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Nov 25, 2023 4:59 AM
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This site's going full "Hagane no Renkinjutsushi"-level weeaboo mode now isn't it
Nov 25, 2023 5:11 AM
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I can't with the rebuild movies name changes💀
Nov 25, 2023 5:14 AM
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@nopsik there is an english title option on the profile settings for a long time now so that maybe why
Nov 25, 2023 5:18 AM
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@nopsik here https://myanimelist.net/editprofile.php?go=listpreferences default settings > anime titles > english
Nov 25, 2023 5:28 AM
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Rishon007 said:
I can't with the rebuild movies name changes💀

what the fuck is || supposed to mean? Just call it 3.0+1.0, MAL

Nov 25, 2023 5:33 AM
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deg said:
@nopsik there is an english title option on the profile settings for a long time now so that maybe why

Sadly I don't think this setting works on the app where I spend 99% of my MAL time
Nov 25, 2023 5:35 AM
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deg said:
@nopsik there is an english title option on the profile settings for a long time now so that maybe why

Sadly I don't think this setting works on the app where I spend 99% of my MAL time
@alexw1020 on mobile i just use the website on firefox and click the request desktop version button
Nov 25, 2023 5:45 AM
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The title change for the rebuild movies are retarded 💀
Nov 25, 2023 5:50 AM
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Lmaoooo the rebuild movies
Nov 25, 2023 5:53 AM
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I don’t care about the original series’ title change, but the rebuild title changes are just dogshit.
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Nov 25, 2023 5:55 AM

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who tf implemented this? never cook again, bro burnt the whole damn kitchen.
Nov 25, 2023 6:17 AM

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but why? How will this make some difference?

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Nov 25, 2023 6:20 AM

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deg said:
@nopsik there is an english title option on the profile settings for a long time now so that maybe why

not on the app, unfortunately

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Nov 25, 2023 6:22 AM
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I feel like this has something to do with Scott Pilgrim. Like they have to die on some stupid hill now.
Nov 25, 2023 6:26 AM
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LMFAO silly ahh titles, who the hell did this change 😭😭😭
Nov 25, 2023 6:31 AM
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MAL mods can't make a good decision 💀💀💀 Why the hell change the titles now?? Everyone knows it by Neon Genesis Evangelion. Bring it back.
Nov 25, 2023 6:34 AM
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dang, and I thought the rebuild names couldn't be any dumber
Nov 25, 2023 6:36 AM

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Why the hell change the titles now??


The question would be more "Why only now ?".
The standardization of the titles was announced a very long time ago , and in 5+ years they did it for only very few series (3 , i think ?).
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Nov 25, 2023 7:21 AM

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Very weird sudden change not gonna lie 🤡
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Nov 25, 2023 7:30 AM
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hlepme said:
I’m not super annoyed, MAL has always used romanized Japanese for titles and if you search for “Neon Genesis Evangelion” it still comes up. I’m more confused as to why they’re implementing this now as opposed to earlier

Pretty sure you can search for any title in any of their localized language options (French, Spanish, German, English) and the title will appear. That includes the romaji name as well.
Nov 25, 2023 7:40 AM
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Fucking cringe, they should change it back
Nov 25, 2023 7:57 AM

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It's the romaji that's weird to me the most. Frequently the romaji titles are the least used
Nov 25, 2023 8:35 AM

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Just mal being mal. Making changes and implementing weird and stupid unnecessary tweaks every now and then.




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Nov 25, 2023 9:17 AM
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It is the Japanese title. The English title is still there under it.
Nov 25, 2023 9:42 AM
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alexw1020 said:
deg said:
@nopsik there is an english title option on the profile settings for a long time now so that maybe why

Sadly I don't think this setting works on the app where I spend 99% of my MAL time

Who uses the website?
Nov 25, 2023 11:14 AM

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StarZone1 said:
alexw1020 said:

Sadly I don't think this setting works on the app where I spend 99% of my MAL time

Who uses the website?

I mean, I do sometimes, ‘cause the MAL app:
1) doesn’t display controversial series (e.g. Redo of Healer etc.);
2) for some frickin’ reason doesn’t display the progress bar for anime I’m currently rewatching;
3) has no functionality for writing recommendations;
4) doesn’t allow creating new forum threads;
5) doesn’t load up with no VPN turned on (for me only prb);

Anyway, both the app and the mobile site are like castrated versions of the desktop one.
Nov 25, 2023 11:19 AM
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I thought it was some super late april fools joke, like the time they changed half of the top anime's covers with cats xD
Nov 25, 2023 12:35 PM

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Life saver, been wondering if that was possible for a while.
Nov 25, 2023 2:48 PM
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it's so bad man, and like the rest of the comments the movies are worse
Nov 25, 2023 4:41 PM

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Can't wait for them to change fmab's title to Fullmetal Alchemist: The Fullmetal Alchemist.
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Nov 25, 2023 6:19 PM
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新世紀 (Shinseki) is literally mean Neon Genesis.
The only bad things are the title of rebuild movies, the old one are absolutely better.
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Nov 25, 2023 6:29 PM
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can someone change Asuka's photo instead?
Nov 25, 2023 10:59 PM
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They didn't need to change after all these years, the entire world knows it by Neon Genesis Evangelion for years.
Nov 26, 2023 12:08 AM
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look how they massacred my boy
Nov 26, 2023 9:22 AM

