I meant citizenship, I also heard from a few sources (personal and media) that having a relationship is problematic (in terms of citizenship) as half Japanese kids will not always be accepted.

But as I’ve said, I prefer it this way. I think they should preserve their own culture, unlike many countries these days.

From a business perspective, this isn’t so much a racial issue as it is an economic one. Hollywood thinks a movie with a white lead will sell more. Chances are they are much better informed than we are, since they’re actually able to research this.

And there are Japanese men named John Smith. If a movie ever came out about one of them should the character be cast white because of the name? You are talking about a cyborg in a Japanese cartoon, I would be more shocked to find a character named Jane than someone of any ethnicity being named a Japanese name. You…

No, she’s not Japanese in the anime which is the funny thing. The only people riled up about this are the ones who have never actually seen the show but still somehow feel entitled enough to project their opinion on the casting choices an assume that just because her name is Motoko and she’s in an anime that she must…