I've noticed that sometimes the English titles of anime just seem like a word salad rather than any sort of descriptive text. So, what are your faves? How about some of the head scratchers you've yet to decipher? Let us discuss and analyze the engrish-y goodness. |
offmodel said: My favorite is Combustible Campus Guardress - http://myanimelist.net/anime/2023/Bakuen_Campus_Guardress I like how even the powers-that-be can't figure out if Guardress is just Engrish for "guardless" or actually meant to be a real world. |
| ^wow, starting good here. So, did you know that on the Ookami to Koushinryou novel, there is an english title as well (is very very frequent, like Horizon on the middle of nowhere " for kyoukaisenjou no horizon, and so on) . You're thinking about "spice and wolf"? Well, that's wrong. That's the title in the english release, not the english title of the Japanese LN. It's "Merchant Meats Spicy Wolf" Exactly written like that. Yes, Meats. |
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Zefyris said: As far as I know taglines are different than titles.It's "Merchant Meats Spicy Wolf" Exactly written like that. Yes, Meats. |
Lancehot said: Don't hate on Cavalry, I'm so pumped for the adaptation. But really it should be The Heroic Tales of the Failure Knight, but its whatever since I just call it Cavalry anyways.Hardly the worst, but the one that's really annoyed me lately is "A Chivalry of a Failed Knight." It should damn well be THE Chivalry of a Failed Knight. It's such a basic grammatical error that it hurts my brain to see it that way. |
| For the record, anyone know why it's called "Bleach" ?? |
| Encouragement of Climb I dunno if it has grammatical errors but that's really the title |
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aloricg said: For the record, anyone know why it's called "Bleach" ?? http://bleach.answers.wikia.com/wiki/Why_is_the_story_called_%22Bleach%22 |
Feaor said: Official site call it A Tale of Worst One.Lancehot said: Don't hate on Cavalry, I'm so pumped for the adaptation. But really it should be The Heroic Tales of the Failure Knight, but its whatever since I just call it Cavalry anyways.Hardly the worst, but the one that's really annoyed me lately is "A Chivalry of a Failed Knight." It should damn well be THE Chivalry of a Failed Knight. It's such a basic grammatical error that it hurts my brain to see it that way. |
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Feaor said: Zefyris said: As far as I know taglines are different than titles.It's "Merchant Meats Spicy Wolf" Exactly written like that. Yes, Meats. Then why do everyone call kyoukaisenjou no horizon as "horizon on the middle of nowhere" in this board? That's exactly the same use here you know. aloricg said: For the record, anyone know why it's called "Bleach" ?? Yeah, the author explained that. Because shinigami are black, and that he wanted something bringing the inverse meaning as his title, so something with the idea of white. Explanation was longer than that, but that's basically it IIRC. |
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Zefyris said: That's the English release title, Ookami to Koushinryou's English release title is Spice and Wolf which happens to be a close to literal translation of the Japanese title. Merchant Meats Spicy Wolf is the tagline for the LNs not the title.Feaor said: As far as I know taglines are different than titles. Then why do everyone call kyoukaisenjou no horizon as "horizon on the middle of nowhere" in this board? That's exactly the same use here you know. |
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Feaor said: Zefyris said: That's the English release title, Ookami to Koushinryou's English release title is Spice and Wolf which happens to be a close to literal translation of the Japanese title. Merchant Meats Spicy Wolf is the tagline for the LNs not the title.Then why do everyone call kyoukaisenjou no horizon as "horizon on the middle of nowhere" in this board? That's exactly the same use here you know. Nope, that's an english sub-title exactly like merchant meats spicy wolf, or " Girl who ate Death" for shinigami wo tabeta shoujo, or "may your soul rest in magdala" for magdala de nemure, and so on. The english studio just choose to go with this as their title for their own release in case of KyouHora indeed, but it was already being used and printed as such beforehand, so that's an use made after. |
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Kiddy Grade still baffles me. Pumpkin Scissors ...that one is actually explained somewhere in the show though. |
| "Laws exist only for those who cannot live without clinging onto them." -Souske Aizen "Bleach"  |
| Samurai x, just dont understand the reason why it need to change it name. |
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| Cat Shit One still is one of my favs |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| INB4 Locked due to listing. Anyways, most of the overly long light novel titles are ridiculous (DanMachi's actual name is the most ridiculous; Especially because apparently, in Danmachi the main character doesn't even pick up girls in a dungeon, so the title for that is also a lie). OreGairu's is also really weird, though I'm pretty sure I'll understand the title when I start watching the series. |
| Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha > The Testament of Sister New Devil Sounds awkward. |
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ichii_1 said: Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha > The Testament of Sister New Devil Sounds awkward. it doesnt sound that bad. Many are more terrible such a Ln with the title "a corpse found sthing" like that |
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| Lord Marksman and Vanadis. Thanks Funimation. It's not like "The King of the Magic Bullet and the Vanadis" doesn't sound better or anything. And for that matter, has anyone figured out what "Akame ga Kill!" means? Still bugs me to no end with that word "ga"... |
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| There are a few that sound really stupid to me. First one that I remembered is, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu English: Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts Why the hell didn't they translate ''Baka'' when they translated everything else? It's not like it's a name or anything. Sounds so weeaboo. |
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| They all suck, Japanese names are always better. |
