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Originally posted by Cannibal Clown


Q2, What were the names of most of the Eva characters names inspired from?

Yes, CC is right about the names...
Characters were named after warships, and shipping terms/items, most of which were Japanese warships. Asuka was partially named after a U$ naval ship, however. This mostly applies to the surnames, though.

As far as I know, it goes like this :

Akagi -- Akagi Class Aircraft Carrier

Aoba -- Heavy Cruiser

Ayanami -- Fubuki Class Destroyer

Fuyutsuki -- Akizuki Class Destroyer

Hyuga -- Battleship

Ibuki -- Aircraft Carrier

Katsuragi -- Unryu Class Aircraft Carrier

Soryu -- Soryu Class Aircraft Carrier

In addition, the following names are based on nautical terms [whatever in hell that actually means ] :

Ikari -- Anchor

Kaji -- Rudder

Rokubungi -- Sextant

Keel -- The major piece of timber that forms the hull of a ship

Asuka's American surname is also named after a ship, from the US Navy:

Langley -- Aircraft Carrier (named after an aircraft pioneer, c. 1900

On a side note [kinda], I think Shinji's name was somewhat of a pun, since Shinji can mean "to trust or to believe", and Ikari at the same time can also mean "anger". So therefore, Ikari Shinji --> trusting in anger [according to my head >.>].

Sounds like him kinda, no ?

Also, Rei [if I'm not mistaken] is a homonymn for "zero", which both indicates her Unit number and her personality.


I think this is erm-right...