Time for another Gaki video from us at J-Burogu.
In this episode, the Gaki staff investigate allegations that Tanaka has become highly disturbed after the comments made by Matsumoto in "100 Things About Matsumoto" segment. Tanaka is followed by Gaki cameras for about a week to determine why and how Tanaka has changed so suddenly and drastically.
This was a nice surprise of an episode from recent Gaki episodes (oh crap, it's from like 1-2 years ago now haha), it features Tanaka's as he convincingly portrays a character highly unlike him.
Yup the final part of the infamous Hamada "Unthinkable!" Trial has now been subbed, at last.
Hamada is going to be punished for his sadistic behaviour with the "Retching with the Kaeru no Uta" punishment.
Doesn't make sense? Yeah I know.
Kaeru no Uta is a popular children's song often sung in kindergarten and primary school, and translates to "The Song of the Frogs". Anyway, it's easier for you to just watch rather than me bothering to explain so here it is:
Once again, like I said after part 1, the Hamada trials will once again be delayed (mwahaha) for variety's sake.
Although I did help translate a fair bit of this video please make sure to thank the Team on their website (not here), since they do the hard, tedious work with timing, type setting etc etc. I'm sure they'd love to hear your comments.
Part one of the unseen footage special of GnT's Enthusiastic Teachers has been subbed by the Gaki Team and is available here. Please leave a thank you message there rather than here. http://www.teamgaki.com/455/
Since I translated a considerable amount of this, I won't be doing the Hamada Trial next, despite how I promised to.
This is because it gets a bit tiring subbing the same show all the time, and also because not everyone enjoys the show.
So basically, to add variety to the site and your lives.
How's life?
I've got another video sub for you! This time its a fairly overdue Gaki no Tsukai video. Actually, many series are much longer overdue....like Suberanai Hanashi and Lincoln. I promise to be doing episodes from those series next.
It's also the first request in a long while, although I had always intended to do this episode and the remaining two parts of the trilogy. You may probably know that Hamada Masatoshi from Downtown can be one evil bastard. He loves to hurt people, he loves watching people being in pain, and many legends exist about his outrageous and abusive behaviour towards his comedian peers. For this, he has even been given the knickname Super S Hamada, with "S" standing for "Sadistic".
Now it's time for his victims to be avenged, and for him to be judged and punished for his unthinkable acts of (super) sadism.
It's time to open court for.....the Hamada "Unthinkable!" Trial!......err part 1.
Also please thank al4bandi for timing and partial translations.
Thanks for you patience waiting for a subbed video while I finished uni exams.
I probably did okay although I'm not too sure about some.....haaa
I thought that it was about time for another "Gaki no Tsukai" especially since al4bandi was kind enough to time it once more. It also didn't take too long because there isn't as much talking in this one.
Shichihenge is a long running segment of this show where a comedian does seven transformations (that's what shichihenge means) and tries to make the Gaki no Tsukai crew laugh. Whoever that fails to hold in a laugh must pay up 1000 yen and put it into a box. You are judged on the total amount made and put on a list to compare with other comedians. Oh, and the money goes to some sort of charity if you're wondering. At least, it's supposed to.
This time around it's the turn of Goto Terumoto, the straight man from the duo Football Hour.
The part where Goto is making a pencil case out of the milk carton was a parody of this show. The "Can you do it?" was the song that gets played while the guy is making stuff.
Thanks for your patience, here's the first video sub after one month of break time.
Quite a few people asked me for this one to be done so felt like getting it done so no more of you will ask me anymore!
In this episode the Gaki team tease Heipo by scaring him with various disguises. If you're not that familiar with the Gaki no Tsukai series, Heipo is the producer (or director?) of the show and is known to have an extremely high sense of fear towards just about anything unexpected. Some of the things he gets scared at is so ridiculous that it seems fake but who knows?
Also, they say this epsiode is an altered version of the shichihenge series. I don't think any have been subbed yet so I'll explain what it is: Firstly, "shichi-henge" means "7 Transformations". The premise of the series is that they are in a meeting to decide on new projects for the show. One person goes out of the room and comes back in "transformed" and tries to make the others laugh somehow. This is done seven times and each time someone laughs 1000 yen is put in a box to be donated to a charity foundation. The aim is to make the most people laugh, and get the highest amount of money in the box.
