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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.
Wonder Egg Priority
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Even amongst high-profile sequels and adaptations, few anime series have stood out from this winter season more than the amazingly titled
Wonder Egg Priority. CloverWorks’ animation is lavish, with consistently incredible layouts and drawings across its conversations and its fights. But under it all is an uncommonly dark core. The directness with which series director Shin Wakabayashi and writer Shinji Nojima approach painful topics instantly sets
Wonder Egg Priority apart from its Magical Girl anime predecessors.
In
Wonder Egg Priority, 14-year-old Ai Ohto grieves after the suicide of her only friend Koito, and enters a dream world where she must fight to protect the spirits of dead girls, housed within “Wonder Eggs.” To help them find peace, Ai has to fight creepy, kitchen knife-wielding demons called “Seeno Evils” and larger monsters known as “Won
Hey.
I’m not gonna pretend like I’m in a good mood because this skateboarding anime got me messed up. Oh, there’s other series to discuss that come equipped with big wins, but soggy skateboarding boys is my mood for the foreseeable future. Please respect my privacy at this time.
(Okay
Jujutsu Kaisen… all right I’m not sad anymore).
Also, as you can see, this is way later than usual because my week has been full of the final days of #28DaysOfBlackCosplay and Pokémon feelings. So the last bit of this write-up is for February 23rd, I’ll catch up on the rest of this week next week!