Japanese spelling of TMNT?

[Martin]

Kind of a weird question but I'm not sure if I should trust google on this one.

I want to make a TMNT logo, but I want it to be written in japanese. Thing is, I have no clue of how to spell it. My idea was to use the whole sentence and not the acronym (you know 'teenage mutant ninja turtles'), but maybe I should just look up the different kanji for each of the initials and write it that way... though I'm pretty sure japanese doesn't work like that :trazz:

I also looked up the different TMNT mangas but I really have no idea of how to replicate what's written in there.

Any help will be appreciated!

[zodiac brave]

theres been stuff released in japan. google image is your friend. :)

[Gwydion]

Disclaimer: My knowledge of the Japanese language is pretty limited - I can only read katakana and hiragana (next to no kanji), and even then it's more pronouncing than actually reading and understanding what is being said.

That being said, I think it's enough to help you out. You are correct - there is no Japanese equivalent to just "TMNT". Most of their characters are sounds - like "ka", "ki", "ku", "ke", and "ko" - not individual letters. Using anime as an example, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (鋼の錬金術師) would be shortened to HagaRen (鋼錬) rather than HnR.

Looking at various Japanese logos, it seems the most popular title is simply "Mutant Turtles" (ミュータント タートルズ), although it appears that the second and third movies used "Mutant Ninja Turtles" (ミュータント ニンジャ タートルズ). (I mostly used this blog post for reference, by the way: http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/03/confusing-history-of-tmnt-in-japan.html) I did try plugging the full "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" into Google Translate, and it is actually accurate (ティーンエイジ ミュータント ニンジャ タートルズ). If you were Japanese and actually pronouncing that, it would sound just like "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", or as close as they can get, anyway. I could go more in depth as to what each character means/sounds like if that would help, but that's how it would be written.

[Roseangelo]

The short answer to your question is: ミュータント・タートルズ

The only difference from what Gwydion wrote is the little dot that goes between the two words.

[Gwydion]

Just to note, the "little dot" is like a space, it is not an actual character, hence why I left it out.

[Luzmagica]

Kind of a weird question but I'm not sure if I should trust google on this one.

I want to make a TMNT logo, but I want it to be written in japanese. Thing is, I have no clue of how to spell it. My idea was to use the whole sentence and not the acronym (you know 'teenage mutant ninja turtles'), but maybe I should just look up the different kanji for each of the initials and write it that way... though I'm pretty sure japanese doesn't work like that :trazz:

I also looked up the different TMNT mangas but I really have no idea of how to replicate what's written in there.

Any help will be appreciated!

Best thing is ask to this forum member: Pachira ... this great nice member of the Drome is 100% Japanese .... Im sure she will try best to help you! :twink:

[Candy Kappa]

http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/87158-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-nes-screenshot-japanese-title.png

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5044/5229147547_4f006a7353_z.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8tv2laMEBk/S525NkfdYrI/AAAAAAAAEJc/8s-Oi_gWU64/s400/OozeJapan01.jpg

http://d2qss72tiioiku.cloudfront.net/image/original/collectible-26834.jpg?1266620575

[Martin]

Thank you for your answers! :tgrin:

Just as a disclaimer though, I did use google translate and image search, but I had no way of knowing if what I was getting was correct. Also, I don't trust myself enough to copy what's written in those images; I just know that if I write it myself, somehow it'll end up saying 'go to hell' or something like that :trazz:

[Pachira]

Hello. Yes, I'm 100% Japanese :tsmile: Kon-nichi-wa!

http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/87158-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-nes-screenshot-japanese-title.png

This is "GEKI KAME NINJA DEN''.
Text is cool! :tlol:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5044/5229147547_4f006a7353_z.jpg
"NURIE'' mean is Coloring or Coloring book. They are OT(87) logo in Japan :tgrin:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8tv2laMEBk/S525NkfdYrI/AAAAAAAAEJc/8s-Oi_gWU64/s400/OozeJapan01.jpg
Movie 2 :tsmile: "Mutant Ninja Turtles''.
"Teenage'' does not contain... :trolleye:

http://d2qss72tiioiku.cloudfront.net/image/original/collectible-26834.jpg?1266620575
This is OT Japanese dubbed VHS package.

My English is not good, but I'm glad if used to help even a little :)

[Martin]

^ Thanks! ^^

[ssjup81]

I didn't know that there were any others living in Japan on the board. I also didn't know that there were any native Japanese speakers here either. Cool.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Hello. Yes, I'm 100% Japanese :tsmile: Kon-nichi-wa!

http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/87158-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-nes-screenshot-japanese-title.png

This is "GEKI KAME NINJA DEN''.
Text is cool! :tlol:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5044/5229147547_4f006a7353_z.jpg
"NURIE'' mean is Coloring or Coloring book. They are OT(87) logo in Japan :tgrin:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8tv2laMEBk/S525NkfdYrI/AAAAAAAAEJc/8s-Oi_gWU64/s400/OozeJapan01.jpg
Movie 2 :tsmile: "Mutant Ninja Turtles''.
"Teenage'' does not contain... :trolleye:

http://d2qss72tiioiku.cloudfront.net/image/original/collectible-26834.jpg?1266620575
This is OT Japanese dubbed VHS package.


My English is not good, but I'm glad if used to help even a little :)

very cool items! i've got all of the TMNT Manga and i absolutely love it

[Pachira]

^ Thanks! ^^
Your very welcome!!
My wonderful friend represents a Japanese notation, here (http://fav.me/d1g4q4u) and here (http://fav.me/d1g4ycq)!

Teenage ... ティーンエイジ
Mutant ... ミュータント
Ninja ... ニンジャ
Turtles ... タートルズ

Foreign word is written all katakana. :)

I didn't know that there were any others living in Japan on the board. I also didn't know that there were any native Japanese speakers here either. Cool.

:tgrin: There are lot TMNT fans in Japan! I am one of them!
Thank you! :tsmile:

very cool items! i've got all of the TMNT Manga and i absolutely love it

Yes that is cool!! Thank you! I hope Japan coming back TMNT TV show!:tsmile: