>  From: schobronics@gmx.net <schobronics@gmx.net>
> 
> >Yuris wrote:
> >> To my knowledge, only dark-skinned heroine (lead female) in
> >> Japanese animation to have massive popularity was Nadia (Secret of Blue
> >> Waters). I'm not even aware of another series that featured dark skinned
> >> character as the lead female role.
> >There is mihoshi from Tenchi Muyo. She isn't really a main character but
> >quite popular amongst fans of the series. I'm quite sure there are more...
> 
> 
> For lead heroine : Rally Vicent of Gunsmith Cats, and the lead heroine 
> of V Gundam (her name escape me at the moment).
> 
> For secondary characters : Claudia of Macross, Soretta Orihime of 
> Sakura Taisen 2, Himemiya Anji of Utena, Nana of the original Gundam, 
> etc.
> 
> --
> 'CuSO4' Yung
> cuso4@cuso4.com
> chyung@hknet.com

I never noticed that Rally Vincent or Soletta Orihime were dark-skinned.
I don't know much about Rally, but Soletta is italian/japanese, which
should give her a skin color that would not stand out in any way in
Japan, where ST takes place.

Now, Nadia really looks dark.

By the way, dark-skinned leads in westeren comics used to be extremely
rare too, although it's getting a bit better these days.
-- 
Bas P. Suverkropp
email: bastiaan@hawaii.edu