| I like to look at the to-watch section of my list, but it has titles like Gyakuten Saiban: Sono "Shinjitsu", Igi Ari! and Shingeki no Kyojin. I don't know what these are when I stop by to look at my list thinking about what new anime to watch after a couple months etc. But the English titles of these shows are information you have, since the entries say alternate title - English: Ace Attorney, and Attack on Titan for example. Is there any way you could incorporate a list view setting to show the English titles on my anime list page? Just the option would be helpful, since the site is designed to be useful for English language fans in particular. Thanks. Not to say I can't remember a title like "Hajime no Ippo" for an old fav, but for ones like the two I mentioned where they're commonly known by an English name, I just have no idea when I see those titles. |
Psycho_SanjiSep 25, 2016 12:40 AM
| Actually, you know what, although similar suggestions have been denied in the past, I don't disagree with the idea of being able to choose which title anime show up with in your own (eg. Default, English, Original title). This probably wouldn't involve that much coding and so there wouldn't be a way to stop it from showing dub titles like Glitter Force and Case Closed without a fair bit of programming, but it could still satisfy some people. I guess anime without an English title listed would just use the default title. |
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| as a workaround for the problem with remembering what is what in the PTW list, use the tags field. I resorted to this for titles where I know that next week or next month I likely won't remember what is [title] and why did I add it. (this director, that voice actor, so-so script-writer, ...) nw0lf said: I agree, it's very annoying to see long Japanese titles that you don't recognise for studio ghibli films For me it would be even more annoying if sometimes I see "Kiki's Delivery Service" and sometimes "Majo no Takkyuubin". So the choice of which title to display should be strictly bound to the user reading the list(s). Then I am all for this suggestion. |
| *darn, using my right hand is off-limits for a while. Typing with my left hand only is ... eww.* |
Senpaoi said: Just toggle pictures as you can see on my list. I'm not sure why you learn the English names and not the Japanese ones though .-. It is not so much of a chose to learn the English title over the Japanese. Its just that the English names are what they are marketed under in the US. Even that 5 Studio Ghibli movies that have picked up Academy Award nominations, were list under their English titles. Any time I go to the store or go on Netflix, the English titles are used, so it would be nice to have an English option when viewing my list. |
Senpaoi said: Just toggle pictures as you can see on my list. I'm not sure why you learn the English names and not the Japanese ones though .-. I explained that in the opening post a bit. I can remember Japanese titles, especially if that's what I'm introduced to the show as. But I've never heard anybody online or in person call Attack on Titan anything other than Attack on Titan for example, so I don't recognize the other title. You remember things through use, at least I do. The pictures setting is a good idea though, thanks. |
| The english name is already in the alternate names section of each title. When you search in english it still yields the result, so it'd be ultimately pointless. |
| there is a plan for adding a toggle button between english and japanese title but was never release since then https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/3gedyl/im_xinil_creator_and_lead_admin_of_myanimelist/ctxg35q/ but with people here noticing that all titles are becoming what the official japanese titles are then maybe they are planning to implement this toggle button soon |
| Most MAL users don't speak English as their native language and Japanese is an easy language that we can all agree on. There are plenty of anime that have license titles many fans refuse to use because they prefer the Japanese name, like Houseki no Kuni and Shingeki no Kyojin. Just because an anime has been licensed with a translated title doesn't mean all fans agree with that choice so forcing it on people wouldn't be the nicest thing to do. Having an option to toggle on taking a preference for English titles for anime that have been licensed seems harmless and useful. I personally wouldn't use it, but I know a lot of people who would so giving them the option would be a good idea. |
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| Is there any way to change the sorting of the a-z animes to have the English titles? I watch subbed anime just like everyone else but I'm having a hell of a tedious time trying to decipher these pictures and titles I'm not familiar with while filling out my list. |
| That's very unlikely for now...... |
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| Yes, there is: |
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| You'd probably have to resort to using English titles in the search bar which does a decent job of detecting the series based on alternate titles. |
| Oh well. Thanks for the answers, I'll just do it the hard way then lol |
| Anime-Planet and Kitsu have the option to switch to English titles. Anime-Planet (which I am currently using) has the following options: "Anime-Planet default", "Japanese", "English". I think the default is a mix of the two, depending on which one is more commonly used? Kitsu had (back when I used it) the options "English", "Romaji" (which is a mix of the two), and "Japanese" (which is actually Romaji, rather than English spelling, for everything), I think. I dunno what they're doing now. (I left it since I don't like the interface that much.) And yeah, the excessive use of Japanese titles can be confusing for no good reason. |
