animekritik wrote:Usually I do discuss the names, huh.
Danga sounds pretty Japanese but it doesn't have any meaning. It might reflect an abbreviation of Danguard (which is pronounced Dangaado in Japanese).
Theseus and Bardanos, nice names, but I don't see any significance..
Hi guys! made it over here at last...
If there is a resonance with Danguard Ace that's 3... in the Manga, the enemy was a "elite" chosen few who would be permitted to emigrate to the new world (Promete - another greek reference??) and of course the story also gives us (oh hell do you have spoiler tags?? Sorry...)
a masked Harlock clone who turns out to be a long-lost relation of the young protagonist, who was previously mind-controlled by means of his mask by the bad guys...
Not sure if it's relevant but Theseus was supposed to have been the ruler who introduced democracy to Athens and brought in a golden age - prior to that he was part of a regular tribute to Crete of young men and women who (historically) were probably forced to perform in the bull-dancing contests (mythologically, sacrificed to the minotaur). Perhaps this is a subtle reference to the ICs kidnapping of young Natura and stealing their bodies??
Oh - my Oxford ED gives "Vardo" or "varda" as a romany/gyspy caravan... ba/va in Japanese being indistinuishable except by knowing what foreign word is being attempted, could it fit as a band of "gypsies"/vagabonds..
Or... (out a long limb here...) "Vardr..." in the old germanic is a root word meaning "guardian"... (I just spend a long time researching this for an SF novel I'm trying to get back into writing...)
H