~Okahara

Recently I've been going through a lot of blogs, forums, even on YouTube.com about peoples' opinions on what kinds of actors should be used in Live Action movies based on Manga/Anime. I've seen a lot of people saying that a lot of the characters you see in Manga/Anime do not look asian. I don't think that a anyone but an asian person, with the exception of a few good american actors, should be playing the main characters of the movie. I saw a great notion made by someone on YouTube the other day when I looked for the trailers for The DBZ Movie. That person said that quite a few asian people have big eyes and that just because their eyes don't look smaller doesn't mean that they aren't Japanese characters. These were said in response to some very bad racial remarks made by a girl who is white against Japanese people. I am not going to say what kind of words she used because I don't think it would be appropriate. But i think people need to think about being more open-minded and less racist. But the fact is that some Anime/Manga is Japanese coming from a Chinese origin. But I think if they wish to use American actors, at least make them look just like the character they have to play, but try using asian actors first for the characters you can tell are asian.