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Three Voice Actors Talk Being Black in Anime: Things Will Only Get Better
On 3/5/21 at 9:30 AM EST
Anime is a burgeoning industry that continues to become more and more mainstream, but a certain section of the population is still being underserved.
Think of some of your favorite anime from the past. More likely than not, there s an all-white roster of characters onscreen and even likelier that there s an all-white cast of actors voicing them. And too often in the past, when there were characters of color, they were relegated to minor bit roles, or drawn with exaggerated and upsetting features, or not voiced by actors of color.