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Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:53 pm**

Seriously, when has there been an anime with a black man as the star?

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:09 am**

I want you to walk down any random street in Japan and tell me the number of non-Asian people you see.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:41 am**

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:48 am**

Same style

That's all I can think of.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:50 am**

Gonna go with tehDarkness, here. They're just not exposed to other races, as much.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:17 am**

Wait, Kenan & Kel wasn't anime? :(

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:29 am**

This is somewhat off-topic but from what I've seen it seems Anime lack winter settings in their shows, or autumn for that matter. Out of randomosity, does Japan experience little to no seasonal change or something?

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:49 am**

They tend to experience a milder winter, but they place more significance on other seasons. If you see pink/flowering trees in anime, that's their version of spring.

A lot of animated shows (all over) avoid the subject of season change, but then turn around to make a few episodes that specifically focus on it.

Wolf's Rain prominantly features winter scenes, from the top of my memory.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:59 am**

Any anime that takes place in Hokkaido will have and obligatory hot spring/ snow episode.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:24 pm**

Afro Samurai. It sucked but also, Commander Black from Dragon Ball...uh, Balrog from Street Fighter. Anime can be diverse, but anime really centers around young teen (Japanese?) girls with magic powers with sexually explicit transformation sequences.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:33 pm**

Boondocks wasn't anime. It was originally a comic strip that was adapted into a television show.

Afro Samurai. You guys helped find the diversity I've been looking for.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:55 pm**

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! wrote:but anime really centers around young teen (Japanese?) girls with magic powers with sexually explicit transformation sequences.

VGF needs more of this.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:41 pm**

Eureka 7 had a black guy, I think.

A lot of anime takes place around Japan, so...yeah.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:53 pm**

There was that black chick in FLCL.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:00 pm**

dux_is_me wrote:VGF needs more of this.

I think it has achieved a decent level of "this"; any more or less and who knows what might happen.

Afro Samurai had Sam Jackson, give it a (negative?) point for that at least.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:13 pm**

ps afro samurai was gutter trash

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:16 pm**

Citing the token black character does not make them a main character.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:22 pm**

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:31 pm**

^ Duuuuude, that guy is blaaaaaack.

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:47 am**

Wait, is that Ryo-Ohki?

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Anime doesn't like black people.

Anime doesn't like black people.