Anime Discussion Thread

[Kiske]

Originally Posted by bcj

What the Mofo does MF represent?
It was never apparent anywhere in the manga I could find.

It hasn't been stated (yet) most think it is Mount Fuji Ghost... following the suite as Ghost of Akina did for the first story.

in the story MFG is the name of the racing team the main cast has.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

LMAO

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by bcj

What the Mofo does MF represent?
It was never apparent anywhere in the manga I could find.

Shigeno doesn't like to give out those stuff. Just like Initial-D... wtf D stand for? Prob "Drift", but if you read through the series, they gave up on drifting and go into AT aka grip. So title should change to Initial-G lol

[Kiske]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Shigeno doesn't like to give out those stuff. Just like Initial-D... wtf D stand for? Prob "Drift", but if you read through the series, they gave up on drifting and go into AT aka grip. So title should change to Initial-G lol

Actually that was revealed in the final episode. Project Dream.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by Kiske

Actually that was revealed in the final episode. Project Dream.

Was it? I must of missed it

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Was it? I must of missed it

It was.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by Spuds

It was.

Well shit, I guess I gotta re-read the last part of Ini-D

[spike021]

Tangentially related:

Max Orido will be some kind of advisor for (I assume) the new MF Ghost GR86 build (there was previously one for the GT86, which I saw at the 2019 Osaka Auto Messe). Some info here (beware, one pic moderately NSFW):

https://twitter.com/MAXORIDOMANABU/s...88430190534656

[soundman98]

Interesting article on all the connections and character continuations from initial d to mf ghost

https://japanesenostalgiccar.com/wha...g-to-mf-ghost/

[Captain Snooze]

Would someone please tell me what an "h scene" is. Actually, in the post there are a lot of h words. "H training-sim", "H-experience".

[Kiske]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Would someone please tell me what an "h scene" is. Actually, in the post there are a lot of h words. "H training-sim", "H-experience".

Porn

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Would someone please tell me what an "h scene" is. Actually, in the post there are a lot of h words. "H training-sim", "H-experience".

I believe H stand for hentai which, for the purposes of the English speaking world means anime porn or pervert.

[chikubi]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Would someone please tell me what an "h scene" is. Actually, in the post there are a lot of h words. "H training-sim", "H-experience".

In Japanese, the word most commonly used these days when talking about sex and sexual things is ecchi(エッチ or エッチな). It’s pronounced ay-chi or eh-chi, but there is a slight silent pause between the ay/eh and the chi. In and of itself, apart from it being used to describe sexual things, it’s not really a word, but actually the spelled out Japanese pronunciation of the English/Roman letter ‘H’. Why ‘H’? Because it’s the first letter of the Romanized spelling of the word hentai, which we all know and love and brings us full circle back to sexual things and why the Japanese use ecchi to describe them.

Now, one thing to note is that hentai isn’t necessarily always used to describe sexual perversion, but can also mean anything that is kinda twisted or warped or someone who is warped as well, for example someone who gets off on killing or harming people or animals, like a serial killer. Most common of course is sexual perversion, but it’s not an exclusive meaning.

Likewise, despite ecchi’s origin in the word hentai, it doesn’t typically mean sexually perverted or expicit content. It’s usually literally a substitute for the word ‘sex’ or ‘sexual’, so for example, if you were to ask your significant other if they wanted to have sex, the Japanese phrase translates more or less to ‘Wanna do ecchi tonight?’ So in and of itself, it’s not really used to describe perverted things or porn, so much as just sex in general. My wife and I are in our 50’s and when we talk about such things, ecchi is the word we use, so it’s really commonplace with most people in general.

In any case, the long and short of it is that ecchi derives from hentai and means sexual things, but not necessarily sexually perverted or explicit things like porn. And the reason you see English speaking people use the letter ‘H’ when talking about Japanese sexual content like an H-game is because technically it’s the shortened Romanized form of the word ecchi which is the Romanized Japanese pronunciation of the letter ‘H’, which is the Romanized first letter of the word hentai. Whew, got all that?! It’s a workout isn’t it?

FWIW, my wife is Japanese and I’ve got a degree in the language and in Japanese culture and society in general, so this kind of stuff is fun to explain and share for me. Been speaking it every day for coming up on almost 25 years now.

[Spuds]

I watched the live action Cowboy Bebop on Netflix and thoroughly enjoyed it. Same feel as the anime, bit I found it easier to follow the (tweaked) plot. Visually it's pretty damn good, and the acting was superb.

Too bad they cancelled the second season. There's apparently a petition to revive it, but I doubt it will do anything. IMO, it's one of those wasted moments of brilliance, kinda like Firefly.