Barpharanges Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I am a big fan of Orguss, but not very good at translation. I stumbled across this nifty piece of information; the emann alphabet. These symbols are stenciled all over the Orguss, and show up alot in the series. I was hoping someone could translate the japanese portion of the picture. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I am a big fan of Orguss, but not very good at translation. I stumbled across this nifty piece of information; the emann alphabet. These symbols are stenciled all over the Orguss, and show up alot in the series. I was hoping someone could translate the japanese portion of the picture. Thanks in advance. Neat picture! Unfortunately, it doesn't correspond to the Latin alphabet, it corresponds to Japanese Hiragana. So if you learn Hiragana first (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana), you'll be able to learn Emann next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renato Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Yeah, as Gubaba said, you just need to overlay a hiragana/katakana grid over that. It's basically a i u e o, ka ki ku ke ko, sa shi su se so, etc. Where did you find that, though?? I don't think I've seen that before. Good find. Are there any more hidden treasures lying around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barpharanges Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Thanks for the help. This is my sad attempt for now while I track down the other symbols. I cannot identify the ending symbol at the top of the chart. The weird little octopus symbol at the bottom seems to mean "point", or "date". Again, any readers of japanese, please feel free to add any more information. The original scan can be found here: http://dennis-toys.blogspot.com/2009/06/16...guss-olson.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanzerfan Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I am a big fan of Orguss, but not very good at translation. I stumbled across this nifty piece of information; the emann alphabet. These symbols are stenciled all over the Orguss, and show up alot in the series. I was hoping someone could translate the japanese portion of the picture. Thanks in advance. The name of the species is Emarn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 The name of the species is Emarn. エマーン could be either Emann or Emarn. I've usually seen it as Emaan, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcroRay Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I've known it as Emann since about 1986, thanks to Takatoku toy boxes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanzerfan Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 エマーン could be either Emann or Emarn. I've usually seen it as Emaan, however. Well, on the subtitled version I saw when it still ran on ImaginAsian, the term was "Emarn". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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