For god's sake, seriously, I can't keep up with all these long titles of anime. Like, why are they doing this? And why must every anime title now have word Zero in it?
| Isn't the trend more for "Re" this season? ReLIFE, Rewrite, Re:Zero... |
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| For god's sake, seriously, I can't keep up with all these long titles of your threads. Like, why are you doing this? And why must every thread title now have stupid shit in it? |
| Zero sounds cool, means starting anew and that's the point of the show, a hikikomori that starts a new life in a world where he is the hero and if he fails he can restart from zero until he manages to surpass every obstacle. Even in Code Geass lelouch calls himself zero because he wants to destroy and start over the world (or something like that) Moreover if you want to complain about long titles you shouldn't make a thread with such a long title containing zero. |
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| Incidentally, this thread has a long-ass title and the word zero in it. The trend got to you too before you even knew it. |
| I think the long title thing mostly comes from light novels. Pretty much, they want to draw in potential readers with as little effort as possible. As such, you get titles like "I can't believe my little sister is this cute!" This acts as a bit of a synopsis and a title too, and these titles are always shorted by fans. This personally doesn't bother me either way. Really, I think it's kinda smart. I do like the 80's style titles the most though, I have to say. Gunbuster. Terminator. Macross. Something about that just seems cooler ahah I don't know how correct I am about this though, so pls don't kill me. |
| I can't remember where I read it but the long titles seem to have to do with light novels. Basically, the competition is so fierce the best way to advertise the books are to have a very descriptive titles. |
Toa_of_Gallifrey said: Psajdak deffo knows what he's doing lolzIncidentally, this thread has a long-ass title and the word zero in it. The trend got to you too before you even knew it. |
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| From what I hear, zero does not exist in Japan's numerical system. They also tend to be interested in foreign stuff, so the recurrence of the number zero makes sense. |
I'm curious, have you ever considered reading this box rather than expecting to gain insight from a title in a language you, presumably, are not competent in. |
ScarletSentry said: You do get that this isn't about Re: Zero anime?I'm curious, have you ever considered reading this box rather than expecting to gain insight from a title in a language you, presumably, are not competent in. I just put it as an example, and just by the way, wanted to announce that I will absolutely never watch it. Same as will never even give chance to this new Shinkai's stuff that is currently #1 on MAL, that I can pretty much know what it is about without even reading synopsis. It's about long anime titles in general, anyway, something that is already answered. |
| https://myanimelist.net/topanime.php Most of them are under 5 words |
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| Try their light novels, it will blow your brains out then. |
Psajdak said: ScarletSentry said: You do get that this isn't about Re: Zero anime?I'm curious, have you ever considered reading this box rather than expecting to gain insight from a title in a language you, presumably, are not competent in. I just put it as an example, and just by the way, wanted to announce that I will absolutely never watch it. Same as will never even give chance to this new Shinkai's stuff that is currently #1 on MAL, that I can pretty much know what it is about without even reading synopsis. It's about long anime titles in general, anyway, something that is already answered. Fair enough but that box does two of the things you seemed to rant about. It gives you an idea what the anime is about and it gives you a short name to use. Also I'm not fully convinced this is a trend. I mean this season also had Relife, Rewrite, Orange, New Game, 91 Days, Mob Psycho 100, Taboo Tatoo and probably more I don't remember. As you said though it's been answered, it looks like light novel sourced anime have longer titles due to the trend in that market. |
| The saviour of anime has yet to be airing tho, but it's already confirmed as an anime (probably 2017) : https://myanimelist.net/anime/33502/Shuumatsu_Nani_Shitemasu_ka_Isogashii_desu_ka_Sukutte_Moratte_Ii_desu_ka After this one, everything else will seem shorter. There, happy? :D |
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| Well if you wanna miss out on the best anime out there so be it, i hope you regret it one day. For the actual post its only been this season which has had a lot of Re in it, Rewrite, Re zero and Relife, tbh idk why the title of an anime bothers someone, at the end of the day just cause it has a weird or stupid title dont shit on the anime, there are lots of anime with a stupid or shitty title but it does not change the fact that having a bit of repetition shouldnt affect the anime at all. Also i dont see this as a trend at all, just a coincidence. I haven't heard zero used much tbh, some anime just go well with Zero in it and suits the anime perfectly. Oh and dont go shit talking anime you have never heard of scrub at least watch an episode or 2 if you wanna judge it. |
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| Usually it's that light novels have long names and they don't get shortened when they're adapted. There are a few long titled original anime like C and Anohana, but they are in the minority. Zero isn't even a trend. There hasn't even been much of a trend for a lot of titles to include the same word. The closest is the three anime this season with the prefix "Re" in their titles or the word "Nichijou" which has been used in many titles. "No" just means "of" in reverse so naturally it is a very common word to see in anime titles. |
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| Because Japan doesn't have the literary proficiency that the West does to inspire short, yet meaningful titles. |
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MortalMelancholy said: They do have the four on contractions though, which isn't something we can do in English. Eg. "O Re I Mo", "Wa Ta Mo Te", "Jo Shi Ra Ku", "Go Chi U Sa", "Ha Ga Na I", "Ki N Mo Za", ect. We don't have an equivalent to "on" in English that people use (there is "mora", that many people care about) so our closest would be syllables, which isn't that similar. This is why haiku don't work in English.Because Japan doesn't have the literary proficiency that the West does to inspire short, yet meaningful titles. |
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| From what I've heard, long title are used as hooks. They basically explain what the show is all about in that title. Idk if it's true though. |
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| That's quite a thread title you've got there, since we're on that subject lol. meh...Patlabor was every bit as good as Gunbuster |
