I’m just curious why why not ONCE did any of them address the director of the original film’s comments on the matter when he was interviewed about it (being as he IS Japanese and essentially an expert on the course material):

*sigh* ffs... Okay. Spoilers

Sorry, I’m really tired of this argument. She does Not look asian to me

“It’s irrelevant how the author made the character, this is MY interpretation of it!”

I guess you know better than the person who originally thought of the character. You definitely have more authority than he does when it comes to the character he conceived.

The only people upset for the most part are Americas that love to complain about everything (and have little to know understanding of how movie studios work) America is just a bunch of whiners.

Well, a big part of it is PC bullshit. There have been legitimate cases of white-washing lately, but, this doesn’t feel like it. While the Major is Japanese, it is never stated what ethnicity her body is, and it’s clear that Public Security section 9 has an international aspect to it in the way it operates. When you…

If you look at the extra notes from Masamune Shirow in the compiled Manga release of the original books, the author himself mentions that a lot of it is based on Western characters and society, rather than Japanese, simply because he was heavily interested in it.