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AIYA NAME PRONUNCIATION HOW TO

This was incredibly annoying during the conversation between Shido and Ban that establishes Makubex's back story, but Ban has an unflattering nickname for just about everyone, so it might be in character for him to butcher it on purpose. The actors dubbing GetBackers had this problem, as half of them called the Teen Genius Makubex "mah-cue-bex," and the other half called him "mah-koo-bex." Usually while speaking to each other.Also, many of the pronunciation problems were fixed in the After Story dub.

One can argue it's far worse when some actors get it right but others don't.

The actors do pronounce names wrong, but at least it's consistently wrong.

The dub for Clannad has this to the point of it being a chronic disorder, as it seems that nobody can pronounce each others' names correctly.

Outside of Texas, this phenomenon is far less common, though every studio will do it to some degree. FUNimation's pre-2005 work stands out in this regard, as do a number of dubs from the studio formerly known as ADV Films (especially ones directed by Stephen Foster, who has said many times he cares more about an actor's performance than their pronunciation).

For a quick reference before going into detail below, some studios are worse about this than others.

The reasons for mispronunciations or mis-stressings (no, they are not the same thing) of Japanese words are myriad, ranging from the translator not giving any hints on how names are pronounced, directors not being terribly concerned about it, edicts from the Japanese themselves (this one happened with Eureka 7), to the simple fact that there are major differences between Japanese and English vowels and stress patterns such that stressing a Japanese word correctly can sometimes throw off the rhythm of a sentence or make it sound stilted to Western ears. This causes a certain (very loud) segment of the fandom to completely lose their shit when it happens. This is extremely common in English dubs of Anime in general, although the severity of it depends on the dub studio or even the specific voice director.This also happens a lot with English-language versions of Anime. In numerous foreign languages, it's much less common where a word is typically pronounced exactly as it is written. It is more common in works in English and French languages. Related to The Unpronounceable, where the names are intentionally difficult to pronounce, and often outright impossible for the merely human. The opposite of Spell My Name with an "S", where fans know how it's supposed to sound (since it's on video or named in a syllabary) but can't seem to agree on how it's supposed to be written down alphabetically. Fanon has been known more than once to override the author's intended pronunciation.

AIYA NAME PRONUNCIATION HOW TO

There can be quite a bit of Fan Dumb resulting from this, often depending simply on the language construction of where fans live.ĭon't expect it to help any when there is finally Word of God on how to pronounce some of them - it might end the discussion, or you might get folks arguing over whether or not the person who answers is correct anyway.

This can cause issues when people try to actually discuss a character in the work, and nobody can figure out whose pronunciation is actually correct. Sure, it's easy enough to figure out how to pronounce John Smith (usually), but seeing the name Gauthenia Vrellneick is going to confuse the heck out of anyone. In written works, sometimes it's not obvious how to pronounce names that are given.