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[–] 54 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

I'm compelled to point out, all names are just made up.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Some are real, many are exaggerated or fantastical. It varies a lot. If you think of western shows, some use realistic names, esspecially in a more grounded setting, but most cartoons or more fantastical works will use names that are over-the-top (I.E. Marty McFly), while others are loosely based on other languages or completely made up.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Slice of life mostly has real names or spins on real names. Fantasy has fantasical names or ones the author thought sounded fantastical. Then lots of in-between.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The fantasy ones get weird sometimes. In Overlord there's a guy named Brain.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    At least some are real and common. I doubt this is true across the board, though.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Half of them a German words ...

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Idk if half but I'm currently watching frieren in german and it's kind of funny that practically all names are German words. They probably sound ultra cool to the Japanese

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I always wonder about this and whole this is how its spelled thing.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    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")
    • 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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