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Postby Iapetus » Mon Dec 01, 2003 4:39 pm

This idea just came to me a little bit ago. What is your favorite name of an anime character in all of anime? They don't necessairly have to be your favorite character (they might even be a character you hate), but there is something about their name that is so ... cool... that you love.

Favorite name of all time:
Kougaiji (Saiyuki)

Runners up:
Vash the Stampede (Trigun)
Integra Hellsing (Hellsing)
Sesshomaru (Inu Yasha)
Sieghart (Groove Adventure Rave)
Hotohori (Fushigi Yugi)
Hatake Kakashi (Naruto)

That's all I can think of for now. What are yours?

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Postby Haibane Shadsie » Mon Dec 01, 2003 5:04 pm

I like unusual names. Read most of my stories... yeah, I love giving people weird names, and I like weird names.



Hmmm, for favorites, possibly Rakka from Haibane Renmei. I just think that "Rakka" is a cool name, espeically with the way Ls and Rs are the same letter in Japanese, so her name is supposed to almost sound like "La-ka" but not quite... it has more of the R sound. It's just a neat sounding name. I like saying it... "Rrrrrakka!"

Washi of Haibane Renmei has a cool name, too, I think. Washi! It's cool on it's own, and what's cooler is if what I read somewhere is right... I think "Washi" is supposed to mean "communicator" in Japanese or something (or maybe just in the HR world?), and he is the Haibane Renmei communicator... so.., "Washi is the 'washi'-communicator". Heheh.


Of course Vash the Stampede... such an odd name, and rather cool. It's like "Ash", but with a V, and no one can figure out quite where it comes from. (I've read that it might be a play on the French word for "cow").

Rem, in Trigun, is cool, too. I like anything that connects to dreams, and her name is a big pun on the state of dreaming. I also think it's pretty, especially when I consider what it might be short for... I mean, a name like "Rem" could be short for "Remebrance", which is a pretty word, or from "Rembrandt", which is a man's name, and the name of one of my favorite artists in all of art history. ]

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha have cool names, too.
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Postby Kisa » Mon Dec 01, 2003 6:53 pm

Hmmmm toughie . . . . :forehead:

Hikaru (either Magic Knights Rayearth or Angelic Layer)
Sakura (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Aoshi, Kaoru, Sannosuke, Yahiko sounds funny (Rurouni Kenshin)
Aeris (FF7)
Mia (Lunar 1)
Miaka (Fushigi Yuugi)
Ichigo, Zakuro (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Vash, Millie (Trigun)
Belldandy, Peorth (Ah My Goddess)
Lita, Mina, Setsuna, Hotaru (Sailor Moon)
Van, Llena, Fiona (Zoids)

. . . can't think of any more right now. :sweat:
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Postby Danyasaur » Mon Dec 01, 2003 6:58 pm

...... AHHHHHH!!! I CAN'T CHOOSE!!! I LOVE ALL JAPANESE NAMES!!
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Postby Razgriz » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:37 pm

I can't decide either, they're almost all unique in their own way.
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Postby Michael » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:38 pm

Char. Enough said.
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Postby Tet-chan » Tue Dec 02, 2003 5:14 am

Michael wrote:Char. Enough said.



I love this name too(and also the character)
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Postby cbwing0 » Tue Dec 02, 2003 6:10 am

My favorites:
Sanosuke Segara, Senkukku(sp?) (Rurouni Kenshin)
Nosferatu Zodd (Berserk)
Garrack, Orson (Record of Lodoss War)
Majin Buu, Yamcha (Dragonball Z)
Domon Kashu, Chibidi Crockett (G Gundam)

Btw, what is the name of the Heavyarms Gundam pilot from Gundam Wing?

Edit: I checked the spelling, it is Senkaku. So there. :P
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Postby Aibou » Tue Dec 02, 2003 8:15 am

Eyes Rutherford [Spiral] << best of all
Arcueid Brunestud [Tsukihime]
Katsuya Jounouchi [YGO]
Jagara and Darcia [Wolf's Rain]
Kamui Shiro [X]
Cagalli Yula Athha, Athrun Zala, Mwu La Fllaga, Raww Le Klueze and Miguel Ayman. [Gundam SEED]

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Postby PinkCow » Tue Dec 02, 2003 5:36 pm

Vivi (FFIX) is just an adorable name.
And there's Garland, from FFIX (and others I think)...a funny name, in my opinion, for a villain.

