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| Yeah I get that anime comes from china japan and the main audience is japanese people but come on! At least change it up a little with a completely foreign protagonist, not this half japanese half white person protag bullshit! |
| I'd rather not. Let's be honest, in 9 out of 10 cases you wouldn't notice any difference in how they look. Then, you would get some stereotypical character that is nowhere close to a real foreigner from a given country. |
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sherlock5545 said: I'd rather not. Let's be honest, in 9 out of 10 cases you wouldn't notice any difference in how they look. Then, you would get some stereotypical character that is nowhere close to a real foreigner from a given country. Are you implying Joseph Joestar is not an accurate depiction of an American from the '30s? |
| And I mean that in the most sexually painful way possible. |
JabonHR said: sherlock5545 said: I'd rather not. Let's be honest, in 9 out of 10 cases you wouldn't notice any difference in how they look. Then, you would get some stereotypical character that is nowhere close to a real foreigner from a given country. Are you implying Joseph Joestar is not an accurate depiction of an American from the '30s? You're damn right he is, this generation is weak. |
| Number one most favourited character on MAL is a British dude |
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Draeswolf said: Yeah I get that anime comes from china japan and the main audience is japanese people but come on! At least change it up a little with a completely foreign protagonist, not this half japanese half white person protag bullshit! Watch Kinmosa or Sister Princess, there are full blooded foriegn mains in there, Hanayamata too. |
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hybreezy said: Number one most favourited character on MAL is a British dude Yep, that proves it. 90% of MAL users are foreign, 60% of those 90% MAL users are FBI agents |
| well I'm glad we cleared that up |
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hybreezy said: Number one most favourited character on MAL is a British dude A Japanese-fluent British dude. Yep |
| Screw foreigners. |
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| watch WMT shows. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| I like Hei, Hei it's nice |
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BlueKite said: hybreezy said: Number one most favourited character on MAL is a British dude A Japanese-fluent British dude. Yep They're probably (more like clearly) speaking English it's just Japanese for convenience of intended audience. like Black Lagoon for example |
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| Wait so OP is serious about this? |
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| Is Naruto Japanese or European? |
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judals said: Is Naruto Japanese or European? He's a mexican. |
| Don't mind them because I never see the difference. |
an egomaniac and a fool |
| they are chill, I guess. It's not like they radically change depending on whether they're japanese or a foreiner anyway |
| Are you asking for a MC who speaks English? Man can you imagine a American show with a MC who spoe Spaniosh -people shove Dora The Explorer in my face- No. |
"Fuck this shit, fun things are fun!" |
StardustNyako said: Are you asking for a MC who speaks English? Man can you imagine a American show with a MC who spoe Spaniosh -people shove Dora The Explorer in my face- No. No, I don't really like dubbed |
| Next shows need to have a Brazilian as a protagonist. And yeah, he dindn't play football! |
| The characters in Clannad are aliens if that helps. |
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Ratohnhaketon said: The characters in Clannad are aliens if that helps. No, they are japanese. |
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goldslash said: Next shows need to have a Brazilian as a protagonist. And yeah, he dindn't play football! We would have a Brazilian main character in the next Idolm@ster if the fans didn't have such poor taste in idols. |
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Praland said: Ratohnhaketon said: The characters in Clannad are aliens if that helps. No, they are japanese. At least one of them is obviously an insect. |
Praland said: I like Hei, Hei it's nice Oh right. Hei is Chinese... |
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hybreezy said: BlueKite said: A Japanese-fluent British dude. Yep They're probably (more like clearly) speaking English it's just Japanese for convenience of intended audience. like Black Lagoon for example Exactly. Or FMA....that anime's setting is more than likely Europe... SnK too.... |
AirStyles said: Praland said: I like Hei, Hei it's nice Oh right. Hei is Chinese... A good chinese |
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| What's the point? Ethnicity/race is barely clear at all in most anime since character design doesn't resemble actual humans much. |
