Is anime racist !!!

ff7799 · Post by **ff7799** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:35 pm

DJ_Izumi wrote:In the Read Or Die OVA, the President of the United States wets his pants at LEAST 4 times. And it's only a 3 episode OVA.

what does this have to do with anything

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:39 pm

everything = the racist, get over it.

UncleMilo · Post by **UncleMilo** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:02 pm

ff7799 wrote:
DJ_Izumi wrote:In the Read Or Die OVA, the President of the United States wets his pants at LEAST 4 times. And it's only a 3 episode OVA.
what does this have to do with anything

They're poking fun at us Americans...

-Uncle Milo

Three-Legged Dog · Post by **Three-Legged Dog** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:39 pm

UncleMilo wrote:
Kenshin is a fictional character... the abilities of the characters in Kenshin are "unrealistic"
but the setting still has to hold up. It is set in the Meiji era...

Actually Kenshin was based on a real ruoroni from the Meiji Era. I forget the whole story, but I know there was something about this guy whom Kenshin was modeled after in the first volume of the Manga.

Karou_ken · Post by **Karou_ken** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:40 pm

I wouldnt say anime is racist because if you look at the different kinds of anime there are a lot of diverse people. I mean everyone is different. Some are different colors,different outfits, and have powers, and some even have designs on their face. Everyone looks different.

Voices_Of_Ryan · Post by **Voices_Of_Ryan** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:01 pm

Three-Legged Dog wrote:
UncleMilo wrote:
Kenshin is a fictional character... the abilities of the characters in Kenshin are "unrealistic"
but the setting still has to hold up. It is set in the Meiji era...
Actually Kenshin was based on a real ruoroni from the Meiji Era. I forget the whole story, but I know there was something about this guy whom Kenshin was modeled after in the first volume of the Manga.

I'm not sure but,

I think you're mistaking kenshin for ninjascroll (/jubichan) as to which the main character was based of a man name jubli he had an eyepatch though which most of the anime's dont tend to place in on him.

Moonlight Soldier · Post by **Moonlight Soldier** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:20 pm

I think a bit too much is being read into this. I mean as one person said, just about anything can be racist if you anylyze it enough. And truth told, I'd hate for anime to start introducing a sort of "political correctness", it would mean token characters being introduced just for the sake of having either a black/brown/asian/white etc person in it.

J-0080 · Post by **J-0080** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:22 pm

its like those racsist ants in Walden
good thing that guy was there to spot em'
or all the forest could of been destroyed
by their intense hate

UncleMilo · Post by **UncleMilo** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:25 pm

Three-Legged Dog wrote:
UncleMilo wrote:
Kenshin is a fictional character... the abilities of the characters in Kenshin are "unrealistic"
but the setting still has to hold up. It is set in the Meiji era...
Actually Kenshin was based on a real ruoroni from the Meiji Era. I forget the whole story, but I know there was something about this guy whom Kenshin was modeled after in the first volume of the Manga.

Well... not to be nit-picky, but that would still make Kenshin fictional, even if he is based on a real guy. In "Last Samurai", the man that Tom Cruise helps is also based on a real guy, but these are still fictional accounts.

However... Kenshin does have many real people show up in the series (and I'm pleased the notes on the DVD mention this)

Anyway... I'd like to learn more about the guy Kenshin is based on.

Thanks!

-Uncle Milo

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:35 pm

I just wanted to add to what Milo said. You guys seriously have the wrong idea about asia and Japan if you think they're all happy and open to new people. Quite the opposite. As Milo has said, Japan the country/people/culture is pretty xenophobic. If you're non-asian, go to Japan and see if they treat you differently. If they look at you strangely and stare. If they whisper to each other and you *know* they're talking about you even though you don't know what you're saying.

I only know this because I'm Korean and have been to Korea a few times (as well as Japan once) and even though I'm asian, I can still see how my fellow people treat foreigners (and obviously also understand what is being said).

At the same time, don't get me wrong and get scared off. It's not *that bad* in that we hang foreigners or something. It's just a general uneasiness around those different from you. Again, not to the point of violence or *major* changes of behavior, but still changes nontheless.

Again, I think some of you have some misconceptions of Japan which I can understand. Hopefully this won't discourage you from going though.

Oh and you're right Milo, the Japanese and Koreans aren't too fond of each other. It's what happens after one country enslaves the other for awhile

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