Amusing instances of "Engrish" in anime series.

[Captain Impulse]

We've all seen it: on signs, posters, books, computer screens...you name it. Humorous instances of "Engrish" appearing in your favorite anime series.

What are some of your personal favorites? With so many instances of it, I'm sure we've all seen something that was chuckle-worthy. I'll start it all off with one of my favorites, from "Gravion":

1) Status Clitical (http://engrish.com/image/engrish/clitical.jpg)
"Planetaly defense system all destroyed! A deceased citizen: 10,000,000. Status Clitical!"

2) Chrono Crusade: "N.Y., South Brooklym" - Never heard of BrooklyM before. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

3) Stellvia: "Does it make answer?" "It records. After a dial tone please message". "It is transmitting" - From an answering machine.

And if you don't know what Engrish (http://engrish.com/) is, shame on you!

Please post your favorite instances of Engrish here. You don't have to post a link/image...I'm sure the text will be amusing enough.

...and please, please, PLEASE - no "all your base are belong to us!" crap. /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif

[jecca-neko]

L/R. Every single vocal song in the background. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Oh yeah, there's also the weird Engrish in Fighting Spirit songs. ie "I want to dive lost mind" from the first opening theme.

There's some in Azumanga Daioh too when the teachers run across the foreigner (who turns out to be German, not American like they assume) but I can't remember exactly what they say.

[porkchopexpress]

I remember in Dokkoida!? Edelweis hits a button to launch some missiles from a spaceship when the view screen says "Rock On!". /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[Captain Impulse]

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jecca-neko said:
L/R. Every single vocal song in the background. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif


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Haha...I bought that OST because I liked the Billy Preston song so much (I'm a big jazz buff), so I know what you mean. Pretty much every other song on the OST has some terrible engrish going on...which is sad, because the music itself is awesome. After listening to it a couple times though, the engrish doesn't bug you anymore... /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Mr. Nail Bat]

In Nadesico, I'm amused by Yurika talking to the U.N. (or whatever they call it.) "Can you open za big barrier puhreeeeeeeese?"

And who can forget, in Outlaw Star, <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>"Spit Sperm"</span>.

[Yukichan105]

In Full Metal Panic! Chidori makes the sub's monitors say "Everybody's gonna happy! ^_^"

[Captain Impulse]

I love how the full title of Hajime no Ippo includes the phrase, "The Fighting!". /images/graemlins/sweat200.gif

[Sensuifu]

Yukikaze has some humorous Engrish bits, can't recite them from memory, but it's obvious when heard.

Patlabor (New Files): where text "Battely Check" was later corrected in the following episode.

Samurai Champloo: the Dutch trader trying to speak English.

[Ty]

Half the opening theme song to Blue Seed is incoherent engrish.

[Captain Impulse]

Ditto that for the opening song to "Zone of the Enders".

[Splitter]

Two words: Don Kanonji

[Texhnolyze]

Ryuusuke and Maho from Beck.

[Kurou]

Tekkaman Blade has a few, but I can only remember "Air Rock" in giant letters at one point.

[Captain Impulse]

The American "baseball team" from Samurai Champloo, and Andy from Cowboy Bebop both had their amusing Engrish moments.

Anyone else have any Engrish sightings from on-screen text?

[christianlf]

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Texhnolyze said:
Ryuusuke and Maho from Beck.

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Yeah. Pretty much ruined the show for me, rather than me finding it amusing, though. /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif

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Captain Impulse said:
I love how the full title of Hajime no Ippo includes the phrase, "The Fighting!". /images/graemlins/sweat200.gif

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Ah, you can't forget about Happy Lesson: The Final.

[Ty]

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Splitter said:
Two words: Don Kanonji

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And bless his soul! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif I think Kanonji transcends normal engrish and has produced a new form of super engrish.

[Jigen_Daisuke]

Gundam SEED DESTINY

Help!!

I'm going to killed, <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>Ms. Lacus!

_MEER_</span>

[Alucard]

Although it's not anime, I remember seeing a pic of an Elmo doll with "crap your hands" written on the box (instead of "clap your hands").

[Orihara_Kaoru]

A classic one:

Usagi in Sailormoon S: Nice to meat you, cream stew! ^_^

The sad thing is, if you try to teach English to Japanese kids long enough, you begin to be amazed that Engrish makes any sense at all.

The kids are honestly great, but English education in this country leaves a lot to be desired.

[Fencedude]

Zeta Gundam: Quattro is a Char!

[eobert]

Nanoha A's: Red Alart! (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bscap0009wr.jpg)

The entire series of Beck. Then there are the instances when you hear "clean" english from random foreigners. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif
The minor character of Eddie is just classic.

[AutoGyro]

LOL /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

The name of this shop (http://engrish.com/detail.php?imagename=creamy-prison.jpg&amp;category=Buildings&amp;date=2006-02-07) would make a perfect title for a hentai, don't you think? /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[akcoll99]

Some of Onsen-mark's "English" lessons in Urusei Yatsura were pretty amusing. In the liner notes, even AnimEigo laughed at how much they had to clean them up a bit... /images/graemlins/happy.gif

[AutoGyro]

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Xcalibur said:
Half the opening theme song to Blue Seed is incoherent engrish.

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Speaking of Engrish opening themes, s-cry-ed's is pretty engrish-ish. "Drastic my soul"? What the heck is that, a new perfume from Elizabeth Taylor?

[Caesar]

In Popotan, Mii carries a Christmans cake to a friend that reads "Merry X ass"

[Miss Amii]

The Megazone series has some very amusing bits of Engrish.

In Part 2, the main character spends the last half in the show in a biker jacket that says "Sex Wax".

