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The List - 7 More Nonsensical Anime Titles

Then there's C, which is centered on money—so, currency maybe?

And I somehow doubt that The Big O was trying to invoke thoughts of the female orgasm

I'm suprised that Kiddy Grade didn't make the list. It sounds like a series for pedaphiles.

A science fiction anime starring a misguided virtual idol has little to nothing in common with the depraved Roman Emperor. Caligula's name draws up a lot of very specific images on self-absorption and sexual perversion, so I'm not sure why the original game decided to go with that as their selling point.

I could tell Fate/Stay Night would be there even before I read the list. Nasu has a penchant for nonsensical western names for everything, like naming your fighting game "Melty Blood".
Ryogo Narita also loves using names that stand for absolutely nothing like Durarara and Baccano!. And then there's Ei Aoki's obsession with "Zero" which sometimes make sense (Ga:Rei Zero) and sometimes don't (Aldnoah/Zero).

Because it isn't named after the Roman Emperor, at least not directly. The developers have said it's supposed to refer to a psychological concept called the "Caligula Effect," the desire one has to do/see things they aren't supposed to. The English version even outright changed the title to "The Caligula Effect."

Baccano is actually the Italian word for "ruckus", in reference to how chaotic the events of the series can get. Durarara has no meaning, though.

Nasu hid a complicated novel inside a porn game.