Oh they will definitely flip it. Its crazy b/c people online are trying to fake outrage for the Japanese and they quiet as fukk. They don't give a shyt about this or any other white washing that goes on in TV.Knowing The self-hating Japanese, the characters in question are probably meant to be white
NetFlix's "Death Note" Accused Of White-Washing
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Cat Lady ☆
Feral
Yaboysix
That nikka
Smh, kept goin after White Goku aye..
firemanBk
The Manslayer
ExactlyAnime is white-washing in and of itself. Acting like those white-skinned, blue eyed characters are Japanese :michelle:
Anyway, don't care about this demonic film enough care about their complaining.
This is why casting Scarlett Johansson as The Major didn't bother me. Motoko is Asian in name only. Telling me she's Asian with blue eyes and tig ol bitties
I'm so used to combating the 'cism when it came to blacks in hollywood (marginalization, colorism, magical-negro syndrome, white-saviors, typecast hood/slave films, etc) that it's kind of weird seein Luke Cage (netflix), Black Panther (big budget live action), Miles Morales (big budget animated), Get Out, Hidden Figures, Blackish, Empire, Power, Survivor's Remorse, Cloak and Dagger, Corey Hawkings in 24, Jeffrey Wright/Thandie Newton in West World, John Boyega in Pacific Rim 2, Michael B. Jordan in the Creed franchise, Idris in the Dark Tower, Kevin Hart's stuff...
I don't even watch all of the above but the fact that there are so many options across platforms/genres is crazy. Not perfect nor where it needs to be in quantity but it's a pleasant shift. Just gotta keep it goin and
I say that b/c it makes it kinda weird seein asians starting to move to the forefront of bucking at whatever overt/covert hollywood cism.
Formerly Black Trash
Philosopher, Connoisseur, Future Legend
Dumb
But im all for less white ppl in movies
But im all for less white ppl in movies
Grand Conde
Superstar
Are people in Japan actually complaining about this or just 'Asian'-Americans? I notice the article said Asian-Americans should have been casted, that makes as much sense as casting whites. Why not Japanese actors?
The remake takes place is Seattle (American city with lots of Asians). Thing is, racially, the main character in the source material is an Asian man named Light Yagami. There was literally no reason he had to be changed to a cac named Light Turner. There were also lots of (non main) white characters in the original anime.
That's because they have complete control over their image and representation due to running their own media (they don't even watch anything from the West that's not big budget Hollywood stuff). Asian Americans do not though, and there's an extremely prevalent pattern of changing any Asian male character into a cac in American adaptations of movies/anime/video games/true stories etc.
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Grand Conde
Superstar
So it should have an Asian lead with Japanese actors...?
Grand Conde
Superstar
Knowing The self-hating Japanese, the characters in question are probably meant to be white
In what way are the Japanese self-hating? Have you ever been to Japan? Had a conversation with a Japanese person?
In Anime's the Asian characters usually are white in all but namesIn what way are the Japanese self-hating? Have you ever been to Japan? Had a conversation with a Japanese person?
I know he is going to kill this role and shut all these racists up.
In what way are the Japanese self-hating? Have you ever been to Japan? Had a conversation with a Japanese person?
Anime is built on the foundation of Japanese self-hated. @Anti-Anime
Hence why they draw Japanese characters as Caucasians along with associating power with Aryan's
SuikodenII
Where's Suikoden VI??????
I'm watching the anime all the way through for the 1st time...
...I ain't gon' lie, the hype around this anime is justified so far
...I ain't gon' lie, the hype around this anime is justified so far