How well is the Nick TMNT doing in Japan?

[Metalwolf]

How well are the Nick TMNT doing in Japan so far? Ever since it's debut there (if it did yet) I have been wondering how well it's been doing. Given that the show quite heavily features Japanese and some of the culture, I'm guessing that it likely will be a big hit.

Any ideas (or even links) as to what it's state is over there?

[Powder]

Well, we're starting to get a whole lot of merch from over there, so that's gotta be a sign of something. International exclusives always speak to successes, I'd say. At any rate, there's a crap ton of fan art on Pixiv (Japans Deviantart, basically, minus the talentless weirdos for the most part), lots of turtle talk on Twitter, & there's a mini-manga being published in one of their local comic magazines, though I forget the name. Must be doing pretty well!

[CyberCubed]

I'm curious how CG cartoons are received over there in general. Most if not all anime is 2D, so I'm wondering how they see a CG series.

[m1om1om1o]

Man they love the 2012 tcest, especially the ones that involve Raph, he makes a great tsundere in this incarnation.

[CyberCubed]

Do they call April, "loli April" over there? God I hope not.

[Netkeeper]

I'm curious how CG cartoons are received over there in general. Most if not all anime is 2D, so I'm wondering how they see a CG series.
This intrigues me as well! It's interesting that anime doesn't really get produced with CG animation of any sort.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

I'm curious how CG cartoons are received over there in general. Most if not all anime is 2D, so I'm wondering how they see a CG series.

This intrigues me as well! It's interesting that anime doesn't really get produced with CG animation of any sort.

This is something I always wanted to know myself. Some anime will use CG models for certain characters or scenes (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!) but never a full CG cartoon. Even then, the CG is always cell-shaded such as the Ape Escape anime.

[ssjup81]

Do they call April, "loli April" over there? God I hope not.Why would they?

[Midnight Mutant]

I remember reading that the premiere was a success and that ''turtle fever is back in Japan''

I see a lot of Japanese artist on Tumblr and Deviant art doing 2012 turtle art and I think they have successful merch of tmnt as well.

I have a co-worker who is going over to visit family in Japan next month, I'll have her investigate. 8)

[drgon78]

I can't wait to find out more about them in Japan.

[Miyamoto_Usagi]

This intrigues me as well! It's interesting that anime doesn't really get produced with CG animation of any sort.

You need to check this out. Captain Harlock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCea94LRtPY or Appleseed Alpha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNDb2J6DIwg

I agree with Powder.

TMNT has got to be doing well in Japan. Revoltech which does mostly anime characters has an awesome TMNT set coming out soon. I have seen Japanese exclusive TMNT merchandise selling out too. I missed out on some good stuff. Japan loves stuff that is cute and also stuff that is plain weird, and this show has both.

[Refractive Reflections]

I remember reading that the premiere was a success and that ''turtle fever is back in Japan''

I see a lot of Japanese artist on Tumblr and Deviant art doing 2012 turtle art and I think they have successful merch of tmnt as well.

I have a co-worker who is going over to visit family in Japan next month, I'll have her investigate. 8)

Not to be a wet blanket, typically most series premieres have very strong ratings, even the U.S. premiere of Nick TMNT was the #1 Kids Program on cable:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/10/02/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-renewed-by-nickelodeon-for-second-season-premiere-is-number-1-kids-program-on-basic-cable/151241/?utm_campaign=WP%20%3E%20Twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter ...But currently near the end of its second season, it's a lukewarm success in the United States (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1285887#post1285887). :ohwell:

According to this blog article (http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/03/confusing-history-of-tmnt-in-japan.html), TMNT reception in Japan is tricky because the OT had enormous success there:


...
TV Tokyo is one of Japan’s major networks (comparable to NBC or CBS here in the states) and thus its programming was more easily accessible to a wider audience than a satellite network like NHK2. While the series did not complete the full US run of 194 episodes, you have to understand that a foreign cartoon running for 102 episodes on a major Japanese network like TV Tokyo is nothing short of a miracle.

