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8-Man

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:47 am

Just found out that Viz's translation of Gokuu's pet-name for Android #8 at "8-Man" may've been inspired by the 1960s manga 8-Man, featuring a cyborg protagonist. So this makes it more acceptable, in my eyes, if it's at least a reference (regardless of whether or not it's for the sake of making a reference).
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Re: 8-Man

Post by The Time Traveller » Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:02 am

Sounds close enough to Hachan, and it rhymes, I guess!

What did Funimation call him?

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Re: 8-Man

Post by superrayman3 » Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:21 am

The Time Traveller wrote:Sounds close enough to Hachan, and it rhymes, I guess!

What did Funimation call him?
FUNimation called him "Eighter" in the dub which sounds so ridiculous if you think about it.
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Re: 8-Man

Post by Looneygamemaster » Sat Sep 28, 2013 12:08 pm

No more ridiculous than "8-Man," really.

Of course, both Funimation and Viz did the name-thing as well as could have been expected.

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Re: 8-Man

Post by SaiyaJedi » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:19 pm

For what it's worth, Toriyama mentions in his Daizenshuu 3 interview that he watched 8-Man when he was a kid. So it could possibly be the reason he went with "No. 8" instead of some other random value.
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Re: 8-Man

Post by bkev » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:23 pm

This is an example of where adaptation, I think, works better than translation. I've always liked that they gave him a nickname that works in English, even though it's a bit silly.
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