I thought that times had changed and the whole stereotype era was over with. Maybe they don't have such an appeal as others would? |
 サディスティックな考え "JUST KILL ME." サディスティックマインド |
| What the fuyck did I just WATCCHHH LMFAAOOOOO WHAT IS THIS HAHAHAA |
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| The Ghost Stories dub is probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen. |
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BlakexEkalb said: Black or white, I don’t care about the skin color of the characters. That being said, the Japanese focus on their everyday life, and black people are not in their everyday life as there are not many black people in anime. Yeppers. Anime is still mostly made for the Japanese market and with the vast majority of Japan's population being asian they don't feel the need to have representation for minorities that barely exist in Japan. |
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| Man it's been a while since I saw that Ghost Stories dub, it still holds up. "Principals always look like lesbians." |
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| Don't worry fam I gotchu |
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| I've got an anime for you. (I still need to see this one, actually.) https://myanimelist.net/anime/1292/Afro_Samurai |
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DiscoDespot said: Yet the vast majority of anime characters are white.BlakexEkalb said: Black or white, I don’t care about the skin color of the characters. That being said, the Japanese focus on their everyday life, and black people are not in their everyday life as there are not many black people in anime. Yeppers. Anime is still mostly made for the Japanese market and with the vast majority of Japan's population being asian they don't feel the need to have representation for minorities that barely exist in Japan. Makes you think :thinkingemoji: |
 I am a god Even though I'm a man of god My whole life in the hand of god So y'all better quit playing with god  |
| If you're looking for an anime with a more diverse cast, then Michiko & Hatchin is pretty good |
Xstasy said: Whoever thought of the eng dub on it was a memester ahead of their time.~☆♡Daily reminder that I have to watch ghost stories lol. |
サディスティックな考え "JUST KILL ME." サディスティックマインド |
| very moving clip. thank you for sharing with the class. in regards to the title, japan's xenophobic (arguably racist), and there's little of the representation idea which we see in the west. so it's not surprising as to the lack of black (or indeed those from the middle east, india etc) representation. |
AnimeFreak-San said: is this a male gender issure...human issue...mental illness perhaps? |
DiscoDespot said: To be fair though, a weirdly large number of characters look oddly European without any indication given that they are foreigners or recent-generation immigrants or something like that.BlakexEkalb said: Black or white, I don’t care about the skin color of the characters. That being said, the Japanese focus on their everyday life, and black people are not in their everyday life as there are not many black people in anime. Yeppers. Anime is still mostly made for the Japanese market and with the vast majority of Japan's population being asian they don't feel the need to have representation for minorities that barely exist in Japan. These two characters are cousins:   The way I see it: one of those characters is clearly meant to look Eastern and the other clearly Nordic — there are a great many Nordic-looking characters in that series with no explanation given as to why about 40% of a Japanese school looks Nordic with the other 60% looking Eastern. In other series it's portrayed with realism: Gosick takes place in Europe but there are several foreigners; one of the two leads is originally from Japan and is one of the few characters with black hair and looks convincingly Japanese; there are also some North-African and Subsaharan-African characters that also realistically look the part. |
 It is obvious that "obscenity" is not a term capable of exact legal definition; in the practice of the courts, it means "anything that shocks the magistrate". — Bertrand Russell |
DiscoDespot said: BlakexEkalb said: Black or white, I don’t care about the skin color of the characters. That being said, the Japanese focus on their everyday life, and black people are not in their everyday life as there are not many black people in anime. Yeppers. Anime is still mostly made for the Japanese market and with the vast majority of Japan's population being asian they don't feel the need to have representation for minorities that barely exist in Japan. Even if many people in Japan were colored, it would still happen. just as it was with the American cartoons, only now they are changing it in the west. |
Minerbit said: Where with "the west" you mean "The United States"?DiscoDespot said: Yeppers. Anime is still mostly made for the Japanese market and with the vast majority of Japan's population being asian they don't feel the need to have representation for minorities that barely exist in Japan. Even if many people in Japan were colored, it would still happen. just as it was with the American cartoons, only now they are changing it in the west. Dutch television has had a very proportional repræsentation of the actual demographic of the country since forever — the culture just isn't as sensitive about - or cognizant of race. It was never even by specific design; they just hired the best man for the job and there's a long list of such actors that aren't white. Unlike in the United States there are also no "racial accents"; I find it baffling that one can actually hear one's race from the sound of one's voice in the U.S.; there is no such thing in the Netherlands; one's accent reflects the part of the country one was raised in, not one's race. |
It is obvious that "obscenity" is not a term capable of exact legal definition; in the practice of the courts, it means "anything that shocks the magistrate". — Bertrand Russell |
Sphinxter said: Minerbit said: Where with "the west" you mean "The United States"?Even if many people in Japan were colored, it would still happen. just as it was with the American cartoons, only now they are changing it in the west. Dutch television has had a very proportional repræsentation of the actual demographic of the country since forever — the culture just isn't as sensitive about - or cognizant of race. It was never even by specific design; they just hired the best man for the job and there's a long list of such actors that aren't white. Unlike in the United States there are also no "racial accents"; I find it baffling that one can actually hear one's race from the sound of one's voice in the U.S.; there is no such thing in the Netherlands. Yeah, I mean America. I don't know anything about European cartoons the truth. And I don't know if you mean television in general, because if so, then it has nothing to do with it. one's accent reflects the part of the country one was raised in, not one's race He is right, even if your country disappears and you don't have any type of identification. Your language / accent is your origin. But anyway, we are talking about racist beauty standards. And I doubt it is because it requires "additional coloring". |
