Talk:Upotte!!

Names

Anyone know if Funco is correct? Most translated versions of the manga has her spelled as 'Funko' which might mean daughter of FN if I remember my Japanese, while wiki has it as Funco which would be closer to 'FNC', the gun she is personifying.--Jusuchin 10:38, 8 April 2012 (CDT)

I'm guessing either is correct in terms of sound and the Funco / Funko thing is an intentional pun that it's impossible to preserve in English. I know "Faru" is probably a phonetic mistranslation; Japanese has no luh-ruh distinction and tends to have terminal vowel sounds, so "Faru" is just how you render "Fal" in Japanese. Same with "Jiisuri" (pronounced "gee shree"). Also if they bother to translate the names the two American rifles are called "One Six" and "One Four."

Can't say I've ever found this kind of thing appealing, but hey. Evil Tim 06:45, 10 April 2012 (CDT)

Japan has done it again

If something like this was broadcast in the UK people would have a fit, partially due to the guns and partially because of all the school girls going spread eagle in front of the camera.

Anyway, in the picture below, what is the rifle 3rd from the front, that appears to be on a sling?

It looks like it might be the AUG, but that barrel is too short for a conventional AUG.

Plus it looks like a different length from this picture:

There looks to be a couple more inches of actual barrel before the flash hider in the lower picture.

Anyone got any ideas? -- Timaman 06:09, 10 April 2012 (CDT)

Steyr AUG carbine with 16" Barrel - 5.56x45mm

This? Looks to be using the open-front flash hider design. The "sling" looks like the front "leg" of the sight drawn rather severely off-model. Evil Tim 06:48, 10 April 2012 (CDT)

Ahh yes I see what you mean about the scope. But the barrel still looks way too short. It looks like the barrel is at 1, possibly 2 inches shorter than it should be... Can you get a carbine/short barrel version of the A2? I'm not familiar with one. -- Timaman 07:19, 10 April 2012 (CDT)

Steyr AUG A2 (Military Version) - 5.56x45mm NATO

Evil Tim 07:20, 10 April 2012 (CDT)

Explicit images

Am I the only one who frowned to see somewhat explicit content on this movie page? I am familiar with Manga, but the way I see it, here at IMFDB, both in images and in writing we should focus on the guns and not on (underaged?) girl's underwear. It is true that some good gun movies have explicit images but in these cases I think we should only show 'decent' screenshots, unless it's 200% necessary to do otherwise, --PeeWee055 14:20, 10 April 2012 (CDT)

While no doubt creepy, but still technically SFW. --Funkychinaman 14:28, 10 April 2012 (CDT)

This isn't explicit. Explicit is when you can actually see something. This, as noted, is just kinda creepy. Evil Tim 14:47, 10 April 2012 (CDT)

I'll second with Tim on this. Its a little weird, but if you know anything about Japan, then you know it is the weirdest country on the planet. If you haven't already, watch the Japanese Windows 7 advert ([1]). It is genuinely beyond belief how a country can accept it as 'Normal' (I would love to see Bill Gates reaction to it!) -- Timaman 15:41, 10 April 2012 (CDT)

Uh, really?..That's all? The way you were talking about this ad I thought it was going to have porn in it or something...and no, the host shaking her butt at the camera doesn't count! Even though it may seem odd to us to use animation for a commercial which is essentially aimed at adults, it's something that is ingrained and accepted in the culture. And considering what else is out there, I really didn't find anything extremely weird or overly disburbing about this ad at all.--Phillb36 21:28, 10 April 2012 (CDT)

Nothing we can do about it since it's already made. I just live with it though... Ominae 19:28, 10 April 2012 (CDT)

If this is for the images of the three Battle Rifles, I appologize, until the next episode where there are more Screenshot-worthy images of them using their gun-selves, the explicit shots remain. As for Funko/Funco's pictures, I imagine it'll be part of the plot, and also they are the best shots of the FN FNC besides the title card. The only other gun closeup screenshot to rival it would be those with Ichiroku and the M16A4.--Jusuchin 06:39, 11 April 2012 (CDT)

Prudes. Temp89 11:13, 11 April 2012 (CDT)

Probably since, as someone who custom assembled their PC, I know that build a computer is NOT that easy. Fitting the parts isn't too bad, but wiring is soul destroying (particularly if you have multiple hard drives, optical drives, graphics cards and such) and installing the OS is... irritating to say the least. -- Timaman 13:55, 12 April 2012 (CDT)