Mikasa is from the Japanese mi (三 — three) + kasa (笠 — woven hat) — "three-hatted" — referring to the iconic foundational Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan + the iconic foundational Battleship Mikasa (commissioned 1902). A modern American baby name in the broader Japanese anime heritage aesthetic. Mikasa Ackerman — *iconic foundational female protagonist in the foundational Japanese manga/anime franchise Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin, 2009-2021); created by Hajime Isayama; widely considered one of the foundational manga + anime franchises of the 21st century; the iconic foundational Attack on Titan manga has sold over 140 million copies worldwide — making it one of the best-selling manga of all time; the iconic foundational anime adaptation by WIT Studio + MAPPA (2013-2023) was broadcast in 60+ countries — widely considered one of the foundational dark-fantasy anime of the 2010s; the iconic foundational Attack on Titan: The Final Season* (2020-2023) earned the iconic foundational Crunchyroll Anime of the Year (2022) + Anime Awards Best Anime (2022); the iconic Mikasa Ackerman is widely considered one of the most-iconic female anime characters of the 21st century — central to the iconic foundational Eren Yeager-Mikasa-Armin foundational protagonist trio; she is one of the foundational warrior-female anime characters representing the foundational Ackerman bloodline; her iconic foundational red scarf became one of the foundational anime fashion symbols of the 2010s + 2020s. Battleship Mikasa (1902) — iconic foundational Japanese pre-dreadnought battleship; flagship of Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō at the foundational Battle of Tsushima (1905). Princess Mikasa — modern Japanese anime heritage naming.
Featured throughout Japanese anime.
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