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Hollywood’s Anime Whitewashing Epidemic: How Is This Still a Thing?

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Death Note. Akira. Ghost in the Shell. All of these popular anime films are getting the blockbuster remake treatment—starring white actors. It’s wrong, and it has to stop.

Melissa Leon
Melissa Leon
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Melissa Leon

Melissa Leon

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