Talk:Oz no Mahōtsukai
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[edit] Japanese title-- Oz no Mahōtsukai, or Ozu no Mahōtsukai?
Shouldn't the Japanese "オズ" be transliterated as "Ozu," rather than "Oz?" See the IMDB entry: "Ozu no mahôtsukai" Rizzleboffin 20:26, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
- It's common to romanize obvious words as their English equivalent. There should definitely be a redirect, though. --日本穣 Nihonjoe 01:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Fair enough, Joe. Personally, I'd use the "Ozu," because it's an accurate transliteration, and because it's used at IMDB. But as long as there's a redirect from "Ozu," there's no harm in it being "Oz" in an English-language source, I suppose. Rizzleboffin 18:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
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- I created a few new redirects to take that into account. --日本穣 Nihonjoe 06:41, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Really late reply, but I thought of another thing: IMDB very frequently get information wrong, so they shouldn't relied upon for proper Japanese romanization. Most of the time, they get it wrong. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 22:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- Well, that's true, Joe, but they're right in this case (オズ = Ozu). No matter though, one has to be used, and I can see going with either "Oz" or "Ozu," as long as both are acknowledged. I see no point in getting involved in the "color"/"colour" wars either. I'm more interested in the subject than how it's spelled. --Rizzleboffin 22:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- Really late reply, but I thought of another thing: IMDB very frequently get information wrong, so they shouldn't relied upon for proper Japanese romanization. Most of the time, they get it wrong. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 22:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] American version?
Please provide some links to information on an American version of this series. I haven't found any. If we are going to include American voice actors, we need to provide a source for the information. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 04:58, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
- Not sure if it can be considered authoratative, but here's a source with American voices:
- http://www.halcyon.com/piglet/movies3.htm —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rizzleboffin (talk • contribs) .