Volume 26 SBS

Chapter 237 (Page 26)

SBS International Investigation Committee (SBSIIC?)

O: Uhhh, a few volumes ago, I said that I had been getting a fair number of questions about international versions of One Piece, but for some silly reason, the author, myself, had really no idea either, and so I enlisted the help of the international section of the Shueisha offices to bring together this information. Thank you very much. First of all, these are all the countries that One Piece is sold in, as of October 2002. These are impossible to obtain within Japan itself.

• Country	Country
  Taiwan (Mandarin)	Hong Kong (Hong Kong Chinese)
  Korea (Korean)	Thailand (Thai)
  Singapore (Mandarin)	Malaysia (Malay)
  France (French)	Italy (Italian)
  Spain (Spanish)	Germany (German)
  Brazil (Portuguese)	and 11 more.

Furthermore, the following 4 countries are scheduled to begin releasing it in 2003.

• Country	Country
  Indonesia (Indonesian)	Denmark (Dutch)
  Sweden (Swedish)	Mexico (Spanish)

Pretty amazing.

Chapter 238 (Page 44)

SBS IIC

O: Here you can see how the names of the main characters are pronounced in the different countries One Piece is sold in.

• Look out, some of them are pretty weird.

(Note: The pronunciations are going to be written based on the Japanese katakana. In case you don't know how Japanese vowels are pronounced, here's how it works.

• a = "ah" as in "chicAgo"
• e = "eh" as in "Express"
• i = "ee" as in "bEEp"
• o = "oh" as in "Over"
• u = "oo" as in "prOve")

• C	Japanese Spelling	Foreign Spelling	How to Pronounce
  K o r e a	モンキー・Ｄ・ルフィ Monkii D Rufi	몽키・Ｄ・루피와	モンキー・Ｄ・ルフィ Monkii D Rufi
  	ロロノア・ゾロ Roronoa Zoro	로로노아・조로	ロロノア・ゾロ Roronoa Zoro
  	ナミ Nami	나미	ナミ Nami
  	ウソップ Usoppu	우솝	ウソップ Usoppu
  	サンジ Sanji	상디	サンディ Sandi
  	チョッパー Choppaa	쵸파	チョッパー Choppaa
  C h i n a	ルフィ Rufi	魯夫	ルフ Rufu
  	ゾロ Zoro	索隆	ソロン Soron
  	ナミ Nami	娜美	ナメイ Namei
  	ウソップ Usoppu	騙人布	ビェンザンブ Byenzanbu
  	サンジ Sanji	香吉士	シャンジス Sanjisu
  	チョッパー Choppaa	喬巴	チャウパー Chaupaa
  B r a z i l	モンキー・Ｄ・ルフィ Monkii D Rufi	MONKEY D RUFFY	モンキー・ド・ハフィ Monkii Do Hafi
  	ロロノア・ゾロ Roronoa Zoro	RORONOA ZORO	ホホノア・ゾロ Hohonoa Zoro
  	ナミ Nami	NAMI	ナミ Nami

(cntd. on page 62)

Anime Info

O: These countries are currently broadcasting the One Piece anime: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Italy, Greece. So Luffy and the others are speaking in the languages of these countries. I'd like to see that sometime.

Chapter 239 (Page 62)

SBS IIC

• C	Japanese Spelling	Foreign Spelling	How to Pronounce
  G e r m a n y	ルフィ Rufi	Ruffy	ルフィ Rufi
  	ゾロ Zoro	Zorro	ゾロ Zoro
  	ナミ Nami	Nami	ナミ Nami
  	ウソップ Usoppu	Lysop	リソップ Risoppu
  	サンジ Sanji	Sanji	サンジ Sanji
  	チョッパー Choppaa	Chopper	チョッパー Choppaa
  H o n g K o n g	ルフィ Rufi	路飛	ルフェ Rufe
  	ゾロ Zoro	卓洛	チョロ Choro
  	ナミ Nami	奈美	ノイメイ Noimei
  	ウソップ Usoppu	烏索普	ウソポ Usopo
  	サンジ Sanji	山治	サンジ Sanji
  	チョッパー Choppaa	索柏	ソッパ Soppa
  S i n g a p o r e	ルフィ Rufi	魯夫	ルフ Rufu
  	ゾロ Zoro	索隆	スォウーロン Souuron
  	ナミ Nami	娜美	ナメイ Namei
  	ウソップ Usoppu	騙人布	ピァンレンブ Pyanrenbu
  	サンジ Sanji	香吉士	シアンジシ Shianjishi
  	チョッパー Choppaa	喬巴	チャオパ Chaopa

O: Depending on the country, sometimes the pronunciation is the same even if the spelling is different, so I only picked the countries with the really interesting readings. Nico Robin doesn't appear because they haven't been published that far. Obviously they all began publication later than Japan. Speaking of which, sometimes I receive fan letters from kids in foreign countries, but... I CAN'T READ THEM (GONNNNN). However, I can pick up the feeling just from the words, so it makes me really happy. Thank you.

Chapter 240

No SBS.

Chapter 241

No SBS.

Chapter 242 (Page 115)

O: Up here on the left is the French version of the inside flap comments in Volume 10. It was just me talking about how I had become the same age as Sazae-san. However, the French naturally have no knowledge of Sazae-san. So, on the bottom, they added an explanation about the story. I'm sorry they had to go through all of that... From now on, I will withhold all stupid comments (not). Now, look at the right side and be shocked... they even translated the SBS... my goodness. Those moronic exchanges have now crossed the seas. Now, the children of the world say, "Wow, Japanese people sure are dumb". OK, THAT INCLUDES YOU.

Chapter 243 (Page 134)

Chapter 244 through 246

No SBS.

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