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Media Blasters Licenses Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shougana




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takachsh



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:24 pm Reply with quote
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Media Blasters Licenses Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai!! (08:54 AM EDT):
According to an update at DVD Pacific with October listings, Media Blasters has scheduled the first volume of Sukisho, which is an alternate romanization of Sukisyo, which is the shortened Japanese version of the full title of the twelve episode TV series that ran during the first quarter of 2005. No official confirmation has come in yet however and typically Media Blasters does not send out press releases for new acquisitions.


Intresting! ^^
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darkchibi07



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:49 pm Reply with quote
Wow, an all out shounen-ai series (with basically NO GIRLS Mad ) actually got licensed. They're definetely cashing it in for the fangirls.
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RabbitRevolution



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:36 pm Reply with quote
Yay! I had been really wanting to see this series, especially after seeing that yummy photospread in the July issue of Newtype Anime catgrin And I definitely am glad that Media Blasters is going with the romanization "Sukisho" rather than "Sukisyo." "Sukisyo" uses a less common type of romanization, and this spelling of the title was confusing me to no end until I recently learned that "sho" could also be written as "syo." I know that Sukisho isn't the best shounen-ai series out there, but I'm still excited about this news.
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Kruszer



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:52 pm Reply with quote
While this series doesn't interest me in the slightest, I can comment that it's pretty much a given only girls and gay guys are definitely the target market and probably the only ones who will pick it up. No offense.
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Zalis116
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:43 pm Reply with quote
Yeah, I took a glance at the info and decided "nope, not for me" several months ago. It's too bad that shows like this can be cashed in just for the fangirls, while other shows like Full Moon wo Sagashite and Aishiteruze Baby will probably sit on the shelf for a long time.

And the "syo" isn't necessarily less common, it's just the type of romanization that the Japanese would be more comfortable with. All of the sounds ending with "i" (ki,shi,chi,ni,hi,bi,pi,mi,ri) can be combined with the sounds ya,yu, and yo to form single syllables. The other romanization for what sounds like "shi" is "si"*--this isn't confusing to the Japanese since they don't have a sound similar to "see"; it's pronounced "she" instead. So, if you combine yo with ki, you get kyo, ni+yo=nyo,ri+yo=ryo etc., so naturally, si+yo=syo.

Check http://kanjisite.com/html/start/kana/hiragana02.html

for a further explanation of the sound system and why some romanizations are irregular.

*Watch the OP for Full Moon wo Sagashite; you see the word "Sinigami," which is of course also writeable as "shinigami."
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