tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663205.post4511094654233745578..comments2023-12-19T23:29:41.091+09:00Comments on MrNiCeKiD's DeAd: heroes in japanesetaopixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618675472461588357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663205.post-86443796409040376412008-06-18T11:05:00.000+09:002008-06-18T11:05:00.000+09:00masi oka's japanese is very good, just like any ot...masi oka's japanese is very good, just like any other japanese-american. you can see this in the interviews he did with japanese tv shows.<BR/><BR/>about his pronunciation... well i guess that is an accent he picked up when growing up in the US. to me, his pronunciation is fine, he just talks with an accent. and probably because of that, he doesn't sound 100% native. <BR/><BR/>the writers of HEROES, on the other hand, is extremely bad in the language. that is why the japanese dialogues in the show are just plain dumb and took you away from being 'in' the show if you know japanese.<BR/><BR/>p/s: did you know, the popular masi oka phrase, "yatta!" was not the original word in the first script. the writers wrote it: "bonsai!".<BR/><BR/>the writers' intention was to write "banzai!", but masi oka talked to the writers and said, instead of "banzai", "yatta" would be more appropriate.<BR/><BR/>masi oka was basically an unknown actor at that time, so trying to correct the writers is something quite nerve wrecking for the actor.<BR/><BR/>he also said that the word "banzai" brings back the memory of ww2, which i think is an exaggeration because it doesn't. (this is from the sukkiri interview).<BR/><BR/>so "yatta!" is masi oka's own idea, and he deserved the popularity of the word.taopixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618675472461588357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663205.post-15983997753841520392008-06-16T19:52:00.000+09:002008-06-16T19:52:00.000+09:00Hi, I just read this post trying to find out infor...Hi, I just read this post trying to find out information about Masi Oka. Actually, I am an American who has been living in Japan for over 6 years, and to be honest, I assumed Masi Oka was Chinese because of his facial features and his very poor Japanese pronunciation. I just read his bio and found out he is actually Japanese and now want to know why his Japanese is so bad. If you know anything, let me know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com