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Mr. Popo is a Hindu genie. They have very dark blue skin that appears black in daylight. You can see the underside of his hands appear blue. He isn't actually black. I thought this years ago. I still think it is too close to resembling racist caricatures of black people in American culture but this was made in Japan in the late 80s and early 90s. They don't think about this stuff or even consider it. I don't think they intended anything of it and realized it years after the fact which is likely why the character is seldom showed (if at all) in the newer anime.