Is Jitsu a Garr ?

[Zombihamma-AI]

I was thinking, if Jitsu is the representation a Japanese character,
Do the Garr also represent Japan? All the imagery kinda does, and if that's the case, why isn't
Jitsu blue? ,

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[BIG DADDY SINISTER]

Well, Jitsu could be from an entirely different land in Eternia that just happens to resemble one of Earth's many Asian cultures...but for simplicity's sake I'd presume The Powers That Be would say that Anwat Gar is the only one. The Gar race is typically blue skinned, but Jitsu could be either a mutate, or a Gar born with the extremely rare "brown" gene.

[He-Dude]

No... Gar are blue. That's why Faker is blue so everyone thinks he is a Gar (which is an untrusted race). Mattel is just being politically correct by working other nationalities into the mix... by that- Is Clamp Champ African American? I mean there is no Africa on Eternia. ...and why can't a black guy be from Jamaica and not be labeled African American? Ok, now we are over thinking it.

[Angry-Calligar]

No... Gar are blue. That's why Faker is blue so everyone thinks he is a Gar (which is an untrusted race). .

i thought Faker was blue because someone thought it would be cool to make a evil He-Man variant in blue plastic.

[He-Dude]

i thought Faker was blue because someone thought it would be cool to make a evil He-Man variant in blue plastic.

Wrong again !

[Zombihamma-AI]

Haha

[Swanmarsh]

No... Gar are blue. That's why Faker is blue so everyone thinks he is a Gar (which is an untrusted race).

Faker was blue long long long before MOTU fans ever heard of the Gar race.

The thing about Faker being blue so people think the untrustworthy He-Man is a Gar is a retcon for the new bio-story.

For what its worth, I hope Jitsu is not a Gar and that he doesn't have blue skin. I don't want Mattel to explain every last detail of MOTU and do not need to know where Jitsu's clan come from. All I need to know is that he exerts his evil way with his gold chopping hand!

[Smashtoys]

I was thinking, if Jitsu is the representation a Japanese character,
Do the Garr also represent Japan? All the imagery kinda does, and if that's the case, why isn't
Jitsu blue?

I imagine Jitsu's clan being the remnants of a Human-populated nation that was once under the rule of the Ancient Gar. They have some Gar blood, but most of which has been diluted by centuries of intermingling with other human races in that area.

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[Spacedust]

Mattel is just being politically correct by working other nationalities into the mix...

True, and yet also the total opposite. Strong rumour over the years is that the original Jitsu was barely used in the vintage line (one lone, supporting-role early Filmation appearance ("The Dragon Invasion"), hardly any other media appearances outside of complusory mini-comic showcase) is that "the powers that be" feared that Jitsu could be seen as a racial sterotype and gave the word to not feature him.

[vertigoink]

True, and yet also the total opposite. Strong rumour over the years is that the original Jitsu was barely used in the vintage line (one lone, supporting-role early Filmation appearance ("The Dragon Invasion"), hardly any other media appearances outside of complusory mini-comic showcase) is that "the powers that be" feared that Jitsu could be seen as a racial sterotype and gave the word to not feature him.

Well did you see the way they animated/drew him in Filmation? HOLY CRIPES MAN, total 50's stereotype of Asians in cartoons lol!

[dorrmann]

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Here looks fine to me.

[bizzysim3]

He doesn't have to be Gar to embrace their culture.

[Durendal]

True, and yet also the total opposite. Strong rumour over the years is that the original Jitsu was barely used in the vintage line (one lone, supporting-role early Filmation appearance ("The Dragon Invasion"), hardly any other media appearances outside of complusory mini-comic showcase) is that "the powers that be" feared that Jitsu could be seen as a racial sterotype and gave the word to not feature him.

And yet they decided to create Ninjor four years later anyway?

[gbagok]

Faker was blue long long long before MOTU fans ever heard of the Gar race.

The thing about Faker being blue so people think the untrustworthy He-Man is a Gar is a retcon for the new bio-story.

For what its worth, I hope Jitsu is not a Gar and that he doesn't have blue skin. I don't want Mattel to explain every last detail of MOTU and do not need to know where Jitsu's clan come from. All I need to know is that he exerts his evil way with his gold chopping hand!

I think He-Dude just means that this is how MOTUC is probably going to treat the issue moving forward. Jitsu in MOTUC is going to conform to the retcon, where Gar are apparently all blue (or at least more clearly known to be blue by the average Eternian). It could be anything though. He might be a Gar who was physically altered to look human now.

Personally I'm fine with Jitsu being a non-Gar who may or may not have anything to do with Anwat Gar. But I'm pretty sure he will be his original color and not blue when he comes out in Classics.

[Masamune]

I was thinking, if Jitsu is the representation a Japanese character,
Do the Garr also represent Japan? All the imagery kinda does, and if that's the case, why isn't
Jitsu blue? ,

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I think they should stay away from pegging him as a Garr and just leave him as a Ninja/samurai-like warrior from another place. If they felt they just had to then I'd suggest making him another type of Garr so they don't have to change his skin tone.

[Zombihamma-AI]

Yeah Jitsu should definitely be his vintage colours, but Ninjor hmmm he could be kinda cool as a gar,
Maybe a second gar head.

[kylun flac]

I think it would be cool. Would give Jitsu a good rich history other than another thug for Skeletor with little back story.

[Eternian Poet]

Cultures share similarities & antecedents.

Different "races" part-take in cultures.

Simple.

[Starshine]

[QUOTE=Zombihamma-AI;2992846]I was thinking, if Jitsu is the representation a Japanese character,
Do the Garr also represent Japan? All the imagery kinda does, and if that's the case, why isn't
Jitsu blue? ,

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Sure, seems as reasonable as anything else in the MOTU world, to me.

And how DARE you post this HERE!! Why, the NERVE of you!! VAL - this one is TROUBLE, TRUST me!

[kylun flac]

Cultures share similarities & antecedents.

Different "races" part-take in cultures.

Simple.

well said. simple yes.

[MistaJ]

Gbagok, didn't you cast Corperal Romeo as a light skinned Gar in your unofficial bios? I really liked that idea, I think it would be cool to associate Jitsu with the Gar in that way if that's the direction the bios take with him.

[Prahvus]

Jitsu is not a Gar at all. He has no blue skin, and has the human asian look. I don't see why he'd be a Gar. If Mattel would go that way (making him a Gar), I guess that would be one of the biggest epic fails to me as far as bios as concerned...

[gbagok]

Gbagok, didn't you cast Corperal Romeo as a light skinned Gar in your unofficial bios? I really liked that idea, I think it would be cool to associate Jitsu with the Gar in that way if that's the direction the bios take with him.

I went with the idea that (sort of like the green and white "Martians" in DC) there were blue gar and white gar, and that the Vulcan-looking white gar ended up under the Horde's control while the blue escaped to Eternia. Jitsu however was an Eternian descended from the original inhabitants of the island settled by the gar and who renamed it Anwat Gar...in my canon I mean .

[masterenglish]

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[red laser]

Maybe Jitsu studied with the Gar so he is an adept at their fighting techniques.