DBZ Calendars & Goku's Name

Great Saiyaman · Post by **Great Saiyaman** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:53 pm

I just bought one of the DBZ Character Calendars (not the Goku one) & with it came this cardboard thing with a list of all 6 Character Calendar's (along with their cover pic). Under Goku's Cover it says "Son Gokou"...what's the deal? I thought Gokou was an incorrect Kanji (or Romajin...whatever it is). Why is it spelt like this?

Olivier Hague · Post by **Olivier Hague** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:03 pm

It's almost always spelled "Gokou" on Japanese merchandise. I don't think any of us knows why exactly. It is indeed peculiar.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:04 pm

That's how they've always spelled it in Japan. They don't have to know how to write things correctly in order to write it, produce it, and sell it.

I think Battle Stadium D.O.N. has been the only exception to the rule as far back as time goes, and that's got the "Frieza" nonsense... so...

Great Saiyaman · Post by **Great Saiyaman** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 3:33 pm

Are they retarded or something...don't they know after over 2 decades that what they're doing is wrong?

fps_anth · Post by **fps_anth** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:43 pm

Seeing "Frieza" makes my stomach turn. How can they not get that right? I'm especially surprised that the spelling is in D.O.N, considering that it is probably never gonna come to North America..

EDIT: Why'd my Fr i eza get edited? That's what I meant to say...

Olivier Hague · Post by **Olivier Hague** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:54 pm

VegettoEX wrote:That's how they've always spelled it in Japan. They don't have to know how to write things correctly in order to write it, produce it, and sell it.

Well, maybe they spell it that way for a reason. I mean, you have to admit that it would be a very odd error, for Japanese people.

I think Battle Stadium D.O.N. has been the only exception to the rule as far back as time goes

There are a few other instances of more "logical" spellings ("Goku", "Gokuu" or "Gokuh"), but they're kinda rare overall.

Great Saiyaman · Post by **Great Saiyaman** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:48 pm

fps_anth wrote:Seeing "Freeza" makes my stomach turn. How can they not get that right? I'm especially surprised that the spelling is in D.O.N, considering that it is probably never gonna come to North America..

EDIT: Why'd my Fr i eza get edited? That's what I meant to say...

EX uses the word censorer to change all incorrect names to their proper names. This included common misspellings & Dub names.

Mr. Announcer · Post by **Mr. Announcer** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:40 pm

Yeah, even I do the whole unecessary "Gokuh" thing for pretty much the same reason as I write "Bulma." It's the way Toriyama consistently writes it and pronounciation-wise there's really no problem. Besides, "Goku" looks kinda naked to me without the "h" since I'm so used to seeing it and double u's is just ick, simply a personal issue.

In the same way "Gok ou" makes some sense since the "ou" produces the same long u sound, like in "you." It's also widely accepted for merchandise and such, so no biggie.

Casual Matt · Post by **Casual Matt** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:58 pm

I still can't figure out why "Gokou" is so widely accepted and used in Japan.

It defies all logic. It's not how it's spelled it romanji. It doesn't reflect the pronounciation. I'm pretty sure Toriyama doesn't spell it that way (he's more known for using "Gokuh" I believe).

I mean, it just makes no sense. The guy's name is quite clearly Goku. Not Goko or something like that.

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Mr. Announcer wrote:In the same way "Gok ou" makes some sense since the "ou" produces the same long u sound, like in "you." It's also widely accepted for merchandise and such, so no biggie.

I thought "ou" made an "o" sound. Like in "chou".

Olivier Hague · Post by **Olivier Hague** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:07 pm

The Lecherous Muten Roshi wrote:I still can't figure out why "Gokou" is so widely accepted and used in Japan.
It defies all logic. It's not how it's spelled it romanji. It doesn't reflect the pronounciation. I'm pretty sure Toriyama doesn't spell it that way (he's more known for using "Gokuh" I believe).

Yeah, it's weird. So weird, in fact, that I'm kinda tempted to believe they really had a reason to do that. ^_^;;

Pedro The Hutt · Post by **Pedro The Hutt** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:02 pm

In french phonetics however "ou" gets you the sound needed to pronounce Goku correctly. (And france was an early dubber of DB)

Olivier Hague · Post by **Olivier Hague** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:11 pm

Yes, but he was called "Sangoku", so the French dub doesn't explain the "Gokou"...

Mr. Announcer · Post by **Mr. Announcer** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:39 pm

I guess what I meant there was they obviously didn't mean the japanese pronounciation of "ou" in his name and rather the english pronounciation, or at least the english pronounciation in some cases such as "coup" and "soup" where it makes a long u sound. I guess some japanese guy just didn't know any better and thought this would be the romanized way of expressing a long u since most english speakers interpret a single u as the short sound. Wow, did that make any sense?

Pang_Tong · Post by **Pang_Tong** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:35 am

Great Saiyaman wrote:
fps_anth wrote:Seeing "Freeza" makes my stomach turn. How can they not get that right? I'm especially surprised that the spelling is in D.O.N, considering that it is probably never gonna come to North America..

EDIT: Why'd my Fr i eza get edited? That's what I meant to say...
EX uses the word censorer to change all incorrect names to their proper names. This included common misspellings & Dub names.

Even TOLUNKASU?

Okay...sorry.

Kanzenshuu

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