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09-06-2011, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by lee1962 View Post
Here's a few that appear on the Virtual Japan site:

Audition = Odishon
Battle Royal = Batoru Rowairaru
Death Note = Desu Noto
The Ring = Ringu
That's Katakana Eigo (Words derived from English pronounced in the Japanese syllabary).

They actually are spelled:

バトルロワイアル - Battle Royale
リング - Ring

This isn't the case with all movie titles, but many do have titles like this.
I guess they write it like that because it sounds like a cool title.


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