[EVA] Name Symbolism Question

[Andrew Huang]

On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Kumiko Sato wrote:

> Hi, Hajimemashite,
> 
> Does anybody know where the charas' names come from other than Japanese
> Navy ships?  So far as I know, Suzuhara Touji and Aida Kensuke are the
> names of the two main characters in Ryu Murakami's novel, Fascism of Love
> and Fantasy (its original title is Ai to gensou no fascism).  It seems that
> severe criticism of fascistic imperialism, which was claimed by Germany and
> Japan in the WWII, underlies the EVA story (in addition to many other
> underpinnings).
	Wow, I had no idea....
	But for the most part, the names are derived from the names of
Japanese battleships from WWII.

> And I heard from a friend long time ago that those names like Rei and Asuka
> were taken from the victim children of the serial murder by Tsutomu
> Miyazaki, a case which made certain kinds of people called Otaku (in)famous
> for their socially isolated "disgusting" life style.  Is this true?
> 
> I'd appreciate any info.  Arigatou ne in advance!
	Is that so? Bleah...don't want to think about that guy.

> And a comment on Asuka's German.  Her German sounds weird even to Japanese
> ears...
	Na ja; Deutsch ist nicht sehr leicht. ^_^
	(Well, yeah, German is not very easy.)

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