'Dragonball ; Evolution" (2009) - Why Is Protagonist CAUCASIAN ?
From 23k.302@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 30 20:04:04 2023
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"Dragonball" was a long-running "teen-friendly"
Japanese anime/manga series that involved a lot of
posing posturing and fighting - sometimes actually
related to the supposed "dragonballs" (energy orbs,
you needed to have 7 of them). Smelled of 30-minute
video game commercials IMHO.
The primary protagonist was "Goku" - who looked and
acted Japanese (though supposedly at least partly of
some alien species, 'saiens' ?).
Now I came across this 15 year old movie ... but
suddenly 'Goku' is a WHITE BOY.
Isn't this supposed to be bad ? Insulting ?
"Cultural appropriation" ? Not like there was
any shortage of Japanese actors in 2009 ...
Maybe they should digitally edit the thing, remove
the gaijin and splice a native actor over the top ?