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niwa1985 Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Total posts: 30 Location: Germany Age: 24 Gender: Male |
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject: Anime, Manga and Dorama that feature Kansai-dialect speakers Post Rating: 0 |
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Hello !!
For my MA Thesis, I am in need of anime, manga and/or dorama that feature characters that are considered to speak what is called Kansai-dialect or Osaka-dialect.
Can you name a few, preferably with the specific character mentioned?
Thank you very much !!
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Chen Yisi Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Total posts: 166 Location: Reading/Paris Age: 24 Gender: Female |
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:37 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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Oh I know one drama in which they speak Kansai-ben !
It's Ganbatte Ikimasshoi.
Well, you can guess from the title itself ^^
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:08 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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From what's in my head now,
Drama
- Ganesha in Yume wo kanaeru zou.
- Sometimes the main characters (Rokuro & Rikako) in 33 Pun Tantei speak with kansai-ben. (I think there's one whole episode in Season 2 that takes place in Osaka but I'm not sure about that.)
Anime
- Heiji & Kazuha & Heiji's family in Meitantei Conan (Detective Conan, a.k.a. Case Closed)
If you want to look into video game as well, both Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 1 and 2 have characters that speak with Kansai-ben. (Madoka in Girl's Side 1 and Haruhi and Chris in Girl's Side 2).
I just used Google with keyword "Kansai-ben, Anime, Drama" and found a lot of related links so you should try that too. ^_^
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kaidanmono Joined: 20 Jun 2008 Total posts: 14 Gender: Female |
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:22 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| The manga/anime Lovely Complex (ラブ・コン) is well known for its use of the Kansai dialect. ALL the characters speak it.
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niwa1985 Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Total posts: 30 Location: Germany Age: 24 Gender: Male |
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:27 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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^ Interesting idea...
Any reason why you are focusing purely on the Kansai dialects as opposed to any regional dialect in Japan?
I think a great source for seeing how dialects used in dramas compare to the real thing are NHK asadoramas. Whenever the storylines are outside the Kanto area, they generally try to bring in elements of the region's dialect into the characters... But at the same time, they can't go completely into some of these dialects because if they did/could I'm sure nobody would understand what the characters were saying
I've only (relatively) recently gotten hooked on this form of drama, but here are a some good examples of Kansai region dialects from the asadoramas I've seen in recent years. I decided to add the other dialects used in the series as well... ^_^;;; (Prefecture - dialect)
Chiritotechin - Wada Household (Fukui - Wakasa), Most everybody else (Osaka)
DanDan - Megumi (Shimane - Izumo), Nozomi (old Kyoto Gion dialect -- chracters are geiko)
Kaze no Haruka - Haruka (Kyushu - Oita-ben), characters from Soyokaze Travel Agency etc (Osaka-ben)
And just because....
Junjou Kirari - Sakurako, Tatsuhiko (Aiichi - Mikawa), Sugi Togo (Aomori - Tsugaru) <- incidentally, the actor playing Sugi Togo, Nishijima Hidetoshi, got to use the Tsugaru accent again in the regular/renzoku drama, Yama Onna Kabe Onna
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niwa1985 Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Total posts: 30 Location: Germany Age: 24 Gender: Male |
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:00 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| mizune wrote: | ^ Interesting idea...
Any reason why you are focusing purely on the Kansai dialects as opposed to any regional dialect in Japan? |
Well, yes.
First of all, one has to limit oneself to something, as it might get too much to do for a 80 pages paper. I want to focus on Osaka, as it is my favorite dialect and as I may have the chance to go to a university there next year for research on my MA topic, though I might also consider other Kansai dialects for comparing purposes.
And: I did my BA thesis on Japanese dialectology taking examples from the Osaka dialect into account. My course of study is really strange, as I handed in my BA thesis a month ago, but at the same time, I am almost finished with my MA studies (although I am not MA yet officially ). Therefore it is quite handy to take a similar topic for the MA thesis.
| Quote: | I think a great source for seeing how dialects used in dramas compare to the real thing are NHK asadoramas. Whenever the storylines are outside the Kanto area, they generally try to bring in elements of the region's dialect into the characters... But at the same time, they can't go completely into some of these dialects because if they did/could I'm sure nobody would understand what the characters were saying
I've only (relatively) recently gotten hooked on this form of drama, but here are a some good examples of Kansai region dialects from the asadoramas I've seen in recent years. I decided to add the other dialects used in the series as well... ^_^;;; (Prefecture - dialect)
Chiritotechin - Wada Household (Fukui - Wakasa), Most everybody else (Osaka)
DanDan - Megumi (Shimane - Izumo), Nozomi (old Kyoto Gion dialect -- chracters are geiko)
Kaze no Haruka - Haruka (Kyushu - Oita-ben), characters from Soyokaze Travel Agency etc (Osaka-ben) |
Oh, that sounds good. I think I saw one, when I was in Japan a few years ago. Have to check the torrents (if there are any).
| Quote: | And just because....
Junjou Kirari - Sakurako, Tatsuhiko (Aiichi - Mikawa), Sugi Togo (Aomori - Tsugaru) <- incidentally, the actor playing Sugi Togo, Nishijima Hidetoshi, got to use the Tsugaru accent again in the regular/renzoku drama, Yama Onna Kabe Onna |
I liked that Yama Onna Kabe Onna guy. He was so not-understandable.
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Does anybody know about literature written in Kansai-dialect?
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ZEaLoUsThEFiSh Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Total posts: 1 Location: United States Age: 20 Gender: Unknown |
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:48 pm Post subject: Kansai-ben Self-study Site Post Rating: 0 |
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There's a big list of movies, anime, manga, music, etc. that feature the Kansai dialect. As well as some videos and such comparing it to the standard dialect.
It also covers some basic expressions and parts of the grammar that change for Kansai.
http://web.mit.edu/kansai/index.html
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wmcnair370 Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Total posts: 327 Location: Chicago Gender: Unknown |
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:05 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| Doesn't Tomo-chan speak in Kansai-ben in Azumanga Daioh?
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RoosterMcTey Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Total posts: 31 Location: TN Age: 27 Gender: Female |
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| Hmm, I recall that Sakurai Sho had to use Kansai-ben in a movie called Kiiroi Namida, though I can't remember where exactly his character was from. (It's up on dramacrazy.net under the English title.)
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