In the movie, a couple of the tribes are headed by women. In South East Asia, the Minangkabau of Sumatera Indonesia and Negeri Sembilan Malaysia till today still practices Adat Perpatih which is a type of women/matrilineal system. Their tribes' heritage land ( tanah pusaka adat) is passed from mother to daughters only. Cool that somehow it is reflected in the movie
Not only in Minang culture. Malay have powerful queens ruling ancient kingdoms like Cik Siti Wan Kembang and Puteri Saadong. And Javanese people called their kingdom as Keraton (Ke-ratu-an) which actually is like a "Queendom" instead of kingdom.
I think I know which weapon is which character. Sword is Raya. Crossbow is Namaari. Slingshot is Boun. Power of friendship is Sisu. Dagger is Tong. Fist is Noi.
I know alot of us arent satisfied with the amount of south east asians in the cast (kelly being the only) but we rlly hv to appreciate that theyre all *asian* instead of the whole cast being white with one or two asians in general. This might be two steps forward one step back but its still one step forward. Things like this dont change overnight, it changes gradually. Its changing. Ill be looking forward to better casting in the future but rn this is ok
Personally I disagree with this take. Mulan was East Asian representation especially in cultural takes, raya was south East Asian representation and their cultures are actually very different (apart from Vietnam) and they didn’t quite show off their culture or races. It was just kinda like saying we are all the same cuz of the word Asian
7:07 being kind is doing the best thing for someone. sometimes, telling someone the truth is the kindest thing you can do. kindness is probably better than honesty there.
@Charity Rama I agree. As a SEA as well, I kind of felt Alienated watching this video. The cast are all comprised of great people, but I just didn’t feel at home watching this video.
@Charity Rama i am extremely happy with the way the movie turned out, but i agree with you as well. i felt that there could've been more personal touches to the characters maybe in the way they spoke and moved. also, majority of the cast being east asian has always bothered me. but two steps forward one step back is better than nothing i guess!
@@aisha02a I love this cast so much! Even though they used a lot of more well-known EA names with the adults (exception of SEA Kelly) the two kids in the movie are SEA too even though they're not in this video, and I think that was a great idea to bring in newcomer SEA kids like that. A movie like this should be a shared accomplishment of AsAms/Euros and should be celebrated without such divisiveness among the AsAm/Euro community. We're all in this together.
Movie is very good, no doubt..about "perfection" in casting, i don't know..movie's set is in Southeast Asia and the voice actors are East Asian except for one..
@@roniyakolev7901 She said "right through the heart" they all laughed because in the movie Raya and the last dragon, Sisu got crossbowed through the heart and died for an hour i guess, and they're laughing because of that
The only problem I have with the cast is that only Raya is actually part South East Asian. I mean if they could hire ones of China, HongKong, and South Korean decent, why not of actual SouthEast Asian decent?
Probably because of the pandemic and so few southeast Asian actors being here; I’m not saying it’s excused however at least they are still all Asian and not like all white with a few Asian actors
Let me take you on a nostalgia trip: Tangled Frozen Sleeping Beauty Princess and the Frog Beauty and the Beast Cinderella Mulan Brave The Little Mermaid
Awkwafina: go to heart, take a picture with the Statue of Liberty and then more on Me: that’s it that’s it you got yourself a like on this video Also me: oh lol this video went from 999 to 1K 🎉
Now that I think about it, they could've chosen to include Vanessa Hudgens who is half Filipino. And even Lana Condor who is Vietnamese. Henry Golding is half Malaysian. These are some Southeast Asian actors they could've had instead of East Asian actors. I'm not hating on the actors here of course. Oh and I believe Ross Butler is also part Southeast Asian.
omg it's a voice!!!. they gave it to people who suit the character and still be asian... can they afford vanessa? does it suit the character? ross butler gonna play who? chief benja? what this is ridiculous. also they are mixed. they don't represent southeast asian in the slightest and im from southeast asian
@@angelabby2379 I know they are mixed, besides Lana Condor. I'm saying they are better than east asian actors/actresses, these actors are also mixed. Also I think it's important because many people here in the west think East Asian and Southeast Asians are the same, but you guys are not. Things like this will make them think you have the same culture. That's not true, so it's a problem
Again 4 of them smashed it when they play as in order Raya is voiced by Dawn and Rose Kelly Marie Tran Sisu is voiced by Tarantula later Scuttle and Katie Nora Aquafina Lum Namaari the evil warrior princess is voiced by Crazy Asians and Minerva later Sersi Gemma Chan and Tong the warrior is voiced by upcoming Doctor Strange character Wong Benedict Wong.
