[TheJaz]

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Originally Posted by Mmicb0b

It MIGHT Be in poor taste yes but by the time that happened they already were filming and made the suits

Like I said in my post "it might have been too late to make Geats less gun themed overall, but I feel like they would have not included a rifle in the poster", so yeah I agree they couldn't remove it from what the filmed but they def could have removed it from being super prominent on a poster

I'm not really saying it's a big deal that the gun is there, it just signals to me Toei isn't hyper analyzing the show and making massive changes to minor things

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Originally Posted by Mmicb0b

Social Justice issues aren't as big of a deal in Japanesse media compared to American media

Not to dredge up debates from the past... but I still don't think this statement is really true? It's more that Japan in some of it's TV media tends to focus in on different things... Like, as was also discussed back when Revice's cast was announced, other prominent figures in Japan have lost jobs due to actions they made at and outside of work.

Recently during Zenkaiger's filming Gege's actor stepped down from various roles after he was revealed to be in an affair, that seems to have stained his career quite badly... though he's still working today, I feel like he's unlikely to get roles in kids media for a while at least...

And while it's a bit different to Vice and Gege since a specific crime was committed, Yutaka Kobayashi (Kamen Rider Baron) will likely not be doing much for a while (if ever again), because he stole a handful of makeup items from a pharmacy. And tbh, I think this is a good example of this issue, because if a semi-popular American actor/singer stole $90 worth of cosmetics, it would have ran in TMZ for a bit, been trending on twitter for maybe 6 hours, and then everyone would forget and not care. In America stealing some cosmetics would not be career ruining, but in Japan it is. (Think about people like Justin Bieber for example, he's done crimes, he's still very popular)

So I still think it would be more fair to say something like "Japan does have things a person can do that will end their career because of a loss of public support, those things are just sometimes different than in other parts of the world. And parts of the world have things a person can do that will end their career because of a loss of public support, but those things may not be treated that way in Japan. But also it is worth keeping in mind that even in cultures that appear uncaring about an issue there are still more than likely individuals who do care about that issue."

I'm not going to talk about this particular subject more if i can avoid it, because I don't want to make it a "whole thing", but I think a sweeping statement that amounts to "Japan doesn't care about what actors do, or if media reflects/affects real life" is generally kind of a goofy thing to say

Feel free to check out websites like unseenjapan if you want to see that in Japan there are people who do care about "Social Justice" topics in the country, it's not reasonable to assume something isn't cared about just because you haven't seen it yourself