| I agree. I fills me with rage personally. At least Rogue One was brave enough to have a powerful black character. |
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| Dont worry theres always the black guys in hentai and the big tiddied dark chicks. So yea theres is representation you just had to search deeper for it. |
| 한 번만 살지만 제대로 하면 한 번이면 충분해요 |
| I'm quite annoyed with the total lack of Cherokee in Bollywood, myself. |
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Scud said: Well said, well said.I'm quite annoyed with the total lack of Cherokee in Bollywood, myself. For whatever reason, for many Americans "black" has some super special place, not realizing that for the rest of the world it's just another race with no particular special place. Of course, it is nigh quintessential to being American that one has a thoroughly lacking perspective of difference in cultures and circumstances and that one must act as if the same situations that apply to the U.S. apply to the entire world. |
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It is obvious that "obscenity" is not a term capable of exact legal definition; in the practice of the courts, it means "anything that shocks the magistrate". — Bertrand Russell |
| Why do black people always call each other Monica? |
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| I'd love to see more diversity in anime but expecting a country where 98.5% of the population is Japanese (a lot of whom look down on other ethnicities) to include more black characters is a bit of a lost cause. That's why Michiko and Hatchin was such a breath of fresh air as far as anime go. As for Ghost Stories yeah that's a fun dub, you should watch Golden Boy the English voice actor singlehandedly carries the entire show it's absolutely hilarious. |
| There's actually a decent number of black dudes in anime... not sure where the idea that there aren't any comes from. |
| I CELEBRATE myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. |
Gan_water said: There's actually a decent number of black dudes in anime... not sure where the idea that there aren't any comes from. There is possibly more black people in anime than there is in Japan... |
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| What the fuck desu? Not diversity in Anime too jesus. Anyway, Japanese aren't black so they probably don't do that kind of thing much. |
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traed said: Gan_water said: There's actually a decent number of black dudes in anime... not sure where the idea that there aren't any comes from. There is possibly more black people in anime than there is in Japan... Point is it's nothing unheard of and yeah you get the sense that animes are pretty okay with different types. At least my favorite ones, anyhow. |
| I CELEBRATE myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. |
| They also think prepubescent little anime girls are like 4000 years old. Japan logic am I right? :laughingemoji: |
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DiscoDespot said: BlakexEkalb said: Black or white, I don’t care about the skin color of the characters. That being said, the Japanese focus on their everyday life, and black people are not in their everyday life as there are not many black people in anime. Yeppers. Anime is still mostly made for the Japanese market and with the vast majority of Japan's population being asian they don't feel the need to have representation for minorities that barely exist in Japan. Then one day the Japanese can't complain about it if a few minority people in other countries organize a boycott of anime goods if they don't feature more representation of other races. |
| I frown at recent installments of Persona and Trails of Cold Steel that introduce harem-like elements in the story. We need more JRPGs like the past Lunar series, where there are multiple romantic pairings in the party other than for the protagonist and main heroine. |
Ehurvaks said: DiscoDespot said: Yeppers. Anime is still mostly made for the Japanese market and with the vast majority of Japan's population being asian they don't feel the need to have representation for minorities that barely exist in Japan. Then one day the Japanese can't complain about it if a few minority people in other countries organize a boycott of anime goods if they don't feature more representation of other races. The impact of such a boycott would be about as devastating as a mayfly hitting the windscreen of a speeding Peterbuilt. |
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| nah there are some black anime characters like Riley Freeman, Statick Shock, and Korra from legend of Korra. |
AxxLife said: nah there are some black anime characters like Riley Freeman, Statick Shock, and Korra from legend of Korra. Wtf I can't find them on the MAL database. Why is MAL so racist? |
| Not enough Asian characters in anime either |
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Freshell said: AxxLife said: nah there are some black anime characters like Riley Freeman, Statick Shock, and Korra from legend of Korra. Wtf I can't find them on the MAL database. Why is MAL so racist? because you have to look up their japanese names bruh |
| Japan ought to make an anime with an African male MC ？ |
| I frown at recent installments of Persona and Trails of Cold Steel that introduce harem-like elements in the story. We need more JRPGs like the past Lunar series, where there are multiple romantic pairings in the party other than for the protagonist and main heroine. |
Ehurvaks said: Japan ought to make an anime with an African male MC ？ that already happened look up Turn A gundam. or black lagoon.   there's also hey kid wanna /ss/ the anime  |
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FlowersInTheRain said: AxxLife said: nah there are some black anime characters like Riley Freeman, Statick Shock, and Korra from legend of Korra. The Boondocks isn't made by a Japanese studio so it won't be on here. The Boondocks is an american cartoon in anime style. Same thing with Cannon Busters. it was a joke if you couldn't tell LOL |
FlowersInTheRain said: Oh my bad. I probably would have known you were joking if I knew about Statick Shock and Legend of Korra but I don't. imagine not knowing the best super hero of all time xD |
| Sorry to tell, but they're not the only minority who are lack representation. What about darker skin as a whole? But as the audience is Japanese and most of it is in Japan... yeah, that totally makes sense. |
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