GDW confirmed breeds

[Kit]

So I realized I've utterly neglected to post these, here. As you may or may not know, Yoshi has confirmed and listed some breeds in the character profile/story arc breakdown databook "銀牙伝説ウィード名勝負列伝" (Ginga Densetsu Weed: Meishoubu Retsuden). This book only covers through the P4 arc, keep in mind.

Well... here they are! You may post these around, with or without credit, since they aren't unique translations that took effort or anything.

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Weed - Akita (秋田犬)

GB - English Setter (イングリッシュ セッタ—)

Sasuke - Shiba (柴犬)

Smith - French Spaniel mix (フレンチ スパニエルの雑種)

Lenny - Golden Retriever (ゴ—ルダン レトリ—バ—)

Mel - Golden Retriever (ゴ—ルダン レトリ—バ—)

Hook - Labrador Retriever mix (ラブラド—ル レトリ—バ—の雑種)

John - Shepherd (シェパ—ド)

Akame - Kishuu (紀州犬)

Golby - Siberian Husky (シベリアン ハスキ—)

Kuro - Labrador Retriever mix (ラブラド—ル レトリ—バ—の雑種)

Sakura - Kishuu mix (紀州犬の雑種)

Ken - Great Dane mix (グレ—ト ダンの雑種)

Kagetora - Kai (甲斐犬)

Jerome - Shepherd (シェパ—ド)

Wheeler - Gascon Saintongeois (ガスコン サントンヂョワ)

North - Hokkaido mix (北海道犬の雑種)

Robert - American Foxhound mix (アメリカン フォックスハウンドの雑種)

Rocca - Doberman (ド—ベルマン)

Hiro - Great Pyrenees (グレ—ト ピレニ—ズ)

Tesshin - Native breed mix (和犬の雑種)

Reika - Akita mix (秋田犬の雑種)

Ben - Great Dane (グレ—ト ダン)

Cross - Saluki (サルキ—)

Tokimune - Akita (秋田犬)

Gin - Akita (秋田犬)

The monster/P4 - Native breed mix (和犬の雑種)

Blue - Beauceron mix (ボオス牧羊犬)

Ned - English Pointer mix (イングリッシュ ポインタ—の雑種)

Bell - Mastiff mix (マスチフの雑種)

Nero - Siberian Husky (シベリアン ハスキ—)

Guard dog - Tosa (土佐犬)

Demon - American Pit Bull (アメリカン ピット ブル)

Gon - Native breed mix (和犬の雑種)

Hougen - Great Dane (グレ—ト ダン)

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I don't believe there were height and weights in this. Apparently bear hound blood is so powerful that it eats Sakura's mix blood for breakfast and makes Weed a purebred Akita. And Yoshi made up his mind about Smith. Why such an obscure breed of Spaniel, I don't know... I think it goes without saying Ken is mixed with Saluki, as well.

Jerome's squad's breeds are just all kinds of no. Thanks, Yoshi.

[M-92 Mantis]

Who the flying fuck is Demon?

[Ryan]

i thought reika was pure all this time

[Kit]

Jan 5, 2015 20:38:01 GMT -7 M-92 Mantis said:

Who the flying fuck is Demon?

That douche Gin pwned because he'd roughed up one of Ohu's messengers or something. It was a flashback of Jerome's, since apparently police dogs have nothing better to do than be creepers and spy on wild dogs' turf wars. In the manga Jerome said Gin became his idol because of how he beat up Demon, so he was disappointed that Weed and the others didn't fulfill his high bar of an expectation until they performed impossible stunts for him.



This bro, who doesn't look like a Pittie in the slightest.

I think he's also been romanized as Damon?

[TheShikoku]

Awwww I thought North was a Husky :x
What is this thing with the "native dog breed" ? Is it "I don't even want to explain which cross it is" ? Because Akita/Shiba/Kishu/etc are native dog breeds....

