In the film industry, it's become pretty much common practice for big-screen adaptations of popular Asian graphic novels and video games to be what's known as "whitewashed," which means the studios casting white actors in roles that are meant for other ethnicities!
The most recent example of this rumored to be the long-awaited film version of the Japanese graphic novel Akira, but thankfully, Star Trek actor George Takei has taken a stand against the practice, and has publicly asked Warner Brothers execs to re-consider before any official decisions are made!
Can't disagree with that.
Glad that someone's spoken up against this
I gotta say, this man speaks truth. Some very vallid points fo sure!
I say they shouldn't make a Hollywood live action version at all...
A hollywood take on Akira? I cant show emotion at work but on the inside i'm stuck in a constant face palm and probably will be all day now. It's most likely going to be awful.
Also it's pretty sad that nobody cares about Hollywood whitewashing Asian movies. I bet if they had a white cast in a predominately black movie, there would be a huge uproar.. imagine doing a movie based on Tupac and casting someone white to play him? It would be considered one of the most controversial things in recent movie history. I guess it's apples and oranges seeing as Akira is an animation yet there are some serious racism double standards in hollywood.