How Raya and the Last Dragon CHANGED Movie History... FOREVER!

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Raya and the Last Dragon was a revolutionary movie, not just because it had a great score, cast, and animation. But what really made this movie special was that the movie was inspired by Southeast Asia. Revolutionary in the fact that it is the first major American movie, by a major American motion picture studio. At least one that’s not about martial arts or war.
The movie would also feature the first Southeast Asian lead character from Disney, as well as the first Southeast Asian Disney Princess. REPRESENTATION MATTERS!
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[@RiceSquad]

Read my book ISDAMAN here! - amzn.to/3dcGgGM

[@Drugsarenotcool]

Halo

[@Drugsarenotcool]

From Malaysia

[@yohanesmy8354]

Whenever they see asian in america They're mind : *Chinese or japanese*

[@ASora-ox8fj]

Not only Henry Golding, you forgot the Indonesian actor who played Sub Zero (Joe Taslim) and Ika Uwais who often played Hollywood films

[@pickingupwithrey4116]

@A. Sora Filipinos only mention what they are proud of, even in the explanation in this video there are too many things related to the Philippines. Though not necessarily the aspects that are said to originate or have a Philippine background. They don't even mention anything that comes from Indonesia, even though there are many Indonesian elements in the film Raya. It's ironic, they just want to boast about themselves. On the other side, they keep mentions "SEA Countries/Pride of SEA Country" but inside it sentences actually just a metafore.

[@mashi4525]

Western people: don't know SEA exist Also western people: we colonized SEA countries

[@digmyvids]

all except thailand, the only SEA country to have never been formally colonized, although you could say it suffered under imperial control and military occupation of western countries

[@fanwtn5124]

They basically conquered things they don’t even know xD

[@pryml6823]

@@digmyvids You can add Brunei as well

[@SaltedCaramrl]

@@pryml6823 didn't brunei get invaded by britain?

[@Basedhistoryenjoyer]

I'm glad there's Malaysia, usually we're just replaced by Indonesia, Singapore or Brunei(stupid i know) in world maps.

[@dotdotdotdotdotdotdottod]

its about time people see not all us asians are pale skinned. like we can be very dark there always seems to be this stigma that asians arnt dark.

[@NotJollyJollibee]

i don't even know what the fck a pacific islander is up until i saw an interview what race Filipinos are in 2015

[@ginreothebdumneos2334]

Idk wut to believe, just believed that we'z hispanic, asian and pacific islanders nothing wrong with being any of them they're all beautiful...well exceot me tho

[@abnerdoon4902]

Just wanted to inform you folks that we are Austronesians, not Pacific Islanders. That means we share kinship with the people of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Pacific Islands. It would be like calling all Filipinos as Tagalog people.

[@ginreothebdumneos2334]

@@abnerdoon4902 yeah, we share kinship of the pacific islanders thats why we were mildly considered that way also did u just call me a language? I identify as human thank u very much

[@dotdotdotdotdotdotdottod]

@@patrickmulopo7957 unfortunately your one of the few people that actually have a brain

[@viqiputra8915]

Indonesian, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Philippines, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Laos, we are united in one film, namely "RAYA"

[@benmemon]

Gonna make a combination Inviethaisiapoyanmaneirussabidapinelaostimor

[@menostation977]

@@benmemon lmaooo GOOOD!!

[@digmyvids]

Kumandrans

[@alofii6106]

@@benmemon Why did I see Russia in there I’m so blind-

[@benmemon]

@@alofii6106 darussalam

[@verstena]

The first time my bf took me to meet his parents, I told them I’m Thai, and they were like “Oh so you’re from Taiwan?” I died inside for a bit there 😭🤚

[@waffelo4681]

Bruh hahahha relatable lmao

[@lixekaisa3217]

...now im scared if i said im asian. CAUSE IM MALAY AND I DIDNT EVEN HAVE "CHINESE" FACE LIKE THEY SEEN US ASIAN HAS. Probably gonna thought im a literal arabian-

[@waffelo4681]

@@lixekaisa3217 nah man they gonna thought we're indonesian or Filipino lol trust me I've been there

[@lixekaisa3217]

@@waffelo4681 ...are we even actually exist or we're just bunian for them

[@waffelo4681]

@@lixekaisa3217 just bunian i guess lmaoo

[@alice-id9vh]

*Purpose of the movie: Chinese, Japanese, and Korea are not the only asian countries.*

[@lenox5516]

@The Fiend east

[@whatisapanelist]

YES

[@inotaishu1]

tell that to all the asian activists in the west

[@wide-eyesdoggo7094]

@The Fiend lol, we, Vietnamese, are Southeast Asia too. Please consider searching for correct information first my friend

[@chakarasama]

But then it shows little kids all of southeast Asia are the same and there's no differences so it all leads back to "all Asians are Chinese." That's the issue 😕

[@DragonballBlack]

Not even Southeast Asian but may have to cop that book for my kids. Great review btw 🔥

[@RiceSquad]

Hope you like it!

[@SSGSSTYO]

Sup

[@RiceSquad]

Sup

[@jasongaringan5452]

@@RiceSquad sup

[@layla8626]

@@RiceSquad Sup

[@masterofnations9508]

I'm Filipino-American. It sounds like an interesting movie, and it is refreshing to see that there is a Disney Princess representing Southeast Asia. Not all of us have pale skin ya know. I might have to watch it sometime.

[@abnerdoon4902]

If you want to properly represent Southeast Asia, you might need a dozen.

[@masterofnations9508]

@@abnerdoon4902 Damn, you're right. I was about to say Mulan, then remembered that she's from China, which is in East Asia, not Southeast Asia.

[@ZenitsuKunn]

@@masterofnations9508 Right

[@estelaangeles2346]

@@masterofnations9508 people didn't like raya because its not accurate

[@yumekojabami2910]

Raya use Kali/Arnis martial arts from Philippines

[@ayepcak]

The intro to Kumandra is actually a form of "Wayang Kulit" or "Shadow Puppets". Before movies existed, people in Malaysia and Indonesia uses the puppets to tell stories

[@faiz7692]

Unesco already approved that indonesia own wayang kulit so idk

[@ccandmore]

@@faiz7692 m8 that's not even remotely the point. Wayang kulit was practiced in those nations was what he/she was saying, not where it came from.

[@faiz7692]

@@ccandmore well indonesia own wayang kulit and malaysia want to have their own story about wayang kulit and so indonesia is the one made all of this wayang kulit

[@sc4rhrs686]

@@faiz7692 claim. claim. claim.

[@faiz7692]

@@sc4rhrs686 sorry but who said claim

[@OhTheDeliciousIrony]

I'm a Malay Singaporean and this awesome movie makes me proud to be a SE Asian. Also not all Asians are light-skinned.

[@arifsalahudin6673]

Well, yes... since u supposed to be more darker for living so close to the equator line... Love from Malaysia :P

[@LordEmperorHyperion]

Sisu is literally Elsa from Frozen, look at her facial expressions..

[@OhTheDeliciousIrony]

@@LordEmperorHyperion Oh shit you're right. Like the dragon version of Elsa.

[@dhiiyaz8571]

Yoo Im Malaysian

[@s9drifto501]

@@OhTheDeliciousIrony Elsa's fursona

[@docredzal]

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

[@taufiqindrarukmana]

I saw that some buildings looked similar to Rumah Gadang of Minangkabau.

[@user-cm1ct7ft7k]

And Maldives too! Right?

[@loveeveryoneeveniftheyhate1867]

Same here in the Philippines!

[@jayehm03]

In the Pre-colonial Philippines, Women are leaders as well.

[@exudeku]

Here in the PH pre-Spanish Colonial Era, some Women are the leaders of tribes, hell, even in the Revolts against the Spanish, we have tons of famous female figures

[@pooja350]

I'm Malaysian Indian, and though my recent ansestors were from India, I've only ever felt at home in sea. Super proud that my culture is on display for the whole world to see. We need more of us in the entertainment industry! Where's YUNA Disney??

[@brandonchan4537]

same, even though my ancenstors is from china, my heart will always be in my home, Malaysia .

