CASTING CALL!! (who would you cast?)

**Posted:** Tue Jun 04, 2002 12:58 pm

**Shudders at the thought of the upcoming movie pain** Now who was it that argued with me over Americans wanting to bastardize Anime? I'd say making a "live-action" movie stating that you are re-doing to 'appeal more widely to western audiences' is a bastardization so bad it is trying to remove the fact that it is distinctly Asian and will probably dumb it down removing all cultural/historical/religious significance. Yeah, Akira and DBZ can be made a lot worse than they actually were. (Note: I have begun to work through the first Akira Manga and it is actually *interesting* This is just another example of what happens when you have to cut 5-6 mangas to make a movie showing only the "good stuff") The Akira movie was intended according to the writers to augment reading the manga. Why people who have never even heard of Manga like it is beyond me. Because it's just shallow and violent, where as the manga seems to have a lot more. ^.^ Plot, emotion, characterization, and violence. But it feels a lot more filling to me. <div align="center">Ten years ago, something happened. Something small. Something most people didn't notice. But it did touch a few of us. Then a few more. And a few more. And soon that something was spreading in all directions at once. One ripple followed another, at a faster and faster pace, each new wave gaining more distance than the last. And the ripples keep coming. -From "So Far: The First Ten Years of a Vision" <a href="http://www.xenu.net/" target="_top"><img border="0" alt="Operation Clambake" height="61" width="433" src="http://www.xenu.net/archive/banners/oc20.jpg"> </a> <embed src="http://www.xenu.net/archive/banners/diduknow.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" menu="false" width="320" height="49" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"> <a href="http://www.xenu.net/">Visit Xenu.net!</a> </div>

**Posted:** Wed Jun 05, 2002 11:43 pm

okay... firstly, for you're information, Yujenisis, "washuu" is spelled with the long "u", and is proven by using this address: <a href="http://dir.yahoo.co.jp/News/Television/Shows/Animation/Tenchi_muyou_/">dir.yahoo.co.jp/News/Tele...hi_muyou_/</a> and looking at the bottom-most entry. There "washu" is spelled with a long "u". "ryouko" is also "technically" supposed to be spelled with an "ou" as can be seen on her wanted poster in "tenchi universe" (ep: 15-"no need for an escape!") andpossibly elsewhere... however even the japanese generally ignore shorten the "ou" to "oo" (ordinary long "o") in everyday speaking. As far as the written forms go, most long vowels can be shortened, but not vice versa. nextly: i'm reasonably familiar the cries of agony caused by the honk kong version of "dragon pearl" <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0122050">us.imdb.com/Title?0122050</a> and i'm well aware of the risks in turning any cartoon (not just japanese ones) into live-action films: a good case in point would be Inspector Gadget <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0141369">us.imdb.com/Title?0141369</a> (where Michelle Trachtenberg <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Trachtenberg,+Michelle">us.imdb.com/Name?Trachtenberg,+Michelle</a> also first came to mind from for washu). speaking of which, Sir Red XIV makes a good point about washu. the list is officially updated as so: Washu (younger)--Michelle Trachtenberg us.imdb.com/Name?Trachtenberg,+Michelle ("my" wild hair! just try her with wild hair!) Washu (older)--Portia de Rossi <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Name?de+Rossi,+Portia">us.imdb.com/Name?de+Rossi,+Portia</a> (red hair dye needed... lots of it) oh, and sorry Nick, but i can quite buy Karyn Parsons <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Parsons,+Karyn">us.imdb.com/Name?Parsons,+Karyn</a> as mihoshi... right type wrong, skin color... and hair color. but it was a good try, i'll give you that!

**Posted:** Thu Jun 06, 2002 2:50 pm

Whoa whoa...wait a minute there...3 LIVE-action Tenchi movies have been made, you said??? <center><img src=http://members.fortunecity.com/ryoko156/Ryoko68.jpg width=300 height=200></center><center>I am Ryoko!...and Onari Pika Yamuga My theme songs: "I am a Pioneer" and "Autumn of Life" Hikari to Yami ... Ryouhoutomo onajisa</center><marquee>Shunned from the hope of light, Darkness shall reflect my sight, Crying hopeless with spirit's pain, Will I give in and go insane?...either hated or loved is my fate, but if loved...it is too late, all that I inspire is hate. I wish that joy was mine to own, naturally I shy away...from joy and the light of day, Natural is dark that I have known. It cloaks the hurt, it cloaks the pain, all causes give way for mine own gain, what is the color of my despair? A wound in my soul that I cannot bear. I have come to love these things, power...of the dark it springs, a tattered soul much abused, knavery's plain face never seen til used, do you know the color of my fear? When I will not shed a tear. numb and void to all around, like an animal stalks without sound, hate...I am filled with hate, Oh God I wish it would dissipate, and leave me free to feel the wind, and make this darkness end. See the trees, See the moon, see the lake and the loon, Alone...I am lonely, please..please do not judge me, The dark has not won me yet, inside the fight is well met, inside the light...though shadowed still, seeks a way my heart to fill, sadness and despair I fight, seeking to destroy this blight. Soon dark or light my soul will claim, the Dark the Light, for now...the same.</marquee>

**Posted:** Thu Jun 06, 2002 5:19 pm

No, 3 animated movies. Anime-turned-live action sucks.

