Goku, Kamayamaya, Frieza, King Kai... the list goes on. It's all FUNimation's fault. They know it's their fault. But rather than going back and correcting their mistakes, they will leave it as those hideous mispellings and pronouncations which will forever plague DB webmasters... So here's a page that will list the correct or near-correct spellings of characters, techniques, planets, etc from DBZ. Since Japanese is obvioiusly not English nor is it a Romantic script, there really is no 100% correct method of spelling the names, so for some of them there will be multiple correct spellings.
Character Names | FUNimation's Way | More Correct Way | Burter | Baata (baa-ta) | Cell | Cell, Selu (sell-lu) | Frieza | Freezer, Furiza (fur-riza) | Captain Ginyu | Ginyu, Ginew (gin-yu, gin-new) | Gohan | Son Gohan (son go-han) | Goku | Son Gokou, Son Gokuu (son go-kuu) | Guru (The eldest Namekseijin) | Saichirou-sama (sai-chi-rou sa-ma) | Hercule | Mr. Satan (mis-taa sah-tahn) | Jase | Jiisu (jee-su) | King Kai | Kaio-sama (kai-oh sa-ma) | Kame | Kame-sama (ka-me sa-ma) | Krillin | Kuririn (ku-ri-rin) | Piccolo | Piccolo, Piccoro (pic-co-lo/ro) | Raditz | Raditsu, Raditz, Radditz (ra-dit-su) | Master Roshi | Kamesennin Muten Roshi (ka-me-sen-nin mew-ten ro-shi) | Tien | Tienshinhan, Tenshinhan (tea-en-shin-han) | Torres | Taurus (taur-rus) | Trunks | Trunks, Turunks (tur-runks) | Vegeta | Vegeta, Vejita, Vegita, Begeta, Bejita, Begita (ve/be-jee-ta) | Yamcha | Yamucha (ya-mu-cha) | King Yemma | Enma-sama (en-ma sa-ma) |
Technique Names | FUNimation's Way | More Correct Way | Destructo Disk | Kienzan (key-en-zan) | Fly | Bukujutsu (boo-koo-joot-su) | Instant Transmission | Instantaneous Movement (I have no idea what the Japanese name for it is) | Kamayhamayha | Kamehameha (ka-meh-ha-meh-ha) | Special Beam Cannon | Makkankousappou (mak-kan-ku-sa-pou) | Spirit Bomb | Genki Dama (gen-ki da-ma) | Solar Flare | Taiyoken (tai-you-ken) | Tri-Beam | Kikoho (key-ko-ho) |
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