I also am fond of the name Hideki, but I don't know if there was ever an anime character by that name. And then of course there's Tsukasa...it's so fun to say that the way it's intended to be said. Like ska-sa. *says it over and over*
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Postby cbwing0 » Tue Dec 02, 2003 7:00 pm

Answered my own question: the Heavyarms pilot is Trowa Barton (that is not one of my favorite names, btw)
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Postby DK_Sol » Sun Dec 07, 2003 5:59 pm

Well their are so many different names that are unique and have cool meanings that I can't choose; however, I'll have to say that it would have to be Heero Yuy. Since I love Hee-chan so much I decided to put his name. ^^
I also added a pic of Hee-chan here too! Wohoo!
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Postby Mave » Sun Dec 07, 2003 6:16 pm

hehe

Michiru of course ^^

I also like

Yukishiro Tomoe
Arashi
Makubex
Quatre
Miriya
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Postby Aka-chan » Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:36 pm

Despite the fact that it's not his real name, Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gumbigilla Blue Stradavari Talentrent Pierre Andre Charton-Haymoss Ivanovicci Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser III. (I love Vash; he said that all with a straight face too. ^__^)

And something must be said for Edward Wong Hau Pepeplu Tivrusky IV as well, I suppose.
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Postby harina » Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:02 am

Hmm..

Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)
Ryoga (Ranma ½)
Belldandy (Oh my goddess)
Rosiel (Angel sanctuary)

And so on... I haven't watched too much anime ^^'
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Postby Knives » Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:43 am

Vash=Trigun
Wolfwood=Trigun
Allucard=Hellsing
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Postby harina » Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:49 am

Knives wrote:Allucard=Hellsing


Alucard is Dracula when you turn it around, you know
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Postby dillian » Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:12 am

I found these names cool although some of them may not be my favorite

Lafarga, Lexus, Ceres, Alcyone, Emeraude, Lantis (MKR)
Endymion, Seiya (SM)
Soi (FY)
Soletta, Lobelia, Ayame (SW)
Alexiel (AS)
Zechs, Treize, Relena, Quatre (GW)
Dilandau, Folken, Cid, Schezar (VOE)
Priscilla (BGC)
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Postby mechana2015 » Thu Feb 05, 2004 9:52 am

Always thougt Legato was a neat name.
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Postby Gypsy » Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:00 am

Meimi (Saint Tail) F
Iria (Iria) F
Spark (Record of the Lodoss War Chronicles of the Heroic Knight) M
Sakura (oh, pick one, there's so many) F
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Caprice (original ;)) F
Tekoa (originally from the Bible, but he's in one of my original stories) M
Kyo (Fruits Basket) M
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Postby Lluvia » Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:18 pm

Rain. ^^ (G Gundam.) I love rainfall, it's a lovely name, and on top of that, it's English. ;)
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Postby Locke » Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:26 pm

almost all the names of the girls from the tenchi series

sunami & ayeka rock
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Postby Saint Kevin » Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:15 am

Te-ko-a? Bi-ble? Wha...?

Probably Lafiel and Vash. Both have long intricate names but go by short and unique ones.
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Postby Iapetus » Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:17 am

PinkCow wrote:Vivi (FFIX) is just an adorable name.I also am fond of the name Hideki, but I don't know if there was ever an anime character by that name.

He is the male lead in Chobits. I'm sure there are others, but that is the first one I thought of.

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Postby Gypsy » Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:36 am

Locke wrote:almost all the names of the girls from the tenchi series

sunami & ayeka rock

Don't forget Washu! ;)
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Postby Aka-chan » Fri Feb 06, 2004 7:21 pm

harina wrote:Alucard is Dracula when you turn it around, you know


Ohh, cool! I didn't notice that before. I guess it's like Dark and Krad from DNAngel, eh?
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Postby Spirit_Wolf8356 » Fri Feb 06, 2004 8:53 pm

Serena (Sailor Moon) (F)
Lita (Sailor Moon) (F)
Sesshoumaru (Inuyasha) (M) (Can't really ever use that one for a kid or anything. Too hard for anyone to pronounce but an anime fan)
Rei (Mars) (M)

There's quite a few others, though. :brow: Bishie names are so much fun to re-use for anything.


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Postby Ashley » Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:25 pm

Oo, favorite names..interesting thread.

Kagura (fruits basket)
Shigure (fruits basket0
Tsunami (tenchi)
Chiaki (kamikaze kaitou jeanne)
Takuto (heh, I love they way Meroko pronounces it; full moon wo sagashite)
Meroko (full moon wo sagashite)

man this is harder than I thought...I guess that's my list for now. Interestingly enough, I hated pratcially all the gundam wing names.
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Postby Aka-chan » Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:56 pm

Homura (Saiyuki)
Nataku (Saiyuki, Gundam Wing, X, etc.)
I dunno, I just love the way they sound.
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Postby mechana2015 » Wed Mar 31, 2004 11:39 pm

Aoshi and Saito (Ruroni Kenshin) Legato (Trigun) ELIE (Rave)
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