Data were collected on autistic traits, alexithymia (difficulty with feeling emotion), and facial emotion recognition (FER). The relationships were examined between autistic traits and alexithymia, and performance on a task measuring FER with human and anime faces as targets. Consistent with previous research using human faces, autistic traits and performance on the FER task were significantly and negatively correlated. However, this relationship was no longer significant but still negative when anime faces were viewed. Results further revealed alexithymia as a moderating variable. Alexithymia showed a stronger association with FER of human and anime faces than did autistic traits.