| I mean, there's https://myanimelist.net/character/106213/Lionel_Messi :) |
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Hrybami said: shanimebib said: I like anime characters for their personalities and not for their nationality, race, species (had to add this one), constitution (had to add this as well, haha), religion, sex or sexual orientation. There are quite a few Canadians in anime. And since you mentioned the word 'kind', the first name that came to my mind was Pete Pumps. And he WAS kind. (Notice how I emphasized on WAS). If my memories serve right, there are many characters from the Gundam franchise who are from Canada. Including the first Gundam pilot Ray Amuro. And Gundam IBO's Earth Base was in Edmonton, Alberta. So those who joined Tekkadan's Earth Base were probably Albertan. Not that they were noteworthy. And if he counts as well, Canada IS bona fide Canadian. LOL. Oh, and if he counts as well, Shirokuma is considered as one of the nicest characters ever but I haven't seen him serving coffee so I wouldn't know. And since we all know that Logan is Canadian, then that would probably mean the anime version of Wolverine is Canadian as well. Never saw the anime. Not have any intention of watching it either. Wow thanks a lot for all these inputs! Also motherfokin King JJ in Yuri on Ice is Canadian (and looking at his name maybe even French Canadian which is even better) |
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DatRandomDude said: Also motherfokin King JJ in Yuri on Ice is Canadian (and looking at his name maybe even French Canadian which is even better) Ah right, I always forget about him! |
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| I don't know any characters form Mt. Kilimanjaro, so I can't say I feel a sense of connection. |
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| I'm indian and there are no anime characters who share the same nationality as mine so,I can't answer your question |
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| I would like to be shown a Canadain anime character. I'm kinda anti-nationalist anyway so I don't really care that much. |
| Pretty sure there aren't many Canadians in anime. The only one I can think of is from the game Etrian Odyssey Untold, where the character Raquna comes from a distant country named Ontario, where they have maple syrup ice cream and get drunk a lot. I thought it was pretty cute. Another scenario that comes to mind where the Macross had returned to earth, and only Ontario was willing to take the refugees aboard the vessel so the Macross could return to fight the invading Zentradi. I thought it was hilarious that an anime from the early 80s could nail Canada's doormat personality so well. It was even more hilarious when the shields on the Macross blew up Toronto, the city the refugees were going to be living in, causing the Ontario government to flip their shit and demand they leave Earth at once. In 2017, Toronto is THE place where immigrants tend to flock most. Not really a character, but it really displayed Canada's character well. |
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| I don't really care as much because a lot of anime characters shares my nationality. |
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| I have never seen a Dutch anime character and I’m not patriotic about my country anyway... I will take any chance I get to shit on it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
| Never seen a Danish person in an anime. I know there is one in Hetalia but I don't want to watch that. |
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Swagernator said: There is no anime character who share my nationality. Same. Also i don't think there'll ever be one in my lifetime. ;w; |
| Hard to say as I have yet to see a character who shares my nationality. And I highly doubt I'll ever see any. |
| I don't think there are a lot of Spanish characters in anime... , I only know Spain from Hetalia and Riku from a otome game called Storm Lover (he's half-Japanese though) I like them but I really hate the stereotypes... |
| I don't care because the Americans are never black and when "black" people are there, they're Japanese. It's a lose lose, I'm never represented, so I take what I can get with cuties like this:   |
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MOB_ABOMINATOR said: I'm indian and there are no anime characters who share the same nationality as mine so,I can't answer your question Hey, isn't it implied that Hayama Akira (Shokugeki no Soma) is from India? |
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| No one does Australians right, not even Australians, I blame Australians for this, it's like we're inflicting one giant shitpost on the world. |
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Epistemophile said: wow ,really? If that's true than i don't see any indian vibes from him, yeah though spices in india are used in cooking in almost every dishes,lol but you don't find superhumans like him in india with that kind of nose he hasMOB_ABOMINATOR said: I'm indian and there are no anime characters who share the same nationality as mine so,I can't answer your question Hey, isn't it implied that Hayama Akira (Shokugeki no Soma) is from India? |
