Have you noticed ....

[Lash27]

Inuyasha: "Inu"yasha inu=dog (most things can relate to dogs in this series)

Naruto: Sakura- cherry blossoms, cherry trees (mostly takes place in a forest of somesort)

Fruits Basket: Yuki- winter (a lot of things happen in winter time in the anime)

Pretear: "Hime"no hime=princess (Himeno is treated like a princess

I'm sure there's way more.

[Legend Of The Moon]

I have noticed that! 3nodding
Like in Sailormoon, all the names of the characters relate to their powers.
Tsukino Usagi: Rabbit of The Moon
Mizuno Ami: Friend of Water
Hino Rei: Spirit of Fire
Kino Makoto: Protector of The Wood
Aino Minako: Child of Love and Beauty
Etc., etc....
Even the cats, Luna, Artemis and Diana are named after Greek Gods and Goddesses! eek

[hipposrcute]

i didnt but now i do blaugh

[Kachie-Chan_exe]

Japanese(Much like americans) just pick names that sound cool, or are relevant to the series because(Much Like Americans) most JAPANESE people don't even know what they mean.

I mean, we don't name people 'Brad' or 'Samantha' because we know what they mean. They're just common names or names that parents tend to lean towards.

[ichigohitsuji]

does anyone read tokyo mew mew?

[Impotent Rage]

Err, well in DragonBall Z the naming scheme ranges from dairy products and other foods, to musical instruments, to underwear... lol

I can't remember what Rikku means, but Sora means Sky, and Kairi means Nautical Mile (kingdom hearts)

I know Sango, from Inu-yasha, means Coral.
I didn't see anyone mention Naruto... Naruto are those little start shaped things in Ramen. Naruto eats a lot of naruto...

[ichigohitsuji]

Korrin

Err, well in DragonBall Z the naming scheme ranges from dairy products and other foods, to musical instruments, to underwear... lol

I can't remember what Rikku means, but Sora means Sky, and Kairi means Nautical Mile (kingdom hearts)

I know Sango, from Inu-yasha, means Coral.
I didn't see anyone mention Naruto... Naruto are those little start shaped things in Ramen. Naruto eats a lot of naruto...

I love naruto smile

[Juunanagou]

MizukiMakura

What the hell does gohan (rice) have to do with the DragonballZ story line?

It's called being funny.

[saiyan2k1]

nope. that's weird eek

[piloto_xiii]

Yeah. Like in Chrno Crusade. They guys name is "Chrono" wich means "time". If ou watch/read the anime/manga it would make a lot of sence.

[Resudu]

Korrin

Err, well in DragonBall Z the naming scheme ranges from dairy products and other foods, to musical instruments, to underwear... lol

I can't remember what Rikku means, but Sora means Sky, and Kairi means Nautical Mile (kingdom hearts)

I know Sango, from Inu-yasha, means Coral.
I didn't see anyone mention Naruto... Naruto are those little start shaped things in Ramen. Naruto eats a lot of naruto...

Kairi, when written right, means Sea, and Rikku means land.

[Katsu-pon]

someone may have already said this, but in the anime/manga Pretear, "Hime" in Himeno's name means "princess"... things like that are nice, sometimes.

not to mention "Tenchi" from Tenchi Muyo. i think "Tenchi" means "heaven and earth." read that somewhere, i think.

[Liliapad]

Yeah, the do that ALOT! 3nodding

[c.a.g.a.l.l.i]

ya, its weird why the characters names' are like that

[Splinx]

kaorudono9

Kagome-chan13

I have noticed the InuYasha means female dog demon *laughs* lol

Actually Inu means dog in Japanese for Inuyasha's name. Peace, Love, Chicken, Tapioca Everyone. biggrin xd biggrin xp

Now I always thought that InuYasha meant "Demon Dog".
Sesshomaru = perfect killer
Koga = steel blade (Or something like that. Funny how he never uses that sword)
Shippo = seven jewels
Myoga = unnoitced assitant (makes me laugh!)

Corect me if I'm wrong but most of the name translations have something to do with the character. Just like you said - they relate the characters names to the anime.