The characters were mostly criminals or they would straight up get their asses kicked.
In the beginning of anime, Japanese artist did put what appeared to be black people in anime, but it was either highly stereotypical or racist. Then in Japan, with a native Japanese population of 98.5%, they are probably not going to have too many blacks represented in their anime cartoons. In America, there has been a tendency to neglect black characters in media. Of course, as I got older, I realized the realities that we live in. There were what seemed to be white characters (they probably were actually Japanese, but to me had very white features) and, of course, there were Japanese characters, but not too many that had a dark complexion. Whether it was Ninja Scroll, Princess Mononoke, Dragon Ball, or countless other titles, I just couldn’t get enough of the fast pace action of anime.Īlso as a kid I used to think, where are all the Black anime characters? The characters that look like me! When I was younger, I was a huge fan of anime. Where are all of the Black Anime characters?
