Syubibinman coming soon

[SuperPlay]

Syubibinman coming soon ;-)

Snip from TurboForce Issue 1

[Arkhan]

My guess is, they had no idea what they were englishofying the name into yet.

lol

[geise]

No.  It would've been called Shockman 2

edit:  Hmmm I think I'm wrong.  Is there an image posted in the main post?  I think my works websense is blocking the image is so.  Sorry I thought it was talking about Shubibinman 3.

[shubibiman]

Here I am!

[geise]

Hey!  So when are you coming to the states! 

[SuperPlay]

Here I am!

:-)

[ParanoiaDragon]

They were gonna Saibamen, but, Vegeta got pissed so, yeah, then they thought, Seibertron....but, Meg's wasn't too thrilled

[esteban]

It just rolls off the tongue for me...

[Samurai Ghost]

Well that particular issue comes from the romanization of Japanese. The standard romanization of しゅ is "shu", but people sometimes enter "syu" into the keyboard as well or just go ahead and write it this way. There are plenty of other examples, such as つ which could be written as "tsu" or "tu" (incorrect) or し which is can be written as "shi" or "si" (incorrect). Japanese people mess this stuff up all the time because entering "si" into a keyboard makes for sense when you think in line with the other kana  (sa, si, su, se, so) and it's faster than typing "shi".

Useless Japanese tangent complete!

[sunteam_paul]

Many adverts used to call it Overhauled Man. WTF?

[nat]

Overhauled Man

HAHA

[arromdee]

Well that particular issue comes from the romanization of Japanese. The standard romanization of しゅ is "shu", but people sometimes enter "syu" into the keyboard as well or just go ahead and write it this way. There are plenty of other examples, such as つ which could be written as "tsu" or "tu" (incorrect) or し which is can be written as "shi" or "si" (incorrect). Japanese people mess this stuff up all the time because entering "si" into a keyboard makes for sense when you think in line with the other kana  (sa, si, su, se, so) and it's faster than typing "shi".

This is incorrect.  "shi" and "shu" are Hepburn romanization.  "si" and "syu" are usually Kunrei-shiki romanization.  Both are considered legitimate.

[Samurai Ghost]

Well that particular issue comes from the romanization of Japanese. The standard romanization of しゅ is "shu", but people sometimes enter "syu" into the keyboard as well or just go ahead and write it this way. There are plenty of other examples, such as つ which could be written as "tsu" or "tu" (incorrect) or し which is can be written as "shi" or "si" (incorrect). Japanese people mess this stuff up all the time because entering "si" into a keyboard makes for sense when you think in line with the other kana  (sa, si, su, se, so) and it's faster than typing "shi".

This is incorrect.  "shi" and "shu" are Hepburn romanization.  "si" and "syu" are usually Kunrei-shiki romanization.  Both are considered legitimate.

Yeah, I supposed I shouldn't have said they were 'incorrect' but the Kunrei-shiki romanization has certainly fallen out of favor these days. I think it's good to keep a standard so things are confusing like Chinese romanization.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Many adverts used to call it Overhauled Man. WTF?

Indeed, I've wondered the same thing.  Does Shubibin maybe mean Overhauled/Rebuilt or something along those lines?  That's the only thing I can think of since they were rebuilt or overhauled in a sense IIRC.

[nat]

BORG MAN