Fat Buu versus Mr. Buu?

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:11 pm

Olivier Hague wrote:Again, I really don't think it's fair to slam Viz for all that.
"Djinn" is a valid translation of "majin", "Vegetto" wouldn't have made much sense (the problem was the way they had spelled "kakarotto" way earlier), and as for "Hercules"... well, blame religion.

Oliver, they could've gone with simply Demon Buu rather than "Djinn", considering "Djinn" in itself is more a term for "genie", and Buu is no genie (not counting the times he serves Babidi if you wanna bring that up). As "Majin" indicates, he's a demon. And Vegetto "not making sense" didn't stop FUNi or the Canadian/UK Ocean dub from using it in their versions...Viz going with that idiotic Vegerat spelling, needless to say they're the only company on Earth to use that type of "translation". Regarding their use of "Her-cule", no comment.

Post by **desirecampbell** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:03 pm

Djinn isn't a terrible translation, but it's just unnecessary -and a bit ackward. Don't they exaplin what "Djinn" means before every volume? They could have done that with "Ma-jin" too. Plus, there's all those "M"s.

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:43 am

Domon wrote:
Domon got everthing except the times when they removed the middle finger in some shots.
Well, not everything. There's a few other stuff here and there I didn't bring up. Someone should make a comprehensive list of the edits and changes someday...

Me and Tsukento actually did that in a thread once...I just have no idea where it is anymore. I have not helped at all.

Domon · Post by **Domon** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:11 am

Olivier Hague wrote:
Domon wrote:Actually, the translation remained fine for the most part. The issue was that some name changes and censorship started to slip in during the last 10 volumes or so. Name changes being Hercules, "Djinn Boo" and Vegetrot(rather than Vegetto).
Again, I really don't think it's fair to slam Viz for all that.
"Djinn" is a valid translation of "majin", "Vegetto" wouldn't have made much sense (the problem was the way they had spelled "kakarotto" way earlier), and as for "Hercules"... well, blame religion.

I'm just going to say my intent was not to "slam" Viz, but rather just to point out some facts(I'm assuming your post was not directed at me, but I just wanted to make sure my intent was clear).

MyVisionity · Post by **MyVisionity** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:25 am

Conan the SSJ wrote: Oliver, they could've gone with simply Demon Buu rather than "Djinn", considering "Djinn" in itself is more a term for "genie", and Buu is no genie (not counting the times he serves Babidi if you wanna bring that up). As "Majin" indicates, he's a demon.

That's a good point to add, Conan. The 'Majin'(魔人） in Buu's name is defined as a demonic person or demon. The only time I've ever read 'majin' defined as a genie, it was written as '魔神', where the second character is the symbol meaning 'god'. I've always thought this meant that part of the pun in Majin Buu's name and character is because the two terms are homophones, thereby explaining Buu's genie-like traits(the Arabic clothing, the morphing into smoke, etc.)

While "Djinn" works if Viz simply based the translation off of Buu's character design, I don't believe the character was actually intended to be anything other than a demon.

Post by **desirecampbell** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:30 am

Duo wrote:Me and Tsukento actually did that in a thread once...I just have no idea where it is anymore. I have not helped at all.

Mmm... new signature-quote.
I, too, have not helped.

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:55 am

desirecampbell wrote:
Duo wrote:Me and Tsukento actually did that in a thread once...I just have no idea where it is anymore. I have not helped at all.
Mmm... new signature-quote.
I, too, have not helped.

Me and my family will honor your name for generations to come.