Needless to say, a foreign cartoon such as Ninja Turtles running on a station like TV Tokyo for 102 episodes is, quite simply put, a monumental achievement and credence to the brand’s incredible popularity over there at the time.


...But 4Kids floundered there:

Still, fond memories of the Fred Wolf TMNT cartoon’s impressive 102 episode streak and ratings success likely had a hand in fueling their decision to give the 4Kids series a fair go.

Sadly, it didn’t work out so well.
...
The series ran for 52 episodes (seasons 1 and 2, in America), ending with the conclusion of the “Battle Nexus Tournament” arc. The 4Kids cartoon, airing at 6am on Saturday’s, simply floundered and failed to find an audience.
...
The series didn’t strike a chord with its target audience, children, but the adult fans seemed to eat it up, recalling fond memories of the Mutant Turtles cartoon from their childhoods.


So we can only observe Nick's longevity then, but then again, the Nick TMNT has the cute aspect to it that appeals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuteness_in_Japanese_culture) to the Japanese. **shrug**

[Lou 500]

I've been seeing Japanese fanart here and there, so I would take that as an indicator that it's doing fairly well.

Why would they?

Yeah. For one, she's too old.

[ssjup81]

Yeah. For one, she's too old.I don't think she would. I don't know much about Loli stuff other than the Lolita fashion style. I'm a fan of gothic Lolita, Classic Lolita, and Kuro Lolita. The clothes are awesome. I envy those who can dress in this fashion.

[shredder orokusaki]

My foot ninjas fron japan are telling me that it is doing great there. That to be expected as it focus on nina action and the japansese culture.

[CowabungaMikey]

Do they call April, "loli April" over there? God I hope not.

Will you shut up with your ''loli April'' **** already? It seems like you have a fetish or something.

[Netkeeper]

I don't think she would. I don't know much about Loli stuff other than the Lolita fashion style. I'm a fan of gothic Lolita, Classic Lolita, and Kuro Lolita. The clothes are awesome. I envy those who can dress in this fashion.
They... aren't talking about the fashion.

[snake]

Do they call April, "loli April" over there? God I hope not.

Why would they?

I've been seeing Japanese fanart here and there, so I would take that as an indicator that it's doing fairly well.



Yeah. For one, she's too old.

I don't think she would. I don't know much about Loli stuff other than the Lolita fashion style. I'm a fan of gothic Lolita, Classic Lolita, and Kuro Lolita. The clothes are awesome. I envy those who can dress in this fashion.

Will you shut up with your ''loli April'' **** already? It seems like you have a fetish or something.

They... aren't talking about the fashion.

This thread just took a wrong turn. :teek:

I think it's doing pretty well if Revoltech is making TMNT figures.

[ssjup81]

I shall assume that I will have to google "loli" to understand the context Cybercube is referring to, as I honestly don't know...or may have come across the context many years ago, but forgot about it since it wasn't relevant...

Who knows. I do know that I'm a bit scared of what I might come across...

That aside, in Japan, does the show only air on TV Tokyo or does it air on other stations?I have a co-worker who is going over to visit family in Japan next month, I'll have her investigate. 8)I fail as i live here and don't know jack. lol

[capsule]

Peace. i'm capsule, from Japan.

speaking first hand, eh - there isnt a craze like one would expect.

I believe this is mainly due to its TV Time Slot in the morning.

yes, TVTokyo is a huge network, but it this airs new episodes
on >>Friday at 7:30am.

I would say, 80% of kids are out of the house and on their way to school by 7:30am. Its hard and near impossible to randomly stumble upon this show and catch Turtle Fever.. A kid would have to "DV-R" it and watch it later.. for most, this just isnt happening.

Toys R US, Yodabashi, Yamada Denki.. Major retailers are starting to Carry Playmate TMNT Action Figures & Vehicles now. Speaking from one that frequents toy stores, I just dont see them flying off the shelves. Kids just arent making the connection to the Television Show and the Toys being displayed to them..

In fact, its kind of cool (well, cool for me) to see a fully stocked shelf at every store of the current Series 1 Toy and Merch Offerings..

