I don't really mind that they made Jet black. After all, the VO actor for the anime series is black but why make Spike Asian and Faye white? In the original series Spike was white and Faye was Asian. I was wondering how they were going to explain how an Asian guy has a European-Jewish name but the trailers shows that he changed his name to hide his identity. Anyways, I hate the ethno swapping. I get if all the characters were white before and they wanted to add some color but this swap makes no fkn sense.
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Antwort von bratface
am 15. November 2021 um 17:53
Maybe they couldn't get an Asian actress at the time? Maybe Cho paid them off? And the actress who plays Faye is Hispanic.
Antwort von movie_nazi
am 16. November 2021 um 09:00
Yeah right. I am sure there is a line of well qualified Asian actors who could have filled that role. Hispanic is white BTW.
Antwort von bratface
am 16. November 2021 um 13:18
Some Hispanics consider themselves 'people of color'.
Antwort von movie_nazi
am 2. Juni 2022 um 13:00
Hispanic is just a label to point out that their origins are of a Spanish speaking country. You can be hispanic and be asian, black, indigenous or white.
Antwort von bratface
am 2. Juni 2022 um 15:06
According to some things I have read, the author stated in the third manga series that Spike was Oriental (an outdated term for asian).
Antwort von movie_nazi
am 2. Juni 2022 um 15:43
According to Wantanabe, the anime's director when asked if Spike was Jewish (as the surname implies), he replied with a "Sure, why not":
https://screenrant.com/cowboy-bebop-anime-spike-spiegel-jewish-coded-explained/
Antwort von bratface
am 2. Juni 2022 um 17:30
There are so many different statements by the people who are connected to this. Here is a statement by Wantanabe from 1999 (bolding mine):
"At Otakon 1999, Watanabe stated at the anime panel that the name Spike Spiegel was chosen because he liked the sound only, not because of Jewish origins. Kawamoto based the Spike's hairstyle and appearance on the Japanese actor, Yusaku Matsuda. The concept of Spike was created months before Kawamoto was hired and had input from Watanabe on designing the character."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Spiegel#Characteristics
Antwort von movie_nazi
am 2. Juni 2022 um 17:42
Yep, that is actually totally what I suspected. He had no idea that the name was a common ethnically Jewish name and he just thought it "sounded cool" . That is so Japanese. 😁