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| I suppose I feel more connected to them and hope for the best for them. I guess you can call it patriotic pride, although the characters are represented in a way which shows what my country should be like, but in reality England is 60% shithole, and 40% okay-ish countryside and cities. There aren't many good places here. |
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| I don't care if a character is from my country or not. I don't feel patriotic at all. |
PaiYuri said: BannoBunka_snork said: most surprising to me was "deutsu" being based in the German word for German (deutsch) As far as I know, it's based on the Dutch word for German ("duits"), though. And it's written "doitsu". Ah, ok, thank you. Also makes more sense that way. (that's what I get for adopting spelling from [HorribleSubs] :D ) @annmaryjay - there isn't a Finnish character in Girls und Panzer, but a Finnish moment. One of the girls mistakenly appropriates sth. Finnish (a tank, or a battle) to Swedish, and that can't be had, so that team's boss intervenes: Generally, Girls und Panzer imo. does a good job with playing with "nationality" stereotypes, always in good faith, never demeaning - after all, everything is in good sportsgirl-ship. (Italia, USA, Germany, Russia, England ... I was missing the Portuguese.) |
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| Nothing. I don't like a character because of their nationality and I think it's kind of sad if you're offended by not being represented enough in anime. In fact I didn't even watch Shoukoku no Altair and don't think of watching it anytime soon. |
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panonoka said: In what series? Just curious.I have seen some references to my country (Argentina) and that is enough to make me feel my country was "noticed" Zydeph said: I wanna make a joke about how Finland makes the best memes here but I can't figure out how to work it in.Well, when I see a finnish character, I'll go "TORILLA TAVATAAN" and get this heck yes -feeling, I guess. After that it will be fun to watch and see what kind of character they are, although it may be a bit annoying since they usually aren't really like the typical finnish person. ButadonMeitantei said: I thought half-Japanese characters were there for "foreign but not too foreign" and "they have a reason to be in Japan" reasons.Well... myself being dual nationality (English/Japan) I expected hardly any representatives of people like me, but surprisingly there's quite a few, and most of them for some reason are posh, elitist girls. I see English/Japan tends to be a sign of wealth and/or beauty, with members of the opposite gender flocking to those characters... Ha, I wish. I guess I could relate to characters who are American/Japanese, although the MC of Haganai is not one of them, as the nature of his character is simply because he lives in Japan, and I unfortunately do not. :/ In retrospect, I think the main reason dual national characters in general are unrelatable for me is because they live in Japan. MOB_ABOMINATOR said: There are some, just not many. Off the top of my head I can think of one of the main characters of Sky Girls (who largely only appears late in the series). Though the general stereotype is probably informed more by characters like Street Fighter's Dhalsim, and involves some combination of weird mystical/meditation stuff and spices in food.I'm indian and there are no anime characters who share the same nationality as mine so,I can't answer your question Elegade said: Get someone to adapt "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" or "The Lion King"?I don't know any characters form Mt. Kilimanjaro, so I can't say I feel a sense of connection. |
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GlennMagusHarvey said: I thought half-Japanese characters were there for "foreign but not too foreign" and "they have a reason to be in Japan" reasons. I guess I can agree. They still have an air of relate-ability to Japanese that way. I guess you could say that foreign characters are so few in anime is because they lack relate-ability to the majority / domestic (depending on how you look at it) audience. Most foreigners in anime are English-speaking or Chinese I find, as well, which are the major foreign audiences of anime. |
get someone to adapt "The Lion King holy moly. And this in the background is clearly meant to be Kibo.  |
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| I usually cringe whenever I see an American character because they're portrayed as obnoxious blondes who mix Engrish into half their sentences. |
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| As far as I remember, I've never seen a character from my home country (Moldova). I heard there is one in Hetalia though. Aside from Hetalia, it would probably make me giddy. |
