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chernobog13 · 3 months

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Tetsujin 28, aka Gigantor, versus Shaolin Cowboy by Geoff Darrow.

#Tetsujin 28 #Gigantor #mecha robot #Japanese superhero #Shaolin Cowboy #Geoff Darrow

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superheroesintroublexxx · 1 month

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The suit actor’s smile is very charming.

GUYFERD suit actor: 森聖二 Seiji Mori

七星闘神ガイファード GUYFERD

#森聖二 #mori seiji #seiji mori #guyferd #suit actor #七星闘神ガイファード #七星闘神 #ガイファード #superhero #sentai #japanese superhero #japanese man #japanese guy

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dkettchen · 19 days

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she would've told them unlike her canon! version who decided not to be an ally smh

#one piece #trans!sanji #sanji #kiku #yamato #ワンピース #I'm practicing my japanese shhhhhh #（日本語のペラペラ人：俺は文法とか書く方とか間違ったら教えてください😅ありがとうございます）#translation:#Yamato: I'll be able to get as strong as Oden?#Sanji: Probably... 🤔#[meanwhile Kiku is remembering the time in the hot spring]#(Sanji: Nami-chan!!!)#(Nami: Shut up!! The women's bath is supposed to be a peaceful place!)#Kiku: I am also ⚧️ ... o.o #(y'all english speakers had me all to yourselves for a decade it's about time I start to also sometimes make stuff in my next language lol #notably for media *from* that language #same as it made sense to make fan content in english for [american superhero franchise we don't talk abt anymore] back in the day #(happy seasonal reminder that Ren Is Not A Native English Speaker and This Is My 5th Language hi 😅))#while looking up reference for this I learnt that the straps to tie back the kimono sleeves are called tasuki #also I decided yamato get big muscles cause he got them kaido genes in im (I also gave him his dad's young-man-facial hair)#the more I do transition projections for one piece characters while tryna adhere to the style the more I learn that sometimes stylisation #uses bones less as literal determinants for where things go and just kinda exaggerates shapes based on vibes alone instead #meaning trans characters' bones wouldn't literally stay looking the same in that stylisation in the way they do irl #they'd get exaggerated differently based on what the surrounding stuff is doing #I still think oda's transition demonstration when we first met iva was unreasonable even with that in mind tho

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superectojazzmage · 11 months

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Revelation that the key to understanding Godzilla is that you must understand it is wrestling. It is wrestling. The good guy monsters like Godzilla, Anguirus, and Rodan are the Faces who you always root for because they’re YOUR GUYS. The bad guy monsters like Ghidorah and Gigan are the Heels who act like assholes and yell things like “it doesn’t matter what you think!”. The good humans like Miki and Serizawa and the Shobijin are the Jim Ross-style announcers and interviewers who comment on the match or chat with the wrestlers between fights. The bad humans and evil aliens are the corporate guys like Vince McMahon, and the giant robots like MechaGodzilla are what happens when they decide to get in the ring themselves. Rival kaiju/toku series like Gamera or Ultraman are rival wrestling companies and underground circuits. Baby Godzilla is Hornswoggle.

In this essay I will

#godzilla #gojira #anguirus #rodan #king ghidorah #gigan #mechagodzilla #toho monsters #kaiju #toho godzilla #gamera #ultraman #tokusatsu #japanese superheroes #tsuburaya productions #wrestling #wrasslin

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writingwithcolor · 5 months

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What Makes an Ethnic Villain "Ethnic" or "Villainous?" How Do You Offset it?

anonymous asked:

Hello WWC! I have a question about the antagonist of my story. She is (currently) Japanese, and I want to make sure I’m writing her in a way that doesn’t associates [sic] her being Asian with being villainous. The story is set in modern day USA, this character is effectively immortal. She was a samurai who lost loved ones due to failure in combat, and this becomes her character[sic] motivation (portrayed sympathetically to the audience). This story explores many different time periods and how women have shown valor throughout history. The age of the samurai (and the real and legendary female warriors from it) have interested me the most, which is why I want her to be from this period. The outfit she wears while fighting is based on samurai armor, and she wears modern and traditional Japanese fashion depending on the occasion. She acts pretty similar to modern day people, though more cynical and obsessed with her loss. She’s been able to adapt with the times but still highly values and cherishes her past. She is the only Asian main character, but I plan to make a supportive Japanese side character. She’s a history teacher who knows about the villain and gives the protagonists information to help them, but isn’t involved in the main plot otherwise. Are the way I’m writing this villain and the inclusion of a non-antagonist Japanese character enough to prevent a harmful reading of the story, or is there more I should do?

