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Postby poetic_assassin » Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:26 pm

Why is the zero such a popular number in anime?
Gundam Wing: Gundam Zero
Pilot Candidate: Rei Enna "Zero"
Evangelion: Unit Zero
Zoids: Liger Zero

You guys can probably name more.

So what's the deal with its popularity?
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Postby Six Winged Angel » Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:03 pm

it's cool soundin, I guess..

Digimon: Aero Vidramon Zero (it gives a more powerfull attitude)
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Postby akda1ndaonly1 » Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:20 pm

Its chaotic. It isn't negative or positive.

Dictionary.com wrote:3. An ordinal number indicating an initial point or origin.


I guess it is somewhat "cool" since it is the initial point. (Which does kind of make sense in NGE i.e. Unit-00 being the first successful Evangelion, and its designated pilot, Rei, having the soul of Lilith, the mother of mankind.)
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Postby Space Penis » Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:41 pm

IIRC, in Japan "Zero" is often used to denote a prototype.
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Postby ObsessiveMathsFreak » Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:17 pm

Zero is perhaps out most important number. It is the basis of all modern number systems, of which base 10 and base 2 are the most important.

It also begins with a Z.
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Postby Space Penis » Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:21 pm

ObsessiveMathsFreak wrote:
It also begins with a Z.

ZZ9 Plural Z alpha
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Postby poetic_assassin » Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:25 pm

Space Penis wrote:ZZ9 Plural Z alpha


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Postby DatDude » Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:38 pm

Maybe zero just sounds cool?

They do that in anime sometimes you know. Put stuff in just for the sake of coolness, and for some deeper meaning.
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Postby poetic_assassin » Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:27 pm

DatDude wrote:Maybe zero just sounds cool?

They do that in anime sometimes you know. Put stuff in just for the sake of coolness, and for some deeper meaning.


But so does seven.
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Postby xiuxiu » Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:06 pm

zero represents the number of times people who watch anime get laid.
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Postby DatDude » Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:13 pm

poetic_assassin wrote:
DatDude wrote:Maybe zero just sounds cool?

They do that in anime sometimes you know. Put stuff in just for the sake of coolness, and for some deeper meaning.


But so does seven.


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Postby Shnooks » Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:35 pm

0 is an awesome number.

Isnt it, like, not a number, but is?

It represents NOTHING, but what is NOTHING?
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Postby Space Penis » Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:18 pm

Shnooks wrote: what is NOTHING?

Not a whole lot, really.
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Postby Mr. Tines » Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:26 pm

"Rei" is just another word for zero...
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Postby poetic_assassin » Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:00 pm



Why you say that?
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Postby Mr. Tines » Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:38 pm

Because that's the Japanese for zero. see e.g. http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/doc/numbers.html
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Postby Zuggy » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:34 pm

The Zero-Model in Evangelion.

Might it have something to do with genetics?
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Postby poetic_assassin » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:36 pm

Zugzwang wrote:The Zero-Model in Evangelion.

Might it have something to do with genetics?


How so?
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Postby rb_182_ » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:45 pm

xiuxiu wrote:zero represents the number of times people who watch anime get laid.


:lol: funny but not everyone who watches anime are losers... I am, but that's besides the point. an on topic, I always just thought until 00 was called that because it was the prototype. then when they made a real evangelion it would be the first one. thus unit 01. I know that unit 01 was the test type but it's damn near good enough to be called a 'real' evangelion.
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Postby xiuxiu » Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:27 am

i'm not a loser, i get laid all the time. i'm having sex right now.
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