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[(Anonymous)]

i see people already being racist here.

lbr medium divide is about 75% racism and not wanting to look at people who aren't white

let's see how many poc from live action get apped

[(Anonymous)]

lol except all animus look white to me

[(Anonymous)]

http://www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/faceoftheother.html

they really are japanese tho

[(Anonymous)]

i really don't care? i don't watch anime, and the drawings i see look white what with the blond hair and blue eyes

[(Anonymous)]

you are literally too fucking stupid to function

tell us your secrets of how you manage it anyway

[(Anonymous)]

lol oh no my opinion wasn't dramatically altered by your link

whatever will you do

[(Anonymous)]

they might "look white" to you, however, they are not meant to be white, or even representative of white people

they have yellow hair and blue eyes because they are cartoon characters. same reason why some of them have green hair and purple eyes. japanese people see those "white looking characters" as being japanese. they look white to you because you are white, or are used to seeing representations of white people in american cartoons. you see them as looking like yourself, or whatever you're most familiar with. this principle also applies to japanese viewers. they do not look white to the people in japan watching the show.

[(Anonymous)]

most anniemoos are meant to be japanese thoe

[(Anonymous)]

Are you for fucking real?

Because most anime characters actually look Japanese and not like pink haired round eyed aliens, right?

[(Anonymous)]

yep u sure r a da

[(Anonymous)]

Oh no, two people have the same opinion that is contrary to mine. Must be samenon.

[(Anonymous)]

surprise! ppl don't see pink hair and green eyes and think "must be japanese"

[(Anonymous)]

japanese people do

ask them what nationality sailor moon looks






spoiler: they'll say she looks japanese

[(Anonymous)]

which makes zero sense

[(Anonymous)]

>how many poc from live action get apped

What is a number less than one?

[(Anonymous)]

Then app some in? Do you like Community? Or Doctor Who? Or Torchwood? Or any J-drama ever? Maybe you really liked Asoka or Lagaan (not the anime). Play a character from there. Or hey, what about movies? Pacific Rim has some great PoC in it.

It's not up to the game, it's up to the people apping in. Instead of crying about it, app someone and play them.

da

[(Anonymous)]

but why not allow a genre dominated by poc?

Re: da

[(Anonymous)]

Going out on a limb and saying you're a white woman.

Re: da

[(Anonymous)]

so asians aren't poc now?








and looking in the mirror, are we? we're not all white, hun.

da

[(Anonymous)]

I think it is a little intellectually dishonest to put anime and manga (which is almost entirely made about Japanese people by Japanese people for Japanese people) in the same category as Western media for representation of non-white peoples. By that standard, Japanese media is just as homogeneous as Western media, if not more so. I can usually find a fair number of POC in most of the Western media I consume, whereas I seldom find a non-Japanese character in the Japanese media I consume. It makes sense, given that Japan is a lot more homogenous than the North-Western world, but it also makes "anime is diverse!" a bit of a cheap argument.

While it still represents non-white characters, whether in fantasy universes or not, it is a bit ridiculous to suggest that almost exclusively Japanese representation is somehow inherently inclusive. It still seldom represents black or brown people, or even other East Asian people. Having a game that is 49% [Fantasy] White and 49% [Fantasy] Japanese and 2% "Other" is only scarcely more diverse than a game that is 99% [Fantasy] White and 1% Other.

Is it ridiculous for games to ban anime/manga characters? Absolutely and enthusiastically yes, because anime/manga is a medium (or a regional take on a medium), not a genre. It is asinine to paint all anime/manga with the same brush, given that there are series for just about every subject, sensibility, genre and target audience.

Is it somehow a denial of fair representation? In my opinion, not really.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

You can't say anime characters are all 100% Japanese therefore banning anime is racism without by extension saying that anime is inherently racist as of itself. In the rare cases they do use characters from other cultures or religions, they're massive stereotypes, and black characters in particular get treated like a joke.

[(Anonymous)]

wow you are super butthurt and defensive and also missing the point, congrats

[(Anonymous)]

You missed the point. You're pushing one aspect of Japanese culture (and Korean to a lesser extent) and saying the denial of it is racist. Maybe I'd rather see actual PoC rather than rainbow haired 2-D drawn figures.

Asian =/= anime. Please stop pushing that association, THAT is racist.

[(Anonymous)]

planning to app from tw and would LOVE a martha or tosh in the game

just sayin

[(Anonymous)]

who are you apping, anon, and do you have a match?



because I could do that, js.