This is time it's 1000 yen for each time Heipo gets scared and the others take turns to scare him.
HANDKERCHIEF PRINCE
The "Handkerchief Prince" was a nickname given to the baseballer, Yuki Saito, because he often wiped his sweat with a handkerchief before pitching on the mound. Yuki Saito wikipedia
SHOKUPAN-MAN
Shokupan-man was a character off the kids cartoon, Anpan-man. The heroes on this show are bread people, I don't know how they came alive, but they have replaceable bread heads which you can be remade in an oven. Anpan-man often lets people take a bite from his head if they're hungry or hurt so his head is often replaced. Shokupan is just the ordinary loaf bread. Anpan is a bun with red bean paste inside, and their are characters called Currypan-man (Curry bread), and Melonpana-chan (Melon bread).
GEGEGE NO KITARO
This is another popular kids manga/anime. It features many "yokai" which are Japanese ghosts, monsters, spirits etc. Wikipedia. I used to watch both Anpanman and Gegege as a kid in Japan....
Here's a relatively recent episode from Gaki no Tsukai Ya Arahende. In this episode the five have prepared songs that are personally special to them as it represents some sort of memory or episode of their lives. You get to know a little bit of these comedians' pasts this time, rather than laughing at their crazy antics. Even so, some of their stories are quite funny.
MASTERS (SHISHOU 師匠)
Before the 90's most Japanese comedians studied under a veteran comedian, who they refer to as "shishou" (Master). Downtown did not have a shishou, and this was considered unusual for that time, and so they experienced various troubles (as you heard in the video). Nowadays people don't follow shishous but enter some comedy training classes like the NSC (New Star Creation) Program at Yoshimoto Kogyo.
PERSONALLY SPECIAL SONGS LIST
DOWNTOWN BOY/ Sano Motoharu
KIMI WO SAGASHITIRU (ASAGA KURUMADE)/ Sano Motoharu
Looking For You (Until Morning Comes)
DAIMEIWAKU/ Unicorn
Big Problem
TOKYO SEISHUN ASAYAKE MONOGATARI/ Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi
Tokyo Youth Time Morning Glow Story
QUESTION/ X-Ray
NAMIDA NO TAKE A CHANCE/ Kazami Shingo Tears of "Take A Chance"
DOUKESHI NO SONNET/ SADA MASASHI
Clown's Sonnet
HITORI NI NARERUKAI/ DOWNTOWN
Can You Be Alone
[Thank you to Firerevenge for uploading :)]
What's up everyone?
I've got another video for ya!
It's one of those extra footage episodes of the No Laughing Batsu Game series. I was asked to do whatever one I felt like so I chose the police department one, for no particular reason really. Just picked the first one that I found.
It might be better to re-watch the full one before watching this (maybe?). It might make it a bit funnier so that you'll remember the premise and stuff but whatever...you can decide for yourselves.
I've never watched a subbed version of this so I don't really know how the others are done but I hope mine are good enough. I've bothered to sub most of the text that pops up on the screen too since it's a popular series. Well, I hope you enjoy it!
NAGARE HAGIWARA
Is an actor and talent. He's known for liking to where cowboy style clothes. He's also quite famous as a pervert. I suppose that's why he's at the brothel.
W JEANS PANTS
Tanaka and Matsumoto were dressed up as Matsuda Yusaku in his role from the popular 1980's police show "Taiyo ni Hoero" (Howl at the Sun). The "What the heck is that!" line that Matsumoto does at the end is a take on Matsuda's famous line when he dies "What the heck is this!?". This line, and the way it is said is very famous, and you'll hear it everywhere on Japanese TV. That character's nickname was also "Jeans pants" because he always wore jeans. Hence the name "W Jeans pants" for the Matsumoto + Tanaka combo. Also, Yutaro, the guy holding a large wine glass that often appears in the Gaki series is also a parody of a character off this show played by Ishihara Yujiro.
