The "Anime Facts" Thread *May contain spoilers*

[Spunky]

Ok, here's how this thread will go down. Post random facts from random anime series'. But don't post anything stupid like "This person was a man" or stupid crap like that. The facts can be from any series. But don't post a fact that was already posted by someone. I'll start it off, so everybody will know the form to post in:

Series: Hellsing
Fact: Alucard's name spelled backwards is Dracula.

[Eon]

Moved to anime

[saiyanslayer]

Goku and gohan in the japanese version were both played by the same voice actress

[Jesus]

berserk

fact: guts pwns everyone....

[KyoKusanagi]

Male characters who are early teenagers in anime series are generally played by females - since the voice is supposed to convey innocence.

Anime: Wicked City
Fact: Was made into a Live Action Hong Kong movie.

[Rayos]

Just cause it's a dbz mod forum



dbz

the move kamehameha is also the name of a hawaiian king




tenchi

and if i am not mistaken this was supposed to be the sequal to the all so special "Bubble Gum Crisis"

[DPredator]

Series: Hellsing

Fact: Alucard was actually misspelled, it's actually "Arucard" this was confirmed by the creators of Hellsing

[Spunky]

Please, post only one fact. And are you sure about that? Alucard just seems right because of his name spelled backwards.

Series: Hellsing
Fact: In episode 13, Alucard was revealed to really be Dracula.

[Amayirot Akago]

Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai

Movies spoofed/referenced in episode 12 (may be incomplete): Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Thing
Night of the Living Dead
The Exorcist
Escape from New York
Air Force One
Back to the Future
Robocop
Knight Rider
The Terminator
King Kong
Titanic
The Shining

[Rayos]

naruto


saru ((monkey)) handseal is impossible to do unless animation is REALLY crappy

[Ravendust]

Hellsing

13 episodes because 13 is generally a bad number, it has connotations with bad luck and misfortune as well as superstition. The only bad thing is that it screwed us out of a good ending (I wanted to see the FREAK chip manufacturers get eaten :()

[Amayirot Akago]

Sunabozu

Sunabozu is unmasked in episode 3.

[Ravendust]

Naruto

Kakashi means 'Scarecrow', which is fitting because a scarecrow is an imitation of a human, and Kakashi imitates his enemies with his Sharingan.

[Hitokiri]

Cowboy Bebop

Fact: He dies at the end. :cry:

[jp]

DBZ

Freeza's voice actor was a woman. :p

[Ravendust]

Naruto/Pokémon

The Ninetales Fox is a mythical beast of ancient Japanese legend.

[DPredator]

Naruto

The voice actor of Naruto is a women.

[KyoKusanagi]

Just thought i'd post this before this entire thread becomes: "spot which anime guy is voiced by a female"

Fact: almost all pre teen to early teen male characters in anime are played by women with deeper than normal voices. not only is it easier to find experienced voice actors but their voice is deep enough for a character to be a teenager, but still too high to be an adult.

some examples:
Shinji - Neon Genesis Evangelion
Full Metal Alchemist - Both Al and Edward

[Chitenga]

Series: Hellsing

Fact: Alucard was actually misspelled, it's actually "Arucard" this was confirmed by the creators of Hellsing

Actually during japanese translation the R becomes an L and vise-versa. Examples: Kulilin = Krillin (DBZ), Malik = Marik (Yugioh), Zoro = Zolo (One Piece) and quite possibly if a horrible dubbing company gets ahold of Naruto and could be translated to "Naluto"

[KyoKusanagi]

Just like the Mitsubishi Starion (It was supposed to be Stallion)

Anime Fact:
The drift king Keiichi Tsuchiya was the technical advisor for the Initial D series and has taught the actors of the live action Initial D movie his drifting techniques.

[Amayirot Akago]

FLCL

The anime differs significantly from the manga in terms of storyline and events. Most major characters appear in the manga, save for Amarao, who only appears about 3 times in the 2nd volume and barely has any dialogue.

[Rayos]

dbz


This is pretty known anyway but most of the translations from japanese to english are completely off. This is based on the attacks. The list is too many

[ZaZ]

the voice actor for Edward and Al in Full Metal Alchemist was women

[DiebytheSword]

All incarnations of the Guyver (Out of Control movie, OAV series, Horrible live action 1, and not so horrible live action 2) all deviate badly from the original Manga. Many characters are killed by the wrong creature/guyver.

A new guyver suit, Guyver Gigantic/Guyver Dark goes over the original guyver armors, giving them the power of a Zoalord.

[Amayirot Akago]

the voice actor for Edward and Al in Full Metal Alchemist was women
Did you even bother reading this thread at all?

Cowboy Bebop

The mechanic Doohan who appears in one episode was named after James Doohan, who became famous as Scotty in the original Star Trek.

[ZaZ]

ups I did'nt saw that post sry

[CM]

Fullmetal Alchemist

Ed Dies, Comes back to life, Al dies, Ed brings Al back to life, Ed dies.

[Amayirot Akago]

Cowboy Bebop

The voice of Faye is done by Megumi Hayashibara, a famous Japanese artist who sung the theme songs of shows like Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai and Shaman King (IIRC).