>>94862754With Alice, they're already making her a BPRD agent and giving her ghost powers, so the question isnt so much why they made her 'ethnic' as why what thus far seems like an OC is being called Alice.
Daimo's change sticks out a bit because his race is actually important to his character, as since his grandmother was a Japanese spy in WW2 his family have been extremely dedicated to proving themselves in the military, leading to his hardass drill seargant personality.