Message: "Re: Journey" - Behind the Name

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Re: Journey

by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

2/26/2009, 2:02 PM

in reply to a message by ClaudiaS

Thanks, I forgot to check alternative spellings. :)

Any ideas on whether or not the anime character's Japanese name meant "journey"?

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- ClaudiaS +1

2/26/2009, 5:55 PM

I looked it up and the Gall Force characters all have "English" names written in katakana. Journey is "Jaanii" in the Japanese version. Apparently the creators were actually thinking of the English word when they chose this name.

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

2/27/2009, 7:51 AM

Thank you! It never dawned on me that the Japanese animators would be using English names for their characters back in Japan. :)

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