[@kazukanashii]

Hey dont matter what our ancestor is in the past we are still one big family , as a "Malaysian" hehe I'm Malay Btw 🌼

[@pryt0n180]

Big smoke hello welcome

[@pryt0n180]

carl i hate

[@justinlake5059]

Yes we need YUNA disney. Really dissapointed when they didnt make Yuna sing the ost for this movie. She deserved as one of the best SEA out there!🔥

[@MariaIsabel_Fufuria]

Filipina here~! I teared up a little while watching this video and while watching Raya. I remember being obsessed with Moana and Polynesian culture and the far but somewhat similar cultural differences between Filipinos and Polynesians, hoping one day, I said to my best friend, I hope they make a Filipina Princess (technically Lea Salonga already has that honor, as a Disney Legend, lol)...But even if she wasn't Filipina, at least make a Princess that represents South East Asian nations.....and they totally did it! A little sad personally that there were no songs, as SE Asia has so many traditional sounds and music...it's a bit of a shame. I hope one day, there can really be a Kumandra-type of unity with less political strife amongst nations. There is so much we can learn and share from one another.

[@libertyjanicebutala9823]

Hey, How's Princess Urduja to you? Her movie has a lot of mistakes. I just hope Disney will make her a Disney princess as well once they remove love interests out of the main picture because of Urduja's vow. I also hope they try to approach Regine Velasquez... You know...

[@MariaIsabel_Fufuria]

@@libertyjanicebutala9823 Oh man! I haven't had the time to check it out yet, but I'm soooo looking forward it it. ^_^

[@MariaIsabel_Fufuria]

@Shaiane O Hara Yoooo~ Croatia, Ireland and Philippines...duuude, so cool!

[@giovannimatulessy1534]

I'm Indonesian and the things made me mad is how when i visit America people ask if I'm japanese or Chinese when i say I'm from Indonesia they look confused Edit:Bruh 100 likes??!!!!! That so many

[@farhanrizqulah]

Ekspatriat kita kurang di luar negeri, nasionalisme kita tinggi banget, jadi kayak gak bisa jauh jauh dari tanah air, paling kalau merantau itu ke luar kota atau luar pulau, gak kayak orang Pililin, sekalinya merantau langsung ke Amerika. Sementara kalau orang Vietnam kebanyakan imigran Vietnam Selatan dari tahun 70 an yang pindah ke Amerika saat Vietcong menyerang wilayahnya, kalau orang Thailand, pebisnis mereka hobi buka toko dan restoran, diplomasi lewat makanan lah ceritanya, dan itu mengangkat nama mereka. Sementara kita gak punya budaya gitu, Makanya popularitas kita agak kurang di dunia Internasional.

[@double_d_294]

@@farhanrizqulah banyak org kita keluar negri cuma untuk sekolah/gak jalan jalan ... Karena kalau dinegara ini jualan depan rumah/secara online aja udah menghasilkan pundi2 uang gak ribet kyk diluar negeri ....

[@chickennuggets1562]

I'm filipino and the philippines and indonesia are friends , 🇵🇭🇮🇩

[@giovannimatulessy1534]

@@chickennuggets1562 yes benar sekali/very correct

[@zidanerizalalghifaryalghif3248]

Im also indonesian but i look chinese and If i visited korea or japanese mabye a lot of the people would reconise me as indonesian

[@kenwu2629]

Western and American mind everytime they heard Asian : "Chinese, Japan, or maybe Korean" They don't even know arabs are Asian too.. moreover SEA, sadly. I remember had to memorize those stuffs like countries and their capital city in 4th grade.

[@vasily3127]

Yet they always had a vacation to Bali. WHICH IS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA

[@tofuxd6430]

@@vasily3127 they dont even know where is indonesia; they only know bali lmao

[@ethankoh6851]

"You're Singaporean? I thought you were Chinese!"

[@anduinlothar4003]

Indians asians too and middle easterns

[@ethankoh6851]

@@secoTheSonicFan Your accents do sound quite different though, I have to admit that's cos I watch American and British shows

[@iverjr19]

I am East Malaysian natives and I like that Disney start make a movie about Southeast Asia because a lot of the west country only know East Asia such as Chinese,Japanese, Korea etc. Now I am very happy😁🇲🇾🇮🇩🇵🇭🇲🇲🇹🇱🇱🇦🇰🇭🇹🇭🇧🇳🇻🇳🇸🇬 SEA FOR LIFE

[@blodehasdrowned7114]

Oop i from West Malaysia, Hi 👁👄👁

[@moddytv8548]

India is not east asia it is south asia

[@muhammadzidane9162]

@@moddytv8548 india is one of most countries that ppl known abt Asia

[@ikkue]

That is not the Thai flag... that's the Costa Rican flag 🇹🇭 ✅ 🇨🇷 ❌

[@GreenTacos]

@@ikkue lol

[@Princegy4ng1]

As an african, I am happy to see this kind of representation! Much love to you my southeast asian people, brothers and sisters! Be blessed and be proud of your culture! Because you are worth it.

[@callmeasimpifyourecringe356]

Southeast Asians and Africans are not brothers and sisters. Except probably for the few Austronesian Explorers in Madagascar.

[@magnus7153]

@@callmeasimpifyourecringe356 but aren't we all humans? After all, regardless of physical and cultural differences, we all bleed red.

[@callmeasimpifyourecringe356]

@@magnus7153 Animals also bleed red but we never consider them as similar to us.

[@hallooos7585]

@@callmeasimpifyourecringe356 Dude if our cultures and religion aren’t similar or the same it doesn’t mean that they aren’t brothers and sisters after all African, Asians, Europeans, and Native American’s are all part of the human race but due to people living in different type of environments it changed our skin and body features to adapt to those environments, and if you still don’t believe me then why are mixed race kids can still reproduce doesn’t all of this evidence prove to you that we are all human?

[@callmeasimpifyourecringe356]

@@hallooos7585 Polar Bears evolved from Grizzlies but doesn't mean that they're Grizzlies.

[@davidnator3997]

“And when the world needed her most she vanished” IT SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR

[@noviwithv7652]

Avatar.. right?

[@meljunmercado220]

definitely pokemon reference

[@splinct]

I wonder from what???

[@christiancarballo832]

Avatar, the last air bender

[@extracold444]

I think it's a dragon ball

[@haffah6218]

Some things I don't like about these movie is how the people were downgraded to just mere tribes and not kingdoms like ancient SEA and their leaders were addressed as chiefs instead of kings and queens. They also missed the details like our beautiful shiny headdresses worn by Siamese, Khmer, Malay, Javanese, Bornean, Minangese, and Maranao people.

[@NangDeeSan]

MuSic, you see the instruments in the background but you don’t hear them featured. What’s up with that? Especially the Lao Khene folk music has a very unique rhythm and sound that has even been popularized and spread throughout mainland Southeast Asia.

[@geekychannel1524]

I agree with your point,I think they should make the tribe in the movie kingdom or even empire.

[@myuwbnoob4145]

Maranao here. Never thought I could see that word here

[@coverup2034]

I've read some critic reviews that although this movie is inspired by SEA, it doesn't represent any real people. It could only give vague representations and would ultimately create more confusion

[@angelabby2379]

dayak shiny headdresses???

[@eratichumidity3843]

As a Filipino 🇵🇭, its amazing to have a disney movie about Southeast Asia Edit: Wow it has only been 3 days and I already got 1.2K likes which is the highest I have ever gotten, Thank you so much.

[@alicescuppycake7155]

Agree

[@hanasunn]

yes thank you filipino for representing us southest asia

[@alicescuppycake7155]

@@hanasunn I’m actually from Cambodia 🇰🇭....but ok ✅

[@alexandriadiamante4286]

I am Filipino to 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@iliketowatchvideos7429]

HER DAD LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE MINE I KID YOU NOT

[@burningphoenix9556]

It’s nice to see that Malaysia gets a little recognition, the people I’ve met there are so friendly it felt like their family

[@arxnxf]

The zuko iconic line “that’s rough buddy” lmfaoo

[@viennekatecunado8370]

HAHHAAH lol

[@minerliton2481]

truly iconic

[@lunaturberfield8309]

I live in Singapore and watched this with a bunch of my friends, at the end of the movie my Malay friend shouted out "selamat Hari Raya!"

