隨住《水星的魔女》英語配音版播出，官方日前公布聲優陣容，點知就因為女主角蘇萊塔由白人聲優配音而引起種族膚色討論...

《水星的魔女》英語版代理商Crunchyroll日前公布聲優陣容，宣布「蘇萊塔」及「米奧琳涅」兩位主角分別由Jill Harris及Natalie Van Sistine聲演，Fans們都紛紛送上祝賀。然而，為「勞達・尼爾」（古爾同父異母嘅細佬）配音嘅聲優Nazeeh Tarsha就喺Twitter發文，談論近年海外動畫聲優選角問題。

The English dub of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury episode 1 launches this Sunday, February 5! ????

Suletta - @JillHarrisVO
Miorine - @nvansistine

✨ CAST & CREW: https://t.co/yGG77eWPpf pic.twitter.com/WfghYAIkNf

— Crunchyroll (@Crunchyroll) February 1, 2023

擁有一半巴勒斯坦及一半敘利亞血統嘅Nazeeh Tarsha表示：「我哋可以坐低傾下『角色適合度』vs『由種族選擇配音員』兩者嘅優點，但唔好假定少數人種演員嘅表現差過其他同業人士，包容性令我哋能夠訴說我哋嘅背景故事。」同時提到少數人種越係默默無聞，就越容易被被掩蓋，自己有義務為那些聲音被忽視嘅人發聲。

We can sit here and argue the merits of "right for the role" vs "auto cast because of ethnicity" but let's also not pretend that the quality provided by minority actors is less than the quality of their peers. Inclusion gives us the ability to tell the stories of our backgrounds.

— Nazeeh H. Tarsha (@NazeehTarsha) February 1, 2023

I have a duty to my peers to use my platform. To speak for those whose voices go unheard. May there come a day where the ambiguous nature of remote recording allowances is foregone and opportunities are provided to actors and directors alike to make the best possible products.

— Nazeeh H. Tarsha (@NazeehTarsha) February 1, 2023

上述說法雖然獲得唔少網民轉貼支持，亦有人認為蘇萊塔爸爸「奈迪姆．薩瑪雅（Nadim Samaya）」嘅姓氏Samaya起源於阿拉伯語、希伯來語及印度語，所以蘇萊塔應由中東及北非（MENA）演員聲演。不過，更多網民就留言諷刺，認為唔能夠單憑膚色辨別蘇萊塔種族：「蘇萊塔因為喺水星長大所以皮膚比較黑，同種族無關」、「我哋可以喺邊到搵到水星出世嘅女人？咁佢就可以透過蘇萊塔呢個角色講述佢嘅背景故事？」。