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MagusGuardian
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 Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:36 pm
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this is was and never will be accurate to the source media, lets face it people hollywood has the kind of ego where they always know what's best for american viewers and that most american viewers are too damn stupid to accept a non white lead character. as for this whole shit stick of a movie I'm just going to ignore it and watch the original movie that way I'm not stressing over this pile of wasted effort and ethnic discrimination shit storm
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Jackstick
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:33 pm
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| GracieLizzy wrote: |
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| Lycosyncer wrote: | | Lastly, why are they keeping Tetsuo and Yamagata's names but changed Kaneda's name into Ky? |
I think Ky = Kai (Kaisuke), not Kaneda.
They probably changed the spelling to "Ky" because stupid people (aka most people) will pronounce "Kai" like "Kay" |
I remember her name being Kei, pronouced like Kay isn't it? Google and the ANN encyclopaedia say Kei. Or are we thinking of different characters? |
This guy: http://www.anime-planet.com/characters/kaisuke-akira
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ArsenicSteel
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:37 pm
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But the casting call has Ky marked as a female.
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Romuska
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:41 pm
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They'll probably hire a Korean.
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GhostShell
Joined: 25 Jan 2011
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Location: Richmond, B.C., Canada
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:16 pm
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| Quote: | | Location: Vancouver |
Hmmmm. Interesting. Wonder if I'll get a chance to see some location shooting.
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minakichan
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:16 pm
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Geez, they said "any ethnicity;" it's not like The Last Airbender where the casting call specifically called for white. Hold your horses until a casting decision is ACTUALLY MADE.
inb4 BAWWWW BUT [GIANT GENERALIZATION ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY HERE]
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enurtsol
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:03 am
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| minakichan wrote: | | Geez, they said "any ethnicity;" it's not like The Last Airbender where the casting call specifically called for white. Hold your horses until a casting decision is ACTUALLY MADE. |
Yep. Ironically enough, the only ethnicity mentioned here is "Japanese-American."
| Murder She wrote: | | [ TETSUO ]
Male; any ethnicity, 20-25 years old; strung out, intense, street rat. (LEAD)
[ KY ]
Female; 20-30 years old; any ethnicity; tough, sexy, strong willed, street savvy. (LEAD)
[ YAMAGATA ]
Male, 20 to 30 years old, Japanese-American. (LEAD) |
The story is set in Neo-Manhattan (not Neo-Tokyo - that ship hath sailed long ago). FWIW, here's Manhattan's current ethnic breakdown:
| Quote: | | Demographics from the 2010 census
According to the 2010 Census, 48.0% of the population was non-Hispanic White, 12.9% non-Hispanic Black or African American, 0.1% non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native, 11.2% non-Hispanic Asian, 0.3% from some other race (non-Hispanic) and 1.9% of two or more races (non-Hispanic). 25.4% of Manhattan's population was of
Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin (they may be of any race).
Manhattan has the second highest percentage of non-Hispanic Whites (48%) of New York City's boroughs, after Staten Island (where non-Hispanic Whites make 64.0% of the residents). |
Assuming the ethnic breakdown doesn't change much by 2030 when the manga story goes (that's a big assumption since the manga had the city explode back in 1992), to be true to the setting, about half of the cast should be white, about 1 in 10 should be black, 1 in 10 should be Asian, and 1 in 4 should be Hispanic. (Except for Staten Island, Manhattan is the whitest of the NYC boroughs.)
We don't know for sure what names the characters will have, but most likely the original character names won't be kept, except maybe for Akira himself (who's just the dude in a jar). It'd be silly to have a bunch of New Yorkers all have Japanese names.
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Jessica Hart
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:27 am
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| minakichan wrote: | | Geez, they said "any ethnicity;" it's not like The Last Airbender where the casting call specifically called for white. Hold your horses until a casting decision is ACTUALLY MADE.
inb4 BAWWWW BUT [GIANT GENERALIZATION ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY HERE] |
But Avatar was fake anime made by white people.. this is actual anime made by Japanese people 
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saya713
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:19 am
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| Jessica Hart wrote: |
| minakichan wrote: | | Geez, they said "any ethnicity;" it's not like The Last Airbender where the casting call specifically called for white. Hold your horses until a casting decision is ACTUALLY MADE.
inb4 BAWWWW BUT [GIANT GENERALIZATION ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY HERE] |
But Avatar was fake anime made by white people.. this is actual anime made by Japanese people |
it was actually made by a Japanese man if i remember correctly.
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Sunday Silence
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:46 am
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NamaeX
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:14 pm
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| Jackstick wrote: |
| GracieLizzy wrote: |
| Jackstick wrote: |
| Lycosyncer wrote: | | Lastly, why are they keeping Tetsuo and Yamagata's names but changed Kaneda's name into Ky? |
I think Ky = Kai (Kaisuke), not Kaneda.
They probably changed the spelling to "Ky" because stupid people (aka most people) will pronounce "Kai" like "Kay" |
I remember her name being Kei, pronouced like Kay isn't it? Google and the ANN encyclopaedia say Kei. Or are we thinking of different characters? |
This guy: http://www.anime-planet.com/characters/kaisuke-akira |
[ KY ]
Female; 20-30 years old; any ethnicity; tough, sexy, strong willed, street savvy. (LEAD)
This girl: http://akira.wikia.com/wiki/Kei
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isoge
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:31 pm
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Hollywood trying to create Akira live action movie? I smell disaster from a mile away with all the script changes, cut-outs, omitted scenes and remakes... Oh god how I hate Hollywood.....
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silentjay
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:11 pm
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| Lycosyncer wrote: | | Why the hell are they putting the any ethnicity tag on Tetsuo but put down the Japanese tag for Yamagata? |
When they do that, it's because the name of the character is more of a placeholder, and is likely going to be changed further into development. The script has it as Tetsuo, which makes sense, but they'll change it if they need to based on the ethnicity of the actor. It could stay the same, but they're open to change.
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Sunday Silence
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:36 pm
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| silentjay wrote: | | It could stay the same, but they're open to change. |
*snicker* He thinks Hollywood is "open to change."
Wallets maybe, but not change.
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TheSwedishElf
Joined: 21 May 2011
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:45 pm
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| saya713 wrote: |
| Jessica Hart wrote: |
| minakichan wrote: | | Geez, they said "any ethnicity;" it's not like The Last Airbender where the casting call specifically called for white. Hold your horses until a casting decision is ACTUALLY MADE.
inb4 BAWWWW BUT [GIANT GENERALIZATION ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY HERE] |
But Avatar was fake anime made by white people.. this is actual anime made by Japanese people |
it was actually made by a Japanese man if i remember correctly. |
Avatar was made by two white Californians.
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