Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24573226-20161111193737/@comment-26018514-20161113050245

SpiritedDreaming wrote: Sorry, but... Shion. Shion is an actual word, being the name of a flower in Japanese that means rememberance in the language of flowers, and it fits with the Eastern theming Anima has going on along with the other Village named for a Japanese flower, Kuchinashi.

Conversely, Xion is not a word. Xion is a character from Kingdom Hearts, who's name is a purposeful misspelling of Shion anyway. Xion is the name in kingdom Hearts, She's in Organization 13 remember? Their name convention is that every member has an "X" in their names, it's pronounced "Shion", but that IS definitely not the spelling in any of 358/2's numerous cutscenes.