[Tora]

"Native breed mix" Arano explaind very good on Ginga Board:

While I'm at it as well, the kanji for Kaibutsu is the same for Tesshin and Gon too you say?
和犬の雑種 < Kaibutsu's breed from the Weed book.
The kanji is for "Dog of Japan" (+mix). This is just what dogs in Japan were called before they were separated into breeds; the generic Japanese dog before classification (important note: although it's tempting to say it, 'original' dog is an incorrect term for this because it wasn't one breed that many stemmed from, it was a term for the group of dogs before they were separated into small [Shiba], medium [Shikoku], large [Akita] etc).

Using the generic term for these characters and also saying they're a mix is great come to think of it! Because with Tesshin especially you're meant to believe that he is an old breed due to the Koga clan. Kaibutsu... eh, maybe it was a simple escape route so they could pay attention to his design rather than "what breed he should look like." I guess making a character generic gives you more freedom in terms of design, because as long as they look like a Japanese dog, no-one can really argue can they haha.

I think Japan Dog/dog of Japan might still be used to describe dogs that simply resemble the Japanese spitz type without being able to pin it as a purebred Akita/Hokkaido/burrito... but that's just a theory simply because it doesn't refer to breed. It's interesting ^^

Demon is called Damon in the Comics One tranlation.

[Kit]

Jan 6, 2015 0:17:05 GMT -7 TheShikoku said:

Awwww I thought North was a Husky :x
What is this thing with the "native dog breed" ? Is it "I don't even want to explain which cross it is" ? Because Akita/Shiba/Kishu/etc are native dog breeds....

You could headcanon that he's part husky, since he's a mix. Tora's quote is probably the closest answer. It could mean a multitude of things, but probably that they're just a mutt of Japanese dog origins, with no proper history of lineage. AKA, he probably didn't care and just wanted a cool design that looked Spitz-y. M-92 Mantis made a wonderfully detailed thread about the Japanese breed origins here, if you're interested in more of that theory, though.

Edit: Rascal's a moron and used pics from Imageshack, but says he'll fix them.

[TheShikoku]

Thank you for your answers ^^
I'll go for "a mix of japanese breeds" for Tesshin and Kaibutsu, so.

Rascal's article is very interesting.

[乃ĿŌŌƉȲ₭ȲŌŪƧĦĪṜŌ]

Blue looks NOTHING like a Beauceron anything, so I feel like my life has been a lie up until now. Though Wheeler's breed makes me think Yoshi did what we all do to make Ginga OC's. Hit up google for random dog breeds that most people don't know of, because life.

[Kit]

Jan 6, 2015 23:18:32 GMT -7 乃ĿŌŌƉȲ₭ȲŌŪƧĦĪṜŌ said:

Blue looks NOTHING like a Beauceron anything, so I feel like my life has been a lie up until now. Though Wheeler's breed makes me think Yoshi did what we all do to make Ginga OC's. Hit up google for random dog breeds that most people don't know of, because life.

As far as I know, Gascon never have Wheeler's color/markings scheme. I'm not sure it's genetically impossible, but considering several pages of Google turned up nothing, it would be ridiculously rare. Besides, Gascon are hounds, so I have no idea why one would be used to guard an important company secret. But then, by that logic, what the hell are Robert and North's breeds doing there?









I can see it all SO HARD, you guys, omg.

Like... Slight distinguishable features like ear type do not make them a breed, Yoshi... Stahp eet.

Though I guess I can suspend disbelief for North being a [brindle] Hokkaido, based on his color pic...



He's too big, though. But then, Yoshi never gets size proportions right. FEAR THIS IMAGE-HEAVY POST OF RANDOM KIT AMUSEMENT. (All images resized via Proboards' function.)

[Klomonx]

Ah, so Blue IS INDEED a Beauceron, Ginga Fandom rumours win for once. Yoshi logic aside (wtf are blue's colours man) I love Beaucerons. I think Blue looks like a generic GSD in his style.
How is Robert...a foxhound. He's CLEARLY a tosa/retriever mix, in my opinion. As far as Yoshi style goes.

In other news.
Gon is a GERMAN SHEPHERD YOSHI.
YOU GIVE ALL YOUR SHEPHERDS WEIRD MARKINGS DON'T PULL THAT JAPANESE BREED CRAP (or just say mutt, seriously).