Talk:Name Variants/@comment-38519910-20190214054845

What would be the right pronunciation of mazinger?

they pronounce the z as zetto. and not like zeddo. is that a mistake? is the name in german? also, is the mazinger part meant to be pronounced as majin or mazin? the "z" part can be pronounced in japanese and english the exact same way so, when his name is written in english, why would the z make the z sound instead of the j sound?

I remember the pokemon zygarde is jigarude in japanese so I guess they use the Z when "translating" a name to english and using the J sound. But, does that mean stuff written with Z should be pronounced as J? they could pronounce the name in japanese no problem with Z if they wanted. Not like replacing L with R.

Since the whole demon/god part is relevant, I assume the first part of the name should be majin. the ger part isnt too important because its gaa in japanese. but what about zetto instead of zee or zed? I assume its in katakana just because its a proper name but, how could the name be properly written with the alphabet and pronounced?

I ask because its a name; Im sure it would be easy to agree on it. But in pretty much every single dub mazinger has gotten in many languages, they pronounce the name differently. MAthinjer in spain, MAsinjer in latin america, maTSInga in italy, mazinger ZEE in the US, as I have heard a few say it... Just wondering.

Because of this, I think it would just be easier to call him majinga zetto. Now, this doesn't happen with daimidaler or justice gundam so I believe this is a rare ocurance in mecha.