Posted by Seibertron Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:27 pm
Sabrblade wrote:I edited my post to include one more point.
Posted by Sabrblade Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:44 pm
It was likely from a mistranslation of 力 (chikara).Seibertron wrote:Where does Riki come from with Chikara?
You can use the English word "Brain" instead of the transliteration of "Burein" since the use of Katakana over Hiragana denotes their using the English word.Seibertron wrote:"Yūki no Burein" = 勇気のブレイン = "Brain of Courage"
"Chikara no Burein" = 力のブレイン = "Brain of Strength"
"Chie no Burein" = 知恵のブレイン = "Brain of Intelligence"
"Waza no Burein" = 技のブレイン = "Brain of Skill"
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Posted by chuckdawg1999 Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:05 pm
Seibertron wrote:Sabrblade wrote:"Yūki" is literally the Japanese word for "Courage", "Bravery", "Fearlessness", etc. Same with the other three meaning those other words (though, it's "Chikara" rather than "Riki"). "Waza" was even used again in recent years in Transformers: Go! to refer to GoKenzan as the "Waza no Sanjou Gattai", meaning he's the "Triple Combination of Skill". Fans attributing these descriptors to the Brainmasters as personal names for them was likely another product of the early online fandom of the 90s' lack of full understanding of the Japanese Transformers series. And that is reasonably understandable since both the fandom and its awareness of the Japanese TF series' existence was still very new at the time, and the shows themselves wouldn't be fully experienced until the fansubs of them from TV-Nihon and the official subbed DVD sets of them from the UK and Australia came about in the 2000s.
As for the brains themselves, the Victory cartoon itself would address the terms "Yūki", "Chikara", "Chie" and "Waza" in regards to the brains in its third episode:Jean's hyperbolic excitement aside, it's evident that he's speaking of the Brains as a power (manifested into physical robotic forms) belonging to each of the larger Autobots, rather than as individual persons in their own right.Joyce: "Hey, are the Cybertrons powerful?"
Jean: "Of course! All the Cybertrons are powerful, but the Brainmasters are really powerful!"
Joyce: "Brainmasters?"
Jean: "Yeah! There's only four beings in the whole universe who have the Brain Power (Burein Kinō)!"
Students: "Wow!"
Teacher: "Jean-kun! Be quiet and pay attention!"
Jean: "Yes sir!"
Joyce: "What's Brain Power?"
Jean: "I'm glad you asked! Brain Power is... Courage (Yūki)! Strength (Chikara)! Intelligence (Chie)! Skill (Waza)! It's an awesome mecha that gives one's abilities a power-up! When some has the Brain Power, they become one of the most powerful warriors in the universe! Well, that's what I heard from Holi, anyway."
They're still "Yūki", "Riki", "Chie" and "Waza" to me.
Posted by guarayakha Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:09 am
Seibertron wrote:
Where does Riki come from with Chikara?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat Sun Aug 31, 2014 1:32 pm
guarayakha wrote:Seibertron wrote:
Where does Riki come from with Chikara?
Synonyms. The kanji "力" can be read as both "Chikara" or "Riki".
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Posted by Sabrblade Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:37 pm
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Posted by LOST Cybertronian Mon Sep 01, 2014 5:42 pm
-Kanrabat- wrote:YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
Blast Cannon wrote:This thread is brilliant. Duragrip you are a gloriously weird sexual deviant and I love it.
Posted by Sabrblade Mon Sep 01, 2014 6:25 pm
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Posted by LOST Cybertronian Mon Sep 01, 2014 6:29 pm
-Kanrabat- wrote:YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
Blast Cannon wrote:This thread is brilliant. Duragrip you are a gloriously weird sexual deviant and I love it.
Posted by Sabrblade Mon Sep 01, 2014 6:49 pm
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Posted by Agamemnon Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:22 pm
Sabrblade wrote:So yeah, despite Saber and the Brain being smaller than their originals, Star Saber's "Battle Up!" form is definitely bigger.
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
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Posted by RotorstormNZ Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:56 pm
Posted by LOST Cybertronian Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:21 pm
-Kanrabat- wrote:YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
Blast Cannon wrote:This thread is brilliant. Duragrip you are a gloriously weird sexual deviant and I love it.
Posted by Sabrblade Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:28 pm
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Posted by The Thuggernaut Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:45 pm
, not bad, not bad at all.
Posted by fenrir72 Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:41 am
Posted by Torneira Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:03 am
Posted by BERSEKAEL Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:16 am
Posted by kirbenvost Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:50 am
Posted by RhA Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:11 am
BERSEKAEL wrote:honestly doesn't look bad, besides I know nothing about that character or its lore. So pass.
Posted by ZeroWolf Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:41 am
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:01 am
ZeroWolf wrote:Hmm...now to find out how much that is pound wise. These pictures are fantastic, a lot of love has been given to updating Star Saber. Can't wait for next March.
Rodimus Prime wrote:You can't make me disappear. I am not feet.
Posted by WildclawPrime Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:14 am
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