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i can't say i mind it, though i wish the 4th rebuild had "𝄇" in the title instead of "||". I actually like 𝄇 as a subtitle way more than "Thrice Upon a Time" considering it's meaning in music notation and how it relates to the story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeat_sign
otherwise, the changes are just putting the evangelion series more in line with how every other anime is already listed on here. it should've been like this a long time ago for consistencies sake. as others have mentioned, you can change it to english in your settings, so it's no big deal.

edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo-ha-ky%C5%AB here's an explanation for why the first 3 movies are Jo-Ha-Q (q=kyuu). since there's no 4th part to the jo-ha-kyuu structure, the 4th part gets that repetition symbol-this also explains why in the english title, it's 3.0+1.0 and not 4.0.

edit 2: actually looking into it, apparently it's disputed whether the title for the 4th movie is meant to be a "final barline" as it was announced (𝄂) or a repetition barline as it looks like on the title (𝄇). see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebuild_of_Evangelion#List_of_films
Wonder if that's intentional, the connection between finality and repetition with those two symbols...
regardless, as mentioned, I think the titles are just as interesting/thought-provoking as the english ones are. if you don't like them, fix your settings. it's no big deal. both titles were picked out by the japanese eva staff.

edit 3: sorry for so many edits LOL. yeah looking at the previous logos i think the symbol is meant to be 𝄂, not 𝄇. since all the titles have a colon (:) before the subtitle (jo, ha, q, 𝄂). so it's more of a simple message of finality as an end barline. which also means i think MAL has the title right, i was wrong previously.
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nyahgust said:
i can't say i mind it, though i wish the 4th rebuild had "𝄇" in the title instead of "||". I actually like 𝄇 as a subtitle way more than "Thrice Upon a Time" considering it's meaning in music notation and how it relates to the story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeat_sign
otherwise, the changes are just putting the evangelion series more in line with how every other anime is already listed on here. it should've been like this a long time ago for consistencies sake. as others have mentioned, you can change it to english in your settings, so it's no big deal.

edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo-ha-ky%C5%AB here's an explanation for why the first 3 movies are Jo-Ha-Q (q=kyuu). since there's no 4th part to the jo-ha-kyuu structure, the 4th part gets that repetition symbol-this also explains why in the english title, it's 3.0+1.0 and not 4.0.

edit 2: actually looking into it, apparently it's disputed whether the title for the 4th movie is meant to be a "final barline" as it was announced (𝄂) or a repetition barline as it looks like on the title (𝄇). see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebuild_of_Evangelion#List_of_films
Wonder if that's intentional, the connection between finality and repetition with those two symbols...
regardless, as mentioned, I think the titles are just as interesting/thought-provoking as the english ones are. if you don't like them, fix your settings. it's no big deal. both titles were picked out by the japanese eva staff.

edit 3: sorry for so many edits LOL. yeah looking at the previous logos i think the symbol is meant to be 𝄂, not 𝄇. since all the titles have a colon (:) before the subtitle (jo, ha, q, 𝄂). so it's more of a simple message of finality as an end barline. which also means i think MAL has the title right, i was wrong previously.

ty for writing this i dont get why people made a big deal out of this
Nov 26, 2023 11:52 PM
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Shingeki no Evangelion.
Nov 27, 2023 7:13 PM

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Just realized the title change. Quite a shame. I understand the politics behind this, but "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is probably the coolest anime title of all time and officially recognizing the series now by its less-inspiring original title doesn't do it much favor.

And somehow, even after this for some reason, they haven't touched the FMA and FMA:B titles' yet.
Nov 27, 2023 10:59 PM
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actually a real one for this
Nov 28, 2023 3:38 AM

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I'm surprised they didn't do this sooner xD

Dec 1, 2023 10:13 PM
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@cyruz please explain and justify this
Dec 2, 2023 6:17 AM

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the setting doesn't even change it for the search or page, only your own list.

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Dec 6, 2023 3:32 AM
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The entire goddamn planet knows this by Neon Genesis. Those are most likely the two most famous anime words after Evangelion itself. And now they changed it to something that no one knows it's called. I bet if you asked a Japanese person, even they would call this "Neon Genesisu Evangerion".
Dec 14, 2023 2:16 AM

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This entire thread makes me lose IQ points.

Dec 22, 2023 4:35 PM

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End of Evangelion's title on MAL 💀

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Dec 26, 2023 4:08 AM

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This is so stupid. It's internationally known as Neon Genesis Evangelion and it has been so for decades. Changing it now makes no sense even with the option to change titles into english
Dec 27, 2023 2:06 PM

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Is this supposed to be an appeal to Japanese people? Hell even they probably just call it Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Yooooo this is actually fire. Might make it my default one day. Still not ready for it.
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@nopsik here https://myanimelist.net/editprofile.php?go=listpreferences default settings > anime titles > english
@deg Sadly that does nothing for me grr
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