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* After his first spoken line, Nomura made a joke saying that he was to voice Vanitas. Nomura also stated in another interview that Vanitas's identity was familiar and perhaps also shocking. It was later revealed that Vanitas was voiced by Miyu Irino, the Japanese voice actor for Sora. According to Nomura, Irino | * After his first spoken line, Nomura made a joke saying that he was to voice Vanitas. Nomura also stated in another interview that Vanitas's identity was familiar and perhaps also shocking. It was later revealed that Vanitas was voiced by Miyu Irino, the Japanese voice actor for Sora. According to Nomura, Irino had said for a while that he wanted to play an evil character, and Nomura jokingly stated he sort of got carried away with it. | ||
* Vanitas's name is derived from the Latin word for "Vanity" or "Emptiness", and was chosen both for its meaning and that it sounded similar to "Ventus".<blockquote>''Nomura'': I wanted to give him a name that meant “empty”, and so I looked for something that would be appropriate. When I was searching I found a word that meant “emptiness” in Latin, “Vanitas”. It looked a lot like Ventus’ name, and in Japanese it has the kanji for “sora” in it, so I thought it was perfect. Of course in Vanitas’ case it doesn’t mean “sora [sky]” but “kara [empty]” [These two words are written with the same kanji, but are said differently and have different meanings.]</blockquote> | * Vanitas's name is derived from the Latin word for "Vanity" or "Emptiness", and was chosen both for its meaning and that it sounded similar to "Ventus".<blockquote>''Nomura'': I wanted to give him a name that meant “empty”, and so I looked for something that would be appropriate. When I was searching I found a word that meant “emptiness” in Latin, “Vanitas”. It looked a lot like Ventus’ name, and in Japanese it has the kanji for “sora” in it, so I thought it was perfect. Of course in Vanitas’ case it doesn’t mean “sora [sky]” but “kara [empty]” [These two words are written with the same kanji, but are said differently and have different meanings.]</blockquote> | ||
* Out of all the antagonists to appear in the series, Vanitas has had the most boss battles fought against him, to a total of seven battles in all. | * Out of all the antagonists to appear in the series, Vanitas has had the most boss battles fought against him, to a total of seven battles in all. | ||