KUWATA KEISUKE
Is a very famous solo singer and vocalist for the band Southern All-Stars. I've written about him a lot of times in these translation notes, so that goes to show how much of a big pop culture icon he is. He and his band are one of the most successful and influential artists for what is now called J-Pop.
MORI SHINICHI
Mori Shinichi is one of the most famous enka and kayoukyoku singers. Enka is a traditional style of Japanese singing whereas Kayoukyoku is the precursor to "J-Pop". It's basically the popular music prior to the 1980's which are influenced by Western music but still have a Japanese feel to it (J-pop is even more Westernized). He's known for his husky voice and kind of strange looking mouth lol. He's really old now and it looks like he's going to die while singing on stage but he's still awesome.
CARP STREAMERS/ KOINOBORI
These are things that people hang up on poles on May 5th, "Children's Day". They get flapped around in the wind like flags do, making them look as though they are swimming. There are (usually) three carps; the biggest one is the dad, the second biggest is the mother and the smallest the son. If their are more sons then they add more (with different colours). What about daughters? They're not important enough. Haha nah, don't worry, girls have their own day called Hinamatsuri on the 3rd of March.
SHIMAKI JOUJI
Shimaki Jouji is a veteran comedian now mainly known for his role in the Yoshimoto Shin-kigeki, a comedic stage play performed at the Namba Grand Kagetsu. One of his staple jokes involve banging his head with a pair of ash trays.
Observe from the youtube.....
RECREATION TIME SONGS
Here are the songs that armpit clapper performed.
TRY ME - AMURO NAMIE
IF YOU'RE HAPPY CLAP YOUR HANDS - SAKAMOTO KYU
A world famous tune, originally from East Europe. Here's the Japanese version.
TENNESSEE WALTZ -
Originally an American song, but covered in Japanese (and English) by Eri Chiemi.
Here's the Japanese version.
Here's the second installment of Murakami Shoji's Classroom Series from the show Gaki no Tsukai Ya Arahende. It was timed and partially subbed by al4bandi so please thank him too.
This time it's a class to become a Green Beret. The Green Beret were originally the British army commando's during World War II who wore green berets as a signal of their position. Some armies still have their commandos wear green berets such as France and Australia.
If you saw the ninja class version of this series then you can expect much of the same.
NISHIKAWA HELEN
Is the wife of highly revered veteran comedian, Nishikawa Kiyoshi. She is hald Japanese, half American and was a popular actress working for Yoshimoto Kogyo. She married her husband while he was still an unknown entertainer, although he would go on to become one of the most successful manzai and tv comedians during the 1970's and 80's along with his partner Yokoyama Kiyoshi (group name Yasushi Kiyoshi). Here's a picture of them back when they were young.
SWEETS AND WHIP
The "Sweets and the Whip" is the Japanese equivalent of "Carrot and the stick". If you don't know what that means, look at this picture:
You encourage the donkey (or person) to move forward as they try to eat the carrot. If they still don't move then you smack them on the bum with a stick. The "Sweets and whip" version has the same principles as this.
University has recommenced for me this week, so I won't be getting as much time to work on subtitling. I still will try to when I have the time to but they probably won't be released as often as before. Better than nothing though.
Here's an episode from the long running show, Downtown's "Gaki no Tsukai Ya Arahende". This show has a very strong following on the internet by people around the world, largely thanks to their 24 hour batsu games, which have been uploaded by some people onto youtube. Even if you don't know what I'm talking about already, you quite probably have seen some before. The most famous seems to be a comedian called Jimmy Ohnishi trying to count in English but says, "ten ten" instead of 20 and "ten ten ten" instead of 30 and so on.
If you haven't seen it.................WATCH IT! You are missing out on one of the greatest pleasures of this earth.
I'll be happy to give you links if you can't be bothered searching yourselves.
So this video is the first volume of Murakami Shoji's Classroom Series. It's the only one I have seen so far, as there are so many Gaki episodes to watch, I haven't gotten around to them yet. There seem to be lots of interesting sounding ones (such as pirates and Ghostbuster classes) so I'm curious as to what they're like. Well anyway, for their first lesson they learn how to be ninja..........sort of.