**Posted:** Thu Jun 06, 2002 9:46 pm

*sweatdrop* Ok, thought I was in an alternate universe or something. <center><img src=http://members.fortunecity.com/ryoko156/Ryoko68.jpg width=300 height=200></center><center>I am Ryoko!...and Onari Pika Yamuga My theme songs: "I am a Pioneer" and "Autumn of Life" Hikari to Yami ... Ryouhoutomo onajisa</center><marquee>Shunned from the hope of light, Darkness shall reflect my sight, Crying hopeless with spirit's pain, Will I give in and go insane?...either hated or loved is my fate, but if loved...it is too late, all that I inspire is hate. I wish that joy was mine to own, naturally I shy away...from joy and the light of day, Natural is dark that I have known. It cloaks the hurt, it cloaks the pain, all causes give way for mine own gain, what is the color of my despair? A wound in my soul that I cannot bear. I have come to love these things, power...of the dark it springs, a tattered soul much abused, knavery's plain face never seen til used, do you know the color of my fear? When I will not shed a tear. numb and void to all around, like an animal stalks without sound, hate...I am filled with hate, Oh God I wish it would dissipate, and leave me free to feel the wind, and make this darkness end. See the trees, See the moon, see the lake and the loon, Alone...I am lonely, please..please do not judge me, The dark has not won me yet, inside the fight is well met, inside the light...though shadowed still, seeks a way my heart to fill, sadness and despair I fight, seeking to destroy this blight. Soon dark or light my soul will claim, the Dark the Light, for now...the same.</marquee>

**Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2002 12:01 am

I don't think any of us would really wanna see a live-action Tenchi Muyo. I mean, no matter how good the actors/actresses are .. and how awesome the special fx can be .. I don't think there's any way it's gonna turn out as good as the anime. [But that Mila Kunis as Sakuya is cute =P]

**Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2002 1:22 am

HTML Comments are not allowed <div align="center">Ten years ago, something happened. Something small. Something most people didn't notice. But it did touch a few of us. Then a few more. And a few more. And soon that something was spreading in all directions at once. One ripple followed another, at a faster and faster pace, each new wave gaining more distance than the last. And the ripples keep coming. -From "So Far: The First Ten Years of a Vision" <a href="http://www.xenu.net/" target="_top"><img border="0" alt="Operation Clambake" height="61" width="433" src="http://www.xenu.net/archive/banners/oc20.jpg"> </a> <embed src="http://www.xenu.net/archive/banners/diduknow.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" menu="false" width="320" height="49" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"> <a href="http://www.xenu.net/">Visit Xenu.net!</a> </div>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub19.ezboard.com/uyujenisis.showPublicProfile?language=EN>Yujenisis</A> <IMG SRC="http://www.distortedperspective.com/personal/pete.gif" BORDER=0> at: 6/7/02 12:33:44 am

**Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2002 1:29 am

*watches on the sidelines* Oooo...let me in!! I wanna fight too! Heh...I always wondered what spellings are correct: Aeka, Washuu, Ryouko...or Ayeka, Washu, Ryoko. <center><img src=http://members.fortunecity.com/ryoko156/Ryoko68.jpg width=300 height=200></center><center>I am Ryoko!...and Onari Pika Yamuga My theme songs: "I am a Pioneer" and "Autumn of Life" Hikari to Yami ... Ryouhoutomo onajisa</center><marquee>Shunned from the hope of light, Darkness shall reflect my sight, Crying hopeless with spirit's pain, Will I give in and go insane?...either hated or loved is my fate, but if loved...it is too late, all that I inspire is hate. I wish that joy was mine to own, naturally I shy away...from joy and the light of day, Natural is dark that I have known. It cloaks the hurt, it cloaks the pain, all causes give way for mine own gain, what is the color of my despair? A wound in my soul that I cannot bear. I have come to love these things, power...of the dark it springs, a tattered soul much abused, knavery's plain face never seen til used, do you know the color of my fear? When I will not shed a tear. numb and void to all around, like an animal stalks without sound, hate...I am filled with hate, Oh God I wish it would dissipate, and leave me free to feel the wind, and make this darkness end. See the trees, See the moon, see the lake and the loon, Alone...I am lonely, please..please do not judge me, The dark has not won me yet, inside the fight is well met, inside the light...though shadowed still, seeks a way my heart to fill, sadness and despair I fight, seeking to destroy this blight. Soon dark or light my soul will claim, the Dark the Light, for now...the same.</marquee>

**Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2002 1:34 am

**Tags in RM** Ok, I am done. There's no sport in the easy ones. *Sigh* <div align="center">Ten years ago, something happened. Something small. Something most people didn't notice. But it did touch a few of us. Then a few more. And a few more. And soon that something was spreading in all directions at once. One ripple followed another, at a faster and faster pace, each new wave gaining more distance than the last. And the ripples keep coming. -From "So Far: The First Ten Years of a Vision" <a href="http://www.xenu.net/" target="_top"><img border="0" alt="Operation Clambake" height="61" width="433" src="http://www.xenu.net/archive/banners/oc20.jpg"> </a> <embed src="http://www.xenu.net/archive/banners/diduknow.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" menu="false" width="320" height="49" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"> <a href="http://www.xenu.net/">Visit Xenu.net!</a> </div>

**Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2002 1:57 am

The correct spellings are... <img src="http://www.rffc.org/kanji/ryouko.gif">, <img src="http://www.rffc.org/kanji/aeka.gif">, and <img src="http://www.rffc.org/kanji/washu.gif">. For Romanizations, I use Ryoko, Ayeka, and Washu. But it's not like everybody won't know who you're talking about if you spell them Ryouko, Aeka, and Washuu. As long as it's not something bizarre that nobody will understand, I don't see the problem. <center><img src="http://server27.hypermart.net/redxiv/ryoko2.gif" width="73" height="81"><a href="mailto:babelfisherperson@hotmail.com"><img src="http://server27.hypermart.net/redxiv/AkaiJuyon.gif" width="91" height="20" alt="Red XIV" border="0"></a><img src="http://server27.hypermart.net/redxiv/tenchi2.gif" width="63" height="95"></center>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub19.ezboard.com/usirredxiv.showPublicProfile?language=EN>Sir Red XIV</A> <IMG SRC="http://server27.hypermart.net/redxiv/tenchi_lhw.gif" BORDER=0> at: 6/7/02 1:18:25 am

**Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2002 2:48 am

Well there is a differentiation between long and short sounds in Japanese, so on a technical level it is incorrect. Romanizations are meant to be a conversion of Japanese sounds to English. Doing the romanizations incorrectly will change the pronunciation, and possibly it's very meaning. That is the danger. <div align="center">Ten years ago, something happened. Something small. Something most people didn't notice. But it did touch a few of us. Then a few more. And a few more. And soon that something was spreading in all directions at once. One ripple followed another, at a faster and faster pace, each new wave gaining more distance than the last. And the ripples keep coming. -From "So Far: The First Ten Years of a Vision" <a href="http://www.xenu.net/" target="_top"><img border="0" alt="Operation Clambake" height="61" width="433" src="http://www.xenu.net/archive/banners/oc20.jpg"> </a> <embed src="http://www.xenu.net/archive/banners/diduknow.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" menu="false" width="320" height="49" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"> <a href="http://www.xenu.net/">Visit Xenu.net!</a> </div>

**Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2002 8:19 pm

Indeed, indeed. One of the terrible facets of translation is making sure what you say in one language equals (more or less, depending on sentence structure, syntax, and a whole host of other variables) what you say in another. y limited studies in Japanese syntax say clearly that there is a difference between, let's say, a single "u" as apposed to a double "uu." Even though they may have the same phoneme (letter sound), the "uu" is held for a beat longer, giving it a different meaning in a word. Of course, I'm restating what other people have already said in essence, but it's worth repeating. According to top scientific research, 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population. (Unsanitized for your protection.)

**Posted:** Fri Jun 14, 2002 5:00 pm

where did you get those kanji graphics?

**Posted:** Fri Jun 14, 2002 5:32 pm

Well if you had an OS that could support multiple languages *Cough* Not Windows*Cough* You could just do it yourself. <div align="center">Ten years ago, something happened. Something small. Something most people didn't notice. But it did touch a few of us. Then a few more. And a few more. And soon that something was spreading in all directions at once. One ripple followed another, at a faster and faster pace, each new wave gaining more distance than the last. And the ripples keep coming. -From "So Far: The First Ten Years of a Vision" <a href="http://www.xenu.net/" target="_top"><img border="0" alt="Operation Clambake" height="61" width="433" src="http://www.xenu.net/archive/banners/oc20.jpg"> </a> <embed src="http://www.xenu.net/archive/banners/diduknow.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" menu="false" width="320" height="49" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"> <a href="http://www.xenu.net/">Visit Xenu.net!</a> </div>

**Posted:** Fri Jun 14, 2002 8:40 pm

Yuj, have u read the "A'hingamy Do'hicky" or somethin by EUJ, it has u as a main character. "I'm the greatest, and I can't possibly be beat!- Cassius Clay aka Muhammed Ali"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds"- Robert Oppenheimer

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