[@FreshDot1014]

You know Ramadhan isn't start yet before Raya. Just joking 😂

[@arifsalahudin6673]

Well at least he knows Eid Mubarak lol... Raya means allot of things too for Malay.. such as "big", like kaya raya = filthy rich(maybe la idk)

[@starfantasy_zptniss8659]

That's what i thought when i first heard the title when i watch the teaser for dis movie 😂😂

[@no-mads21st23]

Same made that joke to my sister. about Raya and her name if it was her birthday and or she was born at the day Eid Fitri was celebrate

[@Mae-tt7kj]

HAHAHAHA. My brother and I thought the same thing too😭 selamat hari Raya🤣

[@lissy2533]

I'm not even from South East Asia, but I just loved seeing darker skinned Asian people being represented it just felt so good to see considering I grew up being (usually) the only one with brown skin in my classes when I was younger and I didn't 'fit' with others that were white or black

[@figboi]

it's okay, stranger. I know how that feel too.

[@kaitlynb5467]

I am from Myanmar and I feel the same🥺 btw save Myanmar 🇲🇲

[@theparrot6516]

@@kaitlynb5467 aang san suu ch i? Is that how you spell it? Agreed

[@theparrot6516]

@@kaitlynb5467 aang san suu ch i? Is that how you spell it? Agreed

[@kaitlynb5467]

@@theparrot6516 yes, they detained her on feb 1 and now the military is killing ppl on the street and shooting ppl houses. They killed children including a 7 yrs old girl and hundred of ppl in one day. And btw the military also killed rohingya ppl in 2016.

[@divaaa1955]

I'm half Bruneian 🇧🇳 and half Malaysian 🇲🇾. Maybe nxt time Disney can make a character names Princess Santubong which is the princess in Borneo island❤🤗

[@OfficialKiloy]

I'm malay

[@Rivals-e6k]

Ooo good ideaa

[@theparrot6516]

Can we have some south asian representation too? Like aladdin didnt do us justice.

[@randomcaltex7372]

@@OfficialKiloy same or sama

[@leandraleo281]

@@theparrot6516 OMG YES. im a malaysian indian and raya actually made me so happy to see so many familiar aspects. now i need disney to gve me a proper desi princess with a big nose and thick eyebrows. sorry for being specific lol but yeah aladin was meh

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

Ohhhh wow I need to see this! Disney didn't do a good job on representing SEA in the past. Can't wait to see this!

[@suniidays]

they didn't here either, its not bad but it isn't that good eithet

[@theodorusantonio4796]

@@suniidays ikr, really disappointed with how they westerners think can generalized large region of SEA into one simple same culture, SEA is diversely too rich culturally and have unique on their own way, even East Asia can't be the same like Japan, China, or Korea even tho they're identical

[@weebcoffee4568]

@@theodorusantonio4796 give Disney a break here, the fact that SEA is so diverse makes it hard, and the whole point of the movie is to combine them after all, to be one I suppose. We at least can see some different cultures and stuff you know, and technically it did represent SEA still, but it doesn't need to be 100% accurate it's technically set in a fictional world but with cultures added in.

[@yayeeyeeya7646]

@@suniidays For the first movie about SEA from Disney like EVER,I think they did a great job,not perfect but great job. Hope next time they do better,if they gonna do one.

[@malikirfan561]

it's meh

[@Toru-desu]

"im from Brunei" "Where is that" "Somewhere in Borneo" *shows picture of locals in Brunei* "Oh so Malaysia?" "No no. Brunei is a country" "What?"

[@lazynorth500]

It so small

[@augustusnero382]

@@weakspirit_ I'll do you one better : Oh I didn't know Malaysia I only knew Indonesia...

[@richardranido377]

actually borneo is from Brunei then he give to sulo Phillipines,, now stole by Malaysia

[@skyzaddiescult7439]

Brunei is a terrible country smh

[@cheekibreeki6419]

E

[@caryljannielazo4988]

I have to be honest here, as a Filipino I'm happy to see that there's a film out there that is inspired by my South East Asian culture. I used 'inspired' rather than 'represented' because honestly the representation fell flat to me and that it only scratched the surface of how rich, diverse and beautiful SEA culture is. On the bright side, the animation was beautiful and this is a step to actually having SEA representation.

[@resurgingflame]

U really can't expect a 2 hour long movie to explore the culture of SEA even deeper to meet ur standards. That's so unrealistic & tasking the producer & director an impossible job to do. Esp since this movie isn't just based on 1 country & 1 culture like any other disney princesses movies. Let's give the credit where it's due. It's indeed a representation. They've done pretty well in doing that on top of processing other elements in producing this movie. If u want a deeper & better representation, u'd expect to find that in a series. Not a movie.

[@awesome_barabado]

But they did well though

[@lyrisio]

I hate you and your kind of people that dislike/like a movie based on representation. The movie is so bland I wanna puke

[@resurgingflame]

@@lyrisio then keep it to urself? U don't have to be rude??

[@dripmiser8538]

@@resurgingflame That's because you don't make a movie that generalizes SEA culture, just pick one. This movie is forgettable and the character development and morale of the story is dogshit . People blindly trusting other people is a negative thing not a good thing.

[@mofthemoth5755]

I'm from Myanmar and actually seeing someone who looks like me in such a mainstream movie cheered me up so much,especially considering everything that's going on in my country

[@Saaannn22]

🙏

[@ShineBright506]

i'm a burmese and my face is more like chinese or japanese 😂

[@Yourdad_leftyou34]

@@ShineBright506 I am Burmese but I'm look like Indian😁💙

[@roastyrockets4626]

Despite the sometimes iffy dialogue and mostly East Asian cast rather Southeast Asians, my biggest problem personally was that the movie felt too short/too fast.The world building, ost and art designs are absolutely amazing just to be left untouched, it needs a page of Dreamworks on making a movie trilogy. Despite that I’m prideful as hell for the SEA representation.

[@lukelim5094]

I don't get why people only have a problem with movie needing exact ethnicity to represent. Attack of Titan supposedly have a full European german inspired characters....no one said anything about needing german And Elsa voice actor ain't exactly Nordic.

[@alexandersmith4731]

@@lukelim5094 Because Raya was promoted with the intention that it was a *Representative* of the SEA, it was on the news and such everywhere that I'm sick of it, Disney chose to market and sell the movie that way, they chose their side, now they have to promise that AOT and Frozen isn't marketed as such, AOT gained attention due to its good story and tiny twist on Zombies (its more than that but I'm simplifying it here), Frozen gained attention due to Disney animated fairytale being scarce when it first came out, u get my point hopefully, it's all in the way you chose to market your work

[@freedom43774]

@@lukelim5094I know Chinese or Korean can act as a Japanese.. but can you watch a Japanese act as a Chinese or Korean?

[@weebcoffee4568]

Well that's Disney for you

[@roastyrockets4626]

@@lukelim5094 Personally, I don’t mind the acting, method actors pretend to do acting a different accent all the time, same with voice actors. Sure they did a “close enough” Asian cast but if it was whitewashed, people would be pissed rather than annoyed. Also it’s a Disney film which always put children first than adults and those kids would focus on visuals and animation instead. Frozen and AOT were *inspired* by their respective cultures but raya was hamfisted to the point that it became its whole identity, same with black panther that relied on its hype from their certain group of people.That in concept isn’t bad unless the film itself was lackluster in one aspect like the story which felt shallow and could’ve just made a longer film or not cramp so much in one movie.

[@sovarove]

As an Indonesian, 100% proud with this movie and how it represented batik, keris, wayang and a few achitectures in the movies and it’s a shame the initial release isnt in the cinemas, i just hope it would do well in the box office so people realize our culture too 🙏🏻 Edit: to the creator of this video, please represent us other ASEAN members too, you're getting a lot of rage from others because of not mentioning them when they should be credited too

[@angelobautista1457]

What is batik and wayang?

[@nessa.777.]

@@angelobautista1457 search it up on google

[@abbiefadhiellah]

@@angelobautista1457 batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth, and wayang is shadow puppet

[@andrewcoongoro]

Don't forget keris and minangkabau architecture.

