Comment on Are the character names in most Anime real Japanese names or just made up?

• neatchee@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you’re talking about something like MHA those are largely made up with some influence from real naming patterns.

  For what it’s worth a quick Google search will usually tell you the answer for any particular name. Just like with English, there’s a combination of:

  • Names that are also real words still in use (“Sakura” or “Rose”)
  • Names that are based on former vocations (“Goldstein” or “Smith”)
  • Completely made up crazy shit (“L-a” pronounced “ladasha” and I wish I were making that up)
  • Stuff that’s meant to remind you of something related to the character (“Otto Octavius”)
  • Whatever the author felt sounded cool (“Ronan Dex”)

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  • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Ledasha” is an urban legend.

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    • neatchee@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oof. Well called out. I feel terrible. Removing

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