Many people today still follow the ill-translated spellings of the first fansubs of Mermaid Melody. These are indeed wrong, and official merchandise, certain anime screenshots, and the manga clear up the spellings.
-- I am not looking at the English dubbed manga, but they have the spellings right except for "Gackto", which is a pun as stated in the manga.
The correct spellings of the princesses are:
- Lucia
- Hanon
- Rina
- Caren
- Noel
- Coco
- Sara
- Seira
Villains:
- Gaito(anime)/Gakuto(manga)
- Eriru/Eril (according to Live Start's: Dark Lovers page, it is spelt Eril, but that is to be confirmed.)
- Izuuru/Izul (once again, LS biggrin L page claims it to be Izul, but according to Pearl Song it is Izuuru)
- Yuuri (Yuri is an English spelling of the name, and is technically still right.)
- Maria
- Sheshe
- Mimi
- Michel (Not Mikeru or Mikel. Please view Pearl Song's Helpful Name page for info on this.)
- Fuku-chan
- Lady Bat
- Lanhua
- Alala (Arara is correct, but in the anime they spell out her name as Alala)
Other:
Nikora
Kaito
Hippo
Tarou Mitsuki
Aqua Regina
Amagi Rihito
Amagi Michal
Often Used Improper Spellings:
Luchia, Lusia, Hannon, Lina, Karen, Nuil, Noelle, KoKo, Sarah, Gaitou, Kaitou, Mikeru, Mikaru, Micheal, Mikal, Mikel, Ran Pha.
List of Helpful Links:
Pearl Song
Live Start!
-- I am not looking at the English dubbed manga, but they have the spellings right except for "Gackto", which is a pun as stated in the manga.
The correct spellings of the princesses are:
- Lucia
- Hanon
- Rina
- Caren
- Noel
- Coco
- Sara
- Seira
Villains:
- Gaito(anime)/Gakuto(manga)
- Eriru/Eril (according to Live Start's: Dark Lovers page, it is spelt Eril, but that is to be confirmed.)
- Izuuru/Izul (once again, LS biggrin L page claims it to be Izul, but according to Pearl Song it is Izuuru)
- Yuuri (Yuri is an English spelling of the name, and is technically still right.)
- Maria
- Sheshe
- Mimi
- Michel (Not Mikeru or Mikel. Please view Pearl Song's Helpful Name page for info on this.)
- Fuku-chan
- Lady Bat
- Lanhua
- Alala (Arara is correct, but in the anime they spell out her name as Alala)
Other:
Nikora
Kaito
Hippo
Tarou Mitsuki
Aqua Regina
Amagi Rihito
Amagi Michal
Often Used Improper Spellings:
Luchia, Lusia, Hannon, Lina, Karen, Nuil, Noelle, KoKo, Sarah, Gaitou, Kaitou, Mikeru, Mikaru, Micheal, Mikal, Mikel, Ran Pha.
List of Helpful Links:
Pearl Song
Live Start!