I’m tired most of people saying this is okay since to them “Most characters in Japanese manga don’t look Japanese.” Which is stupid because the Japanese see anime characters as being Japanese. It is Americans who think they are white. Because to them white is the Default Human Being.

No they really do not care.

I’ve been an avid fan of this film since the early 90's. I hate the way Hollywood is lazy about casting and only likes to use known faces for simply put sexy appeal. Sex sells and thats what shows when they cast. Scarlet is not the right actress period. I don’t even like her as black widow. She does not fit the…

In hindsight, this all makes Del Toro’s Pacific Rim casting all the more remarkable.

Whitewashing the major, one of the most iconic Asian female characters of all time, already shows the producers don’t have enough respect for the source material.

Beat Takeshi, oddly enough, does look Aramaki-esque. But this movie is still not a good idea. When you decide to whitewash the cast, in particular Motoko Kusanagi, you’re already starting off on a bad foot.