Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-103.4.85.51-20131122005829/@comment-9951418-20131125015106

136.224.216.145 wrote: The map looks like the Kindoms are on Islands instead of Continents (at least thats how I view it), so if we're talking about how geography effects culture (which Monty has mentioned while creating RWBY), skin color would likely develope to be similar to the ethnic groups of Island Nation's. Namely Scandenavians or Pacific Islanderes. Which gives us skin towns from pale to slightly tan.

RWBY is designed similar to anime in which, despit the Japanease having more tan light skin color, they are depicted mostly as white in anime with only people who are realy tan having any color. This way of drawing helps anime sell to Countries whoes major ethnicity is caucasion. I actually thought kids in Digimon Season One were Americans for awhile when I was watching it for the first time First of all, just to clear this up, i started this thread, i just was unable (*cough*forgot*cough*) to log in at the time.

And i know what you mean about how it appeals to a wider range of ethnicity (with them  being pale and all) and i know what anime is like (i've watched more than my fair share), but i was just wondering if anine had any theories. It may not just be that, there could be something influencing it. We can never know what Monty has up his sleeve XD