| Yes, I know Japan is 98.5% Japanese, but it still irks me when I'm watching an anime about the entire world and everyone in the world looks the same. I also think that including characters of non-Japanese cultures could open the doors for a lot of creative story telling possibilities. Here's a list of titles that have been mentioned listed alphabetically: Afro Samurai (black) Anne no Nikki (jewish) + Basquash (black) Berserk (middle eastern) Black Butler (indian) Black Lagoon (black) Bleach (latino, south asian) Blood+ (European) Cowboy Bebop (black, turkish, native american) Deadman Wonderland (Multiple) Durarara (Russian, black) El Cazador De La Bruja (Hispanic) Emma: A Victorian Romance (indian) Eureka Seven (black, ?) Excel Saga (columbian) Freedom (black) + Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Multiple) Gankutsuou (catalan) Genesis of Aquarion (hispanic) Gokudou-kun Manyuuki (dark skinned) Gosick (arab, mixed) Gungrave (black?) Hunter x Hunter (black) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) (many races) Jormungand (black) * Kaleido Star (?) Memories (german) Michiko to Hatchin (black, latino) Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (black, portuguese) + Monster (german) Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (variety) Nadia: Secret of Blue Water (black, atlantian) No.6 (many implied) Phantom Memory Kurau (central american) Planetes (indian, south asian) Please Save My Earth (mixed) Pokemon Best Wishes (black) Robotech (black) Rocket Girls (solomon islander) Rockman.EXE Stream (native american) Samurai 7 (black or iranian) Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Black, possibly European) Space Brothers (many races) * Taiyou no Ko Esteban (?) Tamako Market (pacific islander) Tenjou Tenge (black) Terra e... (black) + Tenpou Ibun: Ayakashi Ayashi (aztec) Tiger & Bunny (black) + Yugo the Negotiator (pakistani) + + best examples * some racial stereotyping Sources: — Characterization Society — ColorQ World — Nerdy•But•Flirty A work in progress. |
BadMediaKarmaApr 12, 2016 8:44 AM
| Michiko to Hatchin Gungrave Berserk |
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| Eureka 7 is noteworthy in this regard as is Kaleido Star. Let's also not forget Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood which has several different nations are representative of real races, such as the Ishvalans. |
aikaflip said: Is this just about the anime featuring non-white characters? There are plenty of ambiguously brown characters around.Yes, I know Japan is 98.5% Japanese, but it still irks me when I'm watching an anime about the entire world and everyone in the world looks the same. Also, did you deliberately not add Cowboy Bebop and LOGH? http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1350501&show=20#msg37978224 |
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romagia said: aikaflip said: Is this just about the anime featuring non-white characters?Yes, I know Japan is 98.5% Japanese, but it still irks me when I'm watching an anime about the entire world and everyone in the world looks the same. Of course not. Also, did you deliberately not add Cowboy Bebop and LOGH? http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1350501&show=20#msg37978224 But is Cowboy Bebop racially diverse or just racist? What's this I hear about a "watermelon and drugs" episode? Regarding LOGH, I probably glossed over that one because I didn't feel like looking up what the abbreviation meant. |
aikaflip said: Then, from our common list, Memories should also count. The characters from Magnetic Rose are named Heintz, Miguel, Eva and Carlo and Stink Bomb has both japanese and american characters.romagia said: Is this just about the anime featuring non-white characters? Of course not. But is Cowboy Bebop racially diverse or just racist? What's this I hear about a "watermelon and drugs" episode? Eh, i don't remember exactly, neither that scene, nor other minor characters, but i guess that being a sci-fi, the many episodic characters they encounter are pretty diverse.Regarding LOGH, I probably glossed over that one because I didn't feel like looking up what the abbreviation meant. Consequent said: They're very useful. SAO is #2 popularity, and LOGH is #7 rating, so it's not like they are super obscure abbreviations; if you're interested in Anime Discussion, these titles come up frequently enough to be worth abbreviating them. |
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romagia said: aikaflip said: Then, from our common list, Memories should also count. The characters from Magnetic Rose are named Heintz, Miguel, Eva and Carlo and Stink Bomb has both japanese and american characters.Of course not. That reminds me... Monster. It has several non-stereotypical German characters. |
| Afro Samurai Durarara El Cazador De La Bruja Deadman Wonderland Jormungand |
| "I'm gonna make you bleed like me!" Characterization Society Discord |
| Jormungand? Though some could argue it falls more on the stereotypical side. |
| Alright, so some of the racial stereotyping in Space Brothers is annoying me. An Indian character who's undergoing astronaut training is also a fortune teller. For perspective, this is equivalent to having a kung-fu fighting Chinese astronaut, or an Italian astronaut who's a member of a mob family. And in episode 69, Buddy Waters, a black character in the series, is portrayed as a gorilla in an anime within the anime. Aside from this, it's still a mostly well made show. |
aikaflipMay 28, 2015 1:03 PM
| Stay away from Terra Formars. This is what the "cockroaches" look like. |
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SaveTheAralSea said: Stay away from Terra Formars. This is what the "cockroaches" look like. Ugh... This is starting to trigger my misanthropy, lol. |
| But then again, the Titans in Attack on Titan are modeled after white people but somehow that is "okay" in most people's eyes. |
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| Does Attack on Titan feed into any shitty stereotypes like this? |
| Not really. The Titans are just ugly as fuck, lol. And wtf, is that actually a real, legitimate panel from Terra Formars? Or did someone just photoshop that shit on? |
SaveTheAralSeaMay 30, 2015 2:04 AM
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| Nope, that's a real Terra Formars panel. It's from chapter 4. |
| Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Monsters + (egypician, especially during the last arc) Nijuu Mensou no Musume (many countries, "travel" around the world) Ladies vs. Butlers * (european and arab girls) Queen's Blade * (many races, blondes, redheads, egypcian, even some fictional ones like elves and angels) I've just joined the club to post this, goodbye. |
Dimension W has about four supporting black characters so far. I'm on episode 6. |
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