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Kansai accent (because she’s from Osaka
Posted: Apr 30, 2005 12:03am
by shinobi88
how come in Anime when they dub it, The Characters from Osaka or Kansai, in English they sound Southren? Why Is that
re: Kansai accent (because she’s from Osaka
Posted: Apr 30, 2005 7:11am
by WhoWantsToKnow
It's a bit of a "lost in translation" issue. Characters like Ukyou Kuonji and Mitsune Konno come from the southern part of Honshu (Japan's largest island), what's known as the Kansai area, and they carry a pretty distinctive accent to them when compared to what you might hear elsewhere.
I don't know who was the first to do it (I suspect Viz and the Ocean Group), but in order to create some kind of analogue with American dubs, they used a distinctive American accent. I suspect that the southern accent happened to be the closest analogue to hand that's easily identifiable (a good many Americans will recognize a southerner if they hear one). The idea apparently has stuck.
re: Kansai accent (because she’s from Osaka
Posted: May 03, 2005 8:56pm
by Dark Lilly
I know why they do it but I hate it .... mostly because it is uaually a poorly faked southern accent. Neither do I like a poorly faked British accent ..... or anything else for that matter ..... Picky, picky, picky
re: Kansai accent (because she’s from Osaka
Posted: May 05, 2005 7:24am
by WhoWantsToKnow
Never said I did like it. Only making an inference as to its origin and reason.