Godzilla Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 I am watching the series DVD#2. I see that on Minmay's room, her name is spelled Minmei. But the series keep saying Minmay. I thought Minmei was the robotech name for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamui 777 Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Crap, I hate to give partial info, but it had something to do with the right Harmony Gold has over the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Payne Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 (edited) Very technically, if you look at the katakana used to speel the name, it is "Minmei." However, other than that one sign early on, every other reference is "Minmay," and that seems to be the official romanization. Actually, this name confusion is one of the few things that can't be laid at HG's feet. Edited January 24, 2004 by Pat Payne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamui 777 Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Pat, Are you sure? I know about the katakana similarities, but I remember reading something about HG rights about the name use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JValk Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 as much as i love talking about minmay this almost qualifies as a newbie faq question - yes in the tv series both minmay and minmei were used, but eventually Minmay was the final romanization decided on - Macross albums, Mikimoto illustrations, etc all after the series refer to Minmay as Minmay. Robotech, however, uses Minmei - makes it easier for us fans to differentiate tween HG and Big West at least lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 I took a quick screencap from Flashback 2012. But now that Godzilla noticed that who really knows......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebhead Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 [edo] it's MinG-Mei [/edo] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powered Convoy Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 I am watching the series DVD#2. I see that on Minmay's room, her name is spelled Minmei. But the series keep saying Minmay. I thought Minmei was the robotech name for her. I just rewatched that episode last weekend! The funny part is her name is spelt "Minmei" on her door, but literally 30 seconds later on the letter from "OLION RECORDS" that Hikaru reads they spell her name "Lynn Minmay"!! It's clearly visible if you freeze frame it. If you read that letter, you can see that the person responsible for composing the English for that letter has a very good grasp of English. I was quite impressed! Oh, BTW, Macross is like the Best Show Ever! Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Oh, BTW, Macross is like the Best Show Ever! NO! MACROSS IS POOPY! ONLY POKEMON IS WORTH WATCHING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renato Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 According to Egan Loo, the "Minmei" spelling is mainly seen on personal items, such as the door sign. Hence it should be taken that "Minmay" is her stage name. Think "Bruce Li" and "Bruce Lee". Oh, BTW, Lebhead -- that brings back a lot of memories.... well, three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 According to Egan Loo, the "Minmei" spelling is mainly seen on personal items, such as the door sign. Hence it should be taken that "Minmay" is her stage name. Think "Bruce Li" and "Bruce Lee". That sounds quite reasonable. Ah, I feel better now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newca Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 I thought it's just a simple language problem. She has Chinese strain right? In Chinese her name should be "Lin Ming Mei", Lin is family name. the same to Bruce "Li". In Chinese/Japanese/Asian market that's no problem, but to please the rest of world especially English market, most Asian artists/whatever stars change their name a little. So we got "Lynn Minmay" or Bruce "Lee" here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Payne Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 I am watching the series DVD#2. I see that on Minmay's room, her name is spelled Minmei. But the series keep saying Minmay. I thought Minmei was the robotech name for her. I just rewatched that episode last weekend! The funny part is her name is spelt "Minmei" on her door, but literally 30 seconds later on the letter from "OLION RECORDS" that Hikaru reads they spell her name "Lynn Minmay"!! It's clearly visible if you freeze frame it. If you read that letter, you can see that the person responsible for composing the English for that letter has a very good grasp of English. I was quite impressed! Oh, BTW, Macross is like the Best Show Ever! Randy Actually, with few exceptions, large blocks of English in the series and movie are accomplished extremely well. Take a look, for instance, at the English(!) lyrics that Misa gives Minmay in DYRL. I've always been of the opinion that English is the official language of the Macross universe (since much of the written material that the characters interact with is in English such as Minmay's letter), but that they speak in Japanese for the convinience of the audience (like in "To Be or Not to Be" '83: "Ladies and gentlemen: In the interests of clarity and sanity, the rest of this film will not be in Polish..."). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent ONE Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 [edo] it's MinG-Mei [/edo] Nah, to do Edo you would have to include 5 paragraphs of disconected garbage explaining the primary strange point he would be trying to make. I kind of miss that guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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