I really wish it was more common for people to draw anime characters as like, more obviously ethnically Japanese, or as darker skinned Japanese people, if that makes any sense? Anime does have a colorism problem, it's true, but like. That mostly affects Japanese people living in Japan that aren't super pale, not Americans.... there's American characters you could be drawing as black instead
Most Americans hate their own American stuff. And even when there is racebending like we see for the live-action Little Mermaid, live-action Tinkerbell, etc; It's never received well by people. Any other decent likes like John Stewart as Green Lantern or Static Shock, are not pushed up front. Maybe in a sense too, there's also implications of racebending certain characters. For example, let's say if you make Ed, Edd, and Eddy as black kids. The premise of the show is that the three boys have to scam others in the cul-de-sac to get money. The Ed boys are mostly disliked by the other kids. Edd is neglected by his parents as they only leave notes for communication and Eddy was straight up abused by his big brother. The implications for it can be messy. But then again, people even racebend other characters and ignore implications behind it like people making Crona from Soul Eater as black. You know, the character who gets ABUSED by his mother? Or making Power from Chainsaw Man black? The girl who NEVER showers, flushes the toilet, and is racist towards humans as she is a demon.
There is also the fact most Westerners want more realism in anime. Not just color skin, but hair style (with claims saying that braids and curly hair are only exclusive to black people), realistic noses, freckles, scars, etc.
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