Anne Boonchuy, shown here with show creator Matthew Benjakorn Braly from Disney’s Amphibia, is the first Thai American lead character in an animated show. Anne’s skin tone and curly hair were inspired by a childhood photo of Braly’s grandmother.
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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