Dreamworks/Paramount's Ghost In The Shell

[Monochron]

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[terry78]

I mean, look at Sailor Moon. None of them look asian, at all. But apparently they're all Japanese.

 

[Octoberist]

I mean, look at Sailor Moon. None of them look asian, at all. But apparently they're all Japanese.

That's a popular troupe of anime. Like I can't tell you how many times you'd see a Japanese high school student and he/she has blond hair and blue eyes.

Or they'll have Eurasian features like in Final Fantasy.

I always see most of these characters as Japanese...unless it's something like Full Metal Alchmist or Cowboy Bebop.

 

[Logan0327]

That's a popular troupe of anime. Like I can't tell you how many times you'd see a Japanese high school student and he/she has blond hair and blue eyes.

Or they'll have Eurasian features like in Final Fantasy.

I always see most of these characters as Japanese...unless it's something like Full Metal Alchmist or Cowboy Bebop.

they should just do a cowboy bebop movie and you wont get the white wash hate

always wanted a cowboy bebop movie directed by rian johnson starring joseph gordon-levitt

 

[Asgard]

I mean, look at Sailor Moon. None of them look asian, at all. But apparently they're all Japanese.

That's just an animation style. I remember reading its because Japanese artists were emulating Disney characters like Mickey Mouse so they tend to draw anime characters with large eyes.

As for some characters having blonde hair and/or blue eyes, brown hair etc; its just another stylistic choice. A cool thing I read is that hair color is sometimes used to denote character personalities.

Really, unless the character has a name like Frank, Ulysses, Colton, Kevin or referred to as a gaijin, he is supposed to be Japanese.

 

[2kt09]

"Art" style.

Of course if the show is made in Japan for a Japanese audience it's bound to relate to them.

And yet there's still a chunk of Japanimation (mainly ones in the action & scifi genre) that could easily be adapted for the West {Attack on Titan being the most recent example that should have been}.

I need to watch more of that GITS show, but I thought it made a lot of sense to be set in Japan just as much as Motoko Kusanagi being played by a Japanese-speaking "white" actress for a majority of the flick.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I love how it is a stylistic choice when they use Western animation style, but when the West cast actors who actually look similar in that regard, it isn't. Say what you want about Scarlett. She looks like the character. If I was going to cast the role, someone like Olivia Wilde, Jaimie Alexander or Mackenzie Davis "looks" the part.

 

[Sithborg]

I would love the definition of "easily adapted". Because I don't buy the belief of the Japan-ophiles that certain things cannot be adapted to the West because the story/setting/characters are inherently "Japanese".

It goes along with some of the complaints about any changes made to Godzilla. Ignoring that the character has gone through a lot of changes throughout the years. Changes are not inherently bad.

 

[2kt09]

It's like if you're adapting Naruto, by all means stick to a primarily Asian cast.
If you're adapting One Piece, go crazy.

 

[Roose Bolton]

There are so many iterations of Ghost in the Shell as this point, one more won't hurt.

 

[2kt09]

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http://io9.gizmodo.com/oh-no-ghost-...1222939#_ga=1.157885306.1503222076.1461128275

 

[Logan0327]

I would love the definition of "easily adapted". Because I don't buy the belief of the Japan-ophiles that certain things cannot be adapted to the West because the story/setting/characters are inherently "Japanese".

It goes along with some of the complaints about any changes made to Godzilla. Ignoring that the character has gone through a lot of changes throughout the years. Changes are not inherently bad.

if they adapted grave of the fireflies in live action it couldn't be westernized

 

[DarthSkywalker]

You know who doesn't really care about this "controversy"? The people of Japan, including the publisher of GitS:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scarlett-johansson-ghost-shell-japanese-885462

 

[Neno_Kos]

You know who doesn't really care about this "controversy"? The people of Japan, including the publisher of GitS:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scarlett-johansson-ghost-shell-japanese-885462

bad publicity is still publicity. It's free marketing. Studio loves this really. More casual audience will check it out for sure and be familiar with material. And maybe spend dollars or whatever valute they use.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

bad publicity is still publicity. It's free marketing. Studio loves this really. More casual audience will check it out for sure and be familiar with material. And maybe spend dollars or whatever valute they use.

I think they care about making a good movie, one they can sell. Because if this movie is great, they could make some legit money on this.

 

[Sithborg]

Not really. This kind of publicity isn't generally good.

 

[Neno_Kos]

Not really. This kind of publicity isn't generally good.

Sure it is. People wouldnt talk, and I wouldnt see my news feeds for sure news about this property if there wasnt this not existent "controversy" made up by non existent minority. It's actually brilliant PR marketing. Specially when they argue about "race" in movie of "ghost" and "shell". Actually funny, ironic and in same time poetic.

If they make even better movie, good for them and box office numbers.

 

[Roose Bolton]

You know who doesn't really care about this "controversy"? The people of Japan, including the publisher of GitS:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scarlett-johansson-ghost-shell-japanese-885462

Some very interesting stuff there.I've always wondered if the Japanese were ever annoyed with Korean and Chinese actors playing Japanese characters, very interesting to see that it is an issue.

 

[2kt09]

^That's more than likely because of the animosity between those nationalities.

 

[Logan0327]

if the movie is good no one will care about white wash just like with edge of tomorrow

 

[2kt09]

Yeah, there's nothing inherently Japanese about Edge of Tomorrow's source. Heck the cast was far more diverse in "All You Need is Kill" considering it's a global force against an alien threat.

Curious to know what changes this GITS is going for.

 

[TheVileOne]

Where did they sample these so-called "manga fans"?

The manga company and Production IG gave Dreamworks and Paramount the license and they probably got compensated for that. I doubt they really care.

The people who are "surprised" are simply acting tone deaf on why this might upset people.

 

[Primal Slayer]

I mean, look at Sailor Moon. None of them look asian, at all. But apparently they're all Japanese.

If we ever got a Hollywood Sailor Moon adaption I would totally expect Mars/Mercury to be Japanese, Moon/Venus to be Caucasian with Jupiter being either Caucasian or maybe mixed. And have all of them go to a American school in Japan except for Mars. Pluto would be Indian or something.

 

[jmc]

You know who doesn't really care about this "controversy"? The people of Japan, including the publisher of GitS:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scarlett-johansson-ghost-shell-japanese-885462

That's a very interesting read.

 

[terry78]

When white people are more offended than the actual race that is being supposdly degraded, you know the sjw thing has gone off the rails.