Eve no Jikan, or why are female robots called Eve?
I am half through Eve no Jikan and I am not sure what to think about it. It has been a slow burn so far, but I am hoping that it will all measure up at the end. I do not like the animation style and I think that the characters have not been fleshed out much, as they seem to follow the stereotypes of the genre. I do find the idea of the "grey area" interesting though, as it touches on some intruiging prospects about application of the Turning test in the future. What do you guys think?
Also, why are most female robots (especially in fiction) called Eve? I think a more suitable name would harken more to Prometheus, perhaps. Is this just a reflection of our denial of the superiority of the artifical intelligence? Do we harken more to our superiority complexes, in this way?
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Probably because few Japanese know about the myth of Prometheus. When you are trying to come up with a title, you want something that will stand out. Things in foreign languages/cultures are good at that. They stand out, and we generally think it is cooler. What would you rather hear a character say? "Kamehameha" or "Turtle Destruction Wave"?
However there is one exception to that, you also want to use something that your audience at least partially understands. We judge books/movies by their cover and their title, so you want the audience to be able to relate at least somewhat to the title.
Because of western media, and Japan's own past with Christianity, a decent bit of the population know at least some of the names of biblical figures, even if they don't know the story behind them.