Dragonball Evolution

32. Dragonball Evolution
Year: 2009

Whites have been playing other races for over a century now, so when casting came up for last year's Dragon Ball Z release, Dragonball Evolution, of course execs cast white Canadian actor Justin Chatwin as the Asian protagonist, Goku. As if the white man didn't already have all the power in real life, now he gets to have powers in adaptations of Japanese manga series too!

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nam Sun, March 07, 2010, 04:11:37
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we never said that ALL anime characters are asain..just the ones that clearly and obviously resemble and ARE asian. whether if hes a human, demon, god, alien etc. there are a whole bunch of anime characters that "look" white to u people..but actually are asian who live in japan. like initial d, eyeshield 21, sailor moon, gintama, naruto, bleach, clannad, hikaru no go, slam dunk, death note etc etc etc. and of course dragon ball/z/gt is one of them. but there are also anime that arent asian or dont have asian characters..like one piece, full metal alchemist (tho there are some in Brotherhood version), chrono crusade, d.gray man (also some in there), the tower of druaga, tengen toppa gurren lagann etc

and if u say that the characters are white because of the way the eyes are drawn..then you are a moron..and dont even know the reason why specific eyes are drawn for specific characters..for example female characters are drawn with large eyes for expression and guys are drawn with smaller eyes cause they dont express as much..and also the saying "the eyes are the window to the soul" for children they usually have large eyes cause they are innocent and havent experience evil or corrupt nature of the world. old people have tiny eyes and have the "wise" look cause they have seen to much and villains have small eyes cause they show distrust and or course evil
Guest Sat, March 06, 2010, 16:15:31
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Well, i'd say next Superman movie cast an Asian man as Superman and the we would see what type of reaction we'll get. Besides, Superman is not of this planet so, he could be any race.
great job! Wed, March 03, 2010, 17:41:30
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nobody saw this movie so it doesn't really matter
Inbredfriend Sun, February 28, 2010, 17:33:32
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this list is awful. these movies aren't even racist. on top of that, you're not doing your research before posting this. you think just because it's a Japanese cartoon, they're Japanese? Characters in most manga or anime cartoons are based off of white europeans.
dude Fri, February 26, 2010, 19:45:00
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I can never get over how stupid someone or some people must be to think that it is okay to cast a white guy for a friggin Asian guy. I'm sure there is no shortage of Asian actors in hollywood so there really is no reason for shit like this.
Bob Fri, February 26, 2010, 01:01:56
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What kind of half-wit, braind dead, retard dumbasses do you guys have over there!? Have you ever read the manga? Have you ever seen the Anime? Only a few characters in the entire Dragonball series appears to be even remotely Asian. And that unfortunately it the nature of Manga and Anime. The art style typically has good guys and positive characters as having wide, western european looking eyes, while the bad guys and protagonists as having narrow and asian looking eyes. If anything, its the source material that is racist, but then how are you going to call it racist, when it is originated by the people it would be perceived to be racist against!?
FozzyOz Wed, February 24, 2010, 15:23:39
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Doesn't matter. It would have sucked even if they had used an Asian actor. Even the first Dragonball film was better than this crap and that one was abysmal.
Noel Mon, February 22, 2010, 16:25:15
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@karson..u need to get out more
Bobert Sat, February 20, 2010, 14:04:28
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The only thing i'll say is that Goku was an alien. he may not have been white, but he he's not asian either.
nick Fri, February 19, 2010, 13:08:52
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i wish to punch everybody who had anything to do with this movie especially chatwin and the people who casted him i want to kill him!!!
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