Masiya or Masna?

[Joe Redifer]

Looks like Masna.  Those silly guys!

Also, WTF does it say in the moon language that's above the N and A?

[Michael Helgeson]

Masnya or Masaya. Everyone says Masaya,but the y looks like its part of a "n" like they tried to be stylish,but the n could be a "a" too. .

[runinruder]

Also, WTF does it say in the moon language that's above the N and A?

The katakana is "me-sa-i-ya." 

[Michael Helgeson]

Id stick with Masaya.

[Joe Redifer]

Yeah, it could be MASAIA.

[nat]

I always read it as Masaya.

[Turbo D]

It looks like Masiya 

[nat]

It looks like Masiya 

It never even crossed my mind that slanted line was supposed to be an "i". I always read it as "a" since it looks identical to the two other "a"s in the word.

[Turbo D]

This is like that volfied or volfiev thread, haha.

[rag-time4]

Also, WTF does it say in the moon language that's above the N and A?

The katakana is "me-sa-i-ya." 

I wonder why they forgot the first a... from the katakana "sa"

[Necromancer]

I always thought that it was Masiya, but pcecp.com says that it's Masaya.

On a side note: I checked my Japanese Double Dungeons manual for a correct spelling, but no dice (no English); when I checked my US version, I found that the manual is in French.  I bought it a couple of years back from TZD, but apparently never opened the manual; now I wonder if I have any more Canuck versions.

[Keranu]

Hah, I never noticed the N resemblence before! I've always been pronouncing it the correct way "Masaiya" ever since I heard someone pronounce it that way.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I used to call it Masna for years upon years, but some time ago, I somehow figured out it was Masaya.

[termis]

Well, they didn't use romaji to transliterate the English word (as mentioned above, then it would've been メサイヤ - MESAIYA. 

All the Japanese websites spell it as "MASIYA".

[spenoza]

Kinda looks like they wanted to be "Messiah" but screwed it up