[@andrewcoongoro]

And obviously Indonesia Raya

[@kevinwilliams3696]

As a half Cambodian this movie was very nice to see as an Half Asian Half white asian American growing up it felt good

[@kdamprae4236]

As an cambodian cambodia I hate it , it's sooo.... It is like having southern europe culture mix with northern europe culture then mix it with middle east culture with a smash of Chinese culture and the one who makes it , Is an american. It is so over the place that it might as well represent the whole world with it "United together" concept . And having east asia "kanji" culture mix with Southern is so not mix together it's like european culture mix with middle east culture .

[@kdamprae4236]

I have nothing against Asean-American since I know it's hard to live in the second country but having them to represent Asean is wrong because most of the people when they go visit their mother land they see garbage and poverty they say "awww trash and poverty is my culture it's so beautiful" I'm like no it isn't . poverty isn't a culture but a thing to destroy a culture from shining just like mud in a diamond water it ruined everything . Japanese culture for example isn't any better than most asia but the thing is that poverty didn't destroy them . I wouldn't mind if they say it is an Asean_American perspective inspiration I would be happy and proud for them .

[@sovannah9219]

Hey 🖐🏻mixed Cambodian too 😄

[@Blastburn]

@@kdamprae4236 shut up its a made up world so its normal to have mix asian culture. It's not like Mulan that take place in china.

[@kdamprae4236]

@@Blastburn I do aware that it is a fantasy flim and a mix of culture together so I do not looking forward for the currentness of the culture representations but what I was mad about was how we see beauty in thing was not in there An example about the dress wear instead of serving me of what we consider classiness look it serving me viking , villager , forest people tripe look . Fun fact : asia is a continent , Asean is a union of the south east asia nations and Asian are not only japanese and chinese .

[@JojO-fv3lc]

As a filipina I am so glad there is representation like this. I had several asian friends say IM NOT ASIAN which is so alarming that not only are some of my asian friends not aware but many other people too. Its not just “white people” regardless of race and it shows how no one sees past the films and the lack of knowledge. “pacific islander” does not make me seperated from Asia I AM ASIAN and suprisingly ENOUGH SO are Indians another group of asians that tend to be classified as just “indian”. They are asian too. I love Raya and will love it forever.

[@EdwardWindhowl]

Whatever the criticisms are. I'm proud of this movie🇵🇭

[@francis9428]

Despite of Disney claiming it's characters are based on Southeast Asians. No voice actors were actually Southeast Asian.

[@NisarKhan-jm1uh]

@@francis9428 There were a few South East Asian voice actors but most of the cast is made up of East Asian voice actors

[@jalenhart7651]

@@patrickmulopo7957 yeah I agree way too many white movies these days. They have movies where they’re at least secondary characters why would they want more. Also remember that school shooter documentary. God why do big companies have to push the agenda just to appeal to race

[@jalenhart7651]

@@patrickmulopo7957 i agree Disney’s pushing too many narratives. Why does every new character have to be white these days??

[@jalenhart7651]

@@patrickmulopo7957 sorry if that was a bit forceful but it just makes people happy seeing people like them on screen

[@user-hb4bd4ho1x]

As a malaysian chinese 🇲🇾, although Raya's culture is different from mine, I'm still excited for this movie, proud to be malaysian 🇲🇾🥰

[@Collot_Boi]

same

[@MrKfleong]

Im just glad that some people actually notices SEA

[@janitor1292]

Yessir

[@MikasaAckerman-hm1qb]

Proud to be asian Nice pfp

[@epicmaen1q238]

The Asian theory: ask me to name south Asian actors Me who doesn't know a single actor from anywhere: (confused screaming)

[@arifsalahudin6673]

Um... Well at least I can think if Jackie Chan.. u on ur own buddy :D

[@gwenmarquezlovesbtsmonstax458]

Aww that sucks

[@ericmerante8745]

Probably dante Gulapa a southeast Asian version of Ricardo Milos

[@ericmerante8745]

Probably dante Gulapa a southeast Asian version of Ricardo Milos

[@oscarangga1152]

Hey there is tonny ja from thailand n iko uwais from indonesia

[@haruknow9194]

I experienced that too,when we went on a vacation in my mom's long distance friend in Miami and their son asked me "What kind of Asian are you?I have a friend who is asian too,his a chinese tho" And I said"Cool,Im from the Philippines,the Southeast asian part" He considered it but then.. he asked"So you're a Pilipinese?" And I was like👁👄👁👍🏻"Damn,you know what,nvm"I was offended but still laughed at it. We were 11 in that time and Im 16 now,and I forgot his name.Pretty sure my mom still had a contact with them.

[@nicodiangelo2040]

Some people even call us "Philippinians" 🤦‍♂️

[@GabsARV]

"Pilipinese" lmao. That's insulting but so hilarious.

[@qaiwiwi]

PILIPINESE I CAN'T 😭✋ THIS IS LIKE CALLING QATARI PEOPLE QATARIANS I SHOULD KNOW, I HAD QATARI FRIENDS AND PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE "Oh so like, you're Qatarians??" KWNSJAUABAHAHAHAHAH

[@aldas9174]

Proud to be philipenis

[@rabbiqa]

as a Malaysian I'm so glad we're finally getting representation🇲🇾

[@soop2073]

same here!

[@hazlou2889]

Same here

[@maaarkyy]

Me to brothers from Philippines

[@rosnitamastorlani1634]

Yeahh

[@pantatpanci1220]

Nice to meet you brother From:🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

[@iisan1]

Im Chinese Indonesian living in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore my entire life. We do share lots of similarities on cultures and beliefs. I totally agree that i hope this movie will act as catalyst for more future movies. Disney could explore individual culture just like Mulan, Brave, etc instead of mushing cultures into one movies. Hopefully this will come true in the future so that we could introduce our already rich cultures and traditions to the world

[@laweona8459]

Piola

[@iisan1]

@@brapa1190 no matter what, we are still sharing same cultures and beliefs imo. We still see takraw (cant remember the name in tagalog) matches in SEA, we still believe family is important to us, we still see cock fighting (though it is gruesome), some tagalog are also very very similar to bahasa indonesia and malay, we saw some dance with bamboo sticks in philippine, indonesia, and malaysia, it will be endless if i mention one by one.

[@stebopign]

filipinos dont even want to be associated with indonesians or vietnamese. it is truth.

[@kornkernel2232]

@@stebopign I'm pretty sure most don't think like that. I have yet to know any Filipino friends are like that. At most, likely they just think they don't because it seems like I'm the Philippines itself, the exposure to other Southeast Asian cultures are sadly not as much as it should be. But those are changing, and at least with internet, Southeast Asians are starting to be more integrated to each other. Sometimes even from the help of other cultures due to smiliar interests. Heck I've seen nice exchanges between Southeast Asian cultures under the AKB fandom since they expanded in these countries with sister groups. This one of the few things help to expose these cultures to each other.

[@1eyeddevil929]

Singapore is making their own Superhero show, Sacred Guardian Singa! (Inspired by Space Sheriff Gavan, Sharivan and Shaider) The series looks more authentic cos y'know it's made by the people who know their shit

[@kiarafajardo2035]

I’m Filipino American and seeing Disney finally create a Disney princess representing Southeast Asia is just THE BEST!!! Raya is my new fav Disney princess!!

[@490gee]

umm sorry she's not a Disney princess.

[@BillieGean]

@@490gee um she is technically- If you watched the movie she is the princes of Heart- Also do ur research please

[@gymleader3007]

Filipinos are pacific islanders

[@DrCrw-sb6qo]

Proud ka ba talaga hahahahaha amerikano ka naman eh 🤬

[@dubstepXpower]

@@gymleader3007 yeah Malay culture is way different mainland south east Asia and closer to Polynesian, I hate how southeast Asia is put into one basket.

[@mnthrzz]

Im soo proud that i am asian but im not full one country asian. I am Filipino and Malaysian asia. Im soo proud

[@arayagdaniz2978]

That mean you are ASEAN

[@zulaikamzz2512]

You're Asian. You're half Filipino and Malaysian. Both of this country is in Asia. Btw, I'm also Malaysian.

[@justacatlover6029]

Guys, I think they meant they're not fully from one Asian country a.k.a. they're mixed. I think the OP just has broken English.