GlennMagusHarveyFeb 24, 2020 4:28 AM
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| Yeah as much of a weeb as I consider myself, I'd still prefer it being called Your Lie in April over Shigatsu wa kimi no osu. or The Wallflower over Shichihenge something. |
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| It shouldn't really be a problem for filling your list as the search works just as well if you type in the english title, at least for most series. The only problem I see is that it can be hard to identify which show is which once they are already on your list and you are browsing your list. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| MAL used to list everything by the English titles back in the day. I kinda miss it. |
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Pullman said: This.The only problem I see is that it can be hard to identify which show is which once they are already on your list and you are browsing your list. How many of you can identify the following works, without looking them up: Ookami to Koushinryou Doubutsu no Mori Atelier Petros Joukuu Gekijou: Sentaku Shima no Sentaku Tori Rakuen Tsuihou Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi Tsumiki no Ie Majo no Takkyuubin Bakuretsu Tenshi Kaze Tachinu Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki |
GlennMagusHarveyFeb 24, 2020 7:24 PM
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
GlennMagusHarvey said: Sen to Chihiro is Spirited Away, Tsumiki no Ie is La Maison en Petite Cubes.Pullman said: This.The only problem I see is that it can be hard to identify which show is which once they are already on your list and you are browsing your list. How many people know what the following works are: Doubutsu no Mori Atelier Petros Joukuu Gekijou: Sentaku Shima no Sentaku Tori Rakuen Tsuihou Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi Tsumiki no Ie Majo no Takkyuubin Bakuretsu Tenshi Kaze Tachinu If you look at titles enough you learn to recognize them. Most titles I'm more familiar with the Japanese name. I would support an option to turn it over to English for the anime that have English license titles (some anime licensors stick with the Japanese, like with Hyouka and Tsuki ga Kirei). |
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zombie_pegasus said: Fair point, though it's still the case that some names are just far more often used in the English-speaking fandom. Spirited Away literally won an Oscar while using its English title, for example.If you look at titles enough you learn to recognize them. Both titles should, of course, be visible on the work page itself. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
GlennMagusHarvey said: Pullman said: This.The only problem I see is that it can be hard to identify which show is which once they are already on your list and you are browsing your list. How many of you can identify the following works, without looking them up: Ookami to Koushinryou Doubutsu no Mori Atelier Petros Joukuu Gekijou: Sentaku Shima no Sentaku Tori Rakuen Tsuihou Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi Tsumiki no Ie Majo no Takkyuubin Bakuretsu Tenshi Kaze Tachinu Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki I basically know all the ones that I've seen from that list but then again most anime I find via MAL so I kinda familiarize myself with the japanese name from the start. The older stuff that I had already seen before they switched to all japanese titles took a few years but at this point I recognize all the Ghibli Movies and other stuff from that era (like spice and wolf) as well. So I do see the appeal of the suggestion, but for me personally it's never really been an issue because I interact way too much with MAL so whether I want it or not, I know all the japanese titles for shows I've seen ^^. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| 4 years since: https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/3gedyl/im_xinil_creator_and_lead_admin_of_myanimelist/ctxdwi8/ And still nothing on this? |
FrozenInferno said: 4 years since: https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/3gedyl/im_xinil_creator_and_lead_admin_of_myanimelist/ctxdwi8/ And still nothing on this? You might be interested in checking this thread. |
DeadlyRaven said: FrozenInferno said: 4 years since: https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/3gedyl/im_xinil_creator_and_lead_admin_of_myanimelist/ctxdwi8/ And still nothing on this? You might be interested in checking this thread. Ah nice, that's encouraging. |
Mr_Alchemy said: This is an essential feature, in my opinion. i think so too |
| -nishat |
| They definitely need to add this option. |
| This would make things a lot easier.. example: Enen no Shouboutai: Ni no Shou Alternative Titles English: Fire Force Season 2 Synonyms: Enen no Shouboutai 2nd Season Japanese: 炎炎ノ消防隊 弐ノ章 |
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| you guys can do that using some userscript... |
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| i use akarin's tags updater script that adds several tags and shows them with a mouseover on my list, the ones that don't have it yet i either added before mal added any english titles or mal has yet to add an english title. |
| Multiple threads have been merged into this one. |
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| the English title is easier to handle but you can learn Japanese from the names |
Ian_Hsieh said: Animorphs said: I've created a script to do exactly this (display English titles) which you can download here: https://github.com/Animorphs/MAL-English-Titles Thanks, this is a godsend. BTW, I rather have Kanji over Romanji titles. As a Chinese, Kanji is more readable for me. you can do that using userscripts... |
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