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Sabrblade wrote:He's more of a cartoon-ized version of a real life Japanese raccoon dog.

Which I love, such cute little guys.

Still love that his head splits in half but is still mostly posable

Sabrblade wrote:I like how his head can look up to make the beast mode quadrupedal.

Also like that too. Beast mode is pretty posable thanks to it.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:He's more of a cartoon-ized version of a real life Japanese raccoon dog.

Last time I checked, real life Japanese racoon dogs don't carry sake.



Jokes aside, he's a mix of both, hence why I wasn't sure to include him on par with dragons and the like in my top 5 mythological alt mode TFs list.

Sabrblade wrote:I still hear people say Ginrai's name wrong (it's "Jin-rye").

It's the same people who say GIF with a hard G.

Hey now, I know how to pronounce Ginrai's name properly.

But with GIF... I don't care what the creator of the format says, a hard G sounds more natural for it (as opposed to sounding like a peanut butter brand). Especially since "Graphics", the first word in the acronym, starts with a hard G.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Except those same people'd be right, as the file extension is short for "Graphic Interchange Format"

Thing is, the guy who invented the format insists it should be said with a soft G despite that. It makes me want to pronounce the full name starting with a soft G to poke fun at the lack of logic.

william-james88 wrote:lol, I knew my GIF comment was gonna spark this.

And yet, you opened the can of worms anyway.