Attack on Titan
| They are most likely european, Thats my theory |
| So maybe the Titans are actually Russian? Nope, SnK takes place in a fictional universe and the characters have no connection to any real nationalities at all. Although It does take inspiration from European/Asian influences... that doesn't mean that they are necessarily european or asian. |
LeCan said: Reiner Braun: Not much analysis needed. He's German. Bertolt Hoover: Same here Interesting |
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| So the entire manga is a German propaganda? Btw Eren could also be a variant of "Erin" of Irish origin,meaning "One who is from Ireland". |
| Very interesting. But i'm not sure that the world of the manga can be comparable with the our. |
| It doesn't make sense to me how you can look at someone in an anime and say they "look Turkish". |
| Shoot first, think never. |
| Levi a jew never would've have guessed. I like the different ancestry brings more originality, I remember 1st watching the anime and assuming everyone was Asian lol. I still laugh at the people who make a big deal at the fact there aren't many black,asian and hispanic characters and it makes the anime "unrealistic" when it actually makes it 10x more realistic. |
| interesting. I would love the fact that if Eren is actually half Turkish!! :) |
| Annie has a massive nose, she's clearly somewhat Jewish and not in the faith way. Russian women don't have mallet noses, neither do the dutch or most Germans. |
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TallonKarrde23 said: Russian women don't have mallet noses Why, they actually do. Nowdays Russians are one crazy hotchpotch of dozens nationalities mixed together, you can meet people of various facial features there. That being said, Leonhart clearly implies German or Scandinavian origin imo. |
| I can see beauty where others see ugliness. That either makes me an artist or a person of very poor taste (с) |
| I don't think that the setting is actually ours, but it sure does borrow a lot. The Jaegers are wogs Mediterranean eh? Well... Familiar with Keith Shadis? He sure doesn't seem European to me. He also seems to know Grisha, Eren's dad. Maybe they are connected? While Ymir has a North European name, she really doesn't look like one. In fact, she probably shares Eren's nationality. Open-Dice said: It doesn't make sense to me how you can look at someone in an anime and say they "look Turkish". Have you seen wogs Mediterranean/Arabic people before? They are pretty everyday to me. It wouldn't far fetched to say that he is one. This anime does an interesting job of depicting various ethnicities. I'm usually hard pressed to say most characters of 'japanese' background are really japanese. The characters here are different. To me, Mikasa is clearly half asian in looks. Now Levi a Jew... |
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| Those are some pretty interesting nationalities theory that you've got there. Especially for a couple of them and the meaning of their names. I guess the author didn't abruptly choose a name out of nowhere after all :) |
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Estherella said: Those are some pretty interesting nationalities theory that you've got there. Especially for a couple of them and the meaning of their names. I guess the author didn't abruptly choose a name out of nowhere after all :) As a manga reader, I've come up with a little theory. I'll post a more organised one in the manga forums later, but I really want to reply.This concerns a plot theory, so anime only readers get out. |
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HalfMetalJacket said: Estherella said: Those are some pretty interesting nationalities theory that you've got there. Especially for a couple of them and the meaning of their names. I guess the author didn't abruptly choose a name out of nowhere after all :) As a manga reader, I've come up with a little theory. I'll post a more organised one in the manga forums later, but I really want to reply.This concerns a plot theory, so anime only readers get out. |
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LeCan said: Levi: Some people spell it "Rivaille" and wrongly assume he is French. He isn't since "Rivaille isn't his bloody name. Now that we've heard it in the anime enough, we know it is pronounced "Ribai". Which do you think is closer? So, "Levi" is the Hebrew word for "joining" and in the Bible he was the founder of the Tribe of Levi. Now heicho's appearance is pretty ambiguous in my opinion and I can't really determine his nationality from that. The safest assumption is that he is Jewish, specifically from the Israelite Tribe of Levi. According to Jewish tradition (and Wikipedia) people with that surname are Levites. That might not be the case though, since it's not definite whether Levi is his first or last name. (EDIT: It's Levi not Rivaille. Who else but the author himself on his official