It’s after nine p.m. here, and Janet just sent me this YouTube video.
It’s “Tradition” from Fiddler on the Roof—in Japanese. By Japanese actors.
Hilarious.
The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Avoid the Gefilte fish sushi.
Did the Rabbi’s prayer translate as “May G-d bless and keep the Shogun – far away from us?”
Wow, that was actually quite good! I’ve seen much worse productions…
Funniest cross-cultural trainwreck I’ve ever heard still goes to the original Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts II. For those who don’t play video games, it was the sequel to a game that combined the creative teams at SquareSoft (creators of the Final Fantasy series, which are legends of the video game industry) and Disney (who I hope need no introduction).
One segment of the game involved the heroes, Sora (spiky haired anime hero, think Yu-Gi from “Yu-Gi-Oh!”), Donald Duck, and Goofy, travelling to the Little Mermaid universe to take part in Sebastian’s performance of “Under The Sea.” For those too old for cartoons, Sebastian was the crab with the Jamaican accent. The voice actor who played him in the movie wasn’t available for the game, so they hired a Japanese voice actor.
And they had him sing an American song in Japanese.
With a Jamaican accent. Or as close to one as the voice actor could manage.