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- Sun Apr 10, 2022 3:40 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Asian characters in Dragon Ball
- Replies: 178
- Views: 40766
Re: Asian characters in Dragon Ball
But the point is its anime where hair color and eye color is anything goes. Neither Sailor Moon nor Naruto's mangaka seriously went "hmmmm I'm drawing my Japanese characters like they're Caucasian!" To argue they're being drawn as white people because of their blonde hair is ignoring that ...
- Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:17 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Asian characters in Dragon Ball
- Replies: 178
- Views: 40766
Re: Asian characters in Dragon Ball
Caucasian features are Caucasian features, no matter what.
What are these alleged "Caucasian features"?
Big Disney animation inspired eyes.
Why do Westerners love to consume Asian media like Dragon Ball but cannot accept the fact that their childhood favorites such as Son Goku and his ...
- Tue Apr 05, 2022 5:50 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Asian characters in Dragon Ball
- Replies: 178
- Views: 40766
Re: Asian characters in Dragon Ball
Why do Westerners love to consume Asian media like Dragon Ball but cannot accept the fact that their childhood favorites such as Son Goku and his friends are Asians? It is obviously a huge problem in anime in general and even in Avatar the Last Airbender.
There is absolutely nothing in or outside ...
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 4:41 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Asian characters in Dragon Ball
- Replies: 178
- Views: 40766
Re: Westerners love to claim Asian characters.
Goku and the other Saiyans can't be Asians because they come from a different planet with different continents. However, yeah, it makes sense for Goku to be coded as East Asian.
Aslo, are there really people who actually say shit like "Goku is a white person"?
Your way of growing-up ...
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 2:10 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Asian characters in Dragon Ball
- Replies: 178
- Views: 40766
Re: Westerners love to claim Asian characters.
Yes, stories do evolve. In this case, the Asian human boy Son Goku turned out to be an Asian looking alien who came from a homogenous alien race based on Asians.
Except we can't tell if he looks Asian due to the style of the art.
The reason why you're so adamant on Saiyans being ...
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 1:54 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Asian characters in Dragon Ball
- Replies: 178
- Views: 40766
Re: Asian characters in Dragon Ball
the word saiyan also came from the word asian , goku has always been a asian superhero with a tail , he is based on monkey king who is also asian
Best comment ever. It's incorrect, but this is still great lol
I think that it's reasonable to assume that a manga/anime that came from Japan ...
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 6:47 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Asian characters in Dragon Ball
- Replies: 178
- Views: 40766
Re: Asian characters in Dragon Ball
the word saiyan also came from the word asian , goku has always been a asian superhero with a tail , he is based on monkey king who is also asian
white people stop dreaming , only superman is white
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japanese have bigger eyes than chinese but also slanted
- goku is a asian japanese hero like ...
white people stop dreaming , only superman is white
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japanese have bigger eyes than chinese but also slanted
- goku is a asian japanese hero like ...
- Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:25 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: How do you view the racial/ethnic appearance of Saiyans?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16116
Re: How do you view the racial/ethnic appearance of Saiyans?
the saiyans are asian , the word saiyan came also from asian , goku and vegeta are both asian , an asian alien race , goku was always
depicted as little asian kid when he was younger it was all based
on chinese cultures , and yamcha and tien are also saiyans and yamcha looks like he could be ...
depicted as little asian kid when he was younger it was all based
on chinese cultures , and yamcha and tien are also saiyans and yamcha looks like he could be ...