I'm just immature enough to giggle about a video game in Part 3 called "Hard On".

[DrMM]

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Miss Amii said:
I'm just immature enough to giggle about a video game in Part 3 called "Hard On".

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The recycle shop 'Hard Off' (kin to Book Off) makes me giggle too.

[Starwind Amada]

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Captain Impulse said:
The American "baseball team" from Samurai Champloo, and Andy from Cowboy Bebop both had their amusing Engrish moments.

Anyone else have any Engrish sightings from on-screen text?

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There's an episode of G Gundam in which the Royal Gundam pulls out its gun and gets its target in its sights, and the monitor says, "Rock on."

[Mateo_home]

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Eobert said:
Nanoha A's: Red Alart! (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bscap0009wr.jpg)

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I remember that, but I forgot what episode it was from. Hopefully they'll fix that fix that on the DVD.

And for "engrish" phrases, Galaxy Angel is full of them. "I like jerry beans." /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Isuzu Inugami]

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Eobert said:
Nanoha A's: Red Alart! (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bscap0009wr.jpg)

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I remember that, but I forgot what episode it was from. Hopefully they'll fix that fix that on the DVD.



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Fix? Fix? Why on Earth would you want them to go and do something unsporting like that???

[Shiroi Hane]

I really must get around to updating these..

http://anime.thenexxus.org/engrish/
http://anime.thenexxus.org/prodmis/
http://www.kiddygrade.info/engrish/

[Mateo_home]

Don't R2 DVDs sometimes do that?

[Fencedude]

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RiskyMatt said:
Don't R2 DVDs sometimes do that?

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His point is why change something so awesome?

Its not anime without stupid Engrish.

[Mateo_home]

Not always. But I will admit it is funny. Especially in an anime that doesn't try to be serious.

[NeoEra]

The "Light Bear" vending machine seen on the Argama in Zeta Gundam and ZZ.

[Shiroi Hane]

capture the b34r (http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=210)

[Jigen_Daisuke]

In episode 12 of Noein - Mou Hitori no Kimi he (2005-), "HAKODATE DOCK" is misspelled as "HAKODATE DOOK."

Later in the episode, it is spelled correctly.

Not really engrish, I am always amused to see anime scenes where they are looking at an english newspaper and they just rip an actual page from a real newspaper and stick a picture of a character in there that has nothing to do with the articles. One I remember had some news about English soccer clubs. Of course I always stop and pause at such scenes to see what the article is actually saying!

[codeman38]

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Colorado Jim said:
Not really engrish, I am always amused to see anime scenes where they are looking at an english newspaper and they just rip an actual page from a real newspaper and stick a picture of a character in there that has nothing to do with the articles. One I remember had some news about English soccer clubs. Of course I always stop and pause at such scenes to see what the article is actually saying!

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Something like that happens a few times in Fullmetal Alchemist as well... in one of the flashback episodes, one of the alchemy books that Ed is reading from is actually a review of an RPG book!

http://www.zone38.net/engrish/fmalchemist_textbook.jpg

[k_chan]

while i have many favs in terms of engrish, really, i just love all engrish. and, on the other half of the coin, i'm sure we novices mangle the japanese language just as much. now, for the sheer amount of engrish in one series alone, i firmly believe that honor belongs to Wedding Peach /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[k_chan]

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RiskyMatt said:
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Eobert said:
Nanoha A's: Red Alart! (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bscap0009wr.jpg)

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I remember that, but I forgot what episode it was from. Hopefully they'll fix that fix that on the DVD.

And for "engrish" phrases, Galaxy Angel is full of them. "I like jerry beans." /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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ok. while being engrish, jerry beans is understandable. the japanese don't really have an "l" letter/sound. so when speaking, the "l" letter pronunciation sounds like "r", thus many "L"s become "R"s.
of course, it's still fun /images/graemlins/happy.gif

[Kiggy]

In SuperGALS!: Wac Donald's (Waku Donarudo) and Burger Queen

[Kiggy]

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Geoduck said:
In Nadesico, I'm amused by Yurika talking to the U.N. (or whatever they call it.) "Can you open za big barrier puhreeeeeeeese?"


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LOL I'd forgotten about that one!

Though not an anime, anyone remember <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!</span>?

[kusanagi-sama]

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Kiggy said:
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Geoduck said:
In Nadesico, I'm amused by Yurika talking to the U.N. (or whatever they call it.) "Can you open za big barrier puhreeeeeeeese?"


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LOL I'd forgotten about that one!

Though not an anime, anyone remember <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!</span>?

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That was the <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>old Zero Wing game that started the AYBABTU craze back in 2000-2001</span>.

**edit - added spoilers just in case

[mrgazpacho]

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Kiggy said:
In SuperGALS!: Wac Donald's (Waku Donarudo) and Burger Queen

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I think we have to make an exception for brand names. 99% of the time they are altered - possibly out of some desire not to embarrass the original company by assocation with the show. There's few "real" big brands that ever show up.

[Lego]

I remember in the commentary on the first disc of Planetes, that they talked about this. They were looking at a floating plaque about a war/accident if I recall correctly. One of the cast mentioned that they actually took the time to translate it. The director said yeh that they got someone to translate it to english, rather then putting mumbo jumbo on it.

I found that kinda funny /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif.

[samwise]

Gundam SEED. (http://dvd.ign.com/articles/534/534252p1.html)

[ZenAmako]

How about the name of the team from Zillion, the White Nuts (changed to the White Knights for the U.S.)?

I also recall an episode of Bubblegum Crash! in which a sign outside a club Priss was singing at said "Piss".