Hollywood Indirect Racism

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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

this is not correct at all. I watch anime and read manga. There are plenty of "Asian" features in the Japanese illustrations.

There are "plenty," yes. But there are also "plenty" of series that contain nothing but very obviously white features, especially the ones targeted at the younger audience, which Airbender happens to be.

Incidentally, Airbender isn't anime: it was made by an American studio attempting to imitate popular anime styles. Here is an actor/animation comparison. Just look at those Asian features on the main character's animation (top photo.) There's actually some debate on the internet as to whether the actor's half-Asian. Meanwhile, the bad guy (second photo) is Indian, the chick is Russian, and the best friend is white. Could they have gone for more Asian-looking actors to stay true to the backstory? Sure. On the other hand, the animators could have too.