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LightningAce11
12/13/18 5:19:00 AM
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Spike:
An Asian (or partially Asian) man in his mid 20s to mid 30s and must have athletic ability. Spike is the young and handsome male lead with a body like Bruce Lee. His care free demeanor hides a seriously dangerous individual. Spike is prone to shoot first and improvise, unlike his more serious partner Jet, but he gets the job done. Spike tries to hide his sensitive side but is a sucker for a damsel in distress and is haunted by his past

Faye:
An Asian (or mixed heritage) woman in her early 20s to mid 30s and must have athletic ability. Faye is the female lead of the show. She is an attractive bounty hunter with a sharp tongue. Shes a survivor who will con anyone to get what she wants. Faye has no memory of her early life, including family or friends. So, even though shell never admit it, she likes working with the other members of the Bebop crew.

Jet:
An African American (or partial African American) man in his mid 30s to early 50s. An ex-cop, Jet looks intimidating but is a softy at heart. He became fed up with the corrupt system, but he still catches criminals as a bounty hunter. While Jet believes in the law, he will always back up a friend. Occasionally, he will even relax and have fun.

http://www.thathashtagshow.com/2018/12/11/exclusive-netflix-cowboy-bebop-character-breakdowns-and-production-start-date/

What do you think?
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SuperShake666
12/13/18 5:23:18 AM
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Well, those are an accurate description at least.
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jumi
12/13/18 5:23:33 AM
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Is this going to be a Japanese show (like Full Metal Alchemist and Bleach on Netflix) or American (like Death Note)? Either way it doesn't sound too bad from that.
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Milkman5
12/13/18 5:28:34 AM
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Jet was black?
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Milkman5
12/13/18 5:29:20 AM
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cuttin_in_farm
12/13/18 5:30:31 AM
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Milkman5 posted...
Jet was black?


Jet black.

Ba-dum tsh.
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Dash_Harber
12/13/18 5:56:14 AM
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SuperShake666 posted...
Well, those are an accurate description at least.
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Favorite
12/13/18 5:56:54 AM
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spike is jewish though
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Dash_Harber
12/13/18 5:57:49 AM
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spike is jewish though


Description never said he wasn't, to be fair.
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MrPeppers
12/13/18 5:59:53 AM
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Dash_Harber posted...
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spike is jewish though


Description never said he wasn't, to be fair.


Pretty sure he meant ethnically Jewish.
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Ricemills
12/13/18 6:00:56 AM
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cuttin_in_farm posted...
Milkman5 posted...
Jet was black?


Jet black.

Ba-dum tsh.


Jet Black is jet black?
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Rob Cesternino
12/13/18 6:02:52 AM
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Keanu Reeves could play Spike since he's part Asian
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Dash_Harber
12/13/18 6:04:06 AM
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MrPeppers posted...
Dash_Harber posted...
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spike is jewish though


Description never said he wasn't, to be fair.


Pretty sure he meant ethnically Jewish.


You can still be ethnically Jewish mixed with anything else, and the description even specifies that he may be only part Asian.
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MrPeppers
12/13/18 6:10:45 AM
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Dash_Harber posted...
MrPeppers posted...
Dash_Harber posted...
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spike is jewish though


Description never said he wasn't, to be fair.


Pretty sure he meant ethnically Jewish.


You can still be ethnically Jewish mixed with anything else, and the description even specifies that he may be only part Asian.


I mean I guess but that is not a very common mix as far as I know. I dont think theres anything wrong with casting any ethnic background for any part so long as the acting is good; but to me that casting call seems more to play to diversity than to the ethnic background of Spike Spiegel. And I must stress that this is not a bad thing.
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Irony
12/13/18 6:12:33 AM
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I really wish Netflix would go under
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Ricemills
12/13/18 6:15:48 AM
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im lost here, does it ever officially stated somewhere that Spike is Jewish? or that was just fandom speculation?
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Raikuro
12/13/18 6:20:51 AM
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There's gonna be a shitstorm when Faye's outfit is revealed no matter what it looks like.
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NeonOctopus
12/13/18 6:22:35 AM
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Spike ans Faye bein asian is great. And Jet being black sounds cool actually >_>
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ssjevot
12/13/18 6:23:31 AM
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All the characters have Chinese language ability since we see them reading Chinese at various points. That said outside Faye we don't really know if any are ethnically Chinese. Though Spike's involvement in the triads suggests some potential Chinese heritage. Ed has darker skin than the rest, but it's similar to the explicitly Amerindian characers and not the explicitly black characters.
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NeonOctopus
12/13/18 6:24:05 AM
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Favorite posted...
spike is jewish though

Spike is definitely agnostic. Did you even watch the show?
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RickyTheBAWSE
12/13/18 6:25:28 AM
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Black people come in many shades. especially us mixed folk.
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ssjevot
12/13/18 6:27:08 AM
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Yeah, there is nothing to say Jet wouldn't be part African American in the anime.
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neverwin
12/13/18 6:31:11 AM
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Jet being black feels right for some reason.