Yes, there are some people looking at and buying TMNT, but they seem to be old school faithfuls that are genuinely interested in the new CG Series.

thats just my two cents - Someday ill do more first hand investigating and post in another thread dedicated to TMNT in Japan.

Peace. _capsule.

[ssjup81]

A friend of mine told me recently about the toys at Toys r Us. I was like cool, I should get some pics. lol

And yeah, if it's airing at that time, I doubt most kids can see it, unless Kids Station rebroadcast it. The best time to air such things are on Sundays. Kids are usually at home.

That aside, which part of Japan are you in?

If you go to Nakano and frequent Nakano Broadway, you should find some Turtles merch. I did..but mostly Gen I designed things...but I also didn't check for 2k12 stuff due to lack of interest at the time. Either way if you want to experience some nostalgia in general (not just Turtles stuff) I recommend it.

[Shark_Blade]

I've seen many wonderful japanese artists drawing TMNT 2k12 lately on tumblr, so I think there's a healthy amount of fans there. :D

[Cry4Ugly]

There's a Japanese site kinda like YouTube that has all the currently aired Japanese episodes. The first episode has over 33,000 views right now and last Saturday's episode has over 1,000 right now. Every Saturday a user submits the new episode there.

I know I'm not allowed to share links to full episodes publicly but if I'm allowed to send them through PM, I will for anyone that wants to see them. The site has some adult adds, though (I thought I should say)

I'm not to crazy for the voices. I think Michelangelo sounds kinda like a crazy, little, old Japanese lady that would live in a trailer.

[CowabungaMikey]

There's a Japanese site kinda like YouTube that has all the currently aired Japanese episodes. The first episode has over 33,000 views right now and last Saturday's episode has over 1,000 right now. Every Saturday a user submits the new episode there.

I know I'm not allowed to share links to full episodes publicly but if I'm allowed to send them through PM, I will for anyone that wants to see them. The site has some adult adds, though (I thought I should say)

I'm not to crazy for the voices. I think Michelangelo sounds kinda like a crazy, little, old Japanese lady that would live in a trailer.

Can you please sent me the link trough PM?

[ssjup81]

Yeah, same. I'm curious what they sound like. I'm just like Casey though, I don't care for English dubs of Japanese shows and I don't care for Japanese dubs of English shows. lol

[Cry4Ugly]

Okay, I sent both of you PMs

[sluggedup226]

There's a Japanese site kinda like YouTube that has all the currently aired Japanese episodes. The first episode has over 33,000 views right now and last Saturday's episode has over 1,000 right now. Every Saturday a user submits the new episode there.

I know I'm not allowed to share links to full episodes publicly but if I'm allowed to send them through PM, I will for anyone that wants to see them. The site has some adult adds, though (I thought I should say)

I'm not to crazy for the voices. I think Michelangelo sounds kinda like a crazy, little, old Japanese lady that would live in a trailer.

You mind sending me a PM of the link, also?

[Cry4Ugly]

You mind sending me a PM of the link, also?

I sent you a PM, I hope it works for you.

[tinlunlau]

Send it over to me too!
I wanna see if episode 4 got censored like it did in Hong Kong.

[jezza]

I would be interested in seeing it too please, if you're able to send a PM/

[Cry4Ugly]

Okay, sent them.

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

I actually think the nick TMNT would do well there, since Ninja heroes are a staple of Japanese pop culture/fiction. (Goemon the mystical ninja, Naruto, Ryu from the Ninja Gaiden series, Sheena from Tales of Symphonia, etc.) They even teamed up with a ninja guardian in the TMNT OVA. Even though it's not anime, the turtles should fit right in! :D

[ssjup81]

I actually think the nick TMNT would do well there, since Ninja heroes are a staple of Japanese pop culture/fiction. (Goemon the mystical ninja, Naruto, Ryu from the Ninja Gaiden series, Sheena from Tales of Symphonia, etc.) They even teamed up with a ninja guardian in the TMNT OVA. Even though it's not anime, the turtles should fit right in! :DNot if it's not in a decent time slot, I couldn't see it doing all that well and 7:30 on a weekday morning is good for like...housewives and preschoolers too young for Kindergarten (which students can start as young as three), not like elementary school kids who are probably already on their ways to school by then. The best time to air kids shows here are Sundays. Kids also don't use the internet very much here, compared to other places like say the UK or the US.

