# Anime fans, rename me! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411 "2001-06-20T01:28:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/21 "2001-06-22T01:16:40Z")
How about one of those ambiguously gay Gundam Wing boys? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/22 "2001-06-22T05:46:51Z")
I never thought them as being ambiguously gay, myself. Just kind of ambiguously not-straightā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![monny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@monny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monny)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/23 "2001-06-22T07:01:33Z")
I absolutely LOVE Soryu Asuka Langley or is it Asuka Soryu Langley? or is it Langley at all? Okay whatever. That hot redhead. You know. ::drools:: ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/24 "2001-06-22T11:47:50Z")
Actually, my post was in no way a Digimon reference. Iā€™ve never watched a full episode myself. It was completely a Cowboy Bebop reference. If you havenā€™t watched any, let me just say that Bebop and Kenshin are my two favorite anime series. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/25 "2001-06-22T19:56:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Trion \* > \*\*Actually, my post was in no way a Digimon reference. Iā€™ve never watched a full episode myself. It was completely a Cowboy Bebop reference. If you havenā€™t watched any, let me just say that Bebop and Kenshin are my two favorite anime series. šŸ™‚ > > \*\* _sigh_ Nobody ever accused me of being literateā€¦ The Digimon stuff should be bumped up to my response to don Jaime. I actually knew yours was a Cowboy Bebop reference (only due to the wonders of Google, though). So, itā€™s that good, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/26 "2001-06-22T20:26:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KKBattousai \* > \*\*So, itā€™s that good, huh? \*\* Well, obviously I think so. Although Kenshin edges Bebop out for the number one position. Bebop tends to be more comedy oriented, though they do serious as well. And the comedy tends to be more character based rather than broad slapstick I see so much in anime (which frankly I donā€™t like). Plus you can get the whole shebang on DVD. But hey, donā€™t take my word for it. Ask around. Iā€™m sure there are other dopers whoā€™ll give you an opinion or two. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/27 "2001-06-22T21:32:11Z")
> [@](#): > > So, itā€™s that good, huh? Well, I certainly thought so . . . Itā€™s sort of an updated, somewhat more mature Lupan, (not MUCH more mature, but . . .) with a bit of HK action and a big dolip of over-the-top 70ā€™s style. Great production qualities all around, animation, music, direction, everything. Including both voice tracks. (Bebop probably has the best dub track ever done) Itā€™s very episodic, but sometimes thatā€™s a good thing. In terms of pure entertainment, itā€™s probably the best series Iā€™ve seen. If you liked Kenshin and Bastard!! (Thereā€™s a ) youā€™ll probibly like it . . . Besides, thereā€™s a blacksploitation episode. Iā€™m not kidding. And if that isnā€™t enough, in one episode, Spike kicks the crap out of Goofy. And if THAT isnā€™t worth the price of admission, nothing is. šŸ™‚ Should warn you, a boxed set is coming out soon, that will probably include extras people (like me) who bought each DVD wonā€™t get. Bastards. ā€“ ā€œDonā€™t leave stuff in the fridge. Thatā€™s the real lesson.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/28 "2001-06-24T14:26:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ura-Maru \* > \*\*Should warn you, a boxed set is coming out soon, that will probably include extras people (like me) who bought each DVD wonā€™t get. Bastards. > \*\* I think I mentioned in another anime thread a few months back that Iā€™m a box set **whore**. If thereā€™s one in the works, Iā€™ll wait for it. Iā€™ll let you know whatā€™s on/in it. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![MarsDragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@MarsDragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarsDragon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/29 "2001-06-27T03:31:38Z")
Char Aznable? Zeon Zum Daikun? Shiro Amada? Iā€™ve been whaching a lot of Gundam latelyā€¦ I think the Geki ganger thing was a Nadesico refrence. Itā€™s a show on the show. Itā€™s usualy one word though. **Ura-Maru** , when was the blacksploitation episode? I donā€™t remember that one. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/30 "2001-07-01T07:14:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MarsDragon \* > > **Ura-Maru** , when was the blacksploitation episode? I donā€™t remember that one. > \*\* Episode 17, **Mushroom Samba**. Guest apperances by Shaft and Cleopatra Jones. The Godslayer of Hit Points was the sword that Dug Fin used at the end of **Dragon Half**. Memorable not only for itā€™s great name, but itā€™s great introduction. ā€œmumbled-japanese, mumbled-japanese -pause- **GOTTOSHLAYAAA!!!** ā€ Kind of like the ā€œRoard off Nitmarsā€ thing in **Slayers,** only more so. šŸ™‚ ā€“ ā€œCan you beat him with your skinny arms? CAN YOU?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/31 "2001-07-01T10:42:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ura-Maru \* > \*\* > ā€œmumbled-japanese, mumbled-japanese -pause- **GOTTOSHLAYAAA!!!** ā€ Hell, now Iā€™m tempted to make _that_ my new SNā€¦ šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/32 "2001-07-01T13:05:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KKBattousai \* > **I know what youā€™re all thinking - itā€™s _about damn time_ he renames himself - and I agree wholeheartedly. Now, Iā€™m batting around a few names, a couple anime related, a few slightly more literary (and Neil Gaiman related, in case you were wondering). Or I may just name myself Six (assuming it wasnā€™t taken), since thatā€™s what I post news and stuff under on Six Degrees of Nothing.** How 'bout: Kikiā€™s Delivery Service Itā€™s not too long to fit, and heaven knows, youā€™ve always reminded me of a 9 year old girl in a skirt riding a broomstick. \ šŸ˜ƒ Umā€¦Captain Harlock? Kimba? Princess Mononoke? Totoro (actually, I think thereā€™s already a Totoro here) Protoculture? Minmei? Or, If weā€™re going for Gainman, Dream Death Delirum Destruction Destiny Desire Barnabas Mervyn Pumpkinhead Kid Miracleman? Ummmm (From American Gods (which, if the last 5/6ths is as good as the first, will be a masterpiece)) Low Key Mr. Wendsday Mad Sweeney Hope this helps Fenris ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/33 "2001-07-21T00:09:20Z")
Okay, I think you could name yourself after a group of characters. My favorite is from the American parody comic _Ninja High School_: **Baka, Jaka, & Nestor** ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/34 "2001-07-21T04:44:06Z")
Huh. This thread resurrected itself. Go figure. You know **Fenris** , I like your Gaiman suggestions (so much, in fact, that Iā€™ll let your other impertinence slide :)). I also like **foolsguinea** ā€™s idea of a group of characters, though Iā€™ll probably end up with either a bunch of food related characters (was it Bakaretsu Hunters that had a character named Tiramisu?), or characters named after hygiene products, but itā€™s something worth thinking about. In case anybodyā€™s wondering, Iā€™ll probably decide this whole renaming thing as soon as I move back home. _sigh_ So much work, so little time. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/35 "2001-07-21T10:59:53Z")
I would have chosen this name for myself if Iā€™d have known Evangelion all that time ago, but you can use it. **17thAngel**. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/36 "2001-07-21T13:55:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KKBattousai \* > \*\*Huh. This thread resurrected itself. Go figure. > > You know **Fenris** , I like your Gaiman suggestions (so much, in fact, that Iā€™ll let your other impertinence slide :)). > \*\* So Kid Miracleman it is, then? GD&R Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411/37 "2001-07-21T17:03:35Z")
As I am a Starblazers/Space Batlleship Yamato fan---- **"Wave Motion Gunā€“FIRE!"** ā€“would be a _great_ name! šŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-fans-rename-me/69411.md?page=1)