Characters With Anime Names

[Eul]

Well my server have so many Japanese name because... You can figure it.

[Grey_D94]

If I had a dollar for every Kirito I've seen......

Lifetime. Subscription. That's if I count all the Kiritos and Asunas in all the mmo's I've played in the past couple years, though.

[Meraii]

There's a Killua Zoldyck on my server which I think it's pretty cool, but i'm not fond of seeing lots of Kiritos or Asunas around. SAO is seriously overhyped and not even that good

Still, they're all better than things like 'Master Baitor' 'Insertyour Namehere' or whatever funny names people do. In my opinion a name should actually be a name - pretentious anime character or otherwise - not some kind of pun or phrase or title ('Princess', 'Sir' etc should not be used as a first name. ever.).

[Odett]

Oh man, that reminds me of my first experience as a healer in 8 person content when Myth tomes were the thing. I DFed Titan HM and got another WHM named Kirito as my healing partner. The guy had no idea what they were doing and was knocked out of the arena by the beginning of phase 2. I had to solo heal the rest of the fight with my newbie Darklight gear and ilv 55 staff that my FC mate made for me (that talking plant thing), realizing just how much more AoE heals 8 person content needs compared to doing the 4 person dungeons I was used to. As luck would have it, the cane dropped and Kirito outrolled me on it. I don't trust anyone with the name Kirito.

Also, remember the huge influx of horribly mispelled A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones names that were rampant when ARR first released? I really don't see that anymore.

[Morzy]

I'm not very good at coming up with names for my characters, so I usually just mix and match from some of my most liked series. Whether that be video games, anime, or television/movies.

My current name is taken from Demon's Souls and Xenosaga.

Ooo i love Xenosaga!! ^_^ i likee your name. My retainers are Citrine, Rubedoe and Albedoe. My slavvves bwahahaha

[Serilda]

As another person on a Japanese server I'm used to seeing Japanese names, and while a few are clearly anime-based the majority are just normal everyday names the player thought sounded cool. Actually, Lalafell named after edible treats are probably the most common issue here

Please don't be too harsh on all of the Kiritos, though. My friend is a Kiri and he's used that name for many years; it would be a shame to see him suddenly viewed as a SAO clone when it's actually from a different language in this case.

[Kacho_Nacho]

Anime names are okay. There are so many animes and mangas out there that it's easy to accidentally create a name which matches a known cartoon character.

It's the 'joke' names which turn me off. Any name which is racist or inappropriately sexual gets immediately reported.

As far as Kacho's name, it may seem a joke but it's not. Not knowing Plainsfolk Lalafell naming conventions, I relied on the random name generator. It was the first name the popped up and I loved it! A perfect name for the neighborhood nice guy of a lalafell I wanted to roleplay and very memorable too.

[Atoli]

Not too happy with all the anime names, tbh °-°

Especially since the introduction of Raen lore gave people an excuse to freely throw any anime character name at their lizard lady/man, even though it was specifially stated that their names are based on olden-times Japanese names, not modern pop culture.
*sigh*

Not like I'm gonna bother anyone about it. But some of these mash-ups just make me cringe a bit ._. (looking at you, Mr. Akainu Zoldyck!)
I know there are probably a few unfortunate souls who picked a lore-fitting name completely unrelated who get thrown in with the fanboy crowd, but usually it's easy to notice
(And lore-fitting names CAN be a bother..my alt is named Yayani Yani and I find her name very adorable, but once I wanted to race-change to Elezen....and I went back within a few hours, because being an Elezen lady with such an obvious lala name was not pleasant xD)
I'm not judging someone because his character is named Sakura, but most of the time, the origin of the name is pretty clear, either because of the name combinations (yes, you, dear 49 Ms. "Sakura Uchiha"s! ) or the fact that some things aren't ACTUAL names byond some famous anime character or are read in a way no normal human would read the name except for this ONE character from anime X or Y

It's totally okay to not have a lore-fitting name and/or to get a bit of inspiration from that show/game/etc. you love so much! But at least make it somewhat fit the fantasy world you are in instead of becoming the umpteenth Kirito/Sasuke/Alucard...or Sephiroth/Rinoa/Zelda for that matter

[Magnificent]

My name is from an anime and you have no clue how many people keep asking me if my name is from final fantasy! My name is Magnificent Steiner from MONSTER! >.<

[Sakuraluna]

I'm not really a fan of it, but I don't mind if other people take their character names from other media. Every once in a while, I'll see someone with a name from something I love (anime or not) and it'll bring a smile to my face, but most of the time I don't really pay a whole lot of attention.