"Just So You Know" x_x

Whew! Now I'm back...haha..had a week vacation and I definitely missed the feeling of having to face a computer again...haha... pity my "blog"...hehe..Anyway, here I am trying to make it up...

My brain's not actually working right now...haha...still got the madnezz of a short yet fulfilling vacation...it's too much to ask for more...but I just wish I had a longer vacation...hahaha :D

Right now, I'll just share with you some interesting trivia that I was able to stumble upon with my search for some anime stuff...haha...hope you'll like it.. :D


>>>(Lupin III)

-- In real life, the characters Lupin, Jigen, Goemon, and Zenigata are named after historic persons.

Lupin is supposedly the third generation descendant of the so-called "gentleman thief" from turn-of-the-century France, Arsene Lupin.

Ishikawa Goemon is named after a Robin Hood-type thief from 17th century Japan. He met an untimely end by being boiled alive for his crimes.

Zenigata is named after a skilled investigator in Japan roughly around the same time as Goemon.

>>>Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X)

-- What is so unusual about Kenshin's sword?

It's a sakabatou or a double-edge sword, a blade where the leading edge is dull, and the back side is the cutting edge.

-- Why does Kenshin has purple eyes and red hair when Most of the people in Rurouni Kenshin are drawn such that hair and eye colour accurately depicts the persons nationality?

Purple eyes are often used to show non-humaness about characters when they are strong in magical ability etc. especially in order to show demonic power or ability thus showing Kenshin's superhuman ability with the sword. Red hair while quite rare, does occur naturally in Japan.


-- Kenshin has had three different names throughout his lifetime.


Shinta was his first name which was then changed to Kenshin when he met Hiko Seijiro. The name he used during the Bakumatsu period was Battousai, and he uses Kenshin during the period when the story takes place.


-- Saito Hajime was seen sneezing three times when eating soba in a restaurant and comments that he seems to be quite hated (by someone). What is "wrong" between his sneezing and his comment?

A saying in japan states that sneezing once means something nice is being said about you by someone, a bad remark may be said if you sneezed twice and if you did thrice, then somebody must really hate you that much.

>>>Ah! Megamisama! (Oh! My Goddess!)

You can buy a surprising number of items from vending machines in Japan including hot and cold canned drinks, beer, sake, neckties, used girls panties(!) and instant cameras.

-- What is the significance of the three goddesses' names?

The goddesses are named for the Norns of Norse mythology: Urthe, Verthande, and Skolde. Their respective areas of influence are the past, present and the future; much like the three fates of Greek and other European mythologies.

-- What's missing in a typical Japanese public washroom that would be considered essential in North America?

A hand dryer. If you want to wash your hands and dry them, your own handkerchief should do the job and nothing else. Consider this when you want to go to Japan and use their public washroom.. :D

>>>(Card Captor Sakura)

-- Each member of the Kinomoto family are named after a flower.

Sakura is named for the spring cherry blossoms, Touya is named after the peach blossoms, while father Fujitaka is named after Japanese wisteria, and mother Nadesico is named after the allwood flower (Dianthus hybridus).



>>>(Dragonball)

-- The Dragonball series and personal digital assistants (PDA's such as the Palm Pilot) have something in common.

The PDA's are powered by Motorola's MC68x328 series of chips. The chip was developed in Hong Kong, and was given the code name Dragonball by C.D. Tam, then section manager of the Asia-Pacific region.

>>> Macross


-- The Macross universe has a link to a well known computer company. What is this link?

It appears that the Apple computers were very popular with the series creators. Macross might be a take on "Mac OS". Then there's the numbering system: Macross II (Mac II), Macross 7 (Mac System 7), Macross Plus (Mac Plus), and Sharon 'Apple.'

-- The pilots in Macross Plus were testing two new veritechs, the YF-19 and the YF-21. What do the letters stand for?

In today's US military, aircraft are given the 'Y' prefix designation if it is a demonstration prototype, and the 'F' designation if it is a fighter.