[@swordpegasus4032]

Am half-filipino and Canadian and I have brown eyes and black hair and white/ tan ash skin and I love Raya The Last Dragon because of the characters and the animation is awesome and badass🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭.

[@Sierooworks]

My criticism in the film is that it focuses on a lot of cultures rather than focusing on one. The film gives off the vibe that it's "oh southeast asian cultures are very similar so let's just bunch them all together" instead of focusing on one country

[@sentival]

i agree... little that they know every sea countries are very diverse in cultures. they can make a lots of movies with different style if they want

[@MaceWindoo]

@@sentival they do know that there’s a lot of diverse cultures in SEA. If they focused solely on one country, then the rest of SEA will feel completely left out. This is the first step, not the only step.

[@Sierooworks]

@@MaceWindoo I think it's better to focus on one first. I wouldn't mind being a Filipino, I'd rather have a good fleshed out world while paying proper homage to the culture they're trying to represent

[@Sierooworks]

@@MaceWindoo but it might also be bad since it flopped a lil hard in the box office. Hopefully they'll still attempt another one even doh Raya did poorly

[@parkchimmin7913]

That’s what I thought too. I was a bit hesitant about this movie because I thought they were lumping all ASEAN cultures together. Like, will we get the “Africa treatment”? (People tend to lump all African countries together as if Africa is one big country and they tend to disregard the diverse culture there)

[@Alvin-qz4sb]

I am half Indonesian and German, I am very amazed by the existence of "Raya and the Last Dragon" Love you guys ❤🇮🇩🇵🇭🇲🇾🇧🇳🇰🇭🇲🇲🇸🇬🇻🇳🇹🇭🇱🇦🇹🇱❤❤ We are siblings

[@donnysashari]

U miss Timor Leste flag 🙃

[@Alvin-qz4sb]

sorry I don't think Timor Leste is a member of Asean, but I have searched the internet, and yes you are right

[@maradauchihafakeone6981]

Why you not Cambodia?

[@Alvin-qz4sb]

Emm sorry, what did you mean?

[@visoth9115]

Do you guys know what website that i can watch the movie? Here in Cambodia this damn covid-19 virus infected alot of ppl so the cinema is close >:(

[@VELVETYJUSTDRAWS]

Indeed, a lot of people don't even know Southeast Asia the countries now they know what the movie represents. The movie made me cry in tears as a Filipino 😢 SEA❤

[@estelaangeles2346]

I knew that but people hate the movie because its not accurate

[@joshuaevangelista12tvl-a9]

@@estelaangeles2346 your mom

[@raptorgonzo4666]

They know Thailand and Vietnam.... 🤣😜

[@mayortrebz1257]

Land of Lady Boys!

[@azmeer7753]

I'm a Malaysian & to know that a big company like Disney would put on a care of us Southeast Asians does give me a sense of pride & recognition...... Still can't get over with that silly Viatnamese whaty-not terrorist clip😂😂😂

[@hawaandroid2786]

Actually, Disney sometimes do try to romantis the real story that was far different from what being potrayed in the movie

[@azmeer7753]

Well, you know what they say, better something than nothing...

[@1eyeddevil929]

It does give you a sense of Pride and Recognition, eh? Maybe you're a shallow individual that you didn't even realise it

[@paulemboy6066]

As a Filipino I feel very represented I'm glad Disney made a Movie like this. Edit: Omg thanks for 200 likes this is actually my very first time!

[@YeeterDude]

filipino here

[@maverick2642]

Sml??

[@Eiriannnn]

Another Filipino here :) I also feel very happy we get to be noticed! *:)*

[@althron4249]

Same the weapons that they used and the martial arts arnis is suprising that they actually got arnis moves correctly im a freshman in high school and my class needs to learn arnis and disney got the moves for arnis right

[@ShiffonChiffon]

@@maverick2642 Cringe

[@hazimlee7599]

I'm from Malaysia and even tho Henry Goulding is half Malaysian he grew up in Malaysia for most of his life and before becoming an actor he was a famous tv host in Malaysia

[@kittyschnauzer7304]

Good looking Guy.😍

[@no-mads21st23]

and Sarawakian

[@waffelo4681]

@Loteir ikr

[@batangzo]

I like it how they made a movie about SEA countries but didn't even make it available for us... We ain't got Disney+ here in the Philippines.

[@trixietoasty237]

Its okay. Even in Disney + you still have to pay for this movie. And then they'll make it free after that.

[@sentival]

remember. we also land of piracy since ancient time, they said... so lets watch some pirate version

[@chestermabanag8590]

@@sentival i got mine lastlast week and it's in 1080p HAHAHAHAHA

[@St4rlight245]

Flixster

[@JS-qe9nb]

But we got it in south Asia & it's free in our regional language from June onwards

[@no-mads21st23]

Some fact i find about the Stone-Turning-Live-Being creature : Origin is about Sang Kelambai From Malaysia North Peninsular Malaysia (possibly Kedahan Malay folk) Doesn't like noisy thing, probably such as living beings (waterfall, earthquake, I don't know) Humans DO made noisy Annoying sound and Sang doesn't buy that and turn them into stone Animals to, example an elephant group turn into stone for their noisiness (poor elephant) Doesn't like nature destruction, do that and he get angry Don't great him with sound(Maybe) or he turn you to stone

[@waffelo4681]

Nice info lol

[@themongothatbongoed]

There are some other variations to the Sang Kelembai story actually. One of them is like what you wrote. The other, well, made Kelembai a giant cannibal that lives in a cave or near mountain, and turn humans to stone just for fun. Kelembai is usually a male, and has a wife in similar fashion and has the same hobby of the stone turning thing. Kelembai can turn you to stone if you answer its greetings, or if you look at it.

[@MsLacieable]

Disney has many Filipino animators so that's probably why we see a lot of Philippine influence in the movie.

[@wandamaximoff813]

Is there any animation tv series or movies in the Philippines?

[@Blackberry6996]

@@wandamaximoff813 idk if we have animation tv series but, if you want filipino real human movies, then there are a lot.

[@erinedg_noBS]

@@wandamaximoff813 i think we do.. Barangay-something.. Check out netflix :)

[@Blackberry6996]

@@erinedg_noBS ohhh yes the anime Barangay 143!! Sorry, I forgot. It's an awesome anime!

[@wandamaximoff813]

@@erinedg_noBS I found some: 1. Urduja 2. RPG Metanoia (won best picture in 2010) 3. Hayop Ka! (light comedy)

[@helohelo2610]

As malaysian im proud of adele lim for screenwriter and screenplay,

[@Kurneckz]

Love and peace to you and your country.

[@richesaavedra2947]

As a Filipino born and raised in South east asia. I am so proud that they get lea salonga as the voice of jasmine in Aladdin and could've had sung the Reflection song in Mulan on the animated version. Having a Southeast Princess was a sum up of exciting and a proud feeling. I am so thankful that they have given us a chance and have seen an opportunity.

[@abdulabadkumbati664]

So proud of my Filipino brothers, I'm half spanish half sardines

[@NanaMageTV]

2:42 "So, Are you Chinese or Japanese?" LMAO 😂

[@kaitlynb5467]

🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲 pls guys in the meantime, help us save Myanmar ✊✊ #savemyanmar

[@arare-principissaphocarum958]

Are you a Burmese ?

[@kaitlynb5467]

@@arare-principissaphocarum958 yes

[@arare-principissaphocarum958]

@@kaitlynb5467 Ok, I'm a Vietnamese. I have heard from my friends that your country is begging my country to overthrown the current dictative Burmese government. Is that correct ?

[@saberstorm6657]

God punished ur country for what they do to rohingya

[@secretservice5361]

why your people blame indonesian for vote Myanmar Millitary? you kidding me? indonesian didn't vote Any myanmar millitary at all and you just blame us? i know your coutry has a problem, we want to help but we also mad because you missunderstood us and indonesian goverment and yes is too late it's in the CNBC news.