| are you Japanese? why should they care what YOU a non Japanese person think about the titles of anime? im African and my full name is 27 letters long to say a simple english phrase in a language in Japanese may require alot more words due to they way they structure everything and their words SOME LANGUAGES ARE LIKE THAT.... GTFO.... |
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CatSoul said: Isn't the trend more for "Re" this season? ReLIFE, Rewrite, Re:Zero... And I thought that words with Re in it is a undying trend. Review, Release, Redo, Renewing, Redundant etc. Just kidding, think about what Re means, it is just a short form of Redo except for Rewrite. it's not a trend, it was just coincidence. |
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| Its all about dem click bait titles op Like is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon. Or my little sister can't be this cute. |
AltoRoark said: From what I hear, zero does not exist in Japan's numerical system. They also tend to be interested in foreign stuff, so the recurrence of the number zero makes sense. I thought pretty much everyone used Indian numerals regardless of their alphabet or script? |
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Psajdak said: Don't lie i bet you watched and fapped to that ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)Btw, before I continue, I have absolutely now idea what Re: Zero is about, aside that on some sites I saw hentai fanarts of some blue haired maid, but I promise you, I will never watch it. |
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This is a stupid post. Does it really matter? Does every anime has to be two words? Get used to it and shorten the names. |
| OP is so whiny. Good God, someone need to spank his ass with a steel chair. |
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| Every anime should have a long title. 1. I met her in the spring time under a full-bloomed cherry blossom tree, and my fate began to change. 2. I finally mustered up the courage and confessed my love to my classmate who I have been crushing on but what I received was an autograph rather than a straight answer. 3. I liked a fellow classmate since Junior High but I never was never given the chance to confess to her because when I entered High School I had to get into a fake relationship with a crazy, abusive, blonde gorilla to prevent a gang war. 4. It's getting extremely annoying and tedious being a hero of justice when no one acknowledges my work plus the fact that any villains who stand in my way get taken out with a single punch. 5. I woke up in a strange place without knowing anything at all, how I got there or even who I was, the only thing I knew though was that this place was neither reality nor the afterlife but rather something in between. I think 5 is enough. =) |
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ya_hallo said: Every anime should have a long title. 1. I met her in the spring time under a full-bloomed cherry blossom tree, and my fate began to change. 2. I finally mustered up the courage and confessed my love to my classmate who I have been crushing on but what I received was an autograph rather than a straight answer. 3. I liked a fellow classmate since Junior High but I never was never given the chance to confess to her because when I entered High School I had to get into a fake relationship with a crazy, abusive, blonde gorilla to prevent a gang war. 4. It's getting extremely annoying and tedious being a hero of justice when no one acknowledges my work plus the fact that any villains who stand in my way get taken out with a single punch. 5. I woke up in a strange place without knowing anything at all, how I got there or even who I was, the only thing I knew though was that this place was neither reality nor the afterlife but rather something in between. I think 5 is enough. =) 6. I'm the new kid moving in and getting it done, and I'm officially the candidate for having some fun you know, I'm talking about an all out party and we're getting it started, Mr. President do you mind some electric guitar? |
Toa_of_Gallifrey said: ya_hallo said: Every anime should have a long title. 1. I met her in the spring time under a full-bloomed cherry blossom tree, and my fate began to change. 2. I finally mustered up the courage and confessed my love to my classmate who I have been crushing on but what I received was an autograph rather than a straight answer. 3. I liked a fellow classmate since Junior High but I never was never given the chance to confess to her because when I entered High School I had to get into a fake relationship with a crazy, abusive, blonde gorilla to prevent a gang war. 4. It's getting extremely annoying and tedious being a hero of justice when no one acknowledges my work plus the fact that any villains who stand in my way get taken out with a single punch. 5. I woke up in a strange place without knowing anything at all, how I got there or even who I was, the only thing I knew though was that this place was neither reality nor the afterlife but rather something in between. I think 5 is enough. =) 6. I'm the new kid moving in and getting it done, and I'm officially the candidate for having some fun you know, I'm talking about an all out party and we're getting it started, Mr. President do you mind some electric guitar? OMG! I can't believe I forgot to mention the best anime of all time. Shame on me. |
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ya_hallo said: cory in the house best chinese cartoon can confirm hereToa_of_Gallifrey said: 6. I'm the new kid moving in and getting it done, and I'm officially the candidate for having some fun you know, I'm talking about an all out party and we're getting it started, Mr. President do you mind some electric guitar? OMG! I can't believe I forgot to mention the best anime of all time. Shame on me. |
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ya_hallo said: Toa_of_Gallifrey said: 6. I'm the new kid moving in and getting it done, and I'm officially the candidate for having some fun you know, I'm talking about an all out party and we're getting it started, Mr. President do you mind some electric guitar? OMG! I can't believe I forgot to mention the best anime of all time. Shame on me. While I personally prefer the danker and more obscure Thomas the Tank Engine, I opted for Cory as he is a close second and more recognizable. |
Gymkata said: That's quite a thread title you've got there, since we're on that subject lol. meh...Patlabor was every bit as good as Gunbuster I can stand behind that opinion, friendo |
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Senpaoi said: Idk, did you try googling the question before coming here? Japanese authors have explained it before multiple times. what the heck ..lol are you serious ? |
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| There was that huge post here on MAL that said "AUTHORS USE LONG NAME FOR THEIR GOD DAMN NOVELS TO MAKE THEM STAND OUT AND SELL BETTER". and I find it kinda appealing especially if you can shorten it into a nice one |
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