Jewish characters

Scandiadream · December 23rd, 2006, 02:59 PM

Are there any Jewish characters in anime or manga? I cannot think of any modern day ones. Only of the characters in episodes of Superbook/The Flying House/any Biblical anime.

Ariel Tsuki · December 23rd, 2006, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Scandiadream

Are there any Jewish characters in anime or manga? I cannot think of any modern day ones. Only of the characters in episodes of Superbook/The Flying House/any Biblical anime.

Well, considering Judaism pretty much doesn't exist in Japan, it's not surprising that to see few very Jews in the anime. The only one that comes to mind is the Fullmetal Alchemist movie: The Conqueror of Shambala where our world equivalent of King Bradley was Fritz Lang who was based on a real lfe person.

master terrence · December 23rd, 2006, 07:14 PM

I've heard the word Hanukah mentioned in an anime once... but never seen a jewish anime charater.

^ you are right too, Jews make up .22% of the entire worlds population.
Though "half" Jews are out there

CyberNinja5 · December 23rd, 2006, 07:15 PM

I don't think there are any. I mean there aren't many Jews left in the world.

Vaikyuko · December 23rd, 2006, 07:19 PM

Do magic users who end up summoning forth spells that involve Stars of David (there's probably a better name for that thing, but I'm not savvy enough, so I dunno) count? If so, the main in Silent Mobius would count...

Of course, that could just be a visual gimmick and not mean anything, as well.

soulreaper · December 23rd, 2006, 07:26 PM

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Though "half" Jews are out there

You better be scared, because I'm one of them (though I was raised Catholic, one side of my family comes from a Jewish background). And we have all ready permeated all levels of your society.

LoveAnime · December 23rd, 2006, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Scandiadream

Are there any Jewish characters in anime or manga? I cannot think of any modern day ones. Only of the characters in episodes of Superbook/The Flying House/any Biblical anime.

Full Metal Alchemist: Conquerors of Shambala...

At the end of the tv series, Ed ends up in Munich, Germany Circa 1923 ... where much of the movie takes place... nazis, a gypsy and at least one character who outright comes out and says he is jewish... just watched it friday night... it was awesome... though having only seen about half - 3/4 of the tv series its given me a bit of a spoiler for the tv series.

Takkun-chan · December 23rd, 2006, 09:10 PM

Well there is this one character...but ADV made that character jewish when they changed the script. It was called Ghost Stories.

hiei_kurama27 · December 23rd, 2006, 09:54 PM

Benny in Black Lagoon is Jewish. When he said that as a response to Dutch, I thought that was hilarious for some reason.

Scandiadream · December 24th, 2006, 02:53 AM

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Do magic users who end up summoning forth spells that involve Stars of David (there's probably a better name for that thing, but I'm not savvy enough, so I dunno) count? If so, the main in Silent Mobius would count...

Of course, that could just be a visual gimmick and not mean anything, as well.

Nope. I am counting either people who practice Judaism, or Hebrew people.

4gl4dys_4ev4 · December 24th, 2006, 04:18 AM

I never seen one til now...

but i think there are some...

Jeikobu · December 25th, 2006, 04:16 PM

As mentioned, there's Fritz Lang from the FMA movie.

Also, there's the Tezuka Osamu anime "In the Beginning", but it doesn't appear to have any Japanese language release in the US... ><;;

Raziel_MGS · December 25th, 2006, 04:20 PM

well there arent very many black people in japan either and yet each series has a token black person

sailornyanko · December 25th, 2006, 07:09 PM

If you want to count manga, then the manga "Adolf" by Osamu Tezuka has jews in it. The manga claims that Adolf Hitler (who is a character in the story) is a jew.

I'm wondering if that German guy from Cyborg 007 is a jew because of his looks (though this is just a vague and unfounded assumption).

Yeah, I'm wondering why aren't there a lot of jews in anime. You'd think Japanese people would find meeting Ashkenazis versus Serpardic jews to be fasacinating because of the striking phyisical differences.

There's a lot of jews in my city though they tend to live in the most expensive neighborhoods. My university is filled with them.

Stelok · December 25th, 2006, 09:04 PM

Go watch Black Lagoon. Benny, the computer geek in Black Lagoon is Jewish.

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Jeikobu 主の愛している子 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Drum Island Posts: 576	As mentioned, there's Fritz Lang from the FMA movie. Also, there's the Tezuka Osamu anime "In the Beginning", but it doesn't appear to have any Japanese language release in the US... ><;; __________________ "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing." - John 15:5 日本のイエス様によって救いのためにお祈り下さい。 Please donate and help Japan during this awful time!

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sailornyanko More psychotic than most Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: San Simon de Guerrero Posts: 2,846	If you want to count manga, then the manga "Adolf" by Osamu Tezuka has jews in it. The manga claims that Adolf Hitler (who is a character in the story) is a jew. I'm wondering if that German guy from Cyborg 007 is a jew because of his looks (though this is just a vague and unfounded assumption). Yeah, I'm wondering why aren't there a lot of jews in anime. You'd think Japanese people would find meeting Ashkenazis versus Serpardic jews to be fasacinating because of the striking phyisical differences. There's a lot of jews in my city though they tend to live in the most expensive neighborhoods. My university is filled with them. __________________ "Si las puertas de la percepción quedaran depuradas todo se habría de mostrar al hombre tal cuál es: infinito" - William Blake "A scientist is a person in which the educational system hasn't taken his childish curiosity that asks questions like: "Why is the sky blue?" Known as the Mexican Joke in AN. Cool. Avvie: Psycho Lune from SS MekaiHen.

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