[@NectarShine99]

As a Malaysian, I really proud they made the first-ever Southeast Asia animated movie made by American media, and honestly, I really like Raya and The Last Dragon. The stories, the lesson, the animation and of course, the culture (Southeast Asian) they put in the movie. Here's a few you guys need to know about a structure where they combining it Structure from each region inspired from Southeast Asia: Heart (Melayu+Thai+Kemboja) Fang (Minangkabau+Thai+Kemboja) Talon (Thai Floating Market) Tail (Marina Bay Sands Singapore)

[@arrowghost]

I can feel the sense of pride as well since Dr. Bombay filmed his music videos in Malaysia, particularly in KL. Though I don't eat Tom Yam, but we all love our Char Koay Teow & Nasi Lemak

[@aimanhaikalthemalaysian7089]

@Lando Norris but Malaysians eat a lot of Thai food too especially Tom Yam

[@aimanhaikalthemalaysian7089]

@@arrowghost I am a taxi driver in Calcutta XD

[@usualavantgasp]

i guess Philippines and Indonesia doesn't count :(

[@justinejames5444]

@@usualavantgasp I'm Filipino I think Filipino is with tail and other country

[@buddyblris3094]

Myanmar being a SEA country but does not have any direct references in the movie. That's what a dictatorship do to you guys. The world even forgot you exists.

[@user-vm9kr9ys4s]

Raya's hat is from Shan State of Northern Myanmar, It is called หมวก กุ๊ปไต www.alamy.com/traditional-hats-at-inle-lake-shan-state-myanmar-burma-image376293016.html

[@milkallergy8829]

I just hope Disney would do one on Kyansittha, properly

[@neozeon2567]

The filmmakers production team didn’t went to Myanmar

[@user-vm9kr9ys4s]

@@neozeon2567 They did not go to the philippines either. That hat is from Mae Hong Son Northern Thailand and Shan State Northern Myanmar, go do research on google, search for "Mae Hong Son traditional hat" and you will see. I get it that Filipino like to promote their country but this isn't salakot hat and looks nothing like salakot.

[@neozeon2567]

They did go the Philippine all southeast Asians countries but they didn’t go to Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

[@maysitumorang1009]

We are proud to be SEA people.Indonesia here 🇮🇩

[@muhammadrahmateffendi6982]

Don't be overproud please

[@sofiagwyneth2127]

​@@muhammadrahmateffendi6982 Thanks for the reminder, but the original commenter didn't say that they had disdain for other ethnicities/races/countries. You can be proud of your own ethnicity/race/country AND still respect other ethnicities'/race's/nation's cultures; It doesn't have to be only one or the other. (I'm not angry XD)

[@RedImpostor4]

Philippines here 🇵🇭❤️

[@Budilnpr]

@@muhammadrahmateffendi6982 :(

[@captain_commenter8796]

@Red Imposter Fellow Filipino! 🇵🇭

[@bisvizstudio1242]

I've just seen this movie today and it's a great portrayal of Southeast Asia. Finally we have a Disney princess from SEA! 🇮🇩🇲🇾🇸🇬🇧🇳🇵🇭🇹🇭🇰🇭🇱🇦🇲🇲🇻🇳

[@angelacampuzano7177]

you have mulan, and moanna this movie was terrible

[@jimboynuer5898]

@@angelacampuzano7177 and why?

[@tomecarvalho7728]

Where is my country 🇹🇱 Timor Leste

[@budisoemantri2303]

@@angelacampuzano7177 Mulan is Chinese and Moana is Polynesian

[@angelacampuzano7177]

@@budisoemantri2303 ya still asian

[@abnerdoon4902]

You see, representing the entirety of SEA with one movie is hard. It's one of the most culturally diverse regions in the world. As an example, the delicacies you mentioned in this video is foreign to me, despite me being born a Southeast Asian and having lived here all my life. From the trailer and the footage I've seen, the setting is more inspired by the Indochinese area of the region, that would explain the world map and the lack of Islamic and Christian references. I don't mind it as a Filipino, but I'd feel bad for my Malaysian and Indonesian homies, when the movie is being marketed as a movie representing Southeast Asian cultures. I don't expect Disney to represent all of Southeast Asia in one movie, that would be impossible, the Philippines alone has 175 ethnolinguistic groups with their own cultures and beliefs. It's just that I don't want Disney to give Americans a flawed understanding of Southeast Asian cultures. I would understand why this is important for you as an Asian-American, but for me, this is just pandering to us Southeast Asians to watch more Disney movies. I'd be more interested in supporting our local animation industry in the hopes that it would grow to produce quality animated movies. We already have the animators, the only thing we lack here is direction.

[@BoraLinda]

Totally agree.

[@lylelaney8270]

To my limited knowledge, Malaysian and Indonesian myths and legends doesn't/rarely have Islamic influence/connection. All Disney movies are also void of any religious representation. For my personal opinion, this movie doesn't represent Southeast Asia authentically. It's using the western narrative slaps with elements from Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian legends always about a struggle to overcome enemies that seemed impossible or seeking vengeance with one's own strength and ingenuity and personal growth to do it and not a magical quest. Just my opinion though. We don't have to agree.

[@abnerdoon4902]

@@lylelaney8270 Ah I see, I really need to do more research on the mythologies of the other SEA countries.

[@fireburnthem1322]

True

[@morax1030]

True, Singaporeans had similar feelings of representation and narratives slapped by Hollywood with the movie Crazy Rich Asians. Great for overseas (Southeast) Asians, overexaggarated for the people who live here.

[@bluesapphire170]

I’m not from south East Asia myself, but I really love your culture. It’s so nice to see correct representation of culture, and I think they portrayed this one beautifully.

[@Youkimheng]

3:43 Southeast Asian male co-lead in an american movie Hang.S.Nor "The killing field". He is also the first asian male ever to win an OSCAR for best supporting actor in 1984. It's was his debut film, He was from Cambodia 🇰🇭.

[@WrightvWrong]

Disney movies are evolving. In its beginning, Disney's audience was primarily White. 😎

[@angela.luntian]

Nothing wrong with Disney's infancy. It didnt have a global audience/reach in the 1900s like now.

[@WrightvWrong]

@@angela.luntian Hello Angela 😎 Exactly... Times change. Racism isn't the issue. ❤

[@ggt47]

Disney has been evolving for decades.

[@ggt47]

And also also America was mostly white in the 30’s.

[@yin6287]

@@ggt47 Looks at Mulan: Are you sure about that?

[@azhaneeothman]

Malaysian here. i'm glad you mention Sang Kelembai, that was my first thought when they were first introduced in the movie. Like it clicked inside my head 'OMG that's...Sang Kelembai!'

[@chupachups3707]

Making a movie about SEA’s when disney+ isn’t even available in most SEA countries, like what?? How tf do we watch the movie when cinemas are closed!!!!!

[@maemae8542]

U can watch it free in TEATV or with payments in Netflix

[@shelby255]

Cuz they know asians use torrents ☺

[@mnthrzz]

@@shelby255 yes. True. EXTREMLY true.

[@poooppooop6655]

Im a Filipino and I still live in the Philippines, but I can feel you man

[@acecosmonaut5559]

The fictional world of Kumandra quite literally embodied the most prominent parts of all of Southeast Asia's cultures. From the clothes, food, weapons and scenery any person from the SEA countries can relate or identify some of them. Also, you literally called your superhero "Fish Man" and I'm all for that.

[@Mozuchii]

Honestly, some reviewers tend to overlook this movie because of the plot... but SEA watchers are really enjoying this because of the representation. As a Malaysian, I’m proud of Adele Lim!

[@ervgamer7605]

The reviewers didn't like the morals at the ending. Trust people who betrays you'd constantly. Filipino here, It doesn't click because it sounds like an abusive relationship.

[@samsterhamster8087]

@@ervgamer7605 maybe it won't work in real life, no, it's more complicated than that. but in the movie? where the fate of the world is at stake? then sometimes, we might not have a choice but to trust those who have betrayed us, like Raya.

[@lettuceman9439]

No shit, The First Republic of the Philippines died after the Filipino-American War killing the Golden age before it happened. (The First Republic is the Second Largest Economy in Asia not During the Reign of Marcos as Most older generation of People would say)

[@shan3622]

Viewers: So which Culture in Asia this movie is based upon? Disney: Yes

[@thunderazure8534]

No its wich culture in south east asia this movie is based upon

[@wandamaximoff813]

🤣🤣🤣 They only know Asia.

