Two Minutes Hate: Whitewashing

Akira is widely lauded as one of, if not THE greatest manga of all time. It's a work of sweeping scope, beautiful artistry and frightening vision. It's no great shock that Warner Bros have bought the rights to it. What is shocking is that all eight male actors who have been solicited to play the lead roles are FUCKING WHITE.

The notion that white audiences will not go to see a blockbuster movie with asian leads is condescending, narrow-minded and goddamn insulting.

The author of this story was Japanese. The setting is neo TOKYO. The lead characters are named "Kaneda" and "Tetsuo". This is bigotry at it's worst, akin to casting a whitey to play the lead in Othello. I thought we lived in the 21st century.

Click this link and STOP IT.