I heard Sisu's voice and was wondering why it sounds soooo familiar. Then when sisu shapeshifted into a human, I know then that it was awkwafina! lol Look exactly like her.
I just took the quiz myself and I got Namaari. Really love the cast members of this movie, and I am honestly now even more convinced to watch the movie for myself because I don’t want to base my own opinions about this movie on what other people are saying about it.
Awkwafina choses 'Part of your World' (Ariel's song in the little mermaid) 'coz she'll play Scuttle the seagull in the upcoming live action of the little mermaid! Awkwafina as the two iconic characters in Disney! Sisu and Scuttle 💓
I wonder why Disney only hires one Southeast Asian (on this video). Most of them are East Asians, I think Disney is too lazy to look for talented actors and actresses in the SEA countries?
@@thefreerepublicofadmiralpr2935 it's great they did that, but it doesn't hurt to make things even more accurate. People shouldn't have to settle for inaccuracy in other things. But again, I'm sure this person isn't hating, they were just pointing out something that can hopefully stop happening for future films.
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I just can't get enough of sandra oh during this what a woman !!!!
Ikr me too
In the movie, a couple of the tribes are headed by women. In South East Asia, the Minangkabau of Sumatera Indonesia and Negeri Sembilan Malaysia till today still practices Adat Perpatih which is a type of women/matrilineal system. Their tribes' heritage land ( tanah pusaka adat) is passed from mother to daughters only. Cool that somehow it is reflected in the movie
I'm a Minangnese and proud!
And in Philippines, we have 2 former Presidents. And woman has equal opportunity with men in all aspects in every things. Proud to be Southeast Asian.
Not only in Minang culture. Malay have powerful queens ruling ancient kingdoms like Cik Siti Wan Kembang and Puteri Saadong. And Javanese people called their kingdom as Keraton (Ke-ratu-an) which actually is like a "Queendom" instead of kingdom.
Sisu's character really suits her. I love awkwafina's voice! ♥️♥️
Couldn't help but to imagine her as the dragon from the movie. 😅
Asian people are mostly like Aquafina?
@@eduardochavacano girl u never been to Asia
She’s also voicing scuttle in the little mermaid
@@eduardochavacano Awkwafina*
No one can beat aprodhite's beauty not until GEMMA CHAN existed
YES!!!!!
Definitely i love her accent
Yes, truth! I absolutely love Gemma Chan so much and she's one of my favourite actresses hands down! ❤
Me a person who reads Greek mythology: NOOO!! YOU NEVER SAY THAT IF YOU WANT THEM SAFE
Me, nervously talking to the sky: No, they didn't meant it. It's not true, everyone knows that, please don't hurt her-
chief benja just lookss like the voice actor on him
Because the character is based on him...
Akwafina also looks like the dragon in human form
Ikr
Dude’s awesome! He could be a live action Samurai Jack
Whenever Awkwafina speaks some lines and phrases, its like something Sisu would say xD
Sandra Oh screaming CROSSBOW is my new religion
6:04 I can’t get enough of Sandra Oh and Awkwafina yelling “crossbow”
I absolutely love raya and the last dragon it’s one of the best movies ever
I think I know which weapon is which character.
Sword is Raya.
Crossbow is Namaari.
Slingshot is Boun.
Power of friendship is Sisu.
Dagger is Tong.
Fist is Noi.
I know alot of us arent satisfied with the amount of south east asians in the cast (kelly being the only) but we rlly hv to appreciate that theyre all *asian* instead of the whole cast being white with one or two asians in general. This might be two steps forward one step back but its still one step forward. Things like this dont change overnight, it changes gradually. Its changing. Ill be looking forward to better casting in the future but rn this is ok
Why do they HAVE to be Asian? What's wrong if they are white?
