My apologies, I grew up with the 1957 Zorro TV show, which was a Disney product. I didn’t know he existed before that; I thought Disney created him.
EDIT: Fun fact: when One Piece first came to America, Zoro was original renamed “Zolo.” Because the American translators were afraid of starting beef with Disney over the Zoro/Zorro name.
Also, the Japanese language doesn’t have any “L” characters in it; any words with an “L” get turned into a Japanese “R,” sound, which is basically pronounced like a blend between an “L” and a “D.”
So any Japanese words with an “R” in them could easily be translated as “L.” Zolo and Zoro are pronounced the same to a Japanese person.
“Disney hero”?? Zorro dates to 1919, although Disney did make a
movieTV show about 40 years later…I didn’t even know Disney had a Zorro movie. Reminds me of this other Disney Character Hercules.
The classic Disney Hero Hercules. I heard the greek made up some huge story about him and his whole family later.
My apologies, I grew up with the 1957 Zorro TV show, which was a Disney product. I didn’t know he existed before that; I thought Disney created him.
EDIT: Fun fact: when One Piece first came to America, Zoro was original renamed “Zolo.” Because the American translators were afraid of starting beef with Disney over the Zoro/Zorro name.
Also, the Japanese language doesn’t have any “L” characters in it; any words with an “L” get turned into a Japanese “R,” sound, which is basically pronounced like a blend between an “L” and a “D.”
So any Japanese words with an “R” in them could easily be translated as “L.” Zolo and Zoro are pronounced the same to a Japanese person.