Why Does Your Villain Exist?

This makes me feel old because David Anders plays a villain with this kind of backstory in the series Heroes starring Masi Oka.

I think you want to think about what you mean when you say:

Villainous (In what way? To whom? To what end?)

Harmful (What tropes, narratives and implications are present?)

I’m relatively infamous in the mod circle for not caring too much about dimensions of “harm”. The concept is relative and varies widely between people and cultures. I don’t see much value in framing motivations around “What is less harmful?” I think for me, what matters more is:

“What is more true?”

“Are characteristics viewed as intrinsic to background, or the product of experiences and personal autonomy?”

“Will your portrayal resonate with a large audience?”

“What will resonate with the members of the audience who share the backgrounds your characters have?”

This post offers additional questions you could ask yourself instead of “is this okay/not okay/harmful.”

You could write a story where your antagonist is sly, sadistic, violent and cold-blooded. It may not be an interpretation that will make many Japanese from combat backgrounds feel seen or heard, but it’s not without precedent. These tropes have been weaponized against people of Japanese descent (Like Nikkei Japanese interned during World War II), but Japan also brutalized a good chunk of Asia during World War II. See Herge’s Tintin and The Blue Lotus for an example of a comic that accurately showcases the brutality of Japan’s colonization of Manchuria, but also is racist in terms of how Japanese characters are portrayed (CW: genocide, war, imperialism, racism).

You could also write a story where your character’s grief gives way to despair, and fuels their combat such that they are seen as calculating, frigid and deeply driven by revenge/ violence. This might make sense. It’s also been done to death for Japanese female warriors, though (See “Lady Snowblood” by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura here, CW: sexual assault, violence, murder and a host of other dark things you’d expect in a revenge story).

You could further write a story where your antagonist is not necessarily villainous, but the perceived harm comes from fetishizing/ exoticizing elements in how her appearance is presented or how she is sexualized, which is a common problem for Japanese female characters.

My vote always goes to the most interesting story or character. I don’t see any benefit to writing from a defensive position. This is where I'll point out that, culturally, I can't picture a Japanese character viewing immortality as anything other than a curse. Many cultures in Japan are largely defined by transience and the understanding that many things naturally decay, die, and change form.

There are a lot of ways you could conceivably cause harm, but I’d rather hear about what the point of this character is given the dilemma of their position.

What is her purpose for the plot?

How is she designed to make the reader feel?

What literary devices are relevant to her portrayal?

(Arbitrarily, you can always add more than 1 extra Japanese character. I think you might put less pressure on yourself with this character’s portrayal if you have more Japanese characters to practice with in general.)

- Marika.

When Off-Setting: Aim for Average

Seconding the above with regards to this villainess’s story and your motivations for this character, but regardless of her story I think it’s also important to look specifically at how the Japanese teacher character provides contrast.

I agree with the choice to make her a regular person and not a superhero. Otherwise, your one Asian character is aggressively Asian-themed in a stereotypical Cool Japan way (particularly if her villain suit is samurai-themed & she wears wafu clothing every so often). Adding a chill person who happens to be Japanese and doesn’t have some kind of ninja or kitsune motif will be a breath of fresh air (well, more like a sigh of relief) for Japanese readers.

A note on characterization—while our standard advice for “offset” characters is to give your offset character the opposite of the personality trait you’re trying to balance, in this case you might want to avoid opposites. You have a villainess who is a cold, tough “don’t need no man” type. Making the teacher mild-mannered, helpful, and accomodating would balance out the villainess’s traits, but you’ll end up swinging to the other side of the pendulum towards the Submissive Asian stereotype depending on execution. If avoiding stereotypes is a concern, I suggest picking something outside of that spectrum of gentleness to violence and making her really boring or really weird or really nerdy or a jock gym teacher or…something. You’re the author.

Similarly, while the villainess is very traditionally Japanese in her motifs and backstory, don’t make the teacher go aggressively in either direction—give her a nice balance of modern vs. traditional, Japanese vs. Western sensibilities as far as her looks, dress, interests, values, etc. Because at the end of the day, that’s most modern Japanese people.

Sometimes, the most difficult representation of a character of color is making a character who is really average, typical, modern, and boring.

