pronunciation/translation of names

[Gazham]

How do you all pronounce the names of the zoanoids/zoalords etc? Spelling them phonetically.

I've seen a few different translations from Japanese over the years. I'd like to have a defiantive list of translated names and how to pronounce them accurately! Any thoughts Nyone?

[*guyverfan]

i know not to go by any of the viz comics translations!

and the ova was close but not 100% . but the 2005 reboot was very accurate going by what has been said on the boards in the past.

the jpl wiki was a really good source. and i'm sure there was a thread with a few character names which were retranslated.

[TricoBren]

Yeah those zoanoid names are damn pesky at times! Haha!

Thankfully we have definitive names for the all the main characters like Archanfel, Apollyon, Jabir, Clumegnik etc but I agree, it would be nice to have a definitive list of Zoanoid names.

I thought the anime was pretty accurate though right? The later ones though are a nightmare. 

One thing i do know though, is that many of the names written in english at the back of the tankobons are wildly off. I know they mean well but when it comes to romanizing Japanese into English, they usually bird it right up.

Bless 'em!

[Salkafar]

Yeah.... Zenkerb is spelled the same as Derzerb, basically, but somehow becomes 'Zencrebe'. That spoils the whole 'newer, better version of the product line' vibe.

 

I wish we knew anything about the creative process vis-á-vis Zoanoid names. How does Takaya come up with them? Legend has it Terry Nation was sitting at his desk and thinking about a name for his new alien monster species, and his eye caught the spine of a dictionary: DAL-EKS.

[TricoBren]

Actually, I'm gonna backtrack on what I originally said, I think we should stick with the Zoanoid names that are used in the back of the books.

Just been flicking through the volumes now and I think most of them sound pretty cool!