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Old 04-06-2017, 09:46 PM   #12 (permalink)
Mermaid
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Originally Posted by Electric Squirrel View Post
I understand that white washing is a major issue, however in the case of an anime where characters in the source material are often drawn to look white, it doesn't really seem like an odd casting choice.
This is where we fuck up. I've seen this argument be torn to shreds by Asian people.

They only look white to us because white is the default here (in the west). The characters look Asian to people from Asia. If you actually go and look at some anime with this in mind you can totally see it.
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