The Language of the Moon Kingdom
Sep. 18th, 2011 05:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
While reading the new translation of volume 1, and occasionally flipping through the old translation to see how the art compared, I came across the scene where Luna first opens the secret base. Instead of using a Japanese passphrase, she says something in completely alien characters.
Here's the scene from the flipped Mixx manga (I have no idea whether they flipped the alien dialogue bubbles or not):
( Large image under cut )
The updated version of the scene has a cuter Luna, a different logo for the game...and a different portrayal of the language. Instead of these dot-and-line characters, they're made up of planetary symbols (some rotated, some not), plus a couple of the asteroids (I caught Ceres and Vesta) thrown in.
I don't have a clean scan of the updated art; can anybody link to one? Also, does anyone have a scan of the original, unedited Japanese version?
And does anyone remember if this was ever used again in the manga? I'm almost certain it never came up in the anime -- which is a shame, as it's a fantastic detail that didn't deserve to be thrown in and then forgotten about.
ETA: Scan of the updated version! And for the record, it looks like the symbols are (left-to-right):
Chiron, Uranus, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, Neptune
Ceres, Venus, Saturn, Pallas, Mars, Chiron, Juno
(all upside-down): Ceres, Pluto, Jupiter, Uranus, Pallas, Chiron, Saturn
Wikipedia has a symbol list, for anyone who wants to see them all in one place.
Here's the scene from the flipped Mixx manga (I have no idea whether they flipped the alien dialogue bubbles or not):
( Large image under cut )
The updated version of the scene has a cuter Luna, a different logo for the game...and a different portrayal of the language. Instead of these dot-and-line characters, they're made up of planetary symbols (some rotated, some not), plus a couple of the asteroids (I caught Ceres and Vesta) thrown in.
I don't have a clean scan of the updated art; can anybody link to one? Also, does anyone have a scan of the original, unedited Japanese version?
And does anyone remember if this was ever used again in the manga? I'm almost certain it never came up in the anime -- which is a shame, as it's a fantastic detail that didn't deserve to be thrown in and then forgotten about.
ETA: Scan of the updated version! And for the record, it looks like the symbols are (left-to-right):
Chiron, Uranus, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, Neptune
Ceres, Venus, Saturn, Pallas, Mars, Chiron, Juno
(all upside-down): Ceres, Pluto, Jupiter, Uranus, Pallas, Chiron, Saturn
Wikipedia has a symbol list, for anyone who wants to see them all in one place.