Ghost in the Shell PSA

I'm normally against the whitewashing trend in Hollywood, but this is just one instance where it doesn't apply. Anime/manga are not typically drawn to reflect ethnicities, and when they are it's just as common for them to be Western than Asian. The original character in GitS does not look Asian. It also probably required a "star presence" like ScarJo to get the budget necessary for a live action film to begin with. I would've been just as happy with a Japanese actress like Rinko Kikuchi, but there's no denying that ScarJo will pull a bigger audience. If people want to get pissed at someone, get mad at the public who are more attracted to movie stars than the people that actually make the damned films. They're the ones that often won't go see a film unless it stars someone they're familiar with.

The only way to get bent out of shape about this is to know the Manga was based in Japan.

To me, Anime/Manga will routinely whitewash/diversify their characters.

They never scream Asian to me although an Asian person could have played the main character too.

As an aside, the Iron Fist controversy is totally stupid since some want a character who is white to be played an Asian.

Also, The Ancient One in Doctor Strange is was played great by Tilda Swinton.

I'm probably racist though...