I was reading the comments for the first ep. A couple mentioned that it was nostalgic. Another I asked for ep 2. Others mentioned that they loved it. That's a good sign.

So anyway just saw the first ep. Not much dialog change from what I can catch. Sucks they changed the intro song, though, but I know the music group. The song's ok. The ending sequence, I like. The song didn't feel as generic, like pretty much all current J-pop music within the last few years but not a fan of that surfer sound, as far as the Turtles go, but at least it's a tad better than our version, imo. I like the scenes and stuff they used for it. Still don't care for the intro theme change. For Spongebob that's not changed, just the lyrics to the song are changed to Japanese but the music is the same. Oh, and the ending theme is called "Booyakashaa" by some group called the Urufuruz...or maybe "Wolves"? Don't know the group either way.

The voices were ok, I guess. Mikey sounds familiar though and so does Donnie. I doubt I know them though. I rarely ever watch anime stuff aside from older series. Raph has kind of a strong masculine way of speaking from what I could catch. I didn't mind Donnie, until the part where he was telling Splinter and the others that they had to help Kirby and April. It just sounded....bad to me. I dunno.

I wish Leo sounded younger. One thing I liked about Biggs was how he had that strong "hero" portrayal, but then switch to "teen voice", like, "We must fight for justice" *the others ignore his Space Hero speech* "Are? Minna matte yo! [Hey wait everyone!]" or whatever. lol The main reason I actually wanted to check out the Japanese version was for the Kraang. lol

Oh yeah, Donnie seeing April. He was more like "She's the best girl ever" or maybe something equivalent to "She's the best girl in the world" something like that. lol

Well, I can say this...it's interesting. Sucks I can't just watch this on TV.

[TurtleTitan97]

Shinobi by GReeeeN full version video



Sweet! Thanks for sharing. :D

[Powder]

LOVE it! Wow!

[Alongtmnt]

Send it over to me too!
I wanna see if episode 4 got censored like it did in Hong Kong.

U also live in HK cool!! i downloaded all episodes as they only started airing season one recently in HK.

[Shark_Blade]

Lol I was about to post that video.

Awesome stuff regardless. :D

[kelligrafie]

Don't mind me while I sit here tripping at that video.

[saber16]

There's a Japanese site kinda like YouTube that has all the currently aired Japanese episodes. The first episode has over 33,000 views right now and last Saturday's episode has over 1,000 right now. Every Saturday a user submits the new episode there.

I know I'm not allowed to share links to full episodes publicly but if I'm allowed to send them through PM, I will for anyone that wants to see them. The site has some adult adds, though (I thought I should say)

I'm not to crazy for the voices. I think Michelangelo sounds kinda like a crazy, little, old Japanese lady that would live in a trailer.

I've been looking around for the Japanese dub, would it be cool if you could give me a pm?

[THGhost]

There's a Japanese site kinda like YouTube that has all the currently aired Japanese episodes. The first episode has over 33,000 views right now and last Saturday's episode has over 1,000 right now. Every Saturday a user submits the new episode there.

I know I'm not allowed to share links to full episodes publicly but if I'm allowed to send them through PM, I will for anyone that wants to see them. The site has some adult adds, though (I thought I should say)

I'm not to crazy for the voices. I think Michelangelo sounds kinda like a crazy, little, old Japanese lady that would live in a trailer.

Link me up too, please?

[Zulithe]

shinobi by greeeen full version video:

so awesome!

Looks like it uses the official nick models only rendered in a cell-shaded way. Came out really good.

I hope we see more stuff like this from Japan. Really love that the show seems to be doing well there, with lots of cool Japan-specific stuff coming out (merch and otherwise)

[Shark_Blade]

The animation flows looks kinda stiff imo though, pretty sure it's animated by a different team.

Still cool.

