That quote is if they made an American naruto movie. Emphasis on American. Secondly if they want to make an as close look-a-like then he saying use a person with western accents. Third, there is no source for that quote besides posts from people on forums lol

Everyone knows mangakas use western features to make their characters more widely liked in the west, but a Japanese man making a ninja (who originate in Japan) isn’t going Hmm I’m making my character a white person. They are fictional and characters hair color means nothing in naruto at all. I would need him explicitly saying he’s European with an actual source. I don’t believe just anything online without the actual source, plus that thing you posted said American movie. There’s context. If it’s made in Japan, it’s made with Japanese people.

What even goes through people’s mind to want to white-wash a fictional anime character? The guy has spiky hair and whiskers for crying out loud.

Flush this movie

Would make sense Naruto has blonde hair and blue eyes

Lmfao

funny because white ppl would butcher the pronunciation of all the japanese names*

Damn I was JUST in the barbershop n these old heads was talmbout how much we need a live action naruto film

Why'd he say Sasuke should be Japanese-American then? American isn't an ethnicity, he specified the ethnicities and said that Naruto should be played by a white kid. It's clear that Naruto's ethnicity is based on someone of European descent. Killer bee is clearly based on someone of African descent which is more obvious due to the stereotypes put on his character

Well that's apart of acting. Same way how we got English dubs for animes that gotta learn how the names are said

fr missed opportunity if they don’t just cast all white people for this

Naruto uzamaki was aryan coded af

Again that quote has no original source so the entire thing is “don’t believe everything you find online”, smh Secondly saying someone has certain looks doesn’t equate them being that. Just it’ll be easier to make an American naruto to cast since turning fiction into reality, if you can find a blue eye boy it’ll work, but the hair is still a wig since it’s spiked up like an Asian hairstyle. White washing isn’t cool. Also didn’t the original movie of THIS thread state they are casting Asians?

• A casting call for actors 3 LEADS
  Two Male, One Female (14 - 18) Asian - was made in 2020 but was unfortunately halted by issues caused by COVID-19

That’s an actual quote with a source, and clearly kishimoto would have to okay it.

If you just white washing to white wash then I’m done

There’s -200% they’ll cast whites, as stated in the actual casting looking ONLY for Asians. There’s not no damn village with ninjas running around being white. Be forreal, no one is watching that s*** lol

This nigga just said white washing lmfao Yeah we should totally cast some Japanese niggas in black face to play those cloud ninja. See how well that goes. We don't even know if Kishimoto is involved in the creation of the film or what direction it's going in now cause it's been 3 years. The author himself said that he saw Naruto as caucasian and you still won't give it up

I see you ignore that the quote you are referencing has zero source. It’s like you are degenerate. And why would they not consult the author for a live depiction? Make it make sense

It's more likely that they would cast Japanese actors because they know there are gonna be weirdos like you all over social media that will b**** and label it as "white washing" Quote is real too it's from an old interview so all the links are broken at this point. I see you ignore my point about clearly black characters in Naruto. What? You're not gonna argue with me that Killer bee is actually Japanese?

Just so you know, all of kishimotos interviews are easily found if you search a quote from it. That one doesn’t exist. Stop the cap. Here is all his interviews in one spot collected by fans (which you aren’t, your just spreading a made up interview). Let me know if you find it. P.S. you won’t.

fanverse.org/threads/directory-for-translations-of-interviews.1046422

And they will just cast a black person for the movie, for those minor roles. The rest would be Asian, like Lionsgate is doing. The target audience would agree that makes sense. Not Naruto being white, which wasn’t said by the author.

Lastly, because I doubt you actually read into the tweet you posted. Here it stated they will work with Kishimoto for the movie.

Michael Gracey as director (The Greatest Showman) — he told
@Collider
in 2018 that he wanted to work with Kishimoto to ensure the best vision possible

It was dumb to even say Kishi wouldn’t be consulted.

Interviewer: “Speaking of new characters, I also noticed as the story evolved, there were more multi-cultural characters introduced to the story, like Killer Bee. Can you talk a little bit about why you decided to do that?

Kishi: When I started expanding on the world, especially through introducing other ninja villages, the very nature of doing that kind of forced me to widen the perspective. I wouldn't say it was necessarily a deliberate decision, but I was definitely conscious of the fact that if I wanted to have my Naruto world reflect actual society more, then it might be easier for fans to accept, to see, other cultures or races as well. So while it wasn't necessarily an outright deliberate decision, I think I was conscious of the fact that I wanted Naruto's world to reflect, at least a little bit, the world at large.

Interviewer: As these characters appeared in Naruto, I noticed that lot of black and Latino cosplayers were very excited to see these characters, to have characters that they could dress up as that they could relate to.

Kishi: (big smile) That makes me happy to hear that as well!”

An actual quote from the fan collected interviews. He didn’t start thinking of adding more races or cultures until later in the series. Hence Killer Bee. Please use your critical thinking when he says introduce other cultures and races. That means he initially stuck to Japan for everything.

That's clearly not all the interviews cause that's a real quote from an interview. If they're casting asians, it's because they know weirdos like you on the internet are gonna push some fake outrage and throw around "white washing" bullshit. Hopefully now that the One Piece live action is doing good, they realize that they don't need to do that bullshit . It's clear that Naruto is not based on a Japanese person, he's based on someone of european ancestery

Lol white people are very accepted in Japan's culture. It's why Naruto looks the way he looks to begin with. Kishimoto is clearly talking about Black and Latino people which he specifically mentioned. Races which are not very accepted in Japan's culture

it’s not real. You literally found a post on a forum with zero source. I’m done though. You really sound like a degenerate.