Beast Wars II 27 ENG SUBBED Megastorm Reborn 新生メガストーム

Translator Notes: Lio Junior tries to address Lio Convoy as chichiue (父上) which is an old fashioned way of addressing one’s father. This was commonly used in samurai families prior to the Meiji era (1868). Apache messes up saying Nemesis, by calling it Memeshi (メメシ). We’re not sure if he was referring to memeshi (女々しい) which means effeminacy. Effeminacy are traits in a human boy or man that are more often associated with feminine nature. When Diver is swimming around the Niagara base, Scuba asks him not to bother him and Lio Junior. Scuba’s meditation form is that of a Buddhist who meditates under a waterfall. BB doesn’t understand the word ristora (リストラ) which means restructuring. He thinks more simply that Starscream was referring to risu (リス) which means squirrel, and tora (トラ) which means tiger. Of course this is another example of a play on words which we cannot translate accurately in English, so therefore we’ve left it as is, since it works because BB is clueless about everything. A coups d'état is a French word which refers to overthrowing, or the sudden and forced seizure of a state, usually instigated by a small group of the existing government establishment to depose the established regime and replace it with a new ruling body. Santon mentions to Skywarp that “I heard a tale that lions throw their cubs down from the top of a deep valley and raise only the ones who come up on their own.” Based on reality, this is not true. Real lions go save their cubs if it happens. What this refers to is an old tale of a legendary lion called a Shishi (獅子). The Shishi is a funny-looking being - something like a dog wanting to be a lion. The origins of the shishi character are in China. Shishi dogs are the equivalent of the Chinese foo dogs. Shishi were posted on the right and left entrances of temples and houses as guardians against evil spirits. They can also be found on roofs but were often seen in pairs. According to legend, the shishi would throw cubs off of cliffs in order to test their strength. Despite this instance of callous disregard for their cub's health, the parents were very protective of their young. After Skywarp picks up Santon, Skywarp complains about Santon gaining weight, of which he replies with Zouni no kui sugida zou (雑煮の食い過ぎだぞう) or literally I ate too much rice cake soup. Using Zouni (雑煮) literally rice cake soup: he's joking around because he's a Zou (elephant). We’ve tried to work with this pun by adding a trunk-full (reference to an elephant's trunk) as part of the sentence. Santon then replies back to Skywarp’s complaint with Zou mo suimasen (ぞうもすいません) or literally I’m sorry but using Zou again as a pun. We’ve tried working with this by using the word Ivory (reference to an elephant's tusks) in place of I’m to pull off the same bad pun. As mentioned in his character profile, Santon uses puns over and over with his sentences by emphasising zou at the end. We’ll try whenever appropriate to throw a bad elephant pun into his sentence. Before he falls into the Angolmois energy, Gigastorm yells in English, “I shall return!” We’re not sure if this was meant to parody any kind of English TV shows or movies, as this line could have come from anywhere.