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- From: doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi)
- Subject: Re: English language in Japanese music
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 04:53:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.215641.1994@guinness.idbsu.edu>, wmb@jalama.Idbsu.EDU (William M. Bennecke) writes:
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- # I have a general quesiton open to the net. Why is it that in
- # most of the Japanese Animation begining music and ending music
- # there are english phrases to be found there?
- # Most of the lyrics are in Japanese, but now and then an english
- # phrase can be heard sung by the vocalist.
- #
- # Is this a fad? An accepted procedure for Japanese song writers
- # in ANIME? I was just wondering what the answer is for those of you
- # who are better able to answer this.
- #
- # It seems very common in ANIME.
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- It's common in Japan in just about everything.
- songs, TV, signs, magazines, manga, anime, etc..
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- Hitoshi Doi, International Open Systems Engineering doi@jrd.dec.com
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