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e. The one-drop rule was a legal principle of racial classification that was prominent in the 20th-century United States. It asserted that any person with even one ancestor of black ancestry ("one drop" of "black blood") [1][2] is considered black (Negro or colored in historical terms). It is an example of hypodescent, the automatic assignment ...
Toshiro Mifune (三船 敏郎, Mifune Toshirō, April 1, 1920 – December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor and producer. The recipient of numerous awards and accolades over a lengthy career, [ 1 ][ 2 ] he is widely considered one of the greatest actors of all time. [ 3 ][ 4 ] A leading figure in the Japanese film industry, he often played ...
The white savior is a cinematic trope in which a white central character rescues non-white (often less prominent) characters from unfortunate circumstances. [1] This recurs in an array of genres in American cinema, wherein a white protagonist is portrayed as a messianic figure who often gains some insight or introspection in the course of rescuing non-white characters (or occasionally non ...
Gintoki Sakata (Japanese: 坂田 銀時, Hepburn: Sakata Gintoki) is a fictional character in the manga and anime franchise Gintama created by Hideaki Sorachi. Gintoki is the protagonist of the series and his name serves as part of the basis of the series' title. He is introduced as a former rebel samurai who lives in a fictionalized version of ...
Himura Kenshin. Himura Kenshin (緋村 剣心), known as Kenshin Himura in the English-language anime dubs, [7] is a fictional character and the protagonist of the manga Rurouni Kenshin created by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Kenshin's story is set in a fictional version of Japan during the Meiji period. Kenshin is a former legendary assassin known as ...
The Klingons (/ ˈklɪŋ (ɡ) ɒn / KLING- (g)on; [ 2 ] Klingon: tlhIngan [ˈt͡ɬɪŋɑn]) are a fictional species in the science fiction franchise Star Trek. Developed by screenwriter Gene L. Coon in 1967 for the original Star Trek (TOS) series, Klingons were swarthy humanoids characterized by prideful ruthlessness and brutality.
List of episodes. " Blood Oath " is the 19th episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and originally aired on March 27, 1994 in broadcast syndication. The story was created by Peter Allan Fields and the episode was directed by Winrich Kolbe. The choreography of the ending fight ...
The Blood-C anime, sequel anime film, manga series, a stage play and three live-action films features an extensive cast of characters co-created by studio Production I.G and manga artist group CLAMP. The series is set in a fictionalized version of different areas in Japan. The central character is Saya Kisaragi, an ordinary school girl and a ...