Because they do? Just because they don't make every character look completely asian doesn't mean they're denying themselves. It doesn't really interfere with the storytelling, either. Lighten up.Psycho_Lugia_X said:One thing that would bite Japan in the butt would be: who plays goku? Who plays ANYONE? My point being, of course, Japan's unrelenting tendency to have ONLY white people in their anime. DONT YOU DARE DENY IT! I am not trying to slam any race, i am simply reporting the obvious: nearly all anime characters are white IN APPEARENCE, they could be in the thick of Tokyo and they'd all have snow white skin and golden hair. Woo-blasted-hoo. Look at Popo...need i say more? But back to Goku, He looks more white than asian, as well as all the other guys. I dont remeber them saying anything about ANY character being from a foreign land. These guys are in China, or at least in Asia somewhere, so I refuse to believe how un-asian these guys look. Have some pride! Man, how can they deny themselves so frequently and easily?
Yugi isn't Egyptian. He's Japanese (Yami Yugi on the other hand, being the Pharaoh, doesn't look Egyptian because he's Yugi's darker half, and therefore has to look more like Yugi). Malik, Isis, and Rishid are all believably Egyptian. BEWD also isn't the ultimate monster. It's worse than the God cards (Osiris, Ra, and Obelisk), and there are stronger legendary Dragons in the next story arc after the next Big Five (Yugi dies to save Yami Yugi after Yami Yugi went insane like Pandora did).Psycho_Lugia_X said:Another example is YGO, look at Joey, Yugi, come on now, Yugi!!! WHY would an egyptian be white? Blond? It makes no sense...THey are in Asia, dont deny it! And look at their idea of an american from the US is: Bandit Keith! A bandana wearing, blond/blue/white, catholic?, rebel! How come the strongest fighter in the world is Blond haired, Blue eyed, and white skin (SSJ)? Wait a minute, that sounds like a familiar description..i think it sounds a bit like, yes--BLUE EYES, WHITE DRAGON, the ultimate monster! COME ON! If that isnt proof of anime's warped sense of race is, then you must be tuning out the obvious.
Live-action DBZ wouldn't really be DBZ anyways. How would they do Piccolo? Cell? Frieza? I'd worry more about those sorts of things moreso than if Goku looked completely right.Psycho_Lugia_X said:If you look at early DBZ, Goku indeed looks a good deal asian, compared to Cell and beyond, he lost what little asian-ness he had. So theres the question. Who do you cast to be goku? An asian would be nice, and accurate, because thats how it should be, but would he really look like Goku? If they cast a white guy, dye his hair, he'd look more like him, im sure, but would that feel right? Like having an Australian play the role of a US president in a movie. Would that feel right? Be honest. It comes down to race. You may be able to stretch that in a cartoon, but when you cross the threshold into reality, into live action, streching race gets hard. I think whatever their decision is, it will offend someone.
What I think is that you should lighten up a little. Don't take things so seriously. Just because characters aren't being portrayed as totally realistic to their nationalities doesn't mean that they're degrading themselves in any way.Psycho_Lugia_X said:I know i am NOT the only person to notice this. I am interested to learn what you think of this post.
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