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NEWS: Live-Action Sword Art Online Producer: Series Sold to Netflix, Will Have Asian Lead Actors

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NOW YOU DON'T WANT THAT AGAIN, DO YOU?

I still wonder, why hollywood still making movies or series based on manga and anime? Didn't they learn that it doesn't work at all? The only exception was "Edge Of Tomorrow" which was.. decent. But other than that, it's going to flop.

t Hollywood is finding difficult to make in recent years. That Asuna is going to be the savior of the live-action series sounds like they are putting a good amount of western feminism into it. The problem is that feminists would still have no interest in the series and it would undermine the appeal for guys which is why understanding the target demographic for a work is highly important.

After Ghost in the Shell went down in flames

White people are not interchangeable despite what Hollywood thinks. Broken/inconsistent accents break immersion and hurt authenticity. Japanese people rejected Memoirs of a Geisha at the box office because the studio used Chinese actresses in the leading roles.

American blondes have generally paler skin and have a lighter shade of blonde hair.

But the biggest and most common trait is Americans are drawn with bigger noses. It's a distinct feature Asians notice about westerners, like how a lot of black characters are drawn with bigger lips.

Hair dye is a thing, as are contact leses. It's actually a common trope a school kid with blonde hair is a delinquent, because Japanese teens who want to be rebelious dye their hair blonde. Or a chuuni wears colored contact lenses and is found out to have fake colored eyes.

Just because people are ignorant about basic anime tropes doesn't give leverage to their statements.

If we're talking stateside I like to think that movie bombed here largely because no one wanted to see a drama period piece,that featured an almost exclusively Asian cast, concerning something most people have never heard of.

By examples, I meant characters and/or series. .

Here's a couple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dhrqT5sAIQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4MR25p6fBQ

The way the foreigners are drawn obviously different from the rest of the cast. It's stuff even Japanese elementary school kids are expected to pick up on.

Kirito is actually less common as a protagonist with the advantage; he falls into the "self-insert character" role. In order to buy into Sword Art Online, you have to think of yourself as Kirito, rather than rooting for him.

In all fairness to Hollywood, that's at least partially a reflection of a portion of their audience having difficulty with traditional heroes. Protagonists that are powerful, or even just competent get accused of of being a Mary Sue or Gary Stu. The audience is too used to heroes that are underdogs or are "unlikely" heroes, that they can have trouble with heroes that are prepared for the challenges they'll be facing, or are otherwise "likely" heroes.

I am skeptical that general audiences have a problem with the traditional male hero and that is mostly called a problem by feminists. From what I have seen they can technically accept the traditional male hero as long as that role is played by a woman and it is only when that role is played by a man that it becomes patriarchal, sexist, and toxic.

I am skeptical of your claim that general audiences have a problem with powerful male heroes altogether

If you're claiming superpowered male heros are a dying trend, explain how it's dying. Just because you might be annoyed that critics complain about it doesn't mean they've changed the entertainment business and the types of characters that get TV shows and movies.

I didn't get the impression they're making this TV show for the fans. I thought they're making them for general audiences (who are not going to be into the same things as the fans and rarely are).

Well, that's the thing: Powerful heroes with few to no weaknesses are boring and predictable. It's why they had to invent kryptonite for Superman while Batman had remained largely the same in his skills ever since he was first conceived.

Kirito is actually less common as a protagonist with the advantage; he falls into the "self-insert character" role.

I am skeptical that general audiences have a problem with the traditional male hero and that is mostly called a problem by feminists. From what I have seen they can technically accept the traditional male hero as long as that role is played by a woman and it is only when that role is played by a man that it becomes patriarchal, sexist, and toxic. It is why Kirito receives such criticism from feminists and why they hate him to a degree that doesn't seem remotely reasonable considering what his character does. The problem isn't what Kirito does in the story but what he represents. To put it simply if someone hates Kirito but than defends Rey from Star Wars than their problem isn't with powerful characters.

One thing I'd considered saying but decided against is "If a character is too relatable, or isn't over the top enough, they get accused of being a self insert character". Which is something that tends to happen to Kirito. Kirito isn't a self insert character. He's not a blank, personality-less character designed for the reader to pretend is themselves. He isn't a flawless author avatar. It's entirely possible to root for him without thinking of yourself as Kirito.