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OtherSideofSky
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I've been wondering: where does ANN get their name translations for announcements on this? Some of them differ from the translations used in the US release of the game, and I don't see any English on the Japanese website for this anime.
Edit: To be specific, ANN consistently renders "絶対魔獣戦線" as "The Absolute Frontline in the War Against the Demonic Beasts," while the English release of FGO uses "Absolute Demonic Front," and "マシュ" as "Mashu," while the English release of FGO uses "Mash." Neither is "wrong," but I'm curious as to why ANN uses what I assume to be its own translations instead of matching the official localization. Last edited by OtherSideofSky on Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:21 am; edited 1 time in total |
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sirdano1
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Ana? Isn't that Medusa Lily?
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rahzel rose
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She's called Ana all throughout the singularity, so it's not surprising that that's the name they used here. |
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Crystalyn
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We've been using the names that are listed on the official Japanese website. The names are all written in the phonetic katakana alphabet (so far anyway). In this case the character is being referred to as Ana (in Japanese: アナ) so that's what we used.
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SkyLETV34
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In addition to being a plot point, I guess the ones above haven't played the singularity... or even the game. |
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SilverTalon01
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Ana's true name is a plot spoiler which is almost certainly why they didn't use it... |
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AksaraKishou
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The only one who use those translations is the official EN release . Even the fan tl'd the ones in the article years ago. |
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RahviTheColorful
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That one is pretty hilarious, though, when the game clearly shows her NP as "Caress of the Medusa". I wonder who could this be??? But yeah, as a game player I'm excited too, but all the spoilers in videos and news must be really annoying for people who never played and just want to watch the anime. When I saw the PV on YouTube there were a lot of people talking about important plot points. Not everyone plays this game... And I know players who didn't really watch the story either About the translations... I don't change anyone for rejecting the official terms when they think that "Altria" is the best way to romanize that name.[/url] |
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switchgear1131
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The player knows who it is. It is very hard to not recognize her even in tiny form. It is the other characters that don't know her |
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RahviTheColorful
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Well, with the super different art style and considering a lot of characters look really similar in Fate without being necessary related, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't really be that obvious if you didn't already know it really was her from the name. At least not until her connection with Gorgon starts to show, by which point it's clear that you're meant to figure it out, story wise. That's why they put the whole true name system from Shinjuku onwards... We weren't really supposed to know right away. |
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MajinAkuma
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Actually it isn't. She never reveals her true name to anyone nor is her true identity actually revelant to the plot overall. And the protagonist already knows who she is (depending on your choices you are either surprised or already have figured it out). It's not so much a secret, and the only reason she hides her identity is because of the humans. However, there is indeed an important spoiler surrounding her: spoiler[Ana eventually returns as the white Gorgon to help Fujimaru's team stalling against Tiamat.]
...Which was then abandoned right after Epic of Remnants, at least for future playable Servants. Hiding the True Name doesn't work that well within FGO. |
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