Talk:Magic Knight Rayearth (TMS English Dub; 1995)/@comment-1515005-20140123055756/@comment-24166822-20140124024841

Yeah, a bunch of the overseas dubs had the Luce/Marine/Anemone (or variations on them) names due to TMS mandating their usage. The Latin American dub had it, Portugal had it, the Philippines, Italy, and so on. It was only when Media Blasters got the license that they could use the original Japanese names, and any later dubs in other countries use the original names too.

There's a lot of info on what lead to the Working Designs dub of the Sega Saturn game being stalled, too. One reason was a naming dispute; TMS wanted them to use Luce/Marine/Anemone for the characters, and they wanted to use different names. They wound up having to use the Japanese names in the end. Mixx (now Tokyopop) also wanted to rename the girls, too, to "Blaze", "Nautia", and "Windi", but a leak and fan outcry made them reconsider.