>>18304866>>18307953Filofag here.
The only people that actually think Filipinos aren't South East Asian are Americans who can't unto geography, or history.
>>18307985The only correct answer. Pokemon is Japanese by origin, and Brock's tan could be explained by being Okinawan, similar to how Tidus from Final Fantasy X is based off of an Okinawan person.
Iris is based off of African Americans, since like what
>>18308018 said, Unova is a melting pot of cultures, meaning it's based off of America. Heck Masuda even said that Unova was based off of New York himself.
>>18308012Have you seen the Anime, Fate/Zero?
There are Filipinos there, and they're slightly tan, and aloof.