Anticlimax
I'm about to depart on a top-secret mission to Osaka, but I will leave you with the ridiculously gigantic English movie name-Japanese movie name page. I think someone pointed this out to me in comments a long time ago, but it was down at that very moment and unlinkable.
Its time has come.
Did you know...?
- Abbott and Costello were apparently referred to as "Deko-Boko" ("Convex and Concave"), e.g. Abbott & Costello in the Navy -> 凸凹海軍の巻
- There was also some character known as "Dreamy Dud" whose Japanese (nick)name was 凸坊 ("the Convex Kid")
- Dames Ahoy! became 娘喜べ水兵上陸 ("Rejoice, o girls! The navy has arrived!"), a complete reversal.
- The Wizard of Oz has two Japanese titles listed: オズの魔法使 ("the Wizard of Oz") and 笑国万歳 ("Banzai for the Land of Laughter!") I know which I prefer.
amida:
Amazing... I was just thinking that someone should set up a Wiki to do the same thing for Chinese versions of English-langage film titles! None of which, by the way, are as interesting as the ones in that email that made the rounds a few years back....