Quote Originally Posted by Samcaesar View Post
I dunno if 7' tall is anywhere near the Japanese ideal. It's more like what happens whenever they design the girls to appeal to a demographic largely made of straight men >_>
The ideal for men is tall, lanky, and stern.
The ideal for women is short and "cute."
The actual height ranges are actually closer to a "middle point" of about 5' 5" and a PRECISE maximum of 6' 1" (not a joke either, that's my height and it was the exact limit everything was designed for. I never hit my head on doors but my just-slightly-taller friends and dormmates did constantly. If i were any taller, finding a bed would have been impossible.) but the idea is the same.
In fact most of the races are designed around certain Japanese aesthetic ideals and archetypes. Just the heights are mostly exaggerated.