Hollywood White WASHES Japanese Anime in movie adaptation

[uo111 5,266]

48 minutes ago, aaronyoji said:

as an asian, i find this to be ****ing stupid and overblown. like, the characters white, sorry and scarlett looks like her as much as a HUMAN can look like a CARTOON. aaaaand anime constantly glorifies white americans.....

She is Asian though. Motoko Kusanagi born and raised in Japan is a white girl? I mean, if that's what you want to believe, who's stopping you? Certainly not Hollywood

[Solitaire 902]

1 hour ago, Himeros26 said:

No

[rivingtonreb 438]

On April 14, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Lance said:

 

 

to followers of the anime, what are your thoughts on this?

Lmao second hand embarrassment for sure ****ing hollywood can suck my ass

[Katsuki Bakugo 9,788]

On 4/14/2016 at 6:45 AM, Himeros26 said:

It's Anime, everything is literally Asian.

There's also the problem that Asians are only casted to play Nerdy roles. In Hollywood Asians are rarely anything else. But of course, a white person has no issue with this

I'm white and I have issue with this. 

[SychosSoChic 9,995]

Like Jesus guys it doesn't take 17 pages to get it

She's Japanese - fact

She lives in Japan - fact

She speaks Japanese - fact

Whether you think she looks white or not is irrelevant, because quite simply she's not.

Spoiler

And I saw someone propose that her cyborg model is just white? No. Coz why in the HELL would an Asian choose to look white? Now you're just opening up doors to a whole different can of worms.

 

[MelbHawker 6,583]

Hollywood does what it does to make a profit. 



It's an adaptation of anime - where films and adaptations are concerned (no matter the genre), I do not think the producer/directors etc. are obligated to stay true to the source material. 

These calls re: 'whitewashing' are ridiculous. Hollywood was developed by white people; is it shameful to be using white actors in films? Where's the rule stating that an adaptation of Anime can't feature a white actress simply because she is white/non-asian? 

Personally, I would love to see a more diverse spread of actors getting jobs in Hollywood - Hollywood is so concentrated though, that the same actors are used for projects simply because actors act as the brand/selling point for films these days. The name of the film is more often than not secondary to the actors in it. It's all about what profits.