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GATSU
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 Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 9:13 am
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Still casting White actresses in place of Asian characters. Again, why is it ok with One Piece, but not Ghost in the Shell?
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Matros
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 9:19 am
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| GATSU wrote: | | Still casting White actresses in place of Asian characters. Again, why is it ok with One Piece, but not Ghost in the Shell? |
Are you Oda? Did you create One Piece and approve any of these choices? If not, then no need to constantly whine. Getting the same energy when people complained that dark skinned actors portrayed characters that are "technnically" white in the series.
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Rosikota
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 9:21 am
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| GATSU wrote: | | Still casting White actresses in place of Asian characters. Again, why is it ok with One Piece, but not Ghost in the Shell? |
A bit of research led me to find out she's Filipino. This actress is Asian.
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Beatdigga
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 9:21 am
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Wapol's actor was apparently in the School of Rock stage musical in the Jack Black role, so it oughta be fun to see the energy he brings.
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GATSU
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 9:31 am
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Rosi: Ok, fine. I stand corrected. Still applies to Nami, though.
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Rosikota
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 9:44 am
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| GATSU wrote: | | Rosi: Ok, fine. I stand corrected. Still applies to Nami, though. |
According to Oda, the creator, he believed if Nami was real she'd be Swedish. So, either way, Oda intended for her to be white in a case like this.
Unless you also have a problem with a problem with an asian person deciding whether or not their own character should be asian, please think before you speak.
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MyMasterMatthew
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 9:52 am
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| GATSU wrote: | | Rosi: Ok, fine. I stand corrected. Still applies to Nami, though. |
Why do you think Nami is a victim of whitewashing? Once upon a time, Oda answered a fan question asking where the Straw Hat Pirates would be from if they existed in our world. While I can't remember his answer for Nami, I'm fairly certain that the live action series took this information into account when casting. I'd provide the exact question and answer if I were up-to-date with One Piece right now, but I'm afraid of seeing something I shouldn't. Perhaps you can search for this information yourself, or maybe someone else would be kind enough to look for you.
Edit: Looks like someone beat me to it.
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D.E.D.E
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 10:10 am
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| GATSU wrote: | | Rosi: Ok, fine. I stand corrected. Still applies to Nami, though. |
2 minutes on Google would have given you the answer you’re looking for instead of looking ridiculous on here. Nami was never Asian to begin with, something Oda himself confirmed long before the live action was even a thing. Maybe spend more time doing basic research on the matter.
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andramus
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 10:26 am
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Wasn't Tashigi supposed to look almost identical to Kuina? So much so that Zoro thought she was Kuina for a moment?
I always thought that plot point was going to come back around at some future point. Like they were twin sisters separated at birth or something.
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BadNewsBlues
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:02 am
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| andramus wrote: | | Wasn't Tashigi supposed to look almost identical to Kuina? |
Sure if you ignore the fact that Kuina was a kid when Zoro last saw her and Tashigi is a grown woman.
| andramus wrote: | | I always thought that plot point was going to come back around at some future point. Like they were twin sisters separated at birth or something. |
Sorry we’ve moved on to other still as of yet unexplained mysteries such as how Zoro got his scar over his left eye and whether or not he can still use said eye.
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malvarez1
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:16 am
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We’re getting closer and closer to that Vivi casting.
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koinosuke
Joined: 24 Sep 2005
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:34 am
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| GATSU wrote: | | Still casting White actresses in place of Asian characters. Again, why is it ok with One Piece, but not Ghost in the Shell? |
Are you under the impression that One Piece takes place in Japan?
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GATSU
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:12 pm
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Koin: One of the arcs does.
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Trollhiti Tour Guide
Joined: 29 Feb 2024
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:18 pm
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| GATSU wrote: | | Still casting White actresses in place of Asian characters. Again, why is it ok with One Piece, but not Ghost in the Shell? |
I'm pretty sure Ghost in the Shell's backlash was just ScarJo haters simply using the whitewashing angle as a weapon against her more than people who genuinely care about accurate casting.
| MyMasterMatthew wrote: | | Why do you think Nami is a victim of whitewashing? Once upon a time, Oda answered a fan question asking where the Straw Hat Pirates would be from if they existed in our world. While I can't remember his answer for Nami, I'm fairly certain that the live action series took this information into account when casting. |
This is misinformation that often gets passed around, including from the live-action show runner's themselves. The answer Oda give was 1) not the only ones he's given, he's also said Luffy is Japanese many times in the past, and 2) humorous and joke answers like Chopper being Canadian for being a Reindeer. Also most of the casting isn't accurate even to those answer he gave anyway so it's not even accurate to the casting...
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funkfoot
Joined: 22 Feb 2023
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:50 pm
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| Rosikota wrote: | | According to Oda, the creator, he believed if Nami was real she'd be Swedish. So, either way, Oda intended for her to be white in a case like this. |
A bit interesting you assume Swedish means white by default.
Tell me, what race do you think of when you think of "German", because that was the country he associated with Zoro.
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