Ok, so which ones were actually great movies, but failed because of their white cast members? Because that’s what you need to make this theory work. A mediocre movie not shattering box office records doesn’t prove anything. A fantastic movie with a white lead, doing poorly, would be evidence in favor of what you think…

Name all the live action movies that were originally anime movies that have turned out really well and been hugely successful at the box office.

Everyone wants to blame the “whitewashing” for this movie’s poor reception, but I would have been shocked if a live action Ghost in the Shell had done any better than “ok”. I know it seems like this massive, super popular, iconic story to anime fans, but you know, the truth is, we are the world’s largest niche…

Regarding Japanese animated characters looking western, it’s complicated. Japanese animation is a stylized form that relies on the Japanese view of the majority race/ethnicity. In Japan the majority is obviously Japanese, so there is no need to portray Japanese characters with markedly Asian features. Instead,…

While I don’t think it’s necessary to defend Johansson, I think there’s a good chance she didn’t make the decision to use a Japanese actress as the young Kusanagi. Characters in anime have always looked pretty Western to me, but maybe it’s the way clever animators decided to make their characters look familiar to…