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The characters are underweight!

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:23 pm
by 8bitsonic
I was reading through the JORDAN database and I started converting the weight and height of the characters from kilograms and centimeters to pounds and inches, me being an American and all. And when I converted them, I noticed that pretty much all of the characters seemed underweight. Maybe it's because I live in the bovine capital of the world, but I think since the characters are American, their proportions should be too! The designers probably forgot that to take into account that the stats wouldn't be that of a Japanese person. Some were only moderately light (Alice Gibson and Benson Cunningham) and some were quite out of proportion (Katrina and Gillian). Read and see:

Alice Gibson
H: 165 cm, 5'5"
W: 55 kg, 121 lb

Benson Cunningham
H: 180 cm, 5'11"
W: 75 kg, 165 lb

Gillian Seed
H: 178 cm, 5'10"
W: 65 kg, 143 lb

Harry Benson
H: 168 cm, 5'6"
W: 65 kg, 143 lb

Jean Jacques Gibson
H: 185 cm, 6'1"
W: 78 kg, 172 lb

Katrina Gibson
H: 160 cm, 5'3"
W: 43 kg, 95 lb

Mika Slayton
H: 167 cm, 5'6"
W: 55 kg, 121 lb

Those are all the stats I could find. Anyone have any more?

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:04 pm
by Missing
What would you suggest a more correct weight for characters such as Gillian might be? Speaking personally, I'm around six foot and only weigh about 137 pounds. It doesn't seem to me that Gillian's weight would be too far-off from his body type (but then, I'm not giving this any scientific thought).

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:19 pm
by 8bitsonic
Gillian's a pretty decent-sized fellow...he doesn't appear to have thin bones (ectomorphic). He looks like he might have some muscles on him. I would think that a person with a body type like Gillian's who's 5'10" would be maybe 150~160 lb?

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:24 pm
by Crowley
I've noticed that same thing it lots of Japanese... stuff. Anime, manga and games, wherever you can see personnel files with weight displayed.