except there is visible differences to races and the countries in fma are direct analogues to countries in our world.
amestris is germany, drachma is russia, xing is china, ishval is based off different regions of the middle east.
we clearly see asian, middle eastern and germanic people in fma.
saying its "laughable" because its "a different planet" is like saying there arent any black people in world of warcraft when theres a black person in the new novel coming out.
they filmed this movie in italy, not japan. "speaking fluent japanese" is not an issue. there are many many many actors, especially of asian american decent who dont speak chinese or japanese but are frequently given roles in chinese and japanese films, theyre given coaching on how to speak their lines even if they dont understand them
one such actor is hong kong film star daniel wu who when he started acting did not speak chinese and even now has to recieve coaching on his lines, he also played gul'dan in the warcraft movie.
having actors that dont speak their native language is nothing unusual or new in the chinese and Japanese film industry
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nowhere did i say this.
however it is ironic that you said this is coming from a place of bigotry when they went out of their way to film this movie in italy but just conveniently dont have any filthy gaijins in their movie.
also incredibly ironic when i was one of the main supporters when marvel was leaning towards casting a black kid as peter parker and an asian as danny rand.