Uh...huh. Sorry, but that's just ignorance. Anime characters are not skewed Caucasian in their design unless they are deliberately Caucasian. You have to have a very limited knowledge of Asian features to believe that squinty eyes are the norm. As in comics, animation depends on open facial expressions, especially for the hero. Round eyes and an open face give the hero emotional availability - the emotions are clearly expressed and also allows the viewer to put their own self onto that tabula rasa.

I would rage a bit more but instead I'll point you to a helpful source:
http://www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/faceoftheother.html

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Ooh, that's a good link. I really wish I could find the one that used happy faces to brilliantly unpack the racial assumptions of the viewer.

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I don't have a limited knowledge of Asian features, thank you. And I understand anime stylization. But I do think the characters are often designed a certain way to maximize certain points of identification. Please save the rage for someone who actually deserves it, as opposed to a bystander who understands the anger but does not share an unending stream of fury.

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