The messy story of the Bleach voice acting controversy, explained

Screenshot from Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War featuring Yoruichi, a dark skinned purple haired woman wearing a white cloak draped over an orange shirt.
Image: Viz Media

As Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, a continuation of the popular Bleach anime — one of the “Big Three” of shonen anime series — continues its run, viewers were excited to see fan-favorite character Yoruichi make her first appearance in the show. But that excitement soured as fans and voice actors argued on social media over who has the “right” to voice a character of color, invoking the specter of racism versus nostalgia in voice casting.

On October 7th, Afro-Latina voice actress Anairis Quiñones announced on X (formerly Twitter) that she had been cast to voice Yoruichi in Thousand-Year Blood War.

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source https://www.theverge.com/23930365/bleach-thousand-year-blood-war-yoruichi-voice-cast-controversy

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