(Jul. 12, 2018 2:57 PM)Frostic Fox Wrote: marutti pointed out Jean Bogarde already for episode 17:
(Jul. 11, 2018 6:17 PM)marutti Wrote: bX Blader will be Jean Bogard. Not Xhaka
https://i.imgur.com/ncQWmpQ.jpg
ジャン・ボガード, Jan Bogaado, comes to Jean Bogarde. (Or Bogard, which is a variation.)
It sounds a lot like John, because that's basically the French version. It's like the "jon" in "Dijon" mustard. Like the name Shawn, but instead of a Shhh sound, it has a Z-buzz, like Zhawn.
Or if you know the song Frère Jacques, it's the same sound as that J. Has a Z-like sound.
Because of that, I could see them rendering the name as Xhan or Xon or something. (Xean, if they only nix the J?) So the X is still possible.
Yeah, if "Shawn" could be spelled "Sean", I can see them doing "Xean". Xean Bogarde.
https://www.beyblade.jp/character/xhan/
Heck yeah, Xhan Bogard! I knew they'd try to work in an X somehow with that sound! Xhan was one of my initial guesses, too.