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[RangerBAD]

I think Casca is Kushan which was a South Asian empire in real life and are darker skinned in the Berserk universe.

While its just a name Casca is apparently a Portuguese word.

"Casca = bark, crust, bread crust; skin, rind, peel; shell, hull, husk"

Which makes sense for the character even more now considering her current mental state.

Miura planned fairly far ahead.

 

[Veldin]

Nadia is such a classic. A favorite of mine for sure.

 

[Parakeetman]

I think Casca is Kushan which was a South Asian empire in real life and are darker skinned in the Berserk universe.



Miura planned fairly far ahead.

too bad hes never gonna finish it thanks to im@s... lol

 

[Nightbird]

Got nothing over ill smith though

Spoiler

I freaking loved that scene

 

[Love Deterrence]

In the manga one of the Chinese gang members referred to him as the Puerto Rican Monster. Think that might have been the only time his ethnicity was mentioned.

Really? Huh! Never knew. Interesting...

 

[HolyBaikal]

Mira Nygus and Sid Barret from Soul Eater are black.

Here's a picture of Mira.

And Sid is a blue zombie for most of Soul Eater, but he's black.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Mira Nygus and Sid Barret from Soul Eater are black.

Here's a picture of Mira.

And Sid is a blue zombie for most of Soul Eater, but he's black.

How do you forget Kilik?

 

[HolyBaikal]

Oh, I mentioned Kilik earlier.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

I had a conversation about Yoruichi's ethnicity/race with a friend once, I was saying I thought she was mixed while he believed she was just a tanned white person (his reasoning was that she didn't have "big lips" or a "big nose"). The fact that she has an afro and some type of Diana Ross swag in one of the anime endings makes me think the author intended her to be black/mixed. I don't read Bleach though, just know who the character is.

Yoruichi is Indian.

 

[junpei]

Yoruichi is Indian.

I used to think that she was black but now I think that she is south east Asian.

Dutch is by far my favorite black person in anime.

I think that looking for black people in anime is going to hard because of how isolationist the Japanese have been. There should be a great black people in western animation thread .

 

[Mista Koo]

Sis - Now and Then, Here and There

 

[John Kowalski]

Jeez, no love for Anthy or Akio?

 

[AlimNassor]

Obama was in Baki manga and he was scared of Yujiro. lol

Can you blame him? Everyone in the world is afraid of Yujiro. Regular people piss their pants in front of Yujiro or worse just beat the shit out of themselves so Yujiro doesn't do it.

 

[Triggafinga]

Yep

Truth

 

[Catalix]

From what I've seen, Soul Eater has repped the highest concentration of non-embarrassing, actual cool looking black character designs in this thread.

Very encouraging, but... is the show actually worth checking out on it's own merit?

 

[Moaradin]

From what I've seen, Soul Eater has repped the highest concentration of non-embarrassing, actual cool looking black character designs in this thread.

Very encouraging, but... is the show actually worth checking out on it's own merit?

Soul Eater is great. The anime goes off the rails towards the end since it stops adapting the manga, but considering that I still recommend it.

 

[cosmicblizzard]

From what I've seen, Soul Eater has repped the highest concentration of non-embarrassing, actual cool looking black character designs in this thread.

Very encouraging, but... is the show actually worth checking out on it's own merit?

If you like shounen stuff, yes.

 

[Zoe]

From what I've seen, Soul Eater has repped the highest concentration of non-embarrassing, actual cool looking black character designs in this thread.

Very encouraging, but... is the show actually worth checking out on it's own merit?

The anime did have the foresight to censor this part:

And once again I want to chime in that Kilik should probably be Kirikou :\

 

[BearFlexington]

If you like shounen stuff, yes.

"Shounen" like it'll go on for 15 years and in the end I'll feel like not a whole hell of a lot happened?

 

[TalonJH]

From what I've seen, Soul Eater has repped the highest concentration of non-embarrassing, actual cool looking black character designs in this thread.

Very encouraging, but... is the show actually worth checking out on it's own merit?

Honestly, Soul Eater is the show that got me back into heavy anime watching. I took a bout a year break before discovering it. Do yourself a favor and read the manga as well. It continues the story while the anime starts looking for a series conclusion in the middle of an arc.

 

[Zoe]

"Shounen" like it'll go on for 15 years and in the end I'll feel like not a whole hell of a lot happened?

It actually ended relatively quickly, but it had the worst non-ending ever.

 

[Catalix]

Thanks for all the info guys. Wiki says there's only 51 episodes. Not too bad! I'll definitely be giving it a shot.

The anime did have the foresight to censor this part:

And once again I want to chime in that Kilik should probably be Kirikou :\

LOL, good call! A real shame this type of imagery has managed to stick around for so long.

 

[curlyfriski]

Actually, there's quite a few.

He's one of the cooler characters in HxH too.

 

[abadguy]

Shame he got a "race-lift" in the movie version. Though to be fair the Appleseed movies are shit anyway. I heard they corrected that mistake in the last tv series though.

 

[ckohler]

From what I've seen, Soul Eater has repped the highest concentration of non-embarrassing, actual cool looking black character designs in this thread.

Very encouraging, but... is the show actually worth checking out on it's own merit?

Like others have said, the anime diverges from the manga around episode 34 and what they made up kinda sucks, especially the ending, but overall and especially those first 30+ episodes are fantastic. Great characters, music, action and comedy.

However, if you're digging Kilik you're better off reading the manga because he's a b-team character that gets very little screen time in the anime.

 

[Vicetrailia]

George of Gantz from the Osaka team was pretty badass.

 

[Acrylic7]

Sis - Now and Then, Here and There

Shu couldn't catch a break.
Somebody upstairs hated that kids guts lol