What are the Japanese names of the characters in Outlaw Star?
For all I’ve seen the Japanese names and English names are exactly the same; my artbook has everyone’s names in English letters as shown below. If you wanted to get technical (ie. katakana/romanji), their names are: Gene Starwind–Jiin Sutaauindo Jim Hawking–Jimu Hookingu Melfina–Merufina Aisha Clan Clan–Eisha Kurankuran Suzuka–Suzuka (spelled in kanji) Fred Luo–Fureddo Luo (last name spelled in kanji) Iris–Airisu In the Japanese artbook I own, most of the other characters’ names weren’t even spelled out in katakana; they’re generally either in English (as the case with most of the main characters) or kanji (in the case of the pirates). And in the series, even Jim and Gene’s business is labelled ‘Starwind and Hawking Enterprises’ in English on the Japanese version, just as in the dub. The reason for all this English is that the series takes place in a ‘future’ where Chinese and English are the main languages used by people–you’ll see a lot of Chinese and American influences on t