twitter can confirm this? If you search his blog well enough, you might also find it there, along with how he came across the name in the first place. By the way, it supports my Jewish heritage theory.) The thing with Levi is, although his name has Hebrew roots, it's pronounced the English way. In both Hebrew and German, Levi is pronounced 'Leh-vee'. However, in the series it's pronounced 'Lee-vie'. I don't know if this is how it's pronounced in the UK, but I know for certain it is in the US. LeCan said: Hanji Zoe: Couldn't find anything definite on "Hanji", as for "Zoe" it's a name used in many countries. It originates from the Greek word for life, but since "Hanji" isn't Greek, we can't conclude that she is. Also, I don't believe of all people any Greeks would have survived (then again, with so many of them living in Germany, you never know). If Mikasa is the last Asian when the Chinese population is well over a billion, I really don't think there's a great chance many would have survived out of a pool of ten million. Conclusion; nationality unknown. Her name is officially Zoe Hange. Originally oriented Hange Zoe in the official Kodansha released manga uses Zoe Hange. The 'family name first' orientation exists in certain parts of Germany/Austria in the west, apparently. Source: http://seireina.blogspot.de/2013/07/the-nationality-of-shingeki-no-kyojin.html People think that the city in SnK could possibly be modeled after Carcassonne, France. |
Estherella said: HalfMetalJacket said: Estherella said: Those are some pretty interesting nationalities theory that you've got there. Especially for a couple of them and the meaning of their names. I guess the author didn't abruptly choose a name out of nowhere after all :) As a manga reader, I've come up with a little theory. I'll post a more organised one in the manga forums later, but I really want to reply.This concerns a plot theory, so anime only readers get out. Check the manga theories thread, I've expanded on the idea. |
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| There are lots of Anime anyway who are adopting European names, so I guess they are most likely Europeans. Other anime that adopts are, Fairy Tail, One Piece, Bleach, etc. |
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pauro19 said: There are lots of Anime anyway who are adopting European names, so I guess they are most likely Europeans. Other anime that adopts are, Fairy Tail, One Piece, Bleach, etc. Yeah, but unlike those series you've mentioned, ethnicity seems to play a larger part in this setting. |
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HalfMetalJacket said: pauro19 said: There are lots of Anime anyway who are adopting European names, so I guess they are most likely Europeans. Other anime that adopts are, Fairy Tail, One Piece, Bleach, etc. Yeah, but unlike those series you've mentioned, ethnicity seems to play a larger part in this setting. Oh, I didn't suspect but is very much willing to listen. I really like this anime because it's very realistic, I mean, it's just a normal life that is btched by this giants, and simply just want a normal life back. It's like patriotism. |
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LeCan said: With the presence of this many german names, at this point we can start to speculate about what geographical area the walls cover. I'd say France to be honest, because we can already guess it's in Europe and because of the climate, but it could be near the south of Germany. I wouldn't place it too north (doesn't rain that much), but not that close to the Mediterranean either. But I would say more south than north of course. It looks like it's warm there. That assumes that this world has the same geography as our earth... which is unconfirmed, unless I'm missing something. On the other hand, the de-cipdered text on the manga volume covers say something to the effect that: But I wonder if that implies anything? Quite a few people did emigrate across the ocean from Germany to America, once upon a time. About Krista: This is a spoiler if you have not read up to about chapter 40 in the manga, but Also I've heard many people say that Annie's name is significant in the context of Norse mythology. Supposedly, if you understand the significance, it gives away quite a lot. As I'm too lazy to dive into norse mythology and largely immune to spoilers due to being caught up in the manga, any chance of somebody putting together a tl;dr explanation of this? |
| Doubt this really is of any interest, but in my country (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Armin is a muslim name. The name is also very popular in the Middle East (looking past stereotypes: there are a lot of blonde people in the M/E). In latin Armin means a noble warrior and loyal person. In Hebrew it means "a high place". In Germanic it means soldier. The name appears to have come from the name names Ermen/Herman. In German it means comprehensive and large. |
