The look is only 25% to 30% of a character mate.
No author on earth would handpick a character only based on look. That would be absolutely foolish.
for novel yes, for something that based on already existed media like manga or game, look also important, that explain why holywood LA adaptation of anime and game always failed before one piece. Weird, youre french no? Your city hunter live action is good and they look pretty accurate, i thought you would understand
And Vivi is not the first to look different from the original material. Usopp, Luffy, Gin, Paty or Nojiko look very different from the manga (and no, what Oda said in the SBS doesn't count). Plus a "race swap" isn't really abnormal looking at the fact that we are talking about a people of the desert.
I disagree with ussop and luffy, they look pretty accurate for me, but you basically agree with my point, all the other you mentioned are minor character. And no, do you see the netflix cleopatra backlash? Just because they from africa continent doesnt mean they all black.
So there are absolutely no reasons to think that there is a bad choice here. That actress looks amazing, let's see what she can deliver. And lets not forget that its just a rumor, Vivi could be someone completely different.
To say "absolutely no reason" is kinda stretch i mean if they insist to cast indian instead of middle eastern, just look at the rumored cast:
And this is bollywood actress
Both are indian.
Im not from U.S and i dont care about the culture war, representation, or whatever they called it there, i just want to see accurate vivi man. But you right, it just a rumor, we just argue about nothing here hahaha[/QUOTE]
Vivi is already a strawhat. She is already important.
Totally agree on that mate.
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Watch them go full woke and change Mr. 2 to gay best friend for the show. Sad thing is, anyone who follows anime/manga doesn’t find Mr. 2’s look offensive and he is actually a fan favourite :(
I mean would they brave enough to make sanji, the straight white male beat up queer villain in a fight in this era? Sigh.....