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Honestly, this isn't a great take either. There are anime, even famous ones, even older ones, that have made efforts to fix things. Take Cyborg 008:
This is the same guy. Believe it or not, Japan and Japanese people are entirely capable of realizing that they fucked up and making an effort to change.
And damn, this made me remember a certain page from JoJo's Part 6. Hopefully it just gets excised when the anime comes around.
*checks the comments*In this age, they have to change him, it won't fly by
Also, I asked on Reddit and well
Reddit - Dive into anything
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The fuck kind of take is this. Surely this is a troll account. Let me guess, you don't see the problem with the Washington Redskins either.
And damn, this made me remember a certain page from JoJo's Part 6. Hopefully it just gets excised when the anime comes around.
Both are really bad, but the design is waaaaay worse to me.
Maybe you two should interact with more black people.
Just used that version because it's easier to access, but here's the original. Not much is gonna change. :p
O o o o fJust used that version because it's easier to access, but here's the original. Not much is gonna change. :p
You got to be kidding, right? You can't be this ignorant of how black skin is likened to chocolate pretty much everywhere. Probably the most common shit black people have to listen to from white people
Just used that version because it's easier to access, but here's the original. Not much is gonna change. :p
He's supposed to just be a super tanned bodybuilder.
A kid called me a chocolate bar, as a means of insult, back in the early 1980s, when we were less than ten years old.
I mean, he might not be meant to actually be black-black, but the appearance is very much in line with racist caricatures. The design probably wasn't created with malice (I think a lot of Japanese creators just think the round eyes/big lips combo is funny-looking) but the result is the same.Skinny Japanese person that trained so much and turned...super tan/black?
He had bad view back then too
Translation
First Panel
Fat man - Tetsuwan Atom is really popular in America
Smoking man - Are you working on anything new
Tezuka - Jungle King Leo, a story based in Africa
2nd Panel
Smoking Man - Please let us see it, will there be black people appearing in it?
Tezuka - Of course there will be native aborginal
Third panel
Smoking man+Fat man - Because currentl, the biggest problem in America are black people problem
4th panel
White people - Please draw the black people as smart beautiful people, and white people as ugly bad people
Final Panel
Tezuka - Isn't that kind of strange?
He's apparently supposed be a joke on a skinny guy that trained too much to become a bodybuilder but took it way too far. This includes the tanning oil or whatever that bodybuilders use and it made him look like that.
I was hype for this announcement but looking back on it, there were a lot of stereotypes present in Shaman King. I was too young to pick up on them but I never really liked Chocolove anyway. There was something about him...
Are most tuxedos made by black child slaves?
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Yeah, I never got the "they're Japanese, they don't understand race" responses.Honestly, this isn't a great take either. There are anime, even famous ones, even older ones, that have made efforts to fix things. Take Cyborg 008:
This is the same guy. Believe it or not, Japan and Japanese people are entirely capable of realizing that they fucked up and making an effort to change.
I was seriously surprised by that. Before this, his design hardly implied that.Skinny Japanese person that trained so much and turned...super tan/black?
Yup. I love the way Kishimoto designs his characters.I was hype for this announcement but looking back on it, there were a lot of stereotypes present in Shaman King. I was too young to pick up on them but I never really liked Chocolove anyway. There was something about him...
When it comes to manga and how Black characters are depicted, Kishimoto set the standard for me
Side note can you blame Chouji for not marrying anyone from his village? He wanted a real oneI was hype for this announcement but looking back on it, there were a lot of stereotypes present in Shaman King. I was too young to pick up on them but I never really liked Chocolove anyway. There was something about him...
When it comes to manga and how Black characters are depicted, Kishimoto set the standard for me
Naruto had some great designs. Another real one is Okubo who wrote Soul Eater and Fire Force.I was hype for this announcement but looking back on it, there were a lot of stereotypes present in Shaman King. I was too young to pick up on them but I never really liked Chocolove anyway. There was something about him...
When it comes to manga and how Black characters are depicted, Kishimoto set the standard for me
Okubo's definitely up there. It's a shame that they are just background characters.Naruto had some great designs. Another real one is Okubo who wrote Soul Eater and Fire Force.
He trained and tanned so hard his skin is black.
I don't even think I want to know.
As an expert on Japanese culture, mangaka are forbidden from using Google images or watching foreign entertainment from the last 140 years .
