early on, Japanese animation teemed with neotenous figures (see above). Neoteny, the idea of adults as childlike, dovetailed with parallel cultural movements like [[moe]] and [[kawaii]], and became ingrained into the cultural landscape.