Mobile Suit Gundam SEED has Erica Simmons, named after Mark Simmons, a fan turned Promoted Fanboy when Bandai America hired him to help with the localization of the Gundam franchise.When Magical Princess Minky Momo was being adapted for an international release by Harmony Gold, it was decided to rename Momo "Gigi", after the associate producer Jehan "Gigi" Agrama.Kagami Hiiragi from Lucky Star might be named after the manga's creator, Kagami Yoshimizu (the character is female, the creator is male).Apparently, when he saw the design for the thing his jaw dropped, an expression characterized in Japanese with the onomatopoeia " GAAN." The monster from the 13th Dragon Ball Z movie, Hirudegarn, was apparently named after the film's animation supervisor whose name was Hiruda.
Mashirito, Sembei Norimaki's nemesis in Doctor Slump, is named after Toriyama's editor Kazuhiko Torishima, "Mashirito" being an anagram of Torishima. Miyako's dub name "Yolei" was partially derived from Terri- Lei, with the first part coming from the initial considered name of "Kyo" (which Miyako can also be rendered as).Hilariously, the digimon turned out to be a dog, not a kitten as the producer had assumed based on its evolved form, Tailmon. Instead of making an educated guess, the producer, Terri-Lei O'Malley, decided to rename it after her pet cat, and the digimon thus became known as Salamon. The team dubbing Digimon Adventure reportedly had a hard time translating the name of a Digimon originally known as Plotmon.Cardfight!! Vanguard: Lead character Aichi Sendou is named for the show's production company, Aichi Television.Buso Renkin: The author, Nobuhiro Watsuki, named the series' main character, Kazuki Muto after Kazuki Takahashi, with his surname coming from Yugi Muto, the main character of Takahashi's most famous work, Yu-Gi-Oh!.
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