And above anything Chinese, Oolong is introduced rocking a Chairman Mao suit.

That really would’ve been the last media outside of games that we got from Dragon Ball 💀

Disown you dad he has poor taste

This was really me as a kid after I watched it and played the game. S*** made me so mad with how garbage it was.

The story takes inspiration from the most popular Chinese novel ever
Goku is Wukong, and it wasn't the first time that character was adapted into Japanese media. Shenron is modelled after Chinese dragons as well, so much of it takes inspiration from China.

As long as they make the actors look like the characters I don’t think a character being played by a white person is going against the source material

The movie is just ass period

It takes inspiration but it’s still its own show with its own setting/people

Until one of them niggas say “we’re in China” then you can’t just say they’re actually Chinese lol

Show me where West City, China is on a map.

It's in an alt-earth heavily influenced by Chinese lore, think it's a safe bet to assue a lot of them are a certain ethnicity

None of these actors look like the characters they are playing.

Yeah that’s why I said it’s all just ass lol I’m talking about if they actually tried to do a new one

That movie is terrible in every way.

Fam like what tf is this even supposed to be

so you think goku walking around with big ass kanji symbols on his back in addition to the series being written by an Asian person and there’s even a possibility that nigga not Asian

you niggas are doing too much itt man

it ain’t confirmed what their actual race is for the common folk. I mean it’s clearly black people and Asian/Indian people as well but that’s just the way we relate them to our world.

Ijs in universe China, USA, Africa etc. dont exist and people in general are just referred to as earthlings

Matter fact I’m pretty sure that the president is a dog

He’s a saiyan from a whole different planet dawg

Yes it’s inspired by Chinese folklore but that’s obvious lmao I’m not arguing that at all.

obviously but that’s like based in something, he still looks like a regular human like everyone else on Earth. dude looks like Yamcha w a different haircut

It’s not based in reality but it just wouldn’t make any sense if the explanation was “yeah he’s actually white”

Only reason he wears the Kanji is because he trained under master Roshi not cause of his race lol

I never said he’s actually white. Just that he’s not specifically Asian so how could you say it’s white washing from that perspective?

If they make him Chinese in a live action that would be great but it’s not like Goku was ever even from earth in the first place.

This is one of the worst movies ever made, the white washing was the LEAST of its problems

Would have been just as awful with correct casting cuz the script was complete horse s***

At one point Steven chow was gonna direct, peolly woulda done a much better job

Feel bad for chow Yun fat, dude signed on to a movie pitched to him as a $120 mill blockbuster directed by Steven chow. He signs on and shows up to a cheap ass set with some no name hack director

The film was originally conceived as a large blockbuster, with a $120 million budget. This is what sold actors like James Marsters and Chow Yun-fat to appear in the film. However, when they finally arrived to the set and discovered that the film would only cost $30 million and would be mostly shot in an abandoned jeans factory to save costs, they were heartbroken. By then though, they were contractually obligated to do the film and couldn't back out.

I will only accept an asian or black looking live action Goku

I’d accept MBJ as Goku ngl

Its heavily implied tho, from similar names and traditions and culture. West city is symbolic of the west which is why bulma is white. And just like its heavily implied that uub and mr popo are black

Exactly bro, obviously there’s Japanese & Chinese characters in DBZ, but there’s also American, Indian, African, etc.

Some characters race was left ambiguous af, such as Bulma.

Also, Goku & all the saiyans aren’t from earth or even human, let alone Japanese.

It’s implied Uub is Indian

You can tell by the characters hair colors and styles that they're not "Asian". Which is true for most anime, particularly Shonen like Naruto or Pokemon where it's not even stated that they live in Japan.

The show was made in Japan, so naturally there will be cultural references and inspirations throughout the show. It would be highly irregular for that not to be the case.

The thing about anime is that they're designed to be human. Just because the show was made in Japan doesn't mean the story and characters are strictly Japanese. That's just narrow minded thinking.