Mainichi
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/entertainment/news/20050913p2a00m0et014000c.html
Business.com
http://www.business.com/directory/media_and_entertainment/avex_inc/
Jeremy Douglass (blog)
http://wrt.ucr.edu/wordpress/2005/09/16/two-character-art-cats/
H.Q. BBS at 2ch (Japanese only)
http://aa5.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/mona/1126779292/l50
Update tips
http://monseurmonar.tripod.com/saveourbelovedmonar/
Comprehend "Noma-Neko" case in 5 minutes
http://jns.ixla.jp/users/j200116605167366/5minutesE.htm
Pictures
http://0bbs.jp/nomaneko/img0_145
http://0bbs.jp/nomaneko/img0_18
http://0bbs.jp/nomaneko/img0_504
If you have anything to ask, please come our home BBS
http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/news/2729/1126769100/l10
English is OK and someone could be available.
Please come here or our home BBS to contact.
Thank you.
... Wow, heavy to read them through. Take sometime. orz
Posted@today:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/
Contact Anime News Network-Newsroom
News Submissions, Press Releases, etc
Today's biggest one
http://jns.ixla.jp/users/j200116605167366/5minutesE.htm
That's all for today. I will be the ROM (read only menber), for a while except emergency.
>>3 Thank you I've read and understood.
I'm updated now. Awaiting your comments, but answer will be handed tomorrow. That's all for today. Bye (^_-)-
FYI (wrap up about infomation and mail posting)
others are in >>1
templete:
Ayumi Hamasaki, got a none of originalities! (Loves Madonna?)
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/horobiyo/e/e5c3d4f41b46df6d68bbdcdd4512de7c
Mail to Dan! (o-zone)@This is indirect, but can reach danbalan@dan-balan.com
"The NOMA cat" has promoted fast drinking Aruhara; as an alcohol
harassment!http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/news/2729/1126769100/r18
Post: If you find a news, please leave a comment here.
PRESS section by withPic HPaddress
aljazeera /Feed Back/html @@http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage
New York Times /foregin news/mail @@ http://www.nytimes.com/
USA Today /Feed Back/html @@http://www.usatoday.com/
Washington Post /Customer Care Center/html @@http://www.washingtonpost.com/?nav=globaltop
CNN (International) /Feed Back_error/html @@http://www.cnn.com/
The Guardian /Feed Back/mail/Pic @@http://www.guardian.co.uk/
The Independent / Foreign Desk/mail/Pic @@http://www.independent.co.uk/
Times / World News/mail/Pic @@http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
Sunday Mirror /newsdesk/mail/Pic @@http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/
The Globe and Mail /Feed Back/mail/Pic @@http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
The Province /letters to the editor/mail/Pic @@http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/index.html
The Vancouver SUN /newsroom/mail/Pic @@http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/index.html
Australia:
The Daily Telegraph /Contact us/mail/Pic @@http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/
Irish Voice /contact us CS/html @@http://www.irishvoice.com/
The New Zealand Herald /contacts/html @@http://www.nzherald.co.nz/
The Press /contact/mail/Pic @@http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,,0a6009,00.html
WIRED /news tip http://hotwired.wired.com/
Winston-Salem Journal | Got a story idea? http://www.journalnow.com/
RGJ.com Customer Service - News Tips http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
CourierPostonline - Send a News Tip http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
Boston.com http://www.boston.com/
reviewjournal.com -- About(Nevada) http://www.reviewjournal.com/index.html
The Spokesman-Review.com -- News tips http://www.spokesmanreview.com/cover.asp
Newstip Submit Form http://www.newsreview.info/
The Seattle Times: Send us news tips http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/
Contact Us | CNET News.com http://news.com.com/2001-1_3-0.html?tag=nehd.ne.ball
LifeSite - Your Life, Family and Culture Outpost http://www.lifesite.net/
WhatTheyThink.com - Print's Home Page http://members.whattheythink.com/
World Peace Herald http://www.wpherald.com/
Tufts E-News: Send Us News Tips! http://enews.tufts.edu/index.html
Business.com http://www.business.com/directory/media_and_entertainment/avex_inc/
Contact Anime News Network-Newsroom http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/
WHY is this not on slashdot? Somebody, put it there - they'll go crazy over it...
Anyway - I really do think the english translation on monseurmonar.tripod.com is really a very good job, but I'm just being anal (picky and annoying) and just *have* to fix it up a bit... I'll go fix it up in notepad quietly >_>
Conveniently linking /. ¨ http://slashdot.org/
Unable to post by Login system.
Can someone post Mainichi News on >>1?
Copied for ref.
73 Name: CTRL+C & CTRL+V 2005-09-20 01:27 ID:zWinSvpr [Del]
Most of your text should be preserved because it shows the website's Japanese authorship, and it gives it color :)
But for clarity, a few corrections:
In the USA the popular name is "Numa Numa"
> You know "Dragostea din Tei" or "O-Zone Koi-no-Maiahi" known with the phrase "Mai a hi, Mai a hu", dont'you?
You know "Dragostea din Tei" or "Numa Numa", the song that starts with "Mai-ya-hi, Mai-ya-hoo...", don't you?
2ch is not widely known in U.S.
> Yes. You're most surely right. They closely ressemble to Monar and Mo-lala having been beloved in a gigantic BBS website 2-channel.
These characters are duplicates of Monar and Moraler, the famous ASCII art characters on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.
( link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2ch )
Monar is not "public domain", as you state in the FAQ. He is more like "community property", as his character was designed by 2ch all together.