[@kuaina7926]

GUYS, RAYA IS NEAR! SELAMAT HARI RAYA!

[@pyzzabox6574]

Yay

[@jamesonschaltzdm4476]

Im a Filipino and the word "Selamat" is similar to ours and that is "Salamat" which means " Thanks" or " Thank you". And also the word you typed "Hari" in your language is also similar to our "Hari" which in our language means "King".

[@slaire7799]

@@jamesonschaltzdm4476 so interesting how we’re so different yet so similar

[@starsaber98]

Kelly Marie Tran is of Vietnamese descent. However, she might be the only high-profile live actor in the cast who has legit SEA roots.

[@neozeon2567]

Vietnamese is ethnically & Culturally East Asian not SEA. East Asian in SEA

[@vanessapham6914]

@@neozeon2567 ... We were taken over by China for 1000 years in the past. It's not like we can control that... But we do have a lot of SEA culture in the Southern part, for example around the mekong delta. So if you aren't Vietnamese don't just assume we don't have SEA culture...

[@neozeon2567]

the indigenous people of Vietnam have SEA culture but not the Kinh people or Vietnamese people because they are ethnically culturally East Asian southern Chinese

[@daxaq7888]

Geographically and politically, Vietnam is SEA but culturally North Vietnam is East Asia (even North Vietnamese have strong East Asian features) while South Vietnam is SEA. Nevertheless, they are still part of SEA and the ASEAN.

[@vanessapham6914]

@@neozeon2567 So? We still have SEA culture do we not? Or are you saying we should not have been included because we were influenced by an East Asian country in the North? (And we don't even like that country in the first place?)

[@kaylahmckinney7]

The First person that came to mind was......”PAOLO MONTALBAN”!!!! He played the lead role as the prince in Rogers and Hammersteins Cinderella in 1997. He is Filipino-American. I think that movie is very special, regardless of what people may think about the casting. We had a Black Cinderella and an Asian Prince, it was Beautiful.

[@BiboACE]

The intro: Avatar but in a different world.

[@bluealien8313]

I recognized that lmao

[@lalaqurraahashim1343]

I REALISED OMG AMAZING

[@maryocecilyo3372]

Lol, yeah

[@justaskmonica1013]

That was the only one that has the accurate representation of south east Asia but not Raya the last Dragon

[@cesarebachelli]

I'm a US expat living in SEA. I hope someday this region has their own huge animation company which can showcase all the amazing things about SEA. And so, there won't be any need for a certain region to be considered "recognized" or "represented" if shown by US media companies.

[@yaybohangira]

We have it in Indonesia, a huge one, complete with backlot (for live action) and other facilities. Basically a full scale multimedia studios. But we are mostly doing outsource job, including from Disney, CN, Nickelodeon etc.. Believe me, many studios here have tried to make movies that represent SEA, but it's really hard to go "global" without collaborating with US/European based studios for the distribution

[@lixekaisa3217]

In malaysia, we have 3 company that did animation series and movies. First one being les copaque, they did animation series such as Upin and Upin, Pada zaman dahulu and my favourite Puteri. Second is Monsta. Very popular for the Boboiboy series and the movie Boboiboy the movie and Boboiboy the movie 2. Its about a boy who is a superhero with elemental powers and save the day with his friends. The characters are multiracial too. And the third is Wau Animation.This company did Ejen Ali series and its own movie Ejen Ali:Misi Neo. I recommend this one for peeps that in love with high tech weapons cause this is a banger.

[@marinsceilingfan5607]

@@lixekaisa3217 lets not forget the new series that Monsta is working on called Mechamato or something like that

[@lixekaisa3217]

@@marinsceilingfan5607 YUP! :D cant wait for that.

[@marinsceilingfan5607]

@@lixekaisa3217 it shows the story of Boboiboys dad

[@simoart2446]

When you talked about South East Asians on the big screen, first person that came to my mind is Michelle Yeoh. I know she's chinese, but still, she's Malaysian

[@nunyabiznes33]

@crush brok if you think about it, Austronesians supposedly came from Southern China anyway.

[@ignatiuschua5268]

@crush brok All Chinese comes from China one way or another. Our ancestors migrated and now Chinese are all over the world. Michelle Yeoh is definitely from South East Asia - Malaysia to be exact. You can call her a Malaysian Chinese and not a Chinese Malaysian.

[@laxusdreyar5881]

I kinda like the fact that there's no one singing literally in every scene of the movie lol

[@pinetreewolfptw7934]

Imo ruins most of their movies, the constant singing is just straight up annoying, and I'm glad they didn't ruin this one like they did others

[@aseraphim9813]

Me too.

[@laweona8459]

Me too

[@ketchupmostaza]

Me too

[@oooooo4835]

I noticed this too, only one song and it's in the end credits

[@xomoonce]

Im Asian and im proud to be Asians😊❤️ ✨Malaysian 🇲🇾✨

[@E.J_289]

Burmese🇲🇲

[@mkhairiy78ify]

Also Malaysian 🇲🇾💖

[@user-pe1lt3en8t]

Malaysiaa too ❤

[@AZARETHTHATDAWG]

Indonesia

[@mimbotic]

Singaporean❤️🇸🇬

[@noisy99_]

RANT: All Southeast Asian countries get represented in a movie, but a single country such as Japan gets it's own. This is a great start but I really hoped that every single Southeast Asian country has it's own movie because we are diverse and I think our cultures would shine and get represented better this way. But anyways great start.

[@kylengao9823]

As a third generation Asian American, it was sad that I barely knew anything about my Laotian/Cambodian background. Heck I didn’t even know the difference between the different types of Asians till I was like 12. I remember being asked in 1st grade by my counselor when I was very quiet what kind of Asian I was If I was Chinese, Japanese (hehe), Korean, etc. I never knew the difference so I just pointed at Laos on a map as a random (lucky) guess. She was intrigued and asked stuffed about it. Not knowing crap I just said “uhhhhh” for like a minute. I was put into this foreign class to learn English (my first language that I knew VERY well) instead of the actual English class. I’ve been confused why I had to do it and now I think “huh, this school thought I couldn’t speak English well”. I’m now trying to learn everything about who I am and my history from how to speak the language (I can not get past the basic number, greetings and food 😅) to traditions I’ve seen my grandparents do that they’ve tried to teach me

[@iikawhy1820]

Hi Im Indonesian, i really enjoy your explanation about our southeast asian culture in this video ...

[@qamar2808]

me being a malaysian who saw a disney princess using a keris as it is our traditional weapon and heritage felt proud that my heritage is being shown 😭✨

[@starfantasy_zptniss8659]

Kalau tgk wktu raya pegi kat istana sorg laki ni kan, dgn baby n monyet tu, dia pnya guard tu mcm pakaian dari sarawak, or maybe sabah, but I'm not sure, it just looks kinda familiar

[@gamermoment5724]

I’ll start it before some idiot does it and embarrass themself. “ActUALly, kEriS iS iNDOneSiAn”

[@pateyn]

@@gamermoment5724 keris asal dari indo tapi malaysia ada version sendiri

[@gamermoment5724]

@@pateyn no, lol

[@pateyn]

@@gamermoment5724 no its true tho. Search "where is keris made from" and its says Indo

[@minecraftweeeweeweeb8695]

I still don’t like how the Dragon was Designed tho- overall,everything else,is good!

[@ayannah9366]

I think that's how SEA sees the dragons, not like how the west sees it. So it's fitting that they are designed that way.

[@GuyBradburyy]

i don’t think SEA’s dragons and nagas have mylittlepony-like features.

[@qaiwiwi]

@@GuyBradburyy Yeah, exactly. The concept/pre-design of Sisu was better imo It had more dragon like features. In the end, she ended up looking like Elsa's dragon fursona. Not really complaining here honestly, the dragon design they made Sisu with in the movie is fine aswell.

[@notnoches]

everyone: *are arguing about their representation* meanwhile Central Asia: 🗿

[@ryiella7714]

I think Aladdin is based in Arabia which is in Middle East tho..?

