Thread: Licensed Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Old 2010-08-04, 08:37   Link #107
DragoZERO
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Originally Posted by drobertbaker View Post
Ayanami is the name of a class of Japanese destroyer. It fact all the family names in Evangelion are navy ships or naval items (Ikari = anchor) while the personal names are taken from other anime. e.g. Rei from Rei Hino of Sailor Moon.
Like so many series, using names of destroyers and such, lol. But in the story, where did it come from? Did Gendo read it in a book and like it or is there a reason he used that?

And I thought the writers chose Rei because it means zero.
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