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Candior said: It's a germanic name which means either a huge eagle or a powerful eagle-slayer. About time you said something useful around here ; ). At least as far as I've seen anyway. |
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Candior said: It's a germanic name which means either a huge eagle or a powerful eagle-slayer. Can't say you proved me much wrong though. Where exactly did you find that since I literally can't see it being mentioned anywhere? There was an "Arminius" but he was neither an actual eagle nor an eagle slayer (there's a big difference between those two in my opinion). |
LeCan said: sim0n2170 said: http://funnymama.com/store/130527/180544_v0_600x.jpg ´? Oh. I guess they took it down, it was ment to be this anyway http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1367/87/1367872800685.jpg |
sim0n2170 said: LeCan said: sim0n2170 said: http://funnymama.com/store/130527/180544_v0_600x.jpg ´? Oh. I guess they took it down, it was ment to be this anyway http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1367/87/1367872800685.jpg Ymir does not strike me as Scandinavian one bit. I'm guessing the nationalities used there are assuming them based on names though. Don't think Americans exist in this universe anyway. They're roughly based on us though. |
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HalfMetalJacket said: sim0n2170 said: LeCan said: sim0n2170 said: http://funnymama.com/store/130527/180544_v0_600x.jpg ´? Oh. I guess they took it down, it was ment to be this anyway http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1367/87/1367872800685.jpg Ymir does not strike me as Scandinavian one bit. I'm guessing the nationalities used there are assuming them based on names though. Don't think Americans exist in this universe anyway. They're roughly based on us though. Well most white Americans are just a mixture of European nationalities anyway, so technically there are a lot of what people would consider white Americans in the series. |
skittle316 said: Levi a jew never would've have guessed. I like the different ancestry brings more originality, I remember 1st watching the anime and assuming everyone was Asian lol. I still laugh at the people who make a big deal at the fact there aren't many black,asian and hispanic characters and it makes the anime "unrealistic" when it actually makes it 10x more realistic. How is that realistic when Asia and Africa make up the top two percentages of world population respectively? Asians are 60% of the world population, Africans 14% and Europeans only 11%. If the show was realistic, that's what the percentage of characters would be, BUT This doesn't bother me, I understand that this is fiction and anime and it's not realistic. Also, the author lives in a world where he's probably mostly only exposed to Japanese and Caucasian culture, so it makes sense sense that his art would either focus around Japanese or white people. Just wanted to correct you on the realistic comment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_world |
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| I'll appologise myself in advance, because I don't remember when and where I read it, but one of the theories on Heichou's name was that his it consists of initials - L. V. - and "Leeviii" is just a way to pronounce it. Another one, related to the above, was about his name is abbreviation of some goddess of petty thieves' name, ... but I have yet to find the name of goddess first. Has anybody met these theories? Should be around 2011-12 I stumbled upon them. |
| Christ how long did it take you to conjure up that theory op |
sim0n2170 said: LeCan said: sim0n2170 said: http://funnymama.com/store/130527/180544_v0_600x.jpg ´? Oh. I guess they took it down, it was ment to be this anyway http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1367/87/1367872800685.jpg That pic is kind of funny Eren looks like he is 10 years old, Levi's eyes are the wrong color and I think quite a few of the nationalities are wrong too. |
sim0n2170 said: LeCan said: sim0n2170 said: http://funnymama.com/store/130527/180544_v0_600x.jpg ´? Oh. I guess they took it down, it was ment to be this anyway http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1367/87/1367872800685.jpg So many Americans! I sincerely doubt it. |
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| LOL @ americans trying to claim everything is americans. |
LeCan said: sim0n2170 said: LeCan said: sim0n2170 said: http://funnymama.com/store/130527/180544_v0_600x.jpg ´? Oh. I guess they took it down, it was ment to be this anyway http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1367/87/1367872800685.jpg This picture is wrong. Mikasa American? Why? Well, the whole picture is wrong. Japanese American. But the guy that labelled the picture assumes Mikasa's dad is American. He probably ain't though. |
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