[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Actar

Yeah... that's one of their translation/romanization choices that I don't agree with. From what I remember from a thread I posted in in 2012, they decided to go with Oga as it shares the katakana with Ogre, "オーガ".

However, English words that corresponded to the katakana "オーガ" (that began with an o) also include organize (and derivatives like organization and organizer), orgasm, organic, etc...

It's interesting to note that almost all the English words that "オーガ" romanize to are words that are spelled with an 'r' to represent the long vowel in English.

Technically, while Oga isn't an incorrect romanization, officially, the English name for the character is Kamen Rider Orga. Whoever was in charge just took the most common spelling representation of the long vowel 'オー' in English, this being 'or', hence Orga.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I think older TV-N releases of Paradise Lost actually did have it as Orga.

I think both that and "Oga" are wrong, although the latter is better.

The name is almost certainly derived from the word 王 (ou), meaning "ruler", and of course, Omega, which, in my book, would make "Ohga" the most logical choice, given that "Oh" is how we typically write Sentai robo names that use the "____-Oh" format. Toei can spell it with an "r" if they want, but as long as they're still spelling the gold in Gold Drive with one too, I don't have to listen to them.

I come from a fandom that spent decades trying to figure out the English name of one of the major Japanese-only villains, so this debate is both frustrating and familiar. Fandoms! We do it to ourselves!

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

So I found this video a couple days ago, and please direct your attention to Kaxia.

Ha ha ha CRUEL.