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Originally Posted by stelok
I have noticed that many Chinese anime characters such as Li Syaoran, Revy (Black Lagoon), Hei/Li Shengshen, Lee Bailong, Li Kohran, Tao Jun and the main character cast of Cooking Master Boy were portrayed positively. However, some personality traits that many Chinese characters such as Li Syaoran, Hei, Tao Ren and Revy have in common was that they are angry, aloof individuals with a chip-on-the-shoulder atttude.
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To be fair, Revy is not portrayed whatsoever as a Chinese stereotype.
She's cast as a "violent and unstable ruffian who grew up in worst ghetto streets of America" stereotype. Despite her racial makeup, she's isn't considered anything but an American both by herself and the readers. Her stereotype is completely that of an American. Specifically, ghetto-raised criminal one with abusive past.
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Originally Posted by KitsuneNineTails
I like when they try to have the Americans speaking Japanese and they get some Japanese voice actor/actress to seriously mangle their Japanese to sound "foreign". I wonder, do all Americans that are fluent in Japanese really sound that bad? They don't seem to do that to other English-speaking nationals...  |
Well, more and more foreigners in Japan are speaking extremely fluent in Japanese media, so it may gradually change.
For example, Dave Spector is on Japanese TV all the time, speaking extremely fluent Japanese at the native level.
Here's Dave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlTKUkYBuo
And here's Jero, a cool brother who can sing ENKA of all things, with perfect Japanese.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqtgJ5TJi8M