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

HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• FenrirIII@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Right? Watching My Hero Academia and the names are all bonkers

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  • neatchee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      “Ledasha” is an urban legend.

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      • neatchee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Oof. Well called out. I feel terrible. Removing

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