Oga versus Orga

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What do you think it should be?

Oga
8
33%
Ouga
5
21%
Orga
11
46%
 
Total votes: 24
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Re: Oga versus Orga

Post by Dark-Black-Wings »

This somehow reminds me of how the first wave of S.h.Figuarts Kamen Rider OOO TaToBa combo came with an "Unkh" Figure as opposed to the newer release of "Ankh".
Also, sometimes they put "Masked" Rider instead of "Kamen" Rider <<But not sure what that has to do with anything haha)
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I disagree with you, takenoko. Simply because I don't think it's a matter of better/worst or right/wrong, but a matter of preference. (Unless the creator itself states a right way to do it - you can't go against the creator even if he's being a douche). So I DO believe that if someone have lots of friends that share the same opinion that should be the 'right way'.

That being said, by the looks of the posts here and the poll itself Oga is the preference of majority and that should be. I personally don't like it because I think it loses the emphasis of the O. So I would pick Orga, Ouga or even Ohga over Oga, but that's just me.

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Post by droolboy »

It's only kind of related but how come any time there's a dash / - in a name, some people assume that there's supposed to be an R there? I know in some cases they do that but seriously, it's not the case every time... D;
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Re: Oga versus Orga

Post by fujiko »

I haven't watched faiz so I guess I don't really have any knowledge about the character but, I just wanted to give my input for spelling japanese words in english.

I think the reason why when changed into english, it becomes Orga is because that way when people pronounce the word without any knowledge about the japanese language, they'll say Or-ga (as in the word 'or') which is how it's pronounced in Japanese. If they had only written it as Oga, it would end up being pronounced as 'o' (like the letter o) followed by ga. Which is not how it's supposed to be pronounced.

Of course, this is assuming the translation was made for the english audience which it isn't.... but that reasoning may have been the reason why 'r' has had a history of being added into romanised words.

I however prefer Ouga cause I like to see the long sound written out when you can't use a hyphen.

Just my 2 cents.
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What, no one thought of Ooga? (^.^;)

Seriously though, the mispelling of Faiz is a good counter point. If you don't mind me saying, it would seem that many translators (not only you guys) follow the official English romanisations given by the companies unless it sounds dumb, whereby one then decides to create a new, better sounding/spelling name (or vice versa). Phis and Oga or Faiz and Orga. Heck, what about Kaixa? Why Kaixa and not Kaiza? Perhaps I'm just asking for some consistency. If the English name is not given, then I can see some point in arguing. But it is clearly provided. Yes, I do agree that translators need to convey meaning, but as translators, one also needs to respect the source material and be as accurate to it as possible.

As for Faiz Axel/Accel, I personally, I do prefer Faiz Axel. To me, it seems to be a far cooler rendition of the word and it differentiates itself from Kamen Rider Accel. Not to mention, sometimes, English words may be officially mispelled to add some flavor to it or if it is a specific naming term such as Greeed, etc...

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Actar wrote:As for Faiz Axel/Accel, I personally, I do prefer Faiz Axel. To me, it seems to be a far cooler rendition of the word and it differentiates itself from Kamen Rider Accel. Not to mention, sometimes, English words may be officially mispelled to add some flavor to it or if it is a specific naming term such as Greeed, etc...

Meh, cultural differences, you gotta love 'em.
You do realize Faiz came before, right? >_> Why would you differentiate something that came out 6 years before.. with something that didn't exist when it was subbed? On top of that, changing romanizations midway is even more confusing for people already set in one style.
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Dark-Black-Wings wrote:Also, sometimes they put "Masked" Rider instead of "Kamen" Rider <<But not sure what that has to do with anything haha)
Anything before and including Decade is Masked Rider. Anything from W on is Kamen Rider. It's a way for them to turn Kamen Rider into an international term while still holding their old international copyrights (they own 'MASKED RIDER FAIZ' but not 'KAMEN RIDER FAIZ', so a new Faiz Figuart or DVD release would have the romanization of 'MASKED RIDER FAIZ.')
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Actar wrote:Heck, what about Kaixa? Why Kaixa and not Kaiza? Perhaps I'm just asking for some consistency.
Well Kaixa's design has X's on it in key areas; His lightsaber/gun thing, his helmet, the Mission Memory... Plus it helps distance his name from the word "Kaiser."

Actar wrote:As for Faiz Axel/Accel, I personally, I do prefer Faiz Axel. To me, it seems to be a far cooler rendition of the word...
If I had my way it'd be called Faiz XL.
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I'm a bit lazy to check, but did Di-end ever summon Oga/Orga in the show? If so, the name would've appeared onscreen next to the driver.
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whitehelm wrote:I'm a bit lazy to check, but did Di-end ever summon Oga/Orga in the show? If so, the name would've appeared onscreen next to the driver.
I've watched Decade a few times over, and I can honestly say that that he never did.
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Dark-Black-Wings wrote:This somehow reminds me of how the first wave of S.h.Figuarts Kamen Rider OOO TaToBa combo came with an "Unkh" Figure as opposed to the newer release of "Ankh".
Also, sometimes they put "Masked" Rider instead of "Kamen" Rider <<But not sure what that has to do with anything haha)
English on toy packages is notorious for having wildly inaccurate spellings at times, going back to the days of (the original) Gundam.
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ReversedSentai wrote:
whitehelm wrote:I'm a bit lazy to check, but did Di-end ever summon Oga/Orga in the show? If so, the name would've appeared onscreen next to the driver.
I've watched Decade a few times over, and I can honestly say that that he never did.
I think it was Chou Den-O's Episode Yellow where DiEnd got his K-Touch, and he summoned Orga along with one Movie Rider from each Heisei series for an overkill finishing move. So it wasn't in the series-proper, but it happened.
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Lunagel wrote:Partially because it looks weird, like you said, but aside from phi, you have to remember the 555 thing, so if you take 'five' and 'phi' and put them in the blender and hit 'frappe' you kinda get 'faiz'
Good point. I forgot about "555" for some reason.
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Re: Oga versus Orga

Post by Lunagel »

I think most people kinda figured it was from "buddy" and "droid"

Also, the Japanese are absolutely terrible at discerning l from r. You can show them how to spell a word 2 minutes before you ask them to spell it and they will still spell eraser with an l. Any words they spell with an r/l you kinda have to take with a grain of salt and use your own judgement as to which letter should be used.
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Post by Solidus »

He's always been Orga to me. Granted, he never got the wide variety of merchandise the other Riders did (he was afterall a movie-only guy), all the few pieces of merchandise I've ever seen of his over the years spells it "Orga". Not just the Souchaku Henshin figure, even the $43453243 adult belts.

KR's Bandai's thing, the chief purpose of the show is to sell toys. So typically I go by what they say on the boxes. I do, however, understand the logic of the opposing argument. He's still Orga to me, call him what you will.
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