Pretty much so

Sounds like it dude :/ Out of all non-asian characters, Scarlet would be the best choice. But.. nnngg.. the guy playing Batou? NOTHING ALIKE. At least Scarlet kinda looks like the Major. Batou was my wife and my favorite character in that series :|

It's not just the publisher; it's pretty much every Japanese fan ever. Japanese people view most anime as being about people with Caucasian features, and Motoko is definitely an example of that. The cause goes right back to the postwar occupation of Japan, wherein they were came to view Americans as the mainstream and thus something to emulate. By whitewashing everything, they're trying to conform so that they can feel included in that cultural mainstream.

Your beef isn't with the casting behind the live-action GitS movie. It might be with all of anime and manga, or perhaps with how the economy shaped Japan's future after World War II, or even with the conformist values espoused in Confucianism.

^^^ This.

While I am a fan of the original comic, the movie and the Stand alone complex. To tell the truth, I don't mind the white washing in itself.

*sigh* It just tells me that they probably don't care much for the original material and we are in for a stupid action movie with no depth at all instead of a real postcyberpunk world, all it's problems and some philosphy.

Well, that's what happened in the past with similar adaptions and remakes.

If they are smart (I doubt it), Motoko takes on a caucasian cyborg body for some undercover mission in the movie, which can be tied into the question of how the body influences the mind and identity.

Sorry, but I'm still pissed at the Ghostbusters reboot right now, this will have to wait....
(In all seriousness, it is disappointing what films will degrade themselves like this)

The history and the events that are leading to release to the movie, yeah, I am angry at Sony how they used the narrative and hijacked Ghostbusters 3 by the CEO in order to get a reboot instead with her vision.

Great another film being milked for it's name and having bullcasting just to appeal to non fans .

Ghostbusters all over again. If the original team tried to make a sequel and fail what makes them think that they can reboot it better? Shame.

If you meant Ghostbusters 2, I did not get why not many liked it. But then I finally understand why because they ended up rebuilding their business again that plays off from the first movie which does make the movie weaker. At least in the 3rd movie, the idea of passing on the legacy of orignal Ghostbusters to a new youth and a new city location would have opened up great opportunities, this is a rest set up that would have been loved. But nope! All of it gone in the sake of a reboot by a puppeteer and a puppet that can do parody of a genre than a actual film.

Even the Manga publisher but not the artist and creator of the series? At least you know corporate always need money any chance they get it. Just hope the creator and artist don't agree with them as well.

wth is right. No you're going to try to water down everything to appeal to people who've never even watched the series nor the movies.

A sad day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WUdQpuVRtw

Honestly, I think this brings up some good points.

Also, in the arguement of having Mokoto being white... anyone who's watched the series might note that the character herself probably wouldn't care what ethnicity her shell is... since whatever works works for her. After all, her body is not real... it's a full-prosthetic cybernetic body.

Yeah, i for one don't give a shit about a person's race when deciding an actor because I'm not a racist. Sure an actor's race can be important if it actually is important to the plot, like historical roles or stories about racism.

Some manga roles wouldn't make any sense if they were portrayed by Asian actors, like the majority of the roles of FMA, where Amestris is heavily influenced by Nazi Germany. Edward Elric has blond hair. Asian characters are depicted in the series and they look totally different from the many white looking characters, not jsut with the eyes, but also in clothing, mannerisms, etc.

Basically, i'm sick and tired of this racist idea of white washing anime. If you're going to criticize anything, criticize the acting ability of the actors, the production value, how closely they follow the source material, etc.

The amount of manufactured outrage going on and the people binging on it with things like this is getting to annoying levels. At least when it was contained to the likes of gawker and buzzfeed-uk I could ignore it but now it seems to be seeping out into the general populace :/