JordanLMiller
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Reminds me of G Gundam.
omg this is amazing!
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Foreigners in Japanese anime
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omg this is amazing!
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I am Korean.
AVGN is behind him to boot. Dunno who random green shirt dude is, but he's outclassed.
Hah, no doubt.
Winterfang
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She should had said. "See that's the kind of commentary that got you guys bombed in the first place".
Razgriz-Specter
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AnkiRendan
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What is the samurai Gundam from? Which series?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
G Gundam has the best stereotypes. I mean, friggin Statue of Liberty has a CANNON!
Holy shit anime Spanish Inquisition!
EDIT: Oh wait, that's not Rising Gundam...
Holy shit anime Spanish Inquisition!
That's Rising Gundam from G Gundam. Used only once, during Rain vs Berserk Allenby (piloted by Rain).
EDIT: Oh wait, that's not Rising Gundam...
ThatObviousUser
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Chet Rippo
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Yeah, the show is very Japanese centric. Though they still manage to have a lot of foreigners on it, just to make fun of them.
Gentleman Jack
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Jada Kins from Tokyo Tribe 2 is an interesting example. He's an unstoppable mafia enforcer who rather than speaking Japanese uses PSP translation software that speaks in a childish voice for him. Apart from being big and scary he's not much of a stereotype.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Hey at least Tequila Gundam has an episode dedicated to it.
ThatObviousUser
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WOW !
That G Gundam gets better and better ... Ferrari Gundam ??? VIKING Gundam ? xD
And ... those Swedes totaly stole that blueprint from japan =P
I .. don't know xD
I remember seeing a samurai gundam so I just put "samurai gundam" on google hehehe
but more googling gave me that he is Musha Gundam
That G Gundam gets better and better ... Ferrari Gundam ??? VIKING Gundam ? xD
And ... those Swedes totaly stole that blueprint from japan =P
I .. don't know xD
I remember seeing a samurai gundam so I just put "samurai gundam" on google hehehe
but more googling gave me that he is Musha Gundam
victreeb3l
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i am dying of laughter oh my god
Black people with lightning powers is a trope?
Yes, as well as cybernetic Black people.
NeonZ
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Some examples from Keroro/Sgt. Frog...
Japanese girl (Momoka to the left), and French girl (Shion) on the right. Shion is played almost completely straight as a character. They didn't even give her an accent or anything. They also consistently drew her eyes differently from the Japanese characters and gave her more pronounced cheek-lines without making her look like a parody. Her name is kind of stupid though, "Felicitashion", with "Shion" being a nickname used by her friends.
On the other hand... Here's an earlier example of a more stereotypical, American, foreigner.
"Melody Honey" has a pronounced accent and was often used for foreigner jokes. Well, and for jokes about people who like unfunny Japanese comedy. Also, there was no effort to make her face design really any different from the Japanese characters. She actually came from other works of the manga's author also appearing in Seven of Seven and Arcade Gamer Fubuki. They changed her facial structure to be closer to Shion's when she appeared in the 4th Keroro movie (where Shion debuted), but they went back to her standard design right afterwards in the tv show.
Some random background characters:
The generic Gundam design itself is basically a giant white and blue colored Samurai armor. Look at the face plate, with the "beard" and helmet shape. That's why they had to color the added on armor to the "Musha" Gundam reddish to make it stand out, otherwise people wouldn't notice that it was specifically a Samurai themed compared to other Gundams.
Japanese girl (Momoka to the left), and French girl (Shion) on the right. Shion is played almost completely straight as a character. They didn't even give her an accent or anything. They also consistently drew her eyes differently from the Japanese characters and gave her more pronounced cheek-lines without making her look like a parody. Her name is kind of stupid though, "Felicitashion", with "Shion" being a nickname used by her friends.
On the other hand... Here's an earlier example of a more stereotypical, American, foreigner.
"Melody Honey" has a pronounced accent and was often used for foreigner jokes. Well, and for jokes about people who like unfunny Japanese comedy. Also, there was no effort to make her face design really any different from the Japanese characters. She actually came from other works of the manga's author also appearing in Seven of Seven and Arcade Gamer Fubuki. They changed her facial structure to be closer to Shion's when she appeared in the 4th Keroro movie (where Shion debuted), but they went back to her standard design right afterwards in the tv show.
Some random background characters:
The generic Gundam design itself is basically a giant white and blue colored Samurai armor. Look at the face plate, with the "beard" and helmet shape. That's why they had to color the added on armor to the "Musha" Gundam reddish to make it stand out, otherwise people wouldn't notice that it was specifically a Samurai themed compared to other Gundams.
Strictly in Japan, or is this a Western thing too?
chicagocubsfan
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Oh man lol
Seems to be a common trope in Western Media.
Kyuuketsu_Night
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Seems like it's a western thing..
Think Storm from X-Men and
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Jax from Mortal Kombat (Well, not so much that he uses electricity. He has the whole cyborg thing going on.)
Remember that Static Shock show? I'm sure there are many others.
Hellsing321
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FO-totality
Poet Centuriate
it's The Who :jnc
Crash Station
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Zettai Karen Children Presents: Hyobu Kyosuke The Unlimited.
Might as well stop playing Japanese games while you're at it.
FO-totality
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PeakPointMatrix
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Paradise King from one of the Shin Chan films. Yells out Dynamite!! at several points and is introduced with the song "Kung Fu Fighting".
Also, this creepy pair from Zatch bell...
Also, this creepy pair from Zatch bell...
Karsticles
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To this day my wife and I will just say "JEEEEEEESUS" like this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x39Jp-z61M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x39Jp-z61M
Kageshinzo
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OMG dying in here. =))
TheKaeptain
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Didn't 00 get spanish
Chrono Helix
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Came here to post this.
DonasaurusRex
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thought he ended up being ranked 3 in the school and becoming that one dudes student the guy with the perfect defense.
Honestly, this is news to me... Then again, I'm not black, so maybe I just haven't noticed it.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I'm surprised Chibodee didn't utter any American words.
Razgriz-Specter
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His Gundam and everything were American enough.
PorygonVandal
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Not only that, but they basically nailed downtown DC in the first episode.
Only other anime I can think of with mixed native English and Japanese speakers on one voice track is Blood: the Last Vampire.
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