MURAKAMI SHOJI
Murakami Shoji is a veteran comedian mostly famous for his 'suberi' comedy, which basically means 'not funny' comedy. Kind of paradoxical, but the laughs are due to the awkward atmosphere it creates rather than the actual joke. He is the senior of all of the gang here, including Downtown (notice how Hamada called him 'big bro'). He has a long history with Downtown as well as the comedian Akashiya Sanma and often appears on their shows.
YAGYU CLAN
The Yagyu Clan were a powerful clan of feudal lords and also founders of one of the most famous styles of swordsmanship, the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu. They were also very close to the Tokugawa family, who were the rulers of Japan at the time, by teaching them sword fighting and kind of being their elite squad of samurai.
IGA and KOGA
These are the names of the two most famous Ninja clans/provinces. I'll let wikipedia do the explaining.
The Iga and Kōga clans have come to describe families living in the province of Iga (modern Mie Prefecture) and the adjacent region of Kōka (later written as Kōga), named after a village in what is now Shiga Prefecture. From these regions, villages devoted to the training of ninja first appeared.[25] The remoteness and inaccessibility of the surrounding mountains may have had a role in the ninja's secretive development.[24] Historical documents regarding the ninja's origins in these mountainous regions are considered generally correct.[26] The chronicle Go Kagami Furoku writes, of the two clans' origins:
There was a retainer of the family of Kawai Aki-no-kami of Iga, of pre-eminent skill in shinobi, and consequently for generations the name of people from Iga became established. Another tradition grew in Kōga.[26]
Likewise, a supplement to the Nochi Kagami, a record of the Ashikaga shogunate, confirms the same Iga origin:
Inside the camp at Magari of the Shogun [Ashikaga] Yoshihisa there were shinobi whose names were famous throughout the land. When Yoshihisa attacked Rokkaku Takayori, the family of Kawai Aki-no-kami of Iga, who served him at Magari, earned considerable merit as shinobi in front of the great army of the Shogun. Since then successive generations of Iga men have been admired. This is the origin of the fame of the men of Iga.[27]
A distinction is to be made between the ninja from these areas, and commoners or samurai hired as spies or mercenaries. Unlike their counterparts, the Iga and Kōga clans produced professional ninja, specifically trained for their roles.[21] These professional ninja were actively hired by daimyos between 1485 and 1581,[21] until Oda Nobunaga invaded Iga province and wiped out the organized clans.[28] Survivors were forced to flee, some to the mountains of Kii, but others arrived before Tokugawa Ieyasu, where they were well treated.[29] Some former Iga clan members, including Hattori Hanzō, would later serve as Tokugawa's bodyguards.[30] Following the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, Tokugawa employed a group of eighty Kōga ninja, led by Tomo Sukesada. They were tasked to raid an outpost of the Imagawa clan. The account of this assault is given in the Mikawa Go Fudoki, where it was written that Kōga ninja infiltrated the castle, set fire to its towers, and killed the castellan along with 200 of the garrison.[31] The Kōga ninja are said to have played a role in the later Battle of Sekigahara (1600), where several hundred Kōga assisted soldiers under Torii Mototada in the defence of Fushimi Castle.[32] After Tokugawa's victory at Sekigahara, the Iga acted as guards for the inner compounds of Edo Castle, while the Kōga acted as a police force and assisted in guarding the outer gate.[30] In 1614, the initial "winter campaign" at the Siege of Osaka saw the ninja in use once again. Miura Yoemon, a ninja in Tokugawa's service, recruited shinobi from the Iga region, and sent 10 ninja into Osaka Castle in an effort to foster antagonism between enemy commanders.[33] During the later "summer campaign", these hired ninja fought alongside regular troops at the Battle of Tennōji.[33]
HADAKA NO TAISHO
Hadakano Taisho was a drama shown between 1980~1994. In short, it's about a wandering artist that goes to various towns and ends up settling disputes of the people he meets. The main character is a fat slobby looking kind of guy.
