Message: "Re: Journey" - Behind the Name

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Re: Journey

by ClaudiaS

2/26/2009, 6:58 AM

in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans

There is also the actress Jurnee Smollett, who was born in 1986. Apparently she first starred in a TV show in 1994, which is later than the anime character or the book, but since Journey didn't appear on the SSA list until 1999, she may have had some influence.

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +2

2/26/2009, 2:02 PM

Thanks, I forgot to check alternative spellings. :)

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

- 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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