- Rina

#writeblr #Japanese #Japanese women #Villain #antagonist #tokenism #characterization #representation #stereotypes #immortality #superheroes #supervillains #asks

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nouinono · 10 months

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#ultraman #shin ultraman #kamen rider #shin kamen rider #tokusatsu #japanese #superhero #alien #illustration #artists on tumblr #digital illustration #film #kaiju #art #painting

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zal-cryptid · 1 year

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Japanese Spider-Verse

#spider man #supaidaman #marvel comics #fan art #fanart #superhero #marvel #spider verse #multiverse #japan #japanese #manga #peter parker #peni parker #sakura spider

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peterkothe · 7 months

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Inktober 2023 Day 26-GOLDEN BAT REBORN!💀🦇

In life he was a heroic warrior sorcerer of Atlantis; now, a century later, he is awoken from tomb to continue his task as the all-powerful super-mummy: the GOLDEN BAT!! Aided by a pair of sibling children and their scientist father, Golden Bat seeks to save the world from the forces of evil, most notably, the fiendish masked supervillain: DR. NAZO and his many minions and monsters!

-My spin on Japan’s fist superhero is mainly based on the original 1933 kamishibai versions of both him and Dr Nazo, but with a few twists! Would love someday to make a comic of this guy, has so much potential to work with!

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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 11 months

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The Crow (1994) directed by Alex Proyas and written by David J. Schow and John Shirley

#The Crow #1994 #90's #90s #American gothic superhero film #Brandon Lee #eric draven #japanese #poster #90's movies #movies #90's film

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chernobog13 · 7 months

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LIGHTSPEED ESPER

A young took hero who could not move at light speed, nor was he an ester.

His only superpower the ability to keep his head from being ripped off his neck every time he used his jetpack.

#Lightspeed esper #tokusatsu #Japanese superhero

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iheartdabihawks · 5 months

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the connection between the anime bnha and being a bird nerd is such a fucking unexpected twist but like the fandom adapted trait of hawks having an actual hawk quirk and well being a writer you just HAVE to make everything factual well ...

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nessie-nosebleed · 5 months

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a victim of human absurdity.

#shin kamen rider #kamen rider #tokusatsu #hideaki anno #film still #film screenshots #pretty #japanese #superhero #cyberpunk #best movie of 2023 btw

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sportfetishhypnolove · 1 year

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#gay japanese #jock #japanese #gay #Hero #Superheroes #hero suit

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lostinmac · 8 hours

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Cutie Honey (2004)

Dir. Hideaki Anno

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itsthebigguy123 · 4 months

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Here is a second OC for my drawing project! Her name is Princess Moonstone - and she's a Japanese-Canadian magical girl. Even though I just do scribbles right now, I hope I'll be good enough someday.

A magical girl since her teenage years, she has become a 24-years old accountant and desk jockey in the current day. Stoic, seemingly aloof and socially awkward, yet with a heart of gold, she's a friend of Shatterproof. Eventually, their relationship may grow deeper than that...

Made by KujiKawaii, hit him up on Twitter for a commission

#Japanese-Canadian #Magical Girl #Superhero #superheroes #oc #original character

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danganronpa96 · 9 months

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I saw that silly lil post abt how if you made another killing game after DR96 the location would be sekai’s and I’m just imagining how cool Mile’s Sekai would be. I feel like it’d be artsy and have graffiti everywhere but at the same time be a bit sad and offputting in a way? Like there’s some stuff there that symbolizes traumatic events his gone through. Idk but I think his Sekai would also be shared with Ame.

just a silly lil idea that popped into my head :3

This is kinda funny as when I was brainstorming about who should share a SEKAI, Miles and Ame came to me as well lol

I think it could make sense though -- the two's goal is to save others and become a hero (either physically to people in real life or mentally to people online across the globe). That interconnection of reality (or realities) and the internet could be an interesting theme to show too.

I made a little concept thing of what the aesthetic of the SEKAI would be like. I took inspiration from your ideas on Miles, as they really do fit him well. It could be this almost heavy comic-style city, with sprinkles of internet/streaming culture in terms of the big billboard advertisements.

It could be called something like OMGKawaiiBrooklyn or OMGKawaiiverse (City SEKAI just sounds a bit dull lol)

#it's basically mixing superhero comics and kawaiicore together #it might end up looking like a japanese/american hybrid city #but yeah definitely despite it's pop and charm you can't help but feel this pain and emptiness in the air #3rd kg hypothetical

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