same face syndrome; stamp-like character art
Manga/anime slang for when an artist draws all characters with nearly identical faces, as if using a personal stamp. Often used critically or humorously.
That manga artist is famous for same face syndrome.
A lot of recent anime have same face syndrome, so I can't tell the characters apart.
Standard kanji spelling using 判子 (hanko/stamp) and 絵 (picture).
Katakana spelling of 判子, common in manga and casual contexts.
Compound of 判子 (hanko, 'personal stamp') and 絵 (e, 'picture'). The term likens repetitive character faces to images produced by a single stamp.