Do you think that this idea is worth implementing?
| What if there is no official English title? |
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| Yeah, its fine the way it is. Simple as that. I do not support it. |
| Set it as a setting like hummingbird.me. |
| added the fourth most popular anime onto this site |
Finalninjadog said: I wonder how you searched for itI couldn't find any previous suggestions for it. http://myanimelist.net/forum/?action=search&q=english+title&u=&uloc=1&loc=4 http://myanimelist.net/forum/?action=search&q=english&u=&uloc=1&loc=4 |
Finalninjadog said: If there is none then so be it, but most of them have English titles Most have fan translated titles since they were never licenced |
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| This is something I've thought about for years, having the ability to switch between the Japanese and English translated names of a series. I feel like MAL used to just have everything in English, but that was so long ago that I really can't remember. I hate having to battle and find the name of a show on a list, for example, I was looking to update Parasyte -The Maxim-, but I couldn't find it for the life of me. I tried Ctrl+F, thinking I could just search "Para" and it would be right there, but instead the title's name is "Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu". As a site that ensures all users speak and use English, I find it ridiculous that we don't have the ability to switch titles to their more well known English titles. I am fully aware that a number of series such as No Game No Life, Cowboy Bebop, and One Punch Man are already in English. But something like this shouldn't be too difficult as most titles that aren't in English have English translated titles listed on their pages under "Alternative Titles". As a site that strictly enforces users to use English, I believe this would be a terrific and helpful feature to help anyone find what they're looking for. |
| You can search to english titles too, so I fail to see a problem here. |
TyrelJan 18, 2016 3:04 PM
| From what I understand, this is a planned feature but it might take quite a while before it will be implemented. Here is a 3-4 years old thread about it: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=490777&show=0 For now your best bet is to use this userscript I guess: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/544-sorted-english-titles-for-mal |
| I hope this never happen. And if it will ever happen let me choose if I want it or not. Kiseijuu sounds a lot better than Parasyte lol. |
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Delenai said: You can search to english titles too, so I fail to see a problem here. Because it's easier to have things in English when 90% of the site are English speakers? kuchitsu said: From what I understand, this is a planned feature but it might take quite a while before it will be implemented. Here is a 3-4 years old thread about it: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=490777&show=0 For now your best bet is to use this userscript I guess: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/544-sorted-english-titles-for-mal That's a bit comforting to read. However, that was a long time ago. They may have dropped the plan/idea altogether. Mod Edit: Less baiting please |
TyrelJan 18, 2016 3:05 PM
| I think there is a pretty good chance that it will be implemented. Yes, the idea is old, but it's just that back then there was nobody really working on improvements, so it's not like it was outright rejected. Now we have a team that is clearly interested in making the site more popular, and the option to show English titles would obviously be very attractive to many people. So I'm pretty sure that it will happen eventually. |
| This feature is on our development wish list, though we currently have no timeline for it. When the addition makes sense as part of a larger feature roll-out, we will begin building it. There are a number issues that need to be resolved along with such a feature because a work may be known in two different English titles internationally and in the U.S. |
| Since the English titles are already available on the page and can be searched by the English title, I don't agree with this. I'm glad to know there's an upcoming development for it though, for those who want it. |
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| The English titles are already avaible on the page, though. What's the big deal? Besides, there are a lot of anime whose Japanese name is much more well known than the English one. Take Shinsekai Yori, Gintama, AnoHana – when was the last time you heard somebody talk about From The New World, Silver Soul, The Flower We Saw That Day? I am pretty sure that you are much more acquainted with the Japanese names |
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| I don't speak Japanese (and this is an English website) so it's really hard to differentiate or recognize series by their name for me, it would be cool if we had an option to display English translations of the series title (like Attack on Titan, instead of Shingeki no Kyojin) in our lists, or on the website in general. |
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| How about you search first before posting? http://myanimelist.net/forum/?action=search&q=English+title&u=&uloc=1&loc=4 But it's kinda rejected by the way. And please, a lot of English titles are ridiculous! |
| Haters always gonna hate. |
| No, it's not rejected. They said that it's a planned feature, however some other issues need to be resolved first before it can be done. But for now you can use this script: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/544-sorted-english-titles-for-mal |
kuchitsu said: ty doesn't work on every title but i guess that's good enough.No, it's not rejected. They said that it's a planned feature, however some other issues need to be resolved first before it can be done. But for now you can use this script: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/544-sorted-english-titles-for-mal |
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Qatami said: ty doesn't work on every title but i guess that's good enough. If it doesn't work on some title, that probably means that the anime doesn't have an English title set yet. Maybe you can try submitting it to the database if that's the case. |
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Comic_Sans said: there are a lot of anime whose Japanese name is much more well known than the English one. Take Shinsekai Yori, Gintama, AnoHana – when was the last time you heard somebody talk about From The New World, Silver Soul, The Flower We Saw That Day? I am pretty sure that you are much more acquainted with the Japanese names You seem to have misunderstood. The Japanese titles would still be displayed. The suggestion was to display English titles underneath the original titles so people who know it by a different title can identify it. I think this is completely fine. I see nothing wrong with it as long as the English titles are official. Though, for appearance purposes I think the font should be gray:   (Because [img] doesn't seem to be working, right click and open images in new tab to see them) Serhiyko said: Then no English title should be displayed because the Japanese title would probably be the major title it is known by.What if there is no official English title? |
AyaneMar 11, 2016 12:17 AM
Ayame1 said: Comic_Sans said: there are a lot of anime whose Japanese name is much more well known than the English one. Take Shinsekai Yori, Gintama, AnoHana – when was the last time you heard somebody talk about From The New World, Silver Soul, The Flower We Saw That Day? I am pretty sure that you are much more acquainted with the Japanese names You seem to have misunderstood. The Japanese titles would still be displayed. The suggestion was to display English titles underneath the original titles so people who know it by a different title can identify it. I think this is completely fine. I see nothing wrong with it as long as the English titles are official. Though, for appearance purposes I think the font should be gray: (Because [img] doesn't seem to be working, right click and open images in new tab to see them) Serhiyko said: Then no English title should be displayed because the Japanese title would probably be major title it is known by.What if there is no official English title? agreed |
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kuchitsu said: No, it's not rejected. They said that it's a planned feature, however some other issues need to be resolved first before it can be done. But for now you can use this script: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/544-sorted-english-titles-for-mal Script is gone, hooray. ryukan said: good suggestion tbh. maybe if we could switch between japanese titles and english titles (like in anilist). All I want is some sort of toggle feature. Nearly every page has an English title written somewhere, and you can search by the English titles already, so why not add the option to show English titles instead (where applicable)? I'm dyslexic and I don't speak Japanese, so I'm stuck trying to identify most series on my list by some infinitesimal thumbnail when I want to update anything. |
Biaza said: Script is gone, hooray. Luckily, seems like it was preserved on the web archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20150926003424/https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/544-sorted-english-titles-for-mal And apparently their system edited the script automatically? So maybe you need to remove the /web/***/ part here: http://i.imgur.com/41FHQ0P.png |
kuchitsuJun 29, 2016 1:01 AM
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