remind any one else of a certain flash?

Nekotrainer said:
remind any one else of a certain flash?

you just had to didnt you

my childhoooooooood.
D:

Nekotrainer said:
remind any one else of a certain flash?

Nope? SHould it...

Although, my childhood has taken a hit...

O_O mei is a male not a female

Mei is not a female! Stupid!

Actually mei's gender was left specifically unclear in the movie <3

SnowWolf said:
Actually mei's gender was left specifically unclear in the movie <3

Yet Gabu said "he" several times?

MUFFlNS said:
Yet Gabu said "he" several times?

In Japanese, it is possible to avoid saying words that suggest gender like he, she, him, or her.... it is a common thing to do with characters where they want the audience to wonder, or don't feel it's needed. However, in English, that's a lot harder to do without sounding awkward... THus, dubbing or subtitles may have references to a gender that might not be correct.

All that said, I just went looking again and wikipedia says that Mei does NOT have a gender mentioned in the books, however, Mei is apparently a male goat in the movie, and a female goat in the anime.

So, this picture is simultaneously right and wrong at the same time :) (and, so am I! But my last post was 3 years ago, so I think I can be forgiven :) )

Nekotrainer said:
remind any one else of a certain flash?

What flash? Now I want to know.

SnowWolf said:
In Japanese, it is possible to avoid saying words that suggest gender like he, she, him, or her.... it is a common thing to do with characters where they want the audience to wonder, or don't feel it's needed. However, in English, that's a lot harder to do without sounding awkward... THus, dubbing or subtitles may have references to a gender that might not be correct.

All that said, I just went looking again and wikipedia says that Mei does NOT have a gender mentioned in the books, however, Mei is apparently a male goat in the movie, and a female goat in the anime.

So, this picture is simultaneously right and wrong at the same time :) (and, so am I! But my last post was 3 years ago, so I think I can be forgiven :) )

Okay, I feel I gotta clear things up. In the original novel Mei and Gabu were heavily implied to have been a couple even more so than the movie. Mei's gender was never specifically mentioned because the creator felt it wasn't necessary to mention at any point, and he felt that anyone could love anyone despite gender or species.

Years later when the movie was in the works, the creator of the novel came out and admitted Mei was always a male and always intended to be.

Then when the anime came into view, Mei was changed to female due to the fact that Mei was a very effeminate character already, and they felt it wasn't right having a gay couple as the main characters of a kids show.

So basically it's

Novel - Ambiguous gender (Later confirmed male)
Movie - Male
Anime - Female

Rush123 said:
Okay, I feel I gotta clear things up. In the original novel Mei and Gabu were heavily implied to have been a couple even more so than the movie. Mei's gender was never specifically mentioned because the creator felt it wasn't necessary to mention at any point, and he felt that anyone could love anyone despite gender or species.

Years later when the movie was in the works, the creator of the novel came out and admitted Mei was always a male and always intended to be.

Then when the anime came into view, Mei was changed to female due to the fact that Mei was a very effeminate character already, and they felt it wasn't right having a gay couple as the main characters of a kids show.

So basically it's

Novel - Ambiguous gender (Later confirmed male)
Movie - Male
Anime - Female

I think the romance was always meant to be a maybe, as in the audience can decide whether or not it has romantic intentions.