Maybe it was the voice?
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Dash_Harber
12/13/18 6:32:05 AM
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MrPeppers posted...
I mean I guess but that is not a very common mix as far as I know.


Regardless of whether it is or not, I mean, the series takes place in a futuristic western setting. I don't think we need to bring real world statistics into it.
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MrPeppers
12/13/18 6:34:54 AM
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Dash_Harber posted...
MrPeppers posted...
I mean I guess but that is not a very common mix as far as I know.


Regardless of whether it is or not, I mean, the series takes place in a futuristic western setting. I don't think we need to bring real world statistics into it.


Look we can have spaceflight and colonization of other planets but we CANNOT have half Asian half Jewish people, thats just ridiculous.
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CyricZ
12/13/18 6:39:20 AM
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Spike's from Mars. You telling me they can't get an actor who was born on Mars for the role?
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GiftedACIII
12/13/18 6:49:57 AM
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They haven't picked out actors yet?
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toyota
12/13/18 6:55:57 AM
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i dont get it. why did they need to explicitly state the ethnicity of the first 3 characters?
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YookaLaylee
12/13/18 6:58:30 AM
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toyota posted...
i dont get it. why did they need to explicitly state the ethnicity of the first 3 characters?

Thats how casting works
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Solar_Crimson
12/13/18 7:50:25 AM
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I like how they specified the ethnicities for the actors of Spike, Faye, and Jet, but Vicious and Julia can be anyone.
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cjsdowg
12/13/18 7:57:42 AM
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Touch
12/13/18 7:59:40 AM
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Kitt
12/13/18 8:02:32 AM
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Tbf, his last name is also Black. It only makes sense.
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Veggeta X
12/13/18 8:11:26 AM
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They forgot to mention that all three of those characters are the most cynical trio in the world.
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SSJGrimReaper
12/13/18 8:24:09 AM
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I told you clowns that Jet was black
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Jagr_68
12/13/18 8:25:52 AM
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Raikuro posted...
There's gonna be a shitstorm when Faye's outfit is revealed no matter what it looks like.


>Too accurate to source material
>"uHH THIS IS MISOGYNISTIC AND DEGRADING!" - sjws

>fully dressed appropriately for mass appeal
>"uHH YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE HER BOOBS OR THIGHS! THIS ISN'T ANIME ARGH!" - anime fans
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SailorGoon
12/13/18 8:27:17 AM
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Milkman5 posted...
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LightningAce11
12/13/18 8:27:50 AM
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Lmfao
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SSJGrimReaper
12/13/18 8:27:54 AM
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I love you SailorGoon
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Jagr_68
12/13/18 8:28:27 AM
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SailorGoon posted...
Milkman5 posted...
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Jet Black officially confirmed XD
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The Catgirl Fondler
12/13/18 8:29:17 AM
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SailorGoon posted...
Milkman5 posted...
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nolO78w

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...I'm okay with this.
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Zerocide
12/13/18 8:29:21 AM
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SailorGoon posted...
Milkman5 posted...
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TcCuiSe

HAHAHAHA
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SSJGrimReaper
12/13/18 8:33:02 AM
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Danny Devito as that flying fat dude
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VTBM
12/13/18 8:38:22 AM
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voldothegr8
12/13/18 8:42:31 AM
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This is already shaping up to be horrid
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Solar_Crimson
12/13/18 8:47:11 AM
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voldothegr8 posted...
This is already shaping up to be horrid

How?
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SailorGoon
12/13/18 8:52:29 AM
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Real talk though, I hardly saw Spike as an Asian guy. I mean, Spike Spiegel... I get names aren't always an indicator for race. RIP Keanu Spike
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voldothegr8
12/13/18 8:58:00 AM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
voldothegr8 posted...
This is already shaping up to be horrid

How?

Miscasting the main characters. All of them are white, not Asian or black. And typically when any show or movie shoehorns diversity like this it ends up sucking.
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SSJGrimReaper
12/13/18 8:58:33 AM
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iirc spike was based off of a japanese dude
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AltOmega
12/13/18 9:06:46 AM
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This adaptation is probably going to suck but at least we got a Bladerunner anime in the works.
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