CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

yes im asking the question how do you pronounce anime and also manga do you pronounce them like ah-ni-meh and mahngah or anemay and maynga

*shrugs*

In Nihongo no kurasu: anime = Ah - Knee - May

Just hanging out with my friends, I tend to slip back into the "(A)pple - (Ni)mrod - May" pronounciation.

I know some people who pronounce it "Ah - knee - me" and even worse - "An-Neem"

I pronouce it (Anna-may) and (main-ga)

My pronunciation of the last syllable of anime is usually about halfway between "may" and "meh". (I think the proper Japanese is actually "meh", but I try to compromise a little for the sake of the rest of you. ^_~ )

i know its supposed to be ah-knee-meh, but i always say
ann-a-may, but i say manga, mon-ga

I don't care if it's incorrect, Mon-gah just sounds retarded to me. So I have, and always will, say Maine-gah. And yeah, I'm a lazy texan when it comes to anime too--Ann-ni(mrod)-may all the way.

Somehow, I doubt this post will help dissaude the stereotypes already inflicted upon me.

Indonesians basically have a similar way of prounouncing words as the Japanese so we pretty much pronounce it the way they do : Ah-knee-meh and Mahn-gah.

But we usually go "an-neem" just to prounounce it quicker (we have abbreviations for a LOT of things)

mon-ga and main-ga both sound well strange to me...

It's "mahn-ger" in the uk

djnoz wrote:It's "mahn-ger" in the uk

*sings*

No crib for a bed...

I always pronounced it a(nt)-ni(mrod)-may and main-ga.
I know how it's supposed to sound, but...
Actually how IS manga supposed to be pronounced? Is is Man-gah...or Mahng-gah?...just in case I ever decide to say it properly..

one of my friends said at her school there is an anime and manga club and they say manga like man-ka so i started saying it like that but i have no idea whats right i used to say man-ga

Strictly speaking, if that's the romaji, the correct pronunciation would be:
Ma N Ga

(Maa un Gaa is about as close as most americans will ever get. Just say it really fast.)

I say anime wrong(ann-uh-may), but I say manga the right way(Mah-n-ga). Erm...yeah. o_O

ShiroiHikari wrote:I say anime wrong(ann-uh-may), but I say manga the right way(Mah-n-ga). Erm...yeah. o_O

I say 'em that way too.

Inkhana is right, they are supposed to be pronounced with the "ah" sound as in 'father'

And Angelchick, you say mang-ka? well, as long as you don't replace the 'a' with an 'o' you are in the clear.

no man-ka but i'm going to start saying it the right way i say anime like an-ni-may

No matter how I spell my pronounciations, I know that whatever american reads it will add a fair bit of accent to it... so I'll give up trying to tell you how an english guy pronounces manga...

Ashley wrote:I don't care if it's incorrect, Mon-gah just sounds retarded to me. So I have, and always will, say Maine-gah. And yeah, I'm a lazy texan when it comes to anime too--Ann-ni(mrod)-may all the way.

Somehow, I doubt this post will help dissaude the stereotypes already inflicted upon me.

I say ann-ni(mrod)-may when I'm talking to some people, but I'll get neurotic and switch to the Japanese pronunciation.

Maine-gah?? EEew... Whenever I get anime from Manga productions, it makes me cringe to hear the way they pronounced their own company's name... It's ma-n-ga not me-i-n-ga... *shiver*

Oh, and I'll never get over that ad that called Goku "goo-koo" or those horrific fansubs of DBZ and DBGT... I don't know what it is about that show that draws those kinds of people... It was the only fansub I've ever seen to be THAT BAD... None of the others came close to that bad... And I didn't find any good ones, either...

moses supposes his toeses are roses but moses supposes erroniously...

sorry, just this thread reminds me of a movie where a movie actress with an absolutely terrible accent has to take voice lessons....

yah, i'll be quiet now.

Here just to make this bit of randomness valid: I've got manga right and anime wrong

> Oh, and I'll never get over that ad that called Goku "goo-koo"

*remembers the UY Movie #2 dub which called Mendoo "MEND-ow"* ... for those not in the know, it should be pronounced "MEND-oh" (lengthen the O), but depending on how you romanize, it could be spelled Mendoo or Mendou. Still, you would expect US Manga Corps to know what transliterations should be pronounced as, or at least to tell their voice actors the right one.

I generally pronounce it an-ni-may and mahn-ga.

Oh yeah? I pronounce it, A(uflenzel)-ni(ger)-moughkex(.....You gotta be kidding)

And! M(artina)-a(ulenfaust)-N(ifulmanzemuful)-gugh(ugggghhhhhh)

The Silence wrote:moses supposes his toeses are roses but moses supposes erroniously...

sorry, just this thread reminds me of a movie where a movie actress with an absolutely terrible accent has to take voice lessons....

I like that movie too; it's just too hilarious! ^_^

*sings* I'm siiiiiinging in the raaaaaiiiiin...