| GitS officially uses both titles for certain items 『GHOST IN THE SHELL/攻殻機動隊』. But for some they only use 攻殻機動隊. IIRC no item in Japan is solely titled with GHOST IN THE SHELL in it. So MAL changed it to reflect the most used Japanese version which is just 攻殻機動隊. FMA is titled as such due to when MAL was first created and there was no main title guide. An Eng title was chosen for many anime, even those that never had an official Eng title. It will change over when the manga changes its title first. About 1-2 major franchises a year change over, that was what the admins decided as a good ease in. GitS had its manga change so the anime could then update as well. While it's nice that Japanese creators add English to their titles and sub-titles, it doesn't matter when the official title as listed on the official website, studio website, TV airing schedules, commercials if they don't actually use it. The Eng titles merely end up becoming decorative eye candy. |
| @Nyron >It's entirely irrelevant what they call it in Japan, since it's known as GitS in the entire English speaking world, [...] >you that 95%+ of people using this website have never once uttered the Japanese title Ok but MAL is not a English only website, it is an anime database giving factual information of romanized titles. The MAL main forum is required to be in English-only though, as per forum guidelines. Besides, the USA only 20% of all MAL users. Brazil is the second largest frequenter of the site so why not have the main titles in Portuguese? People from countries where the native language isn't English is what comprises most of MAL's userbase. >The title being on every material related to the series IS using it. Visit the official Japanese websites and see what title is in the kagi. Here are the Arise films http://www.kokaku-a.jp/arise/product/ Notice that "ghost in the shell" is not a part of the title for the DVD/BDs. Notice the News section does not have the English there either http://www.kokaku-a.jp