On 30 Sep 98, at 12:12, Shuichi Koga wrote:

> 
> Hmmm... Speaking of touchy-feely subjects. I won't go into why (and if
> it's racist; that is the subject of lots of debates), but on the topic of
> African Americans in anime:
> 
> [Tenchi material here]
> I personally don't think Mihoshi is supposed to be African
> American. Deeply tanned, yes, but more of a well-tanned beach
> blonde. In the manga series, there in fact is mention of exactly how
> tan she is, but I don't remember the details.

Vol 4, Issue 3:

Ryoko: Hey, maybe you come from this planet, Mihoshi. I mean, look at your 
skin color, your ears...

Mihoshi: Oh, no, not at all. See? I'm shaded with 10% screentone, but 20% 
is used on these folks.

> [No Tenchi material here]
> 
> That said, the only definitely African American Anime characters I can
> think of are the lady from Macross (the original) who worked at the
> command bridge, the Kami's helper from Dragonball, the friend in Macross
> Plus, 

The base commander in Macross Plus, too, IIRC.

> and Nadia (from "Nadia of the Mysterious Blue Waters"). An
> interesting discussion about Nadia's character design is at Marc
> Hairston's web site, which you could find via any good anime links site,
> like anipike.

Vanilla (Armored Trooper Votoms).



Hasheen!

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