Eating is often done for comic effect. Like the tiny girl who eats more than 12 sumo wrestlers. That is, she eats more food than they do. She does not actually eat 13 or more sumo wrestlers. :sd: At least I have not seen that yet. 
Also, having a family, or other group, engaging in conversation while eating is a good way to give some information to the viewers. A scene with people just standing around talking about a plot point can seem rather forced. A discussion during a meal seems more natural, in my opinion.
Real people generally do eat everyday. I’m not sure why the depiction of such seems odd to you. :sd:
People use the toilet a lot but you don’t see that a great deal in anime.
The reason for this is: the sight of a person enjoying a good meal is an aesthetically pleasing one. Whereas the sight of a person enjoying a good crap. Nevermind toilet training, I think learning the basics of thoroughly chewing your food for easy digestion comes first. That, or get a little more fiber in the diet. :laugh:
12292007, 09:11 PM
Well, I don’t think you can buy there most of the food (if not all) that’s shown in anime feasts . or just when they’re having a meal at a bar. 
Those banquets tend to be exaggerated anyways. I think the majority of foods you see most characters dining on are common enough to find ingredients for. Some dishes might just be more timeconsuming clash of clans hack download to make than others. For snacks or small meals, or special ingredients, I’m sure they’re available at Asian markets.I DO like those scenes. I just wonder since it is shown very often. You don’t see that as many times in an American cartoon.
Besides, one thing would be to show it in one episode and then wait at least 2 or 3 later. But they’re always eating. That’s what sparkles my attention.
I see what you mean, though I’m thinking you’re focusing on specific genres of anime that tend to display these kinds of scenes. Sort of like the way you see characters running off to school with toast in their mouths, or those pan scenes? I think they’re just as typical as onsen scenes given the type of anime.
Real people generally do eat everyday. I’m not sure why the depiction of such seems odd to you. :sd:
People use the toilet a lot but you don’t see that a great deal in anime. Or TV in general, with the exception of old police dramas and Babylon 5.
That’s a far more private body function than eating is. People eat around each other hence it is portrayed in shows. They generally do not crap around each other hence that is generally not outside of hentai. Any other poorly thought out observations I can dismantle? I rarely get the opportunity since people are usually busy doing it to me.
12302007, 12:06 PM
kidding aside, you too can savor what delicious looking foods hit their palates, just as long as there’s an Asian specialty food/goods store that carries them 
I’ve got one near me but considering I can’t read Korean (my large Asian grocery store is a Korean place, but they do sell all kinds of stuff) and I don’t even know what the hell these clash royale cheats hack ingredients are supposed to look like makes it hard. You should’ve seen me in the Asian Mart last week staring at stuff in an aisle trying to figure out if it was something I needed for a recipe or not. :sd:
12302007, 01:40 PM
Eating is often done for comic effect. Like the tiny girl who eats more than 12 sumo wrestlers. That is, she eats more food than they do. She does not actually eat 13 or more sumo wrestlers. :sd: At least I have not seen that yet.
I reckon Guu has, though I’ve never seen her eat any in either series or ova, I wouldn’t put it past her. :laugh:
She did devour a whole ocean’s woth of aquatic life, though. Not the same as sumo wrestlers, but there were still blubbery mammals involved.
12302007, 01:54 PM
kidding aside, you too can savor what delicious looking foods hit their palates, just as long as there’s an Asian specialty food/goods store that carries them
I’ve got one near me but considering I can’t read Korean (my large Asian grocery store is a Korean place, but they do sell all kinds of stuff) and I don’t even know what the hell these ingredients are supposed to look like makes it hard. You should’ve seen me in the Asian Mart last week staring at stuff in an aisle trying to figure out if it was something I needed for a recipe or not. :sd:
yeah, it can be difficult if the store doesn’t tag stuff in a language you can read. Though most of the Asian markets love this website I’ve been to have a lot of their items labeled in English. It’s probably best to look up the recipe beforehand. That, or print a screencap of the dish, take it to the store, and see if someone’s willing to help you id what you need.