>A fan in the worst sense of the word.  Conty said that fanboys are the
>kind of people that would say their favorite mecha show is Ranma 1/2.  You
>haven't heard of this term?  It's been around for some time, and not just
>in the anime realm. 

I spent most of my time in thoe Star Trek universe...  :-)
(or Star Wars...)


>Iiee!!  The catalog number; the number printed on the spine of your
>library book!! 

Sorry!  952.04 D199a


>> JOUDAN?
>
>A joke.  I thought that you said that you bought a Japanese dictionary?  ^_^

Just got it from the library till I can find a REALLY good J->E  E->J 
dictionary...  It goes from JOTO to JOYAKU...

>Uh, I don't think that you're using the right sources if you want to learn
>Japanese.  Mangajin is pretty good, if you like manga.  Depending on your
>skill, Ranma 1/2 manga can be an easy one to learn a few kanji.  If you 
>grab the synopses or translations, and start trying to match the English 
>words to the words on the page, it's pretty easy to pick up kanji like 
>"dragon" or "sword".  Heck, I learned at least a few dozen kanji just by 
>reading the manga.  The "heaven" in Tendou is easy to spot.  "Dragon" in 
>hiryuu shouten ha, etc.

I'm not really trying to learn Japanese (yet) just get the gist when they 
throw some words in here and there and some of the signage...  I'm mostly 
trying to learn the world of the Otaku, to get the 'deeper meaning' of the 
shows (yeah, right!  Mostly in-jokes), and have some fun!!!

Trying to find Manga/tapes and even comics is difficult out here! (I hope I 
am using the terminology right...  Do you call the Viz comics versions comics 
or Manga, I thought manga would just be the original Japanese...

>Happosai is a food item.  Did you know?  So all the Chinese names in 
>Ranma 1/2 are jokes.  So think about Happousai and Taro (root).  And 
>Rouge, Shampoo, Cologne, and Mousse.  ^_^;;  I dunno how Pink and Link 
>fit into this picture.

Shampoo, Cologne and Mousse I got...  I haven't gotten up to episodes/text 
with the other characters yet (except Happosai - not in the dictionary).

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