@@shockerx911 Haven't you seen the movie yet???
I HAVE seen it and enjoyed it but what does that question have to do with anything?
Personally I disagree with this take. Mulan was East Asian representation especially in cultural takes, raya was south East Asian representation and their cultures are actually very different (apart from Vietnam) and they didn’t quite show off their culture or races. It was just kinda like saying we are all the same cuz of the word Asian
So the voice of Raya and Sisu got themselves
Way to spoil it..
I watched it lol 😆
Can we talk about how Human Sisu looks exactly like awkafina !!!
7:07
being kind is doing the best thing for someone. sometimes, telling someone the truth is the kindest thing you can do. kindness is probably better than honesty there.
I need a movie starring Awkwafina and Sandra Oh!!! I love them so much.
Me too! They're great
Imagine their savageness
They are in a movie together it's called quiz lady
This cast is just perfection 😍
@Charity Rama I agree. As a SEA as well, I kind of felt Alienated watching this video. The cast are all comprised of great people, but I just didn’t feel at home watching this video.
@Charity Rama i am extremely happy with the way the movie turned out, but i agree with you as well. i felt that there could've been more personal touches to the characters maybe in the way they spoke and moved. also, majority of the cast being east asian has always bothered me. but two steps forward one step back is better than nothing i guess!
@@aisha02a I love this cast so much! Even though they used a lot of more well-known EA names with the adults (exception of SEA Kelly) the two kids in the movie are SEA too even though they're not in this video, and I think that was a great idea to bring in newcomer SEA kids like that. A movie like this should be a shared accomplishment of AsAms/Euros and should be celebrated without such divisiveness among the AsAm/Euro community. We're all in this together.
Movie is very good, no doubt..about "perfection" in casting, i don't know..movie's set is in Southeast Asia and the voice actors are East Asian except for one..
6:10 “Crossbow...right through the heart!”
I see what you fucking did there.
And when she said that's my girl on 8:04
Greys anatomy 🥺
@@aellusion9658 Yes :)
Can you explain it to me?
@@roniyakolev7901 She said "right through the heart" they all laughed because in the movie Raya and the last dragon, Sisu got crossbowed through the heart and died for an hour i guess, and they're laughing because of that
this cast is so wholesome and funny
I laughed so hard😂
Tong: “Yea the WiFi would be good in fang”
Why does the question about " the power of friendship" and honesty, loyalty, kindness, generosity, and other remind me of my little pony 😂
YES
The only problem I have with the cast is that only Raya is actually part South East Asian.
I mean if they could hire ones of China, HongKong, and South Korean decent, why not of actual SouthEast Asian decent?
Kelly Marie Tran is Southeast Asian (Vietnamese)
@@littlebeaw8123 only one southeast asian. Then the rest are all chinese and koreans
@@jazz-de9nv exactly!!
Exaxtmotherfuckingly!
Probably because of the pandemic and so few southeast Asian actors being here; I’m not saying it’s excused however at least they are still all Asian and not like all white with a few Asian actors
There are two kinds of people:
- I chose the power of friendship because that way no one gets hurt :))
- tHE CROSSBOW *THE CROSSBOW*
Let me take you on a nostalgia trip:
Tangled
Frozen
Sleeping Beauty
Princess and the Frog
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella
Mulan
Brave
The Little Mermaid
Mulan for sure for me
Favourite song Almost there: p&tf Favourite movie Little mermaid, favourite princess Ariel. (And Halle bailey’s version the most)
Gemma Chan is just so beautiful
"If you lost a puppy! And I said, well we still have a big chunk of it! Would that make you feel better!?" Akwafina slew the Sisu voice!!
Gemma Chan will always be Astrid to me.
And did anyone else notice grandma hwang from fresh off the boat was in it?
WHAT!?!
They are literally the characters themselves!
I love awkwafina sm!!
Man I wanna be friends with Nora and Gemma soo bad
Same!
Awkwafina: peace, love, power of friendship
Sandra Oh: FIGHT TO THE DEATH!!!!!!!
"Your forehead looks good today." - Awkwafina
AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The voice after for Sisu is adorable I want her as a friend
Of course, Daniel Dae Kim would choose honesty--he's the leader of Candor lol
I love this cast so much omgg
Featuring a Southeast Asian culture but casting most East Asia actors.
I love all of these people - especially Awkwafina!
As an Asian myself,I think that Awkafina looks like that Cool cousin you can chill and go shopping with together. ❤
Too many East Asians for a SEA movie.
agreed. only Kelly Marie Tran is southeast asian...thank god she's the one playing the main character.
Honestly I’m just happy they had Asian va in general, like it’s a good step forward for representation, not yet there, but a good move forward!
True.. Tbh I LOVE all these East Asian actors and actresses but there are a bunch of SEA actors and actresses too in Hollywood.
agree buddyyyyy
I noticed that too
its crazy how awkwafina actually looks like the human version of sisu in the movie!!
Love their chemistry!
i just love how benedict wong is cosplaying his character
I'm glad they mentioned that green was off, wasn't sure if my TV wasn't calibrated but that was a weird color. A dark muted teal
Awkwafina: go to heart, take a picture with the Statue of Liberty and then more on
Me: that’s it that’s it you got yourself a like on this video
Also me: oh lol this video went from 999 to 1K 🎉
How'd you get this emoji
@@bubbleteabeatboxx My profile picture ? Fanart of mine
@@raphdraws 😊
@@raphdraws Good job! I love Chat
@@us8721 thanks
Why does it feel like whenever asians are having conversations such as this, everything they say have sense and intellectual. Lol
because we are XD
Oh cool so nice to see Daniel Dae Kim in this can't wait to see it!
Benedict: I’m going to choose Let it Go.
Awkwafina: Oh dear
Kindness leads to the right kind of honesty
I just love sisu voice 😍😍
I’m also an enfp I felt her character with my whole heart. The power of love is everything 💖💖💖
Awkwafina 😩😩😩love her
Now that I think about it, they could've chosen to include Vanessa Hudgens who is half Filipino. And even Lana Condor who is Vietnamese. Henry Golding is half Malaysian. These are some Southeast Asian actors they could've had instead of East Asian actors. I'm not hating on the actors here of course. Oh and I believe Ross Butler is also part Southeast Asian.
omg it's a voice!!!. they gave it to people who suit the character and still be asian...
can they afford vanessa? does it suit the character? ross butler gonna play who? chief benja? what this is ridiculous.
also they are mixed. they don't represent southeast asian in the slightest and im from southeast asian
@@angelabby2379 I know they are mixed, besides Lana Condor. I'm saying they are better than east asian actors/actresses, these actors are also mixed. Also I think it's important because many people here in the west think East Asian and Southeast Asians are the same, but you guys are not. Things like this will make them think you have the same culture. That's not true, so it's a problem
I love this cast so much , their humor is top notch and I love the movie 💕
Being Awkwafina is just enough 🥰
Again 4 of them smashed it when they play as in order Raya is voiced by Dawn and Rose Kelly Marie Tran Sisu is voiced by Tarantula later Scuttle and Katie Nora Aquafina Lum Namaari the evil warrior princess is voiced by Crazy Asians and Minerva later Sersi Gemma Chan and Tong the warrior is voiced by upcoming Doctor Strange character Wong Benedict Wong.
ayo why does awkwafina looks like human sisu more than human sisu herself? THIS CHARACTER IS MADE FOR HER.
Awkwafina: "Part of your world - When I could swim all day in the sun". 🤣
Fun fact she’s voicing scuttle in the live action version
Sndra Oh!! ❤️ Def watching
Funny coincidence Awkwafina picked Part Of Your World because she’s going to be Scuttle the seagull in The Little Mermaid!
LOL of course Gemma sounds the most sophisticated
Loved Gemma in "Humans"
Rose, Peik Lin, Astrid Leong-Teo/Minn-Erva, Wong, and Cristina Yang in one place 🤣
omg i love awkwafina and sandra so much
Just being a dragon is enough😁
awkwafina best girl
Is that Piek Lin and Astrid from CRAZY RICH ASIANS...?????
I heard Sisu's voice and was wondering why it sounds soooo familiar. Then when sisu shapeshifted into a human, I know then that it was awkwafina! lol Look exactly like her.
I just took the quiz myself and I got Namaari.
Really love the cast members of this movie, and I am honestly now even more convinced to watch the movie for myself because I don’t want to base my own opinions about this movie on what other people are saying about it.
Namaari is amazing
I love seeing the cast come together just being funny haha! AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW DANIEL GOT CINDERELLA CONFUSED WITH TINKER BELL!!😂😂😂😂 I diedd xd
Fairy GodMother*
Gemma Chan !!!!
Next, Disney should do the legendary tale of Puteri Gunung Ledang (Princess of Mount Ophir).
if that is balinese it will be nice.
@@eduardochavacano it's Javanese so still quite awesome
Yeah
Awkwafina choses 'Part of your World' (Ariel's song in the little mermaid) 'coz she'll play Scuttle the seagull in the upcoming live action of the little mermaid! Awkwafina as the two iconic characters in Disney! Sisu and Scuttle 💓
CHRISTINA (sandra oh)
Christina yang😍
Cristina! 😍
The girl who play sisu is from jamanji i think ???
This whole video is my inner dialogue whenever I’m answering a buzzfeed quiz
Sandra ❤️
I loved gemma and awkwafina in crazy rich Asian a lot I guess I gonna loved them here to
really nice to see all the actors together like this:)
love this cast
I just watched it (cuz it is released in Hong Kong today) it’s so worth watching!!highly recommended 👍🏻Martial arts, heart-warming scenes, love it 😍
Sandra Oh and her love hate relationship with technology hahaha
I wonder why Disney only hires one Southeast Asian (on this video). Most of them are East Asians, I think Disney is too lazy to look for talented actors and actresses in the SEA countries?
OK i really get sandra oh
Why do I see their characters while they are speaking here, I really love the movie😭✊
Sisu being Sisu ..
i even put kelly marie tran in a book i love theses voise acters
Awkwafina's voice reminds me of that one character from Crazy Rich Asians
Good catch! Awkwafina is Peik Lin in Crazy Rich Asians. 😊
No joke my name is Riyah pronounced like Raya!! When they made the Raya and the Last Dragon movie I was so happy!!!
I love sisu, and I love the movie it's so great AAA
I think I am seeing Sisu in this video 😅
ah yes, the cast full of east asians in a southeast asian film
kelly marie tran is southeast asian (vietnamese)
@@littlebeaw8123 so they casted one southeast asian together with predominantly EAST ASIANS so it won't get so much issue? LOL
@@littlebeaw8123 yeah she's only one of a few. that's the problem.
hi!!! I'm gonna watch this movie with my family today!!!
AWKWAFINA SAID ENFP!!!!!
Kronk is the best sidekick hands down
Hi really big fan so I was wondering if you make raya and the last dragon 2
Okay but the fact that this is a movie about Southeast Asians but most of the cast are East Asians 🙃
I like how awkwafina and the other actor for nemari acted in crazy rich asians and I really love that movie
For a movie about SE Asians, there sure were a lot of East Asian faces behind the scenes... :/
yeah I was just thinking that, kinda disappointing or sad to see. No hate to the actors of course. I'm glad Raya's actress is Southeast Asian tho
I don’t think that’s a problem since Disney toured Southeast Asian countries in order to score on cultural accuracy. That’s more than enough.
@@thefreerepublicofadmiralpr2935 it's great they did that, but it doesn't hurt to make things even more accurate. People shouldn't have to settle for inaccuracy in other things. But again, I'm sure this person isn't hating, they were just pointing out something that can hopefully stop happening for future films.
@@mahi93162 Of course. I didn’t want to imply that they were hating. I just don’t think the casting was a problem.
@@thefreerepublicofadmiralpr2935 I understand, but these things could definitely be improved in the future
Dr. Yang, you're supposed to be in the ER!