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<blockquote data-quote="Eyes of Nine" data-source="post: 8031795" data-attributes="member: 99786"><p>At some point Emi Tanji's name was brought up as an Asian working on D&D. She is an Art Director at WotC; and she was credited as a designer in the DMG (I just happened to look at the credits yesterday for another reason).</p><p></p><p>I have wanted to say that in the 80's - Japan was IT in nerd culture. There's a reason Shadowrun early editions basically posited a future where Japanese culture and corporations had taken over the world. The currency is called the "nuyen" for heck's sake. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers based on <em>Super Sentai</em>. Frank Miller's Daredevil. It came out that Star Wars was based roughly on Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress. Gibson's Neuromancer takes place mostly in Chiba City. Akira was released on the big screen in the US. Japan-love at a cultural/nerd level was at an all-time high. I'm not surprised that OA '85 was almost entirely about Japan.</p><p></p><p>As someone with Japanese heritage, I had been playing since '77. But I went to college in 84, and that's when I stopped playing. So I didn't encounter OA "in the wild". 1985 me would probably be pretty chuffed to have an entire book about Japanese culture for my RPG. I only have started to think more deeply about race in the last several years. I'd blame that on my own privilege.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eyes of Nine, post: 8031795, member: 99786"] At some point Emi Tanji's name was brought up as an Asian working on D&D. She is an Art Director at WotC; and she was credited as a designer in the DMG (I just happened to look at the credits yesterday for another reason). I have wanted to say that in the 80's - Japan was IT in nerd culture. There's a reason Shadowrun early editions basically posited a future where Japanese culture and corporations had taken over the world. The currency is called the "nuyen" for heck's sake. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers based on [I]Super Sentai[/I]. Frank Miller's Daredevil. It came out that Star Wars was based roughly on Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress. Gibson's Neuromancer takes place mostly in Chiba City. Akira was released on the big screen in the US. Japan-love at a cultural/nerd level was at an all-time high. I'm not surprised that OA '85 was almost entirely about Japan. As someone with Japanese heritage, I had been playing since '77. But I went to college in 84, and that's when I stopped playing. So I didn't encounter OA "in the wild". 1985 me would probably be pretty chuffed to have an entire book about Japanese culture for my RPG. I only have started to think more deeply about race in the last several years. I'd blame that on my own privilege. [/QUOTE]
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