Didn’t they relocate the story to be set in the US? If so, then it’s not whitewashed. It’s just a localized adaptation, like Edge of Tomorrow and House of Cards. That is perfectly acceptable. There’s no expectation to cast Asian American actors, though it would have been nice if they had. If they had kept it set in…

I am extremely skeptical whenever anyone starts a conversation or an article on the premise, “No, this thing that people complain about, it’s actually genius!”