A year ago, I was complaining about an anime called "Lucky Star". My main beef is that the series stars girls who are in high school and are 18 years old. But are designed to look like Kindergartners and sound like toddlers. The issue is that they clearly wanted to attract Loli fanatics and convince them that its OK to fantasize about them since they were 18. My friend's counterpoint was that the Disney heroines (mainly the princesses) were designed to look older than they really are, to be sexually pleasing.
So I decided to look back at the design of the Disney Princesses and heroines.
Snow White is believed to be 14 in the movie. Even though she is a young girl she wears make up and looks older than she really is. To some, this might be a problem.
Cinderella's age is never mentioned. But judging from her anatomy she might be 18, 19 or 20. The fact is that she looks well proportioned for her to be 15 or 16.
Alice and Wendy look their age, no problems here.
Tinkerbell is an immortal being, meaning that she has no age. But she was drawn to look attractive.
Aurora...Hmm. We know she's 16 in the movie, but looks older. The argument is that many girls can look older, even if they are 16. But still, her face and body look like they belong on an older woman. Again, this would be proving my friend's point.
Ariel looks and acts like a 16 year old teenager. Her big, bright eyes and small figure give that away. Yes, she wears a shell bra, but her breasts are drawn accordingly (ie, she's not huge for a teenager
).Belle...I believe she might be 18 or 19 when the story starts, like Cinderella before her. Once again, her figure, voice and mannerisms belong to that of a young woman, not a teenager. If she is younger that I expected...I'll be damned.
Jasmine I am clueless about. She sounds like a teenager (especially with the whole "WHATEVER I DO WHAT I WANT!" attitude that channels Ariel in a way). But she might be older...I need help with this. She wearing those outfits make her jailbait material... XD
Pocahontas was originally a little girl, so Disney's Pocahontas is much older so that the love story is believable. Like Cinderella and Belle she sounds and acts like a young woman.
Esmeralda is clearly an older woman, probably in her mid twenties.
Meg=definitely young woman.
Mulan...Hmm, she's definitely in the age that mothers train her to be Geishas, so she could be 16. Her mentality is also pretty young, but noble. 17 maybe. Her design also resembles that of the anatomy of a teenager.
Jane is a scholar, probably in the age to be in college, so I say young woman. She looks normal for a woman her age.
Now onto Yzma...SHE'S ANCIENT! MOVING ON!
Kida from "Atlantis" is eternally young.
So from my investigation, we can all agree that the majority of the Disney heroines are in their late teens or young womanhood. Some look their age, others are a complete mystery.
What do you think, though? I would greatly appreciate if you guys can contribute facts that will help me prove that my friend is partially wrong.
Anyway, I've got a couple of things to add.
