Tora wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 8:10 am
Bumping this after all these years.
Anyway, I would like to know the kanji and kana of the characters, such as Pouma/Bouma, Mew, Guile, Chibisuke, Tipo, etc. And if there's anymore African characters with kana I can look up, as I did with Kweli and Mbaya.
And is as Digsu said in Casual chat, Rocky is a female and both Marin and the tiger Wang drank her milk, I wonder if Marin is the pup of Rocky?
Guile = ガイル
Nabo tribe (Mbaya's tribe) = ナボ族
Chibisuke = チビ助
Tipo = ティポ
Myuu = ミュー
Pouma = ポウマ
There's also this evil chief guy named Mubaha (ムバハ) who leads a group called the Chita tribe (チタ族). They're shown speaking some kind of foreign language, though I have no idea if it's supposed to be an actual African language or just something Yoshi came up with.
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(this is just a direct romanization of the katakana, so if it's some real language it may be a bit off.)
Sona nijaa sasa
Shushikii baridi niai...
Damyu ni sojito kuriko maji
Akiri ni mari
Mutoto wa soyoka ni nyoka!
Nenda zako! Janbo!
Asante sana! Janbo!
["asante sana" is Swahili for "thank you", so it seems they're speaking Swahili]
Mutoto wa soyoka ni soyoka...
Damyu ni sojito kuriko maji...
Regarding Rocky and Marin's relationship, considering the milk thing I'd assume they are either parent/child or Rocky is Marin's foster mother. Not sure if it's stated anywhere in the series itself.
Anyway here's a few more thoughts I have regarding Rocky:
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I wonder if she's meant to be a Sakhalin husky? Her facial markings remind me a bit of Dandy Bill from SSY (pure Sakhalin husky) and Uzuki (Sakhalin/Siberian husky mix).
Also regarding Pouma, I assume he's male since it's implied that he and Rocky have a crush on one another.
"Uh oh..."
"Why do you think Rocky's being so nice [to him]?"
I just find this funny because when Rocky and her humans find Pouma, he's... stuck in a bear trap.
Not only did ONT do the "main character falls in love with a dog they found in a bear trap" decades before Ginga made it a thing, it's the male getting stuck in the bear trap here!
(Unfortunately Rocky and Pouma had to go their separate ways fairly soon after they met, so no romance for them.)