An even better question: Oruku Saki is supposed to be japanese right?

oldshreddersgirl · 03-15-2007, 07:04 PM

He sounds japanese but his looks? he looks pretty caucasian to me. the original shredder looked more japanese than this recent one

~~ThemanthatwouldbeRaphael~~ · 03-15-2007, 07:13 PM

He's japanese.

Though in the new toon, he's an Utrom.

oldshreddersgirl · 03-15-2007, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ThemanthatwouldbeRaphael

He's japanese.

Though in the new toon, he's an Utrom.

when he was human a business man?

*Buslady* · 03-15-2007, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by oldshreddersgirl

He sounds japanese but his looks? he looks pretty caucasian to me. the original shredder looked more japanese than this recent one

the dude who played Saki in movie 1 was definantelytytytyt Japanese.

oldshreddersgirl · 03-15-2007, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Buslady

the dude who played Saki in movie 1 was definantelytytytyt Japanese.

yeah i know he was i saw the movie
but i was talking about in the cartoon when he was a business man

Venom Symbiote · 03-15-2007, 08:15 PM

Yeah, the first movie he was definitely Japanese. I prefer that portrayal myself, he looked a little too caucasian in a few of the other mediums.

tinlunlau · 03-16-2007, 06:00 AM

the man who played the shredder in the first TMNT movie is not japanese.
he's cambodian.

Venom Symbiote · 03-16-2007, 06:15 AM

No, but I think we're more referring to his portrayal. The actor may not have been a Japanese national, but the character was shown to be Japanese in origin, and the actor fit those physical and vocal elements pretty well so there was no problem.

*Masked Ninja* · 03-16-2007, 11:13 AM

Even so, he looks less Caucasian than the other human characters, at least in the eyes.

...are you just bringing these questions up to bash the new toon, oldshreddersgirl? I'd suggest you actually watch a decent chunk of the new series instead of just a few episodes before asking questions like these. Just a thought... it took me a while to get used to the new 'toon too, but now I love it just as much as the old one.

*Sewer Bull* · 03-16-2007, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Masked Ninja

Even so, he looks less Caucasian than the other human characters, at least in the eyes.

...are you just bringing these questions up to bash the new toon, oldshreddersgirl? I'd suggest you actually watch a decent chunk of the new series instead of just a few episodes before asking questions like these. Just a thought... it took me a while to get used to the new 'toon too, but now I love it just as much as the old one.

Amen to that. I didn't like the new show in the very beginning.

Now I'm digging it.

TheMunDial · 03-16-2007, 01:55 PM

In the old toon, he always looked pretty African American to me...

oldshreddersgirl · 03-16-2007, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMunDial

In the old toon, he always looked pretty African American to me...

`No he did 'nt he looked like an asian man with yellowish caramel skin, not all asian people are light skinned you know

*Mecha Cow* · 03-16-2007, 07:19 PM

Is this a serious thread? Yes he is Japanese. If he doesn't look the part, use your imagination. Or stop overanalysing meaningless details.

oldshreddersgirl · 03-16-2007, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

Is this a serious thread? Yes he is Japanese. If he doesn't look the part, use your imagination. Or stop overanalysing meaningless details.

its a discussion just like every other on this board if you don't like the topic they you should not have come in her. exit!

Spawn Guy · 03-16-2007, 07:52 PM

How is it a discussion? Everyone either says he is or he isn't, and he's obviously meant to be anyway. You had your answer at the first post.

*gobo* · 03-16-2007, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by oldshreddersgirl

you should not have come in her.

Oh crap, Robovine. You're on the hook for child support now!

*Coola Yagami* · 03-16-2007, 08:24 PM

Fuuny thing about old toon Shredder, for a Japanese guy that moved to New York, he sure has a good grasp on the English language, with a full line of insults, wordplay, jokes and puns. Talk about fluent. Even Splinter still speaks kinda/sorta in that 'Japanese guy trying his best to speak English fluently' kinda tone.

*gobo* · 03-16-2007, 09:00 PM

Producer: "Kids are stupid. We could get Shredder to speak with a Latin-American dialect, and those yuppie little brats would still gobble it up."

How many times this ran through my head as a child...

oldshreddersgirl · 03-16-2007, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Fuuny thing about old toon Shredder, for a Japanese guy that moved to New York, he sure has a good grasp on the English language, with a full line of insults, wordplay, jokes and puns. Talk about fluent. Even Splinter still speaks kinda/sorta in that 'Japanese guy trying his best to speak English fluently' kinda tone.

he spoke english but with a japanese accent but yeah coola your right

*Katie* · 03-17-2007, 07:09 AM

...old toon shredder spoke with a japanese accent? No. He did not. His voice actor was the guy that played "uncle Phil" on Fresh Prince, oldshreddergirl. No Japanese accent there

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03-15-2007, 08:15 PM	#6
Venom Symbiote Random Punk Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 30	Yeah, the first movie he was definitely Japanese. I prefer that portrayal myself, he looked a little too caucasian in a few of the other mediums.

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03-16-2007, 06:15 AM	#8
Venom Symbiote Random Punk Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 30	No, but I think we're more referring to his portrayal. The actor may not have been a Japanese national, but the character was shown to be Japanese in origin, and the actor fit those physical and vocal elements pretty well so there was no problem.

03-16-2007, 11:13 AM	#9
Masked Ninja Doodles TMNT for fun Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sploshin' through some sewer... Posts: 2,137	Even so, he looks less Caucasian than the other human characters, at least in the eyes. ...are you just bringing these questions up to bash the new toon, oldshreddersgirl? I'd suggest you actually watch a decent chunk of the new series instead of just a few episodes before asking questions like these. Just a thought... it took me a while to get used to the new 'toon too, but now I love it just as much as the old one.

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03-17-2007, 07:09 AM	#20
Katie Just...way too serious. Join Date: May 2005 Location: purgatory Posts: 3,519	...old toon shredder spoke with a japanese accent? No. He did not. His voice actor was the guy that played "uncle Phil" on Fresh Prince, oldshreddergirl. No Japanese accent there __________________ THE WORLD IS JUST AWESOME