Evangelion Movie Changes Asuka’s Name
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Mar 14, 2009 00:42 JST
- Tags: Adaptations, Announcements, Asuka Langley, Evangelion, Marketing, Movies
The new Evangelion movie, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, has driven fans into a frenzy of speculation with the surprise announcement that Asuka’s name is apparently to change.
The change is revealed by way of some official advertising, in which the cast is listed; fans looking over the names immediately (or possibly after obsessive scrutiny) spotted a mysterious 式波・アスカ・ラングレー / Shikinami Asuka Langley, presumably the same character as the previous 惣流・アスカ・ラングレー / Sohryu Asuka Langley.
Along with the plethora of new terms introduced in the advertising, and with the prior announcement of “Mari”, a brand new character, it seems that the movie may break from the previous iterations of the series in a big way.
Fans are wondering just what all this is about? Could it indeed be looking to “explore new ground”?
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Outrage!
Well... It's not so bad.
As long as I can keep referring to the character at least as "Asuka", I could almost care less about family names.
i agree, though as to why they would change her name is beyond me
yeah!! that's true!! as long as they keep asuka!! but it is a litle sad when you think a anime with so many years and now they change her name....
actually i kinda do mind the name change. just doesn't feel 100%. :(
A long lost sister maybe?
The stuffed monkey from hell?
Changing her name is like declaring Pluto no longer as part of the solar system. Shit this ruins my coffee.
Her name came from a battle ship, changing it would make it weird
Don't wanna be picky, but what exactly makes the name Langley German, when it's taken from an american carrier? ^^
The only "German" part about Asuka's name is her first name sounding distantly like "Oskar", which "can" be referred as a common german name. ^^
Except that it's obviously a male name...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shikinami_(1929)
:)
Pwned.
@Anonymous: 2009-03-14 01:56:13
If memory serves me, Asuka's father is actually American, he just lived in Germany. Probably due to Asuka's mother having been stationed at the German branch of Gehirn. Later he marries an German woman, who's the stepmother that Asuka can't get along with.
So with her mother being Japanese and her father a Yank. That makes Asuka's names fully appropriate, considering there really isn't a German angle there to begin with. She was just born and raised there, that's it.
@Anonymous: 2009-03-14 01:56:13
Oops. Ignore the above.
Misread you. Me bad
Did notice that in that Shikinami article, that one of the sister ships of that vessel was called: Ayanami.
The characters are different - I tried searching before (in Japanese) and all I came up with were some obscure technical terms... Not sure if these are also relevant or if the ship connection is all.
綾波 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Ayanami_(1929)
綾波 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rei_Ayanami
Looks the same to me, then again, lot of this stuff looks highly similar to me anyway, so I'm probably one of the last people one should ask if it's similar or not.
My apologies, I was referring to Shikinami.
@anon: She was listed as an American citizen, altho she grew up in Germany. Thus her German vocabulary.
Asuka Langley SHIKINAMI?! Doesn't sound right at all. Seriously, is there another way to write Sohryu? But now at least it's a name for a WWII warship.
There are other ways to write Sohryu -- in fact, Asuka's WWII aircraft carrier namesake is actually written 蒼龍 (blue/green dragon) rather than 惣流 (all + flow of current or method) which is how Asuka's surname is written.
None of those ways of rewriting Sohryu can turn into 式波/Shikinami, though. The only readings for the first kanji in Shikinami are "shiki" (on-yomi/Chinese reading) or "nori" (nanori/name reading).
But I'm no expert.
If anyone has alternative readings feel free to suggest - I couldn't find a reference for this reading.
Big deal.
I'm not raging so much as I am scratching my head. What, after a few hours of brainstorming together, did the writers just decide to change her name for shits and giggles? What could possibly be the point for that.
It's Gainax....of course they did. They are the troll masters. And the milking kings.
Indeed, why? I can't imagine a reason to change it, seems pointless for now.
Viral marketing, duh.
It's another mindfuck. These films are a sequel to End of Evangelion.
Maybe she gets adopted by someone?
Or gets married
if that were true itd be my last name not shikinami
dream on...har har... XD
this is madness!!!
how dare them change her name
Ayanami has the same secondary letter 'nami' , maybe there's a deeper connection between Rei and Asuka in the new movie?
No. She is still Shinji's mom.
Not in the new movies, perhaps? Besides... what makes Rei to the mother of shinji? His mother is dead and Rei just has her genes.
Nevertheless, the new movies will be superspecialhyperaweseome.
who's the artist for that pic?
important sauce is delicious
who knows but its freaken awesome
Indeed that is one amazing picture.
alter ego?
Evangelion : The Franchise Milking version? :D
mmm Asuka Milk....
Fuck yeah, I'd like me some Asuka milk right now...
fucking seconded
fuck i third that
Let's go gang-milk her!
milku raep? XD
lemme join...
fukking thirded :D
Hm, this is going to wreak havoc on #34..
Leave it to Gainax to retcon a decade-old work. :|
Seriously though: As a fan, I'm not sure what to think of this. It's definitely very strange.
AAANNNNNO, YOU GOT SUM SPLAININ TO DOOO.
True dat.
Oro? 0_o
At least its something trivial.
Ctrl+F : Typo, error, mistake
Not found any of the words.
So nobody has thought that this could be a typo? The retard that was writing the advert put different Kanjis for her family name.
I'm not saying that's the way it is, but unless it comes from an oficial statement from Gainax, there is no way that Gainax decided to change her name after 14-15 years.
There is no reason to do that, unless there is a big new plot regarding Kyoko, Asuka' mother.
I'd certainly thought (or at least, I hope) it was a typo, but I didn't bother mentioning it. That does sound like the best bet, though.
Yea I thought so initially too. However would this had been a simple mistake and wouldn't somebody had caught this. Also if it was a typo, it seems Gainax would have released a statement stating so.