To provide an electro-optical device displaying high-contrast images in
all directions due to the orthogonality of the polarization axes of the
polarizers by improving the structure of the polarizers, and an
electronic apparatus including the same. In an electro-optical device 1,
a polarizing sheet 130 surrounds a virtual axis line L extending
vertically substantially in the center of the liquid-crystal panel 100. A
portion of the cylindrical polarizing sheet centered on the virtual axis
line L adjacent to the back face of the liquid-crystal panel 100 is
defined as a first polarizer 140 and a portion of the cylindrical
polarizing sheet centered on the virtual axis line L adjacent to the
front face of the liquid-crystal panel 100 is defined as a second
polarizer 150. As a result, the first polarizer 140 and the second
polarizer 150 are disposed in cross-Nicol arrangement.