Video Subbing [Manzai]: PUNK BOO BOO

Hey all, I've subtitled two short videos of the manzai duo, Punk Boo Boo (Sato Tetsuo, Kurose Jun).
These guys are a very highly respected pair, and despite their successes, are not very famous compared to some other comedians.
They were the 2009 champions of the M-1 Grand Prix, a now defunct competition to decide the best young manzai group. They then won the competition that replaced M-1, called THE MANZAI. So there's no denying their skill. Other groups that have won the M-1 include Tutorial and Black Mayonnaise, who enjoyed great success with TV appearances etc after their victory. However, Punk Boo Boo went relatively unnoticed for some reason.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the two vids that I've subbed here.

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VIDEO 1
VIDEO 2


Punk Boo Boo- Pet Dog by juxtapose31
Punk Boo Boo - Impersonations & Goodbye Laughing by juxtapose31

TRANSLATION NOTES


CHAGE

Is a singer from the singing group "CHAGE and ASKA". They were immensley popular in the 1980's and early 90's, and mainly known for hits such as "Yah Yah Yah" and "Say Yes". You can probably guess which guy Chage is.

TOTORO

Is the character from Studio Ghibli anime, "My Neighbour Totoro". I was under the impression that people thought he was cute but I suppose not. Well he (or she?) might be ugly in real life though.

DRAGON QUEST

This is an extremely popular RPG video game series, originally being developed for the Famicon system in the 80's. You may be able to claim that this is the game that made RPG's popular and sparked Japan's obsession with them. I'm personally a big fan of the series (especially III) so found the impersonation of the conversation hilarious...

MAYONNAISE

Sure everyone knows mayonnaise  (well most people...) so why am I explaining this? Because the mayonnaise containers outside Japan are usually class jars. In Japan, they are typically plastic bottles like this picture. And they really make that noise when they're almost empty.


ICHIGO DAIFUKU

Is a strawberry flavoured daifuku (rice cake  with red bean paste inside). It also usually has a strawberry on top of it.


MARIMO

I just translated this as "Moss Ball", because that's what it is. There are massive colonies of this plant in Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. Check wiki

Video Subbing: [Manzai] TUTORIAL - Takeshi and Pero

Hey peeps,

Sorry about the lack of posts compared to previous standards. I don't have as much time these days to leisurely sub videos and so as a result, I take longer to get things done. While I work on a larger video I decided to do this 3 minute manzai routine by Tutorial. If you watch Shabekuri then you'll recognise them as Tokui and Fukuda.  If you just judge them by that show, you may not think particularly highly of them, but in terms of manzai skills, they are one of the best (IMO). Well at least, they are one of the groups I enjoy most. Anywho, I've done a routine of theirs called "Takeshi and Pero". I won't explain what it's about as you'll find out in the video but I must say that I think they were very brave to attempt something like this. I could imagine it have failed miserably if it was someone other than Tokui doing his.......err.........transformation.

You will see what I mean.


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[Manzai] Tutorial -Takeshi and Pero by juxtapose31

JAPANESE COMEDY SUBS: TUTORIAL - CHIRIN CHIRIN (BIKE BELL)

Hey there! How's life?

I thought I might try out subbing different kinds of videos rather than just ones with musicians or actors for a change. I'm a big fan of Japanese comedy so I'd like start to occasionally sub short conto's (comedy sketches) and manzai clips that I like. Depending on popularity it I may do it more frequently but we'll see how things go.

The first clip I've subtitled is material by the manzai unit 'Tutorial'. It consists of Tokui (the guy on the left) and Fukuda (on the right). ( If you want a short profile of them, visit  Owarai Hive, a blog focused solely on Japanese comedy and join it if you find this interesting). They're one of the most famous comedians in Japan of recent years, and also host the show 'Shabekuri 007' which is another show I've subbed before.

The Japanese Manzai style of comedy is quite simple, and consists of a 'boke' (the fool) and the 'tsukkomi' (Straight man). It's basically consists of the fool doing/saying something stupid and straightman correcting him. There's also usually a lot of head smacking towards the fool so don't be shocked or alarmed about him/her getting abused. It's supposed to be like that lol.

This group doesn't smack each other that much though, so even if you don't like violence you can still watch it ;p

TRANSLATION NOTES


CICADA CHORUS
This is mainly for people who might be studying Japanese and are interested in random Japanese words that don't exist in English. In the video there was a phrase "It was a really hot summer...As the cicadas loudly chorused.....blah". What I translated as cicada's chorusing was 'Semi Shigure' 蝉時雨. 'Semi' 蝉= Cicada, whereas 'Shigure' 時雨 is a light drizzle of rain that is common in Autumn and Winter. 'Semi Shigure' is combined to create a word to describe a continuous and loud kind crying noise of cicadas in the background. I suppose people thought it resembled the noise of the light drizzles.

YAMAZAKI MASAYOSHI
There was a part where Tokui says that he searched "The back streets of town, the instersections and even the train station platforms. Even though there's no way it would be there". As Fukuda pointed out, it copied the lyrics from a famous song by Yamazaki Masayoshi called 'One more time, One more chance'. There's an english subbed version on youtube (courtesy of domolela) so I posted it here. There's a heavy metal song at the start for a bit but don't worry, it's nothing like that. It was also a song used in the anime film 'Byousoku 5cm' (5cm per second) by Makoto Shinkai.



LEGS BECAME STICKS
There's a way of saying that you used your legs a lot that they'd become stiff as sticks in Japanese.........Oh wait they also do in English....I just said it.