| I doubt that an anime with foreign lead would do well. That would be like expecting a battle shounen with an alien MC to become one of the most popular series ever. |
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| Didn't itazura na kiss have some foreign characters |
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| Kiniro mosaic has some awesome foreign characters. Karen and alice <3 |
Insomnium101 said: Kiniro mosaic has some awesome foreign characters. Karen and alice <3 Yeah, I wanted to mention it yesterday. That show is beautiful. |
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| Does it really matter? |
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| I'm all for foreign protagonists as long as the entire ethnic diversity theme is not the main subject of the series. In the end, though, I don't remember nationality of a certain character being the factor that determined how much I enjoy anime. I thought Michiko to Hatchin was great. Black Lagoon with its very American Revy was fairly enjoyable too. Then again, Gankutsuou bored me to agony. And then there's Kuroshitsuji (they're British, aren't they), that I found too agonizing not to drop after a couple of episodes. |
| Here is the top most favorite characters on MAL: 1. Lelouche Lamperouge - British, 2. L Lawliet - probably British, definitely not Japanese 3. Monkey D. Luffy - from parallel universe 4. Yagami Light - Japanese 5. Edward Elric - parallel universe 6. Roronoa Zoro - parallel universe 7. Okabe Rintarou - Japanese 8. Sakata Gintoki - super saiyan 9. Naruto - parallel 10.Kurosaki Ichigo -Japanese Noone cares their origin. It is the least important thing. In case you mean foreign protagonists in slice of life, or realistic settings, I would rather don't have them. Why? Because Japanese anime creators are bad at that. What they create are stereotypes, caricatures of foreigner. Stupid Japanese accent Japanese voice actors make for foreign characters irritates me. |
| Filthy gaijins aren't allowed in my racially pure cartoons. |
Pessoa said: 3. Monkey D. Luffy - from parallel universe based on Brazilian as stated by Oda. 6. Roronoa Zoro - parallel universe Japanese 11. Sanji - French FYP |
goldslash said: Pessoa said: 3. Monkey D. Luffy - from parallel universe based on Brazilian as stated by Oda. 6. Roronoa Zoro - parallel universe Japanese 11. Sanji - French FYP Everyone is French, Franky, Rovin and Luffy all have french attacks. Chopper I feel is British maybe. Ussop is from Yemen or Egypt. |
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judals said: Oda stated their nationalities in an interview so Goldslash is correctgoldslash said: FYP Everyone is French, Franky, Rovin and Luffy all have french attacks. Chopper I feel is British maybe. Ussop is from Yemen or Egypt. and Luffy's attacks aren't french, the word "gomu" comes from dutch |
| It works well for Legend of the Galactic Heroes. There is like just one Asian guy in the whole universe. Seeing how many OVAs they produced it still seemed quite successful in Japan. Beside that we still have more foreign protagonists in Anime than in Hollywood movies. |
JD2411 said: judals said: Oda stated their nationalities in an interview so Goldslash is correctEveryone is French, Franky, Rovin and Luffy all have french attacks. Chopper I feel is British maybe. Ussop is from Yemen or Egypt. and Luffy's attacks aren't french, the word "gomu" comes from dutch Isn't Jambe french for leg? |
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Luffy: Brazil Zoro: Japan Nami: Sweden Usopp: Africa Sanji: France Chopper: Canada Robin: Russia Franky: USA Brook: Austria  |
| OP doesnt make much sense. There are tons of anime series set in Europe. I guess that arent many shows set in Japan with a non-Japanese MC though, |
~my listRatohnhaketon said: The characters in Clannad are aliens if that helps. That woulsd certainly explain the ending of After Story. |
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SetsukoHara said: Luffy: Brazil Zoro: Japan Nami: Sweden Usopp: Africa Sanji: France Chopper: Canada Robin: Russia Franky: USA Brook: Austria He does look north-african-ish |
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judals said: JD2411 said: Oda stated their nationalities in an interview so Goldslash is correct and Luffy's attacks aren't french, the word "gomu" comes from dutch Isn't Jambe french for leg? Hallelujah...I'm right ;D. First time i dind't do shit. Most of the Sanji attacks, comes to be based on cooking(french) or sth. Épaule = French term for shoulder meat Collier = French for neck meat Côtelette = French term for rib meat Poitrine = French term for breast meat .... Gomu it's not japanese word for rubber? Gomu Gomu no Pisutoru Shotto = literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Pistol 'Shrapnel'" |
SetsukoHara said: Luffy: Brazil Zoro: Japan Nami: Sweden Usopp: Africa Sanji: France Chopper: Canada Robin: Russia Franky: USA Brook: Austria Usopp Da Best!!! Also Sogeking!! |
| Japan should stop using loan words if they're just gonna butcher them. |
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