Asians In the Media

Growing up I never used to see that many people who looked like me in movies or TV shows. I’d get excited when I saw a mildly asian character in a cartoon. But often they were kungfu masters. When we played power puff girls in primary school I was always butter cup because she had black hair. Don’t get me wrong, we had some quality TV shows growing up that educated, entertained and enthralled us; but I still felt like I needed a little representation. The closest I had was the blue haired slightly ethnic Shane from Tracy Mcbean. He was the doubtful but loyal sidekick of Tracy; a pioneer for young girls venturing into various fields of science. But what about Shane?

So are anime characters white? I mean really she’s a dazzling blonde with eyes that take up a 1/3 of her face. If you believe that a moon princess can come down to earth to save the world with her powerful talking moon cats; surely you can believe that she is Japanese.