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Doremi-fag said: Just as the tittle asks, what do you think of those characters? Are you immediately drawn towards them because of patriotic pride? Can you relate to them more easily? Do you cringe or be offended because of their stereotypical representation? Or do you simply don't give a damn? And if you enjoy them do you want more of these characters in anime or not? Tell me! And yes, Bandit Keith should be in more anime, thanks for asking. youtube.com/watch?v=eAbY6_geC_Y also |
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| For me there is, im a hafu (mixed race japanese person). Though im not happy with how they a portrayed. They're always foreign token characters with blonde hair blue eyes. |
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| I've never seen an Australian in anime, or I just don't remember. Probably stereotyped as hell anyway lol. |
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| I'm usually interested to see how portrayed my nationality is, but that's it. No pride, connection or getting offended. |
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| I'm brazilian, so, yea... The stereotypes really bugs me sometimes, as I'm not a hottie, I'm white and I don't even like football (unless it's the World Cup, because of reasons). I like my country, and I like to see characters with the same nationality, but even when I love the character, I don't really feel like "OMG I WANNA MARRY THIS CHARACTER MY LIFE IS COMPLETE NOW" just because of the nationality thing. I understand people who don't give a damn about it and why there aren't many foreigners in anime, but, as an otaku and a writer, I think its refreshing to see some characters with different faces and names. I mean, I don't like when nationality is just an accessory, but I don't need to see the character acting stereotyped just to remember me he's/she's foreigner. Heck, this apply to almost any kind of media, tbh. As infamous it can sound for some, I like anime like Yuri on Ice, D.Gray-man and Hetalia because of it (there other reasons too, but w/e). Even Shingeki no Kyojin and FullMetal Alchemist sounds refreshing to me. And about Korea... Wasn't Akatsuki no Yona set in ancient Korea? I don't understand how people can forget it, since it's a popular series with a 24 episodes anime. |
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| Theres not many characters that I know of who share my nationality but whenever I see one I say "thats not what we do". However its quite nice when you see that someone knows of your country. :"D |
MOB_ABOMINATOR said: Bro, there are so many Indian characters in anime. Latest example is Karna from Fate Apocrypha, remember Karna from Mahabharata ?? And then there is an Indian character in Kuroshitsuji and right now the story of Highschool DxD LN is going around Shiva and Indra from Hindu mythology.I'm indian and there are no anime characters who share the same nationality as mine so,I can't answer your question Epistemophile said: He sure gives an Indian vibe but I dont think he is Indian.MOB_ABOMINATOR said: I'm indian and there are no anime characters who share the same nationality as mine so,I can't answer your question Hey, isn't it implied that Hayama Akira (Shokugeki no Soma) is from India? |
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Blank_X said: hmmm maybe but I don't think so and anyways the name hayama akira is not indian at all ,the only other possibility is that her mother might be indian and his father is Japanese but that's all just a vague theory .MOB_ABOMINATOR said: Bro, there are so many Indian characters in anime. Latest example is Karna from Fate Apocrypha, remember Karna from Mahabharata ?? And then there is an Indian character in Kuroshitsuji and right now the story of Highschool DxD LN is going around Shiva and Indra from Hindu mythology. He sure gives an Indian vibe but I dont think he is Indian.I'm indian and there are no anime characters who share the same nationality as mine so,I can't answer your question |
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MOB_ABOMINATOR said: Blank_X said: hmmm maybe but I don't think so and anyways the name hayama akira is not indian at all ,the only other possibility is that her mother might be indian and his father is Japanese but that's all just a vague theory .Bro, there are so many Indian characters in anime. Latest example is Karna from Fate Apocrypha, remember Karna from Mahabharata ?? And then there is an Indian character in Kuroshitsuji and right now the story of Highschool DxD LN is going around Shiva and Indra from Hindu mythology. He sure gives an Indian vibe but I dont think he is Indian. In his backstory, Hayama mentions that he did not have a name. The name 'Hayama Akira' was given to him by Jun when she adopted him. |
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| Well, mostly nothing since my nationality is almost never portrayed in anime. I think the only Polish character I've ever seen in anime was Czeslaw Meyer from Baccano. He was cool, though, and I liked him as a character. Hetalia's also bound to have Poland as a character, but I haven't seen it, personally, so I don't know how I feel about that particular case. |
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