SS5 Gogeta Posted November 16, 2002 Share Posted November 16, 2002 I've seen somewhere that AT said that he meant to have Vegetabe like an American and say his attacks in english. But the only person i heard that did that was Gotenks i mean i don't think you really say "Hyper Plasma Shortcake" in Japanese as it is in English. And he said it in English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transtic Nerve Posted November 16, 2002 Share Posted November 16, 2002 So where's the questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinzouningen17 Posted November 16, 2002 Share Posted November 16, 2002 *looks at watch and begins to wait with Transtic Nerve* Yeah, where's the question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Posted November 16, 2002 Share Posted November 16, 2002 I think that he's asking if there is any evidence of Vegeta showing his "American" traits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transtic Nerve Posted November 16, 2002 Share Posted November 16, 2002 If by using english words is portaying him as American, then no, not at all. English words are basically a part of the Japanese language. They use them fairly frequently, so no, I'd say the use of english attack names does not insiuate in anyway that the character is portayed as having American traits. The Son family is pretty much the only ones that don't use english sounding attacks (Genki Dama, Masenko, Kame-hame-ha etc etc)... and also, their names are written in Kanji as opposed to Katakana (ie: foriegn words like Trunks for example) like most of the other characters. The use of American words or, well, English words, in DragonBall is really abundant. You constantly see english throughout the show (no it's not that FUNi changes them to english - they only change the word "beer" to "root beer" and "Satan" to "Hercule") So, no... I'd say it's very Japanese still. Trunks is probably the most "American" out of all the characters anyway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted November 16, 2002 Share Posted November 16, 2002 Im not really sure, but I know that alot of stuff in anime is designed around the idea of american stereo-types (usually those are bad ones)... so, I wouldnt be too suprised. But, being that I am a huge fan of db and I have never heard anything of this sort, I would say NO. Vegeta was probally not meant to be an american. Plus, Ive never seen any sort of evidence to support this theory. Would you mind giving a bit more about the source. I mean if it just some friend of yours, it probally just what I said... a theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS5 Gogeta Posted November 16, 2002 Author Share Posted November 16, 2002 Some where in [url]www.dbz-fan.net[/url] forums and i downloaded the episode where in the room of spirit and time Gotenks fought with Buu. and he yelled out "Dynamite Kick", "Machine Gun Punch", "Final Shooting Score" "Great Kick Special" and my favorite, "Hyper Plasma Shortcake" in English but the only one he doesn't say in enlish is "Wile Boar Attack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transtic Nerve Posted November 16, 2002 Share Posted November 16, 2002 Yes, I've already explained the use of English attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boogeta Posted November 17, 2002 Share Posted November 17, 2002 so Japenise and English attacks are different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transtic Nerve Posted November 17, 2002 Share Posted November 17, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by boogeta [/i] [B]so Japenise and English attacks are different [/B][/QUOTE] It's Japanese for one and for two, what exactly do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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