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This is from the Bulbapedia.
"Interview with Hidaka about Brock's short absence from the anime There had been some debate between members of the fanbase in regards to why Brock was removed from the main cast during the Orange Islands arc, why Tracey Sketchit was created, and why Brock returned later. In an interview with former Pokémon anime director and storyboard artist Masamitsu Hidaka, he stated his own reason why Brock was removed from the cast and why he eventually returned. He (or, rather his translator) revealed that the true reason they replaced Brock is because, once they realized Pokémon was going global, there was a chance that Americans, if not anyone else outside of Japan, would view Brock as a racist stereotype because of his eyes (even though there wasn't an actual complaint yet). So they created a "tall, anglo-saxon looking person to be on the safe side". They later replaced Tracey with Brock again once they realized that no one really cared as to what Brock looks like, and actually enjoyed his character. However, this was only stated by Hidaka and not by any other staff member." |
#6
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Well the concept of a show being rasist or stareo typical is a big issues. For companies its more an issue of the fact they can get sued over it or something. I'm more inclined to believe that or they thought new characters woudl be for the better in the shows.
Last edited by GreenMan; August 19, 2012 at 09:58:24 PM. Reason: Replies were posted before I did. |
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Yeah, the publicity of Pokémon being racist doesn't bring back money to the company, so they better avoid it. I think they removed Brock because they faced a problem in the first generation, when they introduced Jynx. It was a chaos when global viewers claimed it was racist. They pronbably didn't want to face that again. But as this staff, nobody even cared or thought about Brock in that way.
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