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TheGalaxianMelon said: INB4 Locked due to listing. Anyways, most of the overly long light novel titles are ridiculous (DanMachi's actual name is the most ridiculous; Especially because apparently, in Danmachi the main character doesn't even pick up girls in a dungeon, so the title for that is also a lie). OreGairu's is also really weird, though I'm pretty sure I'll understand the title when I start watching the series. picking girls in a dungeon is Danmachi's MC's dream, more or least. I'm not sure he even understand properly what it means though, since he's quite innocent, and that this "dream" is due to his grandfather always talking about the fact that as a man he should do that (well, that's a bit more complex, but you see why the title). It's more "chance encounter" than "picking girl" in the japanese title though, which is exactly what the MC wishes for. Little did he know, rather than saving heroically a girl in a pinch in a dungeon and have her falling for him, the first thing that is going to happen is that he's saved by a girl just before he's killed, and fall in love with her xD. For Oregairu's titles, it's appropriate. |
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| "Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru" have the unofficial English title as "My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU" while the translation of the original title is "My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected." Also "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai" as "Haganai" How did they find the H in that title.... I'm wondering if the english translation was lost or not... |
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| Yuusha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shuushoku wo Ketsui Shimashita. I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job. I just find it funny how its "reluctantly" |
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| Only Engrish didi not improve in anime..... |
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| Nijuu Mensou no Musume translates literally to "Daughter of Twenty Faces." It's about a master thief who uses disguises and a young girl named Chizuko who joins his band and becomes his surrogate daughter. Her nickname is Chiko. The official English title is "Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief." While she is an heiress, she's definitely not his heiress. Why the folks at BONES chose this inaccurate translation over the perfectly acceptable literal one has always been a mystery to me. |
| How about Funimation's decision to call Asobi ni Iku Yo! Cat Planet Cuties. The series may not be great, but the localized title doesn't help. |
ChibiRico8 said: Zefyris said: It's "Merchant Meats Spicy Wolf" Exactly written like that. Yes, Meats. I feel like this is some sort of pun, but it doesn't even really make sense. What are you talking about? I would totally meat the Spicy Wolf. |
Ulquiorra1923 said: They all suck, Japanese names are always better. |
DarklordVor said: Also "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai" as "Haganai" How did they find the H in that title.... I'm wondering if the english translation was lost or not... It's how the title is written in Japanese. 僕は友達が少ない はがない は = ha が = ga ない = nai |
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kawaii-despair said: Ulquiorra1923 said: They all suck, Japanese names are always better. |
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mitch3315 said: It's how the title is written in Japanese. 僕は友達が少ない はがない は = ha が = ga ない = nai Yes, but は is pronounced as "wa" when it is used as a topic particle. It seems unwise to change it to "ha" in this case. |
FGAU1912 said: anybody know the reason?very few anime get real proper translation titles |
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Unyilkdr said: FGAU1912 said: anybody know the reason?very few anime get real proper translation titles Xenophobia. Japan doesn't think much of the world outside of Japan. Thus learning English is a trivial status symbol thing - it used to be French before English was the "universal language" of commerce/trade. So many people barely actually learn functional English, never mind learning the linguistic subtleties that would denote that these titles are absurd. Nor caring if an english-speaking market was receptive to their wares. Nintendo struggled with not adapting for the American market for a looooong time. If you could see how bad some advanced level English "tools" used in schools are.. blatant misunderstanding of usage and it's put out there as the best of the best as resources. |
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aloricg said: wait, it english name also given by japanese people?Unyilkdr said: anybody know the reason? Xenophobia. Japan doesn't think much of the world outside of Japan. Thus learning English is a trivial status symbol thing - it used to be French before English was the "universal language" of commerce/trade. So many people barely actually learn functional English, never mind learning the linguistic subtleties that would denote that these titles are absurd. Nor caring if an english-speaking market was receptive to their wares. Nintendo struggled with not adapting for the American market for a looooong time. If you could see how bad some advanced level English "tools" used in schools are.. blatant misunderstanding of usage and it's put out there as the best of the best as resources. |
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Zefyris said: ^wow, starting good here. So, did you know that on the Ookami to Koushinryou novel, there is an english title as well (is very very frequent, like Horizon on the middle of nowhere " for kyoukaisenjou no horizon, and so on) . You're thinking about "spice and wolf"? Well, that's wrong. That's the title in the english release, not the english title of the Japanese LN. It's "Merchant Meats Spicy Wolf" Exactly written like that. Yes, Meats. At least that's a lame pun attempt, and one which would make perfect sense otherwise... 黒崎麻由の瞳に映る美しい世界 is "beautiful world in the eyes of her". Which is just cringeworthy - although not strictly relevant as it doesn't have an anime. |
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| Literal translations will do that OP. |
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Unyilkdr said: wait, it english name also given by japanese people? Yes, sometimes there is an "official" English translation from the Japanese production committee. See my example of Nijuu Mensou no Musume above. That show has never been licensed, but it has an official English title anyway. |
| Fate/Stay Night The name makes no sense and sounds like complete shit |
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