[@budisoemantri2303]

@@ryiella7714 maybe what he meant is Central Asia such as Kazakhstan Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan etc

[@kimeli]

@@budisoemantri2303 they got borat.

[@notnoches]

@@budisoemantri2303 my bad, yeah I meant Central Asia

[@notnoches]

@@kimeli it’s extremely racist!

[@chelseaharridass4531]

I'm also planning to watch this and analyze it for myself but so far I've only heard amazing good things about it , so I'm looking forward to it . I just love how you always get full information and history about the topics at hand that you talk about in your videos .

[@kylemarfil8024]

Agree :)

[@nematoda4788]

Idk the link but I found a video discussiong about the moral from the story and it's quite disapointing

[@kev4850]

A lot of the “Thai” influences were actually originally from Laos. It’s very common for people to credit the Thai for something that’s actually/initially Lao.

[@nhienleminhhue6605]

@Pinoy Fried actually Vietnam had never been similar to other SEA nations. The Khmer empire was a super power in SEA main land until the Thai people who were Laotians and Thai ancesters came and made khmer land their own. Eventhough the land we are inheiriting was once united but the cultures, languages ware never united

[@mrsheldon9134]

Oh sure, it increased representation of Southeast Asian races. But I hated the message it was trying to send. It's perfectly reasonable to respond violently when you see someone's finger tightening on the crossbow trigger.

[@alexandersmith4731]

Lol true, if anything, Southeast Asian tales would not even have characters like Namaari saying its Raya's fault, Raya would most likely bitch slap her first before she even opens her mouth after that incident

[@MizanQistina]

That is actually about Malaysia vs Indonesia...Raya is the Malaysian who always tolerate Namari the arrogant Indonesian, it is so obvious.

[@nutanddash8552]

@@MizanQistina huh

[@apriliavidhaestika]

@@MizanQistina lets not do this.

[@MizanQistina]

@@apriliavidhaestika It is true, Indonesia still hate Malaysia with their slogan "Ganyang Malaysia" (Crush Malaysia) since 1963 in Confrontation War in which they lost. You can see the sentiment here on You Tube, Indonesian always make videos insulting and provoke Malaysian.

[@_larchiviste_]

I'm from north Africa and honestly, I'm so happy to see southeast Asian culture *finally* getting the representation it deserves!! Way to go, guys ❤️❤️❤️ I sincerely hope our maghrebi culture will soon get the same treatment, and not full of Aladin and Sheherazade clichés...

[@xlzz.9082]

Im from Malaysia and i approved your facts about Sang Kelembai aka Druun.

[@PAUL_EL_GUAPO]

Bruh how they gonna make a movie about south East Asian culture but have non “south East Asian” Asian actors playing the majority of the characters, there are even white guys playing characters. It’s like they just looked up Asian actors and said good enough and hired them. Not all asians are the same.

[@gwenmarquezlovesbtsmonstax458]

Well you know I’m sure they’ll be half Filipino because they can’t have only white people play them. Now the dragon sure but everyone else nah. Plus the movie industry in the Philippines is poor so they come to Usa 🇺🇸 to get more salary

[@PAUL_EL_GUAPO]

@@gwenmarquezlovesbtsmonstax458 bro Alan tudyk, awkwafina, daniel dae Kim, Gemma chan, dumbfoundead, Jona xiao literally all non-south East Asians make up the majority of the main characters, they didn’t even hire south East Asian American actors, and the actress they originally had to play raya who was actually Filipina was fired. I’m just saying it’s not worth praising the movie if it’s not authentic to what it’s trying to depict

[@bobyford8051]

@@PAUL_EL_GUAPO they probably couldn't act 🤷

[@shadowtrooper262]

As a Singaporean myself. I have seen many elements in this movie relating to South East Asia from the outfits, traditions and structures. I haven't seen the movie myself but I will watch it one day.

[@Undeadsweater]

Honestly, this movie is just as important for kids of all colors as it is for South East Asian kids. When children are exposed to different cultures in media, they will be more accepting and understanding of them and create a better world for everyone. Maybe eventually Asians in America, especially South East Asians, will not have to justify their culture to other Americans.

[@gwenmarquezlovesbtsmonstax458]

Yeah I mean Take Mulan for example. She was the reason why I knew China. Now I hope kids that aren’t southeast Asian can be exposed to new culture

[@abbb4460]

2:43 Almost the same question that my mom got from her boss when I was four. But for us, Latinos, it was "are you Mexican or Peruvian?" Totally understand the feeling you guys get. So mega hugs to you!

[@duradura1167]

The only SEA actors and actress I know are: 1. Michelle Yeoh. 2. Henry Golding. 3. Tony Jaa 4. Maggie Q. Edit: 2 and 4 are half SEA.

[@kerrylambert4681]

What about Paolo Montalban?

[@blackraven3436]

Dustin Nguyen from 21th Jump street, Warrior and V.I.P. Johnny tri Nguyen from cradle to the grave and stun coordinator of spiderman 2 Lana Condor David Bautista (half Filipino) Olivia Munn

[@BoraLinda]

Elodie yung is half Cambodian.

[@saintoctober28]

Lou diamond phillips?

[@yolooo5081]

@@adrianso7435 Do you hear the southeast asian accent in the movies? What is the point of being that specific? Asian American is a special breed from old world asian. If you want to hear Indonesian, malaysian, or insert whatever. Then watch when that movie got translate into that country and dub by the natives. Which probably already is. So what the point?

[@pancakeandwaffle4849]

I love the South East Asian representation, when people in the west say Asian they always think of the East Asian countries e.i China, Japan, Korea it’s nice to see your culture represented in meaningful ways

[@simongmobile7876]

Lead the way ASEAN version kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKbUnYuOqb9kirs I love Too

[@gr1mmy954]

As Malaysian 🇲🇾, this animation film make us Southeast Asians so proud! ♥️

[@gr1mmy954]

@crush brok 🤣

[@Drizzly30]

Maling

[@io5869]

les gow brother! from PH.

[@cookies5302]

@@Drizzly30 OMG....!!..Indonesian...Stop attack on Malaysian !!

[@rosnitamastorlani1634]

@@Drizzly30 eh tibe

[@renakiko3140]

When you are laotien🇱🇦 and then you tell them is next to thailand. Them: OOOHHH so you're a thai???🇹🇭 Me: 🥲 (Well at least they know Thailand) I'm so proud that the SouthEast are recognized by everyone by this Disney movie

[@RiceSquad]

The ocean? So are you Chinese or Japanese?

[@MiJi_29]

Bruh Reply

[@MrVinceI.0081]

They have names like “Tuk Tuk”, Noi, Boun. That’s all Lao names in this movie.

[@meiju1563]

as a Chinese Indonesian, its honestly awesome to see more SEA (or ASEAN) represent in the public, hope they'll keep it up

[@wm69]

this is one of the most mixed cultured packed animation movie i've ever came to known

[@fernasmr3564]

I’m soo happy seeing a kayumangi person just like me in a screen

[@maggie7731]

The things in Indonesian culture that my fellow Indonesians might notice are probably the music instrument Gamelan, Batik, Wayang Kulit, and Pencak Silat

[@ridzuand.monkey272]

Ah shit... Here we go again.......

[@-Sweet0_0-]

@@ridzuand.monkey272 idk why but he just too overproud

[@ridzuand.monkey272]

@@-Sweet0_0- well you know.... Just typical Indonesian

[@-Sweet0_0-]

@@ridzuand.monkey272 yup

[@user-vq7pn8lh6u]

The one who created silat is not from indonesia tho😏

[@MA-zs5cu]

the congee is ‘lugaw’ in Philippines but there are a lot of variations of it in Asian Countries

[@KamenRiderOtaru]

Congee is rice porridge, right?

[@MA-zs5cu]

@@KamenRiderOtaru yes :)

[@gold-toponym]

There's 'Barhba' in Cambodia. Chicken, pork, plain

[@sahniellejacobe1121]

Lugaw *drools*

[@kirkdaguinod9983]

@@gold-toponym same in Mindanao we have lugaw with CHICKEN, PORK, VEGGIES, MIXED AND PLAIN which is *IMMACULATE* for me south east asian foods are the best it’s so *HEAVENLY DELICIOUS*