Director of WhiteWashed Akira Remake Says Something Eurocentric/Racist About Japanese Cinema

[astridmyrna]

In interviews with entertainment news websites Collider and ComingSoon, director Jaume Collet-Serra, who was previously in talks to work on Warner Brothers' stalled live-action Akira film project, mentioned that he's still working on the film, and that he hopes it will be his next one

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[astridmyrna]

lso lmao the weeaboo in me is gonna show full force here but ahahaha I fucking beg to differ on the Japanese culture having no strong/interesting characters and I'll just stop there tbh because I'd run out of character space in a comment so

This was so me last night when I first read this.

Like

why else would these images be so powerful?



(Princess Mononoke, San learning that Ashitaka is basically a dead-man-walking and her coming to grips with the fact that she loves another human, though she's hated humans all her life)



(One Piece, Luffy crying over the fact that he basically had to kick one of his crewmates and close friend over having to get a new ship and lose the old ship/friend)

[astridmyrna]

I rage-quit shortly after the time skip so I'm a bit behind too, but it's that sort of series that you need to take a break from at times or you'll just get burned out. Naruto never really caught my interest, but I read enough of it to know about the characters.

[beoweasel]

Oh man, the fight between Usopp and Luffy was fucking intense.

[astridmyrna]

As sad as it is, it's one of my favorite moments of One Piece and really changed my views on Usopp during the fight, after the fight, and the apology. I hated Usopp at first and thought he was fucking annoying, but after this his character just evolved and I really saw how deep a bond Usopp and Luffy had besides just being goofy with each other.

[beoweasel]

Yeah, I hold the same sentiment.

[baka_tenshi]

when i first saw that scene in princess mononoke, i actually legit cried. :( i truly thought he was going to die but i also felt a lot of emotions.

shit, just ghibli films alone would disprove this racist dude's comments.

[astridmyrna]

RIGHT?

[baka_tenshi]

my legit favorite glibi movies are tied between princess mononoke and castles in the sky. it shows that people can be really complicated and can have grey areas.

also, strong characters i can relate to.

[astridmyrna]

Mine is obvs Princess Monoke, lol. Not only because of the main characters, their conflicts, and how beautifully the conflict of techno advances that help mankind vs nature is executed, but THERE ARE SO MANY AMAZING WOMEN CHARACTERS IN IT. WOMEN, WOMEN EVERYWHERE.

[baka_tenshi]

all the women all the time!!!

and you have very good taste :D

[flyingwild]

Yesssss I love that so much about Princess Mononoke.

[elialshadowpine]

Yes! I loved it for that when I was a kid. I haven't seen it since then (it was a rental and then out of circulation); I really should re-watch it.

[spiegel11th]

I started tearing up just seeing that first gif, damnit! Ugh, Ghibli films do such terrible things to my heart. Even Pom Poko, which is about tanuki, for crying out loud!