Well in the context of Hollywood, a property with Japanese characters is minority-driven and an opportunity for a Japanese-driven cast/production team. Of course Ghost in the Shell isn't minority-driven in Japan.
Sigh.
The American production companies, the Israeli-American producer, the American producers, the English director, and the two American writers. Duh.
I'm interested in your sources here. The definition of racism I use is one developed by the likes of Stuart Hall, Franz Fanon, and Edward Said (etc). Also accounts of the lived experiences of those facing racism.
There is this thing about a lot of anime, where the make a lot of their characters distinctly look white in comparison with other characters in the same anime. But they are suppose to be of Japanese or other Asian origin.
So you guys are saying an Asian girl looks more like these cyborgs in the picture than ScarJo?
You're also saying a Japanese person would never choose a European looking cyborg to host their mind despite the fact it happens all the time in the anime series and movies?
It is based on the dictionary definition of racism.
LOL that's not a source for cultural theory, and often has insidious and invisible biases. Who writes the dictionary? Racism is actually a contentious term, despite the reductive definition in things like the OED that people absorb uncritically.
Depends if Japan has a large white minority that hasn't been able to see themselves represented in big budget international genre movies.
Then why aren't they making it? Again, why? Also using that judgment, why did Dragon Ball fail so hard? Japanese anime, outside of Pokemon, has always been niche outside of Japan. And Pokemon is different because of the games.
Okay, this is hilarious. Like I genuinely laughed. You are justifying hate based on skin color, in the same way someone who is racist would justify it.
I don't disagree. But so is BvS, and while it is going to lose money in its theatrical run, it still made 800m based on the characters involved alone. That is the thing about brand recognition. How much you fail is different depending on that. It is why Deadpool needed to be fantastic, with a crazy marketing campaign, and still be associated with X-Men and Marvel.
Nope, sorry. You should research up on this stuff. It's not as simple as dictionary.com makes it seem.
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The concept of racism is not lost on a person of quite a few races, especially where I grew up. But those who justify racism towards white people, and in fact say it doesn't exist because it isn't institutionalized, sound a lot like O'Reilly who claims racism is now gone and any example is of it is a exception.
Hate based around race, is racism. Making exceptions for it is the exact opposite of the concept of equality.
My brother and I watched the heck out of Dragon Ball growing up. Both DB and DBZ, and we are watching the new series now. We use to go to the specialty shop in our town to buy the figures. No one else in my family, male or female, has any idea what Dragon Ball is. Only a few friends we grew up with know what it is. This is projection done by fans. Using your logic, it should be as big as Batman or Star Wars. It isn't, and never has been.
