Naruto one of the few non-racist mangas

[Darth Uchiha]

Seriously, I notice that Naruto is one of the few animes with a black cast of characters that features them drawn normally, and doesn't make them all stereotypical idiots. Sure, there are characters like Killer Bee, but he's shown to be an oddity, and his behavior was ultimately shown to be the result of his kind, fun-loving nature (similar to Naruto's). In fact, if it weren't for Bee, Naruto would've never mastered Nine-Tails power and Naruto considers him sort of like family from the War Arc onwards (Uncle Bee). And, again, most of the black characters don't actually act like Bee (such as Darui, calm and level-headed, and, eventually the Fifth Raikage, and also Omoi, also level headed with a compulsion for analytical thinking). I look at them and then I look at Dragon Ball Z (with no black cast and the few black people being drawn in blackface) and think Naruto is far better in that regard. Also, I'd say Bleach handled it pretty well too, what do you think?

 

[Joseph Gomes]

DBZ had Mr. Popo

 

[jimbobbity]

DBZ had Mr. Popo

:snick: ....

 

[Darth Uchiha]

DBZ had Mr. Popo

Mr. Popo was like the living embodiment of blackface.

 

[Ryuma720]

Name 5 Mangas that is racist

 

[Erebus]

I hardly see racism in anime and manga

 

[Darth Uchiha]

Name 5 Mangas that is racist

I don't read many, I can name DBZ, the most popular anime of all time.

 

[Ja maya]

I don't read many, I can name DBZ, the most popular anime of all time.

Just telling ya akira (creator of dbz) and most japanese at that time probably had not seen a black person. Japan was xenophobic. He was clearly ignorant, doesn't mean he was trying to be racists.

 

[Angelic.]

the only thing i think of for adressing race is fishmen from op.

karui is violent :] i aint got no time for that!

 

[-Punk-]

I don't care. And it's not common over there for them.

 

[Darth Uchiha]

Just telling ya akira (creator of dbz) and most japanese at that time probably had not seen a black person. Japan was xenophobic.

Toriyama had already lived in Hawaii at that point and that was during the 80s and 90s.

 

[Darth Uchiha]

the only thing i think of for adressing race is fishmen from op.

karui is violent :] i aint got no time for that!

I don't mean addressing race, I just mean having black characters and treating them like normal people, not stereotypes.

 

[take it easy]

Shaman king had Chocolove.

 

[Ja maya]

Toriyama had already lived in Hawaii at that point and that was during the 80s and 90s.

Where did you get that info? I actually want to know, I thought he stayed in japan with his wife. The animation (toei) exaggerated their skin color. In the manga its not as dark.

 

[Darth Uchiha]

Where did you get that info? I actually want to know, I thought he stayed in japan with his wife. The animation (toei) exaggerated their skin color. In the manga its not as dark.

Teh interwebz and, it has nothing to do with skin tone, its about facial structure.

 

[Ja maya]

Teh interwebz and, it has nothing to do with skin tone, its about facial structure.

Yeah easily could be a lie, js. What's wrong with the facial structure and which stereotype is it supporting? Akiras style is like that, dr slump easily proves he has crazy gag funny looking characters.

 

[Darth Uchiha]

Yeah easily could be a lie, js. What's wrong with the facial structure and which stereotype is it supporting? Akiras style is like that, dr slump easily proves he has crazy gag funny looking characters.

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[Latios]

Yeah... no. Not many manga or animes are racist.

 

[Darth Uchiha]

Yeah... no. Not many manga or animes are racist.

You're not a real member of the base! Jk, I kid, no hard feelings, right, kiddo?

 

[Ja maya]

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That is a pretty icky connection. But, once again japanese back then were xenophobic, their views of any person of color were ignorant because they had never encountered them. He's not racist just ignorant and had a clouded view on anyone that wasn't Japanese.