MOETAN
today i'm writing about the book pictured above. it's called MOETAN.
my friend, Compu-Tranny, brought MOETAN over one day. He said he was learning english. I took one look at it and about pissed myself.
for example, here's how they define the word 'differ':
"courage and a lot of guts are the driving force behind super-robots. This is how super-robots and real robots differ."
I guess he took my nonstop guffaws as a sign that his english study was doomed because he just gave me the book on the spot. the book tells the story of some pink-haired anime princess who, when not flashing her underpants or talking to her little animated pencil / eraser /duck thing , is doing battle with a witch. the only way she can win is to learn more english.
It seems that MOETAN's authors were trying to 'make learning english fun with wacky examples,' or something, but the fact is, they totally can't speak english at all..... the unintentionally poor grammar is way more 'wacky' than their intentional humor...for example, the definitions of 'evolution' and 'amaze'
' I made an evolution to feel relaxed with the bad smell in the animation shop or the comic market other way round'
' the president appears in the commercials to amaze the customers of their low prices.'
also amazing, is the apparent belief that America is some kind of imaginary animated country full of multi-limbed monster robots, where such phrases will come in REALLY HANDY:
Research - "every research on the social problem results in the world of aliens."
Creature - "who is the one who invited that monstrous creature to our mixer?"
Warn - 'the message was warning us that a huge marine-wildlife battleship was coming closer.'
so, i would not hesitate to reccomend this book to anyone planning on dealing with the immanent marine-wildlife battleship threat, or gutsy super robots.
Please go to their website and order a copy. even if you already speak english.
ESPECIALLY if you already speak english.
moetan UPDATE: (9/16/2004)
Disappoint - “in my childhood I was cruelly disappointed at the sight of the slide fasteners on the back of the heroes.”
Priest – (get ready) “the priest has a cross-shaped bazooka.”
Object – “he obstinately refuses to accept that rosebud games contain sexual objects.’
Expensive - “dahhhh!! Don’t launch lots of expensive missiles too quickly!’
Decide – ‘let’s decide the supremacy of the Earth by the blows of robots.’
Request – ‘the red queen requested them to strike his head off.’
Strict – ‘the strict procedure is required to recall the dragon.’
Broadcast – ‘they broadcast the scene of glance at the panties of the national icon.’
Preserve – ‘the overexploitation of ears and foxtails caused so much controversy so they established a place to preserve it.;’
Crush – ‘the steps the giant hero takes when he doges the attack crushes the neighboring houses. We must remember that.’
Assist- ‘are you assisted by the amazing-shocking mechanics of this week?’
Arrest – ‘the mad scientist was arrested for attempted earth destruction.’
Scare – ‘the angel who lives on his house scared him, because she beat him to death without notice.’
Imply – ‘an occupation of ‘job-hoping part-time worker’ implies a state of unemployment.’
Distinguish – ‘it is difficult to distinguish the Chinese noodle man from the Mongol man.’
Apologize – ‘the newspaper publisher apologizes for getting someone angered with elaborate dishes.’
Embarrass – ‘ the wrong use of the magic equipment often embarrasses the girl in the bathroom while she is taking a bath.’
Pollution – ‘the degree of mental pollution is rising up to level E! we can’t wait!’
Beat – ‘i’ll never stop beating you until you cry.’
Exist – ‘how many times do I have to say that people who live in the earth never exist?;
Rational – ‘earth persons are sometimes irritated by the rational judgement of the space alien’s with sharp shaped ears.’
Subscribe-‘ I subscribed my name to the contract with the witch. And I had a job in the public bath.’