"My girlfriend should be human -- not my right hand!"

[larryhammer]

Short shameful confession: I am more amused than is warranted, given the syntactic differences of Japanese and English, by translated taglines for anime and manga.

My current favorites are "Mysterious school academy cat action!!" and "Thus begins a girl-meets-monster love comedy!" -- which are probably even funnier if you DON'T know the context -- though I remain fond of "Non-stop after-school exorcist action!" Current runner-up is "Taisho cherry blossoms amidst a fanciful storm."


(Answers: Neko-Ten, Tokyo★Innocent, Ga-Rei, and Sakura Wars (tv series), resepectively.)

---L.

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[larryhammer]

Heh. I believe it. Engrish can be fun for the whole family.

---L.

[(Anonymous)]

Chinglish is a riot too, if the HK-subtitled PEKING OPERA BLUES is any indication.

Tho' all I remember at this point are the shinning lights and crowdy cars.

I still say, "It's crowdy in here"...CW

[larryhammer]

Heh. That's a good one.

---L.