Anime facts that you might not know!

Zaxafel · Post by **Zaxafel** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:48 am

a lot of things in Rune Soldier Louis sound strangely like things from Record of Lodoss War

even two of the characters
Louis (the guy with blue hair)

Spark
http://www.absoluteanime.com/lodoss_war/spark.htm

Zephyrias · Post by **Zephyrias** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:53 am

Kenshin Himura, the main character of Ruroun Kenshin, is based off an actual person.

Heero_Yuy84 · Post by **Heero_Yuy84** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:20 am

Some more trivia for the pile:

-During the final battle in 'Macross: Do You Remember Love?' (more specifically, the scene when Hikaru fires off several of his missiles inside Bodolza's fortress) if you look carefully, you can spot a sake flask and a can of Budweiser amongst the explosives

-The OVA 'Getter Robo: Armageddon' makes several nods to U.S. sci-fi titles (ex. an arctic team research member named 'McCreedy' like the protagonist in 'The Thing', one panel showing the registration number on Hayato's Tower to be NCC-1701F (a nod to the Enterprise line from Star Trek.))

-The opening credits sequence of Mazinger Z movie 1 contains several pieces of fanart made by some of the series' younger viewers

...that's some of the more unique ones I can remember for now...got others, they're just not firing ATM

dogger · Post by **dogger** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:08 am

not that iv never seen it but gundamn was created to sell toy robots to kids.

more of an interesting bit of into: grave of fireflys has a lot of similairtys between the directors story of world war 2.

obh04 · Post by **obh04** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:43 am

Goku from Dragon Ball is based on Chinese legenand. About some monkey-boy. In Love Hina the characters act out that legenend when they are at the beach.

Malificus · Post by **Malificus** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:42 am

obh04 wrote:Goku from Dragon Ball is based on Chinese legenand. About some monkey-boy. In Love Hina the characters act out that legenend when they are at the beach.

The legend is Xiyugi (journey to the west) and the legend is fairly famous, Saiyuki is also a reenactmentof that legend.

Coffee 54 · Post by **Coffee 54** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:52 am

got2maskit wrote:
obh04 wrote:Goku from Dragon Ball is based on Chinese legenand. About some monkey-boy. In Love Hina the characters act out that legenend when they are at the beach.
The legend is Xiyugi (journey to the west) and the legend is fairly famous, Saiyuki is also a reenactmentof that legend.

I was wondering what that story was called. I've been wanting to read it, does anyone know where to find it?

On topic: I don't have any fun facts to share, sorry.

Malificus · Post by **Malificus** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:00 pm

Coffee 54 wrote:
got2maskit wrote:
obh04 wrote:Goku from Dragon Ball is based on Chinese legenand. About some monkey-boy. In Love Hina the characters act out that legenend when they are at the beach.
The legend is Xiyugi (journey to the west) and the legend is fairly famous, Saiyuki is also a reenactmentof that legend.
I was wondering what that story was called. I've been wanting to read it, does anyone know where to find it?

On topic: I don't have any fun facts to share, sorry.

It appears that they are selling a copy on Amazon.

More fun facts!!

this one is fairly one is kinda obvious

Nabashin is Shinichi Watanabe

Bote · Post by **Bote** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:59 pm

Almost all of the special moves in Bastard! have names similar to famous metal songs from the 80's.

Kasuga Ayumu · Post by **Kasuga Ayumu** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 5:55 pm

Every episode title of Scrapped Princess is classical music related. Examples: The March Of The Soft-Boiled Knight, Minstrel`s Lullaby, The Waltz of the Abandoned Dog Girl, Opera Of Power And Plot, Symphony of Those Who Protect, ...