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You have the power to undo ONE official mistranslation or localized name you hate.
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I acknowledge that the goofy English names in conjunction with an actual acknowledgement of the game's setting would present issues of their own (and I agree keeping the Japanese names wouldn't have been ideal either), but outright recontextualizing the series' entire setting feels Brock-making-"jelly-donuts"- level condescension to me, as a localization choice.
It's just sort of an incredibly difficult series to localize "right."
I legit roll my eyes whenever I read the manga on the Jump app and his name pops up. I wish Viz would just turn it back to Zoro at this point.
Neither of these are mistranslations
Definition of academia
: the life, community, or world of teachers, schools, and education :
Again, nobody uses Academia to refer to a singular school in english.
Seems like a good a place as any to ask a question I've had ever since I learned about the whole Hercule situation in DBZ.Mine would have to be Dark Prince from Puyo Puyo, just doesn't have the same ring as SATAN, luckily we got this brief moment before Puyo games started getting localized
In Japan, is it true Satan is/was understood more as simply a great and powerful demon (like "a satan") rather than an actual mythological character?
I remember asking this question several years and getting an answer like that. It was explained to me by invoking the relationship between Dracula and vampire. We understand Dracula to be a specific character in a very specific context, even if that context changes and is flexible. We would not call a regular vampire a Dracula nor would we name any old character Dracula because that name is loaded with a great deal of cultural context. So we would never refer to someone as Dracula who was not meant to be Count Dracula specifically, nor would we refer to a vampire as "a dracula" because we have too much importance attached to the name.
Was there a misunderstanding on a similar level in regards who or what Satan was since there was no cultural context? I don't ask this thinking it really matters at all, more just a curiosity.
Edit: Sounds like this was bull shit! 🤣
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The title isn't a reference to the school; it's a reference to Deku's school life
I don't watch the show so I didn't even realize it referred to the school. I assumed it referred to the field of study. As if to say, "my hero studies."
It sucks since Viz did use Zoro in their translation until the 4Kids dub hit then they changed it to match. Probably mandated by Shueisha, too.
You don't love Chazz Princeton?! Honestly, I would rather his official name be Chazz.
I remember when I read One Piece back and it was somewhat new that they used Zoro, cracks me up that they've been using Zolo for that long
Nope, it's just an intentional pun on Satan. Mr. Satan's real name, Mark, is also a reference to the Japanese word for devil. And Videl is Devil backwards while Pan is a reference to the character in greek mythology.
Dragonball has always had numerous references to Hell. Mr. Satan is just where the localization struggled the most at hiding it.
Cool, thanks. Sounds like the explanation I got years ago was probably trying too hard to invent an explanation for something that was actually quite simple.
I could understand them keeping the game title as Mega Man, but why couldn't his name still be Rock? Also not a name change but Ajora's gender in FFT.
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Trust me, Japanese media uses "Academia" to refer to singular schools all the time. This is a clear error on their part.
You don't.
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I still rather get rid of the term Destructo Disk more because damn does it sound dumb.
I do remember at one point that they were thinking of localizing Mr. Satan's name as Mr. Savage (this can be seen on the early Irwin toys packaging) but (this was only speculation) probably were scared of getting sued by Randy Savage and went with Hercule, the French dub's name for him.
I never got that, either. There were a few instances where they would use Rock but most of the time he's called Mega. It's so silly.
I never got that, either. There were a few instances where they would use Rock but most of the time he's called Mega. It's so silly.
I always liked the change here. Jimmy Kudo sounds like a cool kid on a skateboard and shit, which is what the character is going for
Most likey. The entire joke is that you're suddenly introduced to this world champion with the ominous wrestling name of "Mr Satan".... only for him to be revealed as a total doofus who is out of his league and just trying to grift his supporters. The Buu Saga then doubles down on the joke by making "Mr Satan" into the moral compass for Buu
Toriyama loves making simple expectation-defying jokes like this
Yeh, so both work.
My Hero Academy would be referencing UA itself, while My Hero Academia would be referencing the studying and content itself.
Oh so that's why that joke.It was renamed to "Slifer the Sky Dragon" to flatter Roger Slifer, the executive producer of the dub studio at the time. Without a single fuck given towards the original work
Now the "Egyptian god card" from Takahashi's original manga is stuck with the name of some random suit in the west. This is the actual english card
And with that the "Egyptians gods" are Obelisk the Tormentor, The Winged Dragon of Ra, and....Slifer the Executive Producer
OP
OP
Yes, LittleKuriboh's humor might have been sometimes immature and offensive in the first few seasons but
"He's going to executive produce the shit out of you"
Was gold.
... Erm. Guys?
Some real people are named "Edith". "Meredith". "Judith".
Just saying.
I mean, I don't have a better guess, really, and considering the roots of the name "Sephiroth", if I absolutely had to choose something, I guess I'd go with that, but...
Some real people are named "Edith". "Meredith". "Judith".
Just saying.
I'm not sure what the original "sēfa" was supposed to stand for (if anything), but "Seraph" doesn't fit the bill...
So... "book" in Hebrew?
I mean, I don't have a better guess, really, and considering the roots of the name "Sephiroth", if I absolutely had to choose something, I guess I'd go with that, but...
It's still the proper spelling.
Sepher-Sephiroth effectively means "Book of Numbers" or "Book of Emanations", yeah.
This is the one for me. Hate the "thpptthh" sound at the end.
No it doesn't, you just like Aeris better even though it's not her real name.
Fun fact: I knew an Aerith in sixth grade, before FF7 was even a thing. It's the first and only instance of me ever hearing either version of the name but I guess somebody liked it lol.
It absolutely does sound better
Objectively so
Just to be clear these are all awful sounding names that are only on old people for a reason
FF7 is an older game but Aeris sure ain't an 80 year old
I would love to see an argument for how something can sound "objectively" better.
To me, It's the same thing as the name "Judith" or saying the word "monolith". Nothing unusual at all.
I just think it's funny because this ancient super human is named AC/DC. I actually think the localization name is a clever way to make it work but it still just makes me laugh.
This. I think I still have a copy of this card in a box.The title says it all.
Wait, what? I always assumed she was continuing his father's food-based punny name. Gohan = rice, Pan = bread; both cereal-based, carb-rich, white food items that are sometimes used as synonyms for food in general.
Could it be that Toriyama intended for her name to work both ways? O_o
Edit: From the DB Wiki:
... wow. :D
Back when All Star Battle came out (2014), I swear I remembered reading that Araki signed off on all of the different localization names, which is total "That's bullshit but I believe it" territory. I mean look at this shit
I'm going to go with the first things you see everyday since that's how Toriyama names things.
It's part of a theme. All of the people from and around Heliodor have gem-themed names in the localization. Gemma, Amber, Jasper, King Carnelian, Jade, Chalky, etc.
Yeah, I was going to say in the Madou series (RPG series Puyo Puyo characters came from) Satan's brother is named Lucifer. They knew what they were doing
All of the attack names in Japanese are just as absurd, if not often moreso, than they are in English. Just keeping them in Japanese is boring. I prefer the way the dub did it.