There's more controversy about Netflix's 'Death Note'

Here's another whitewashing controversy to add to the apparently endless pile of Hollywood missteps.

On Wednesday, Netflix shared the first teaser trailer for Death Note, an Americanized adaptation of a Japanese manga. The story revolves around a character played by Nat Wolff, who stumbles upon a notebook that allows him to magically murder anyone in the world.

If you've been following the racial controversies over Ghost in the Shell and Iron Fist, it shouldn't be difficult to pinpoint the problem with that scenario. Fans on Twitter immediately made their displeasure known.

Netflix's Death Note does feature a major character of color in the form of L, the enigmatic detective played by Lakeith Stanfield. But that doesn't do much to advance Asian representation in Hollywood. And a glance at IMDb indicates that most of the key roles, both in front of and behind the camera, are filled by white people.

That didn't necessarily need to be the case, even in an Americanized adaptation of the property.

The "it's canon" argument doesn't really work here, either.

In fairness, we've only seen a tiny bit of footage at this point. There's always the possibility (however faint) that Death Note will surprise us, maybe by using its lead character's race to explore themes of privilege and entitlement. Or perhaps some of the Asian and Asian-American actors in the cast will turn out to have bigger roles than we'd assumed.

But given Hollywood's extensive history of ignoring or erasing Asian talent, we can't help but feel a little skeptical. After all, this isn't even Netflix's only racial controversy right now.

Death Note hits Netflix August 25.