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Old 2024-05-05, 01:46   Link #12449
Tactics
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: South-east Asia
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Originally Posted by Greener223 View Post
I'd like to know where people got bizarre spellings like "Fllay" and "Mwu" from, and why/when they changed it to more reasonable spellings.
Official source.

Given to editor for officially released materials (magazine, manga, poster).
CMIIW Newtype 2002-2003 listed Mu as Mwu La Flaga; on Mu case, katakana Mu for his name given emphasis for long read (more awkward to read it as Muu).

Change happened somewhere around 2011-2014, during Gundam SEED remaster process, I believe.
I'm not sure about the reason but I suspect it because of Bandai started targeting overseas audience, suddenly spelling check matters to avoid possible copyright issues.
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