>>45214958It is understandable that an anime like pokemon is adapted for a western audience, but there were some cases that instead of trying uselessly to hide its eastern origin it was better to keep it and educate your audience even a little, I mean it is not as if Western children never saw an Asian in a cartoon.
And although her name was too "Japanese", they could have called her Sakura taking advantage of the fame that Sakura Taisen's games had at that time.