> Many of 2-channellers found it good to achieve to be used as a main character in AVEX products, some found not as a profit making company uses character from public domain.
Many 2channelers thought it was an achievement to be used as the main characters in AVEX products. Some thought it was bad that a for-profit company was using their original characters.
I agree with it. This could be a second step to show the text.
We tried was "translation". You are doing is modification in order to well-konwn for the general audience and readers living in abroad.
Please find change afterwards.
I believe consistancy can be kept with doing this exchange between Japanese and English. Thank you for your effort.
Yeah, that's why I'm wondering whether you should really change your blog so that it's more gramatically correct and so on. It does keep it's flavour in the current state (and like I said, it's not unintelligable)
But maybe standalone pages or websites should be fixed up.
I will post your suggestion to the blog site.
Decision will be made by himself, anyway.
>>18
What is this post, an announcement of indecisiveness? ’('``G)‘
I think the "5 minutes" page is good now. Someone can submit it to Slashdot under the section heading "Your Rights Online," they enjoy submissions in that category.
I think there should be made some more corrections on the 5 minute page.
I'll submit some later when I get some time.
So, what happened to Wata? Did he "sell out" to Avex and permit them to use the characters as though they were his own creation? Or did he just let them use the Flash movie for the CD, then Avex claimed copyright on it?
Hello Japanese! I am happy Yankee!
>>22
From my understanding, it is the latter...
>>23 Hello. Here is not very many Japanese, but you are welcome.
Catch you guys later.
Asking for help, at this stage.
What we can do is;
Post (widely known and get about) blog, web site, papers, tabloids, community and net major.
Make weblog
Example:
http://monseurmonar.tripod.com/saveourbelovedmonar/
Boycott avex CDs and goods (except the artist, move)
http://notnoma.fc2web.com/avextale.html
move, Kimura declared himself against Noma Neko
http://blog.livedoor.jp/dubbybudda/
The following are a few suggestions I want to make regarding the "5 minutes" text.
It's mostly about clearing up some grammar (e.g. correcting prepositions, articles, etc.) and style.
None of the corrections are neccessary in order to understand the text as it is.
I still think it would be good to use them if you want to expose the "5 minutes" text to a large English-speaking crowd.
If you have any questions or comments about any of the suggestions, feel free to reply to me.
A few general remarks at first:
You should always write the same words in the same way,
e.g. "avex" in the first headline should read "AVEX". Also, decide on EITHER
"Moraler" or "Mo-lala"!
"BBS" does not have the same meaning in English as in Japanese, in English it refers to
a very specific type of internet communication, not generally to all types of fora.
So that's my reason why I replaced BBS with "forum" or "fora" (plural of forum) in my suggestions below.
You should also avoid making arbitrary line breaks in the middle of sentences (e.g. "showing a" [line break] "catlike character").
This disrupts the reading flow significantly.
Now for the specific suggestions (part 1 of 2, part 2 will follow later)
I'll use "original phrase" ¨ "my suggestion" or "original phrase" © "my remark on it" format.
* There should not be a full stop at the end of "cartoon works streaming through internet."
* "and history on it." ¨ "and its further history"
* "Let's move forward."
* "*End of September-October, 2004. Wata unveiled it in 2-channel" ¨ "At the end of September-October, 2004. Wata unveiled it on 2-channel"
* "Wata is also a 2-channel user, unveiled it in 2-channel." © This sentence is not really needed anymore, you said the same above already.
* " Most of 2-channeller preferably enjoyed this movie in which shows Monar and his friends dancing." ¨ "Most 2-channellers enjoyed this movie in which Monar and his friends were shown dancing."
* "has released O-Zone CD entitled of Dragostea din Tei." ¨ "has released a CD by O-Zone entitled "Dragostea din Tei.""
* "bonus truck" ¨ "bonus track"
* "comparing to the original" ¨ "compared to the original"
* "but still characters shown and parodied words were constructed basically the same." © Why isn't all of this in red?
* "Especially the principal character named "Noma-Neko"." ¨ "Especially the main character named "Noma-Neko"."
* "A beloved character which has been brought up in BBS, virtual internet world has been kidnapped as an "original" of profittal enterprise!!" ¨ "A beloved character which has been brought up on a forum in the virtual internet world has been kidnapped as an "original" of profit based enterprise!!"
* "But most of all were quite much raged." ¨ "But most of all, they were quite outraged."
* "There was even some who started asking AVEX on it." ¨ "There were even some who started asking AVEX about it."
* "response from AVEX were as follows" ¨ "response from AVEX was as follows"
* "It is the same that 2-channel character and Noma-Neko are not the same." ¨ "In the same way, 2-channel character and Noma-Neko are not the same, either."
* "MUZO has announced" ¨ "MUZO announced"
* "Many could not see what this statement exactlly means." ¨ "Many could not see what this statement exactly meant."
* ""Nothing to say at this moment." was only reply we could get from AVEX." ¨ "No comment at this time." was the only reply we could get from AVEX.
* "And at night on September 8, 2005, an article titled "About copyright of Noma-Neko" was added on an official internet shopping website of AVEX." ¨ "And at the night of September 8th, 2005, an article titled "About the copyright of Noma-Neko" was added on the official internet shopping website of AVEX."
* ""Noma-Neko" was born to be "inspired" by ASCII Art characters" ¨ ""Noma-Neko"'s creation was "inspired" by ASCII Art characters"
* "often seen on internet BBS such as Monar and so on." ¨ "often seen on internet fora, such as Monar, etc."
* "Noma-Neko is completely different character from Monar and Mo-lala." ¨ "The Noma-Neko character is completely different from Monar and Mo-lala."