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| One Piece - Monkey D. Luffy |
Characters can be drawn to reflect their personality and emotions to determine what sort of person they are. Audience must be able to understand the character's personality and be able to connect with them (such as characters in Disney/Pixar).
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| FMA Brotherhood - Ling Yao |
Drawn animation can be used to show different emotional states or to hide certain aspects of them such as their motives. As shown above on the left image the character Ling appears as a friendly funny looking guy when you first see him which goes with how he acts (note his closed eyes also make him appear more friendly). When in a more serious situation his eyes open to give off a more serious facial expression as well as his head and ears become less rounded (along with the blood) shows us the idea of him being a serious warrior.
FMA Brotherhood is a good example to show the appearance of characters through their eyes and how they tell us not just about the character's personality but who/what they are (the truth). Following video perfectly describes this:
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