Did you know in Anime?


  • That in Versailles no Bara, it is possible to see the Eiffel Tower even though it wasn't constructed until about a century later?
  • That the last names of the characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion belong to WWII warships?
  • That in Japan, young boys or effeminate males are usually voiced by female seiyu? The most notable example is Megumi Ogata, the famous seiyu of Shinji Ikari, Kurama and Sailor Uranus.
  • That the flight base New Edwards in Macross Plus is inspired by Edwards, a US Air Force base in California?
  • That the tickets for the first movie of Evangelion sold out in less than five hours?
  • That Ginga Eiyu Densetsu, also known as Legend of the Galactic Heroes, isn't actually a TV-series, but a 90 episode OAV series?
  •  That when the manga of Please Save My Earth was published in Japan, three girls tried to commit suicide hoping to be reincarnated on the Moon?

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