Talk:Kitz Weilman

Vermin?
I doubt Verman's last name was supposed to be a pun on "vermin". 「ヴェルマン」 can be transliterated as either Verman, Velman, Veruman or Veluman. I think it's the same case as with Bertholdt's last name, being purely coincidental.  h fc 2 X  22:02, August 26, 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, I have removed it. Thanks! 07:59, August 27, 2013 (UTC)

Possible alternative name
His last name could actually be the German last name "Wehrmann". That name could be roughly translated as "military man". This seems quite fitting if you keep in mind that the show has a lot of German names in it. NeoSuperior (talk) 20:47, August 31, 2013 (UTC)

I guess we can mention this in the article, but if you're going to add it, make sure the way it's formulated doesn't imply that this is how the author came up with his name, we cannot speculate till it's directly confirmed by the man himself :P 20:50, August 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * Wait, you want this as trivia or change his name completely? 20:56, August 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * I am not sure, because I don't know how you got to the name "Verman" in the first place. If there was actually a valid source that suggested that it is "Verman" then I would rather add it into trivia. Of course if it was simply assumed to be "Verman" just from the katakana, then "Wehrmann" is at least just as valid as "Verman". All I want is that it is at least being considered. NeoSuperior (talk) 21:21, August 31, 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm not quite sure, I believe his full name comes either from anime credits or the guide book. This website him as 'Verman' as well, but as you said, Wehrman makes sense too given the setting of the series. Either way, I don't think we're doing any name changes till the official anime DVDs with subs are out. We'll probably use it as a base for the character names. 21:48, August 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * But the subs won't help out, if he was not called by name at some point... If I remember correctly, he was always called by his rank, or at least never by his full name, but I could be mistaken. "myanimelist" usually uses the names used in the english translation of the manga, by kondansha USA (which this wikia seems not to be referencing to as a deciding source), however since he was probably never named directly in the manga, there exists no "official" english translation of him. I guess his name was really dug out either from anime credits (most likely in Katakana) or the guidebook (most likely in Katakana). Additionally the only people who would even consider "Wehrmann" as a possibility, are people who know the German language, or at least German names, well, so it is no surprise that (probably) no one considered it until now. NeoSuperior (talk) 22:05, August 31, 2013 (UTC)


 * He was called 'Captain Verman' by Rico in anime, this never happened in manga as far as I know so myanimelist's source in this case isn't Kodansha USA. Well, we'll see, I guess :) 22:11, August 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * For characters without full names I usually add them from the credits' Katakana. If at some point the names are mentioned, I use the subs I'm currently watching to romanize them. So it's actually quite possible for Wehrmann to be the actual intended name given by Isayama. We cannot know for sure, though, but I think it is a possibility.  h fc 2 X  22:17, August 31, 2013 (UTC)