Seriously, why did DBZ call them Androids when 17 and 18 are cyborgs?

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Was it a mistranslation? Was Toriyama lazy cuz most of the others were actual androids? >_>

Also 18 is a very good character and I enjoy seeing her on screen.
Neon >_>
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The dub messed it up
Yes, their name translates as Artificial Human 17/18/etc. It wasn't so much as the dub that started it since it was the fandom and early bootleg translators that coined the term Android first.
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Hayame_Zero posted...
Yes, their name translates as Artificial Human 17/18/etc. It wasn't so much as the dub that started it since it was the fandom and early bootleg translators that coined the term Android first.

But they aren't artifical humans, they're still part humans.

DKBananaSlamma posted...
Also 18 is a very good character and I enjoy seeing her on screen.

She is a very quality character whose screentime is very much appreciated.
Its a mistranslation. The Japanese word is Jinzningen, which literally translates to Artificial Human, and thats what the subtitles say. There is no native Japanese word for Cyborg, so it would be written in katakana and pronounced the same way.
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Damn, is that where Jinzo from Yugioh got his name?
Neon >_>
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PraetorXyn posted...
Its a mistranslation. The Japanese word is Jinzningen, which literally translates to Artificial Human, and thats what the subtitles say. There is no native Japanese word for Cyborg, so it would be written in katakana and pronounced the same way.
What was the anime Cyborg009 called in Japan?
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DKBananaSlamma posted...
Damn, is that where Jinzo from Yugioh got his name?
I dont know much about it, but it looks like a robot so maybe.
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GeminiDeus posted...
What was the anime Cyborg009 called in Japan?
Its written in katakana, and would be Romanized as Saibgu Zero-Zero-Nain it seems.
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GeminiDeus posted...
What was the anime Cyborg009 called in Japan?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg009
Cyborg 009 (Japanese: , Hepburn: Saibgu Zero-Zero-Nain )
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Like was said, they aren't artificial though. 17 and 18 were born as humans
Zikten posted...
Like was said, they aren't artificial though. 17 and 18 were born as humans
I concur, they should've been called Cyborg 17 & 18
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Zikten posted...
Like was said, they aren't artificial though. 17 and 18 were born as humans

Blame Dr. Gero for being the Nintendo of mad scientists and getting his categorical definitions all messed up.
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If I made 16 artificial humans with a consistent naming convention, I probably wouldn't break the streak just because the next 2 are a little least artificial.
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NightRender posted...
If I made 16 artificial humans with a consistent naming convention, I probably wouldn't break the streak just because the next 2 are a little least artificial.
Were the previous 16 actual "Artificial Humans"?
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DKBananaSlamma posted...
Damn, is that where Jinzo from Yugioh got his name?
YEP
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Kamen_Rider_Blade posted...
Were the previous 16 actual "Artificial Humans"?

16 was definitely made with no human components. The other ones might have shown up in movies or OVAs or something, but aren't really characters.
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