[tinlunlau]

U also live in HK cool!! i downloaded all episodes as they only started airing season one recently in HK.

I don't live in Hong Kong. I'm from Toronto.
I do receive hong kong channels via tvpad though but download or stream since I am never home when tvb airs tmnt.

I am still very ticked that tvb has been mindlessly censoring tmnt.

[Rukitron]

I am curious about this dub too. please pm

[Powder]

Shinobi by GReeeeN full version video:

ZvtB1fPQU0E

Is there another version of this video up anywhere? They've made it private for some bullsh*t reason.

[TurtleTitan97]

Is there another version of this video up anywhere? They've made it private for some bullsh*t reason.

Here you go: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/GReeeeN---Shinobi/9c6abd94149cacc8ac272ddbb54c8584

[Powder]

Shell yeah! Thanks a bunch, man.

[Electric]

can someone pm me the link to see the japanese version of the show

[evan2000]

I have posted some short clips here:

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1317944#post1317944

These are not full episodes, just short clips so you can hear how the characters sound like.

[Megchan]

I shall assume that I will have to google "loli" to understand the context Cybercube is referring to, as I honestly don't know...or may have come across the context many years ago, but forgot about it since it wasn't relevant...

Who knows. I do know that I'm a bit scared of what I might come across...

That aside, in Japan, does the show only air on TV Tokyo or does it air on other stations?I fail as i live here and don't know jack. lol

If you haven't looked it up yet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolicon)...

[ssjup81]

Out of curiosity, any idea how the show is doing?

[Electric]

Saw a clip of karais first scene in Japanese, which seems to have been shown recently.

To me, it seemed like once Karai showed up the show really started to pick up, so I wonder if that's how it'll be in Japan

[saber16]

Here you go: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/GReeeeN---Shinobi/9c6abd94149cacc8ac272ddbb54c8584

Actually, that's not the full version of the song. There's a version with a second verse right after the first which adds an extra minute to the song. The thing is, someone is hellbent on making sure we don't see them. I can't find a clean version of the audio (glad I downloaded it off of youtube when I had the chance), but there are alternate versions of it floating around:

A karaoke cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rab2zK96zBo

A really nice piano piece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgfi24i_D38

Then lastly, here's one with a slightly different pitch or something:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pR1fJWWBQk

It's a great song, no clue why it's getting removed given the fact the shorter version is still available.

[evan2000]

Saw a clip of karais first scene in Japanese, which seems to have been shown recently.

To me, it seemed like once Karai showed up the show really started to pick up, so I wonder if that's how it'll be in Japan

Actually the first Karai ep (New Girl In Town) aired on 27 June in Japan. They have been airing one episode at a time consistently every Friday 7:30am since the series premiere on 4 April. Today they just aired Showdown Part 2, somehow they split 1-hour specials like the season premiere and finale to two half-hour eps and aired them on two separate weeks. But the plus side is that they never had hiatuses, not even a week break!

Not sure if they will start airing Season 2 next Friday or start rerunning Season 1, I guess it depends if the Japanese voice over work has been done for Season 2 or not. If they are able to keep the consistency like Season 1 (airing new ep every week, ie. 26 episodes in 26 weeks), they would have completed Season 2 by April next year, and completing Season 3 at the same time as Nick US! I doubt so, but we'll see :tlol:

[Enscripture]

There's a Japanese site kinda like YouTube that has all the currently aired Japanese episodes. The first episode has over 33,000 views right now and last Saturday's episode has over 1,000 right now. Every Saturday a user submits the new episode there.

I know I'm not allowed to share links to full episodes publicly but if I'm allowed to send them through PM, I will for anyone that wants to see them. The site has some adult adds, though (I thought I should say)

I'm not to crazy for the voices. I think Michelangelo sounds kinda like a crazy, little, old Japanese lady that would live in a trailer.

What's the quality? Ive only been able to find SD 512x288 for all the episodes. I can fansub the **** out of this series out of boredom if I can find better quality.

Japanese Theme no karaoke cause that's boring (http://www.mediafire.com/download/k7ejxn7uprme6z6/tmntjaptheme.7z)