Talk:Bayside Shakedown

Correct title?

I am by no means fluent in Japanese, but I cannot believe the title given to this is remotely related. Odoru - usually dance, but also means jump, dai - prefix for large or great, sousa - detective, and the final sen part I'm not sure of. I'm just wondering; how in the world does one get "Bayside Shakedown" from this? It even seems that it was called "The Spirited Criminal Investigat(i)ve Network" in America. Was this a title given by its creators or something? I would really like to know.

To be honest, I have no idea. The movie DVD's all say "Bayside Shakedown", and the series run on the International Channel appeared to come subtitled from FCI. It would be interesting to have this answered in a section, though. -- Kevin 15:13, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

In fact, it is very common for Asian (especially East Asian) movies or other entertainment works to have an other name in english which is totally irrelated to its original meaning. For example, one of the latest films of Wong Kar Wai 's has the english name "In the Mood for Love", but its original name is: 花樣年華, which means the "era of flowers". This regulation is also valid in Japan. Rogerius. --194.94.219.86 (talk) 20:41, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that is the correct title given by creators. It does have a loose connection to the Japanese meaning. 捜査 does indeed mean investigation, but with 線 on the end it loses its meaning. By coincidence the homophone: 走査線 refers to the horisontal lines of pixels on a television display which a digital picture is made up of. Shakedown is a synonym for dance. I did say the conneciton was loose. It is not uncommon for an official english title to have a meaning differring from the original. M miyama (talk) 14:58, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Referencing

The reference cited makes no mention of the facts stated "and was the third highest grossing live-action film in Japanese box office history.[1]". The direct citation has been removed and will be replaced by a citation needed. M miyama (talk) 03:46, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

I have reversed the edit because the Tokyograph article cited does explicitly mention that fact.Michitaro (talk) 03:55, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

I ended up redoing the citations. The Oricon link was not necessary in one and did not give the right information in the other. I found another link for that. Michitaro (talk) 04:05, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

The new citations quote the correct information, thankyou. M miyama (talk) 04:06, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

The last TV

Citation needed because it would be impossible to reunite all of the members of the cast since Ikariya Chosuke died in 2004.

M miyama (talk) 04:13, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks to the user who referenced it. The page gives a pretty comprehensive list of old cast appearing in the new productions.
M miyama (talk) 03:14, 1 September 2012 (UTC)