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Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by jmyeet on Sunday June 26, 2022 @05:50PM (#31888394)
The Philip K. Dick book dates from the 60s so it doesn't really fit into the 80s Japanese xenophobia zeitgeist.
Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40 by bryanrasmussen on Sunday June 26, 2022 @06:01PM (#31888500)
yes, nor does the movie. Eldon Tyrell is not Japanese, Tyrell is not a Japanese or even an Asiatic sounding name, Rachel is not Japanese.

Yutani is a Japanese name, Weyland-Yutani sounds like the merger of an Occidental and Oriental firm.

I was not supporting the Japanese xenophobia zeitgeist idea vis-a-vis the names, I was indicating that the name itself (in Blade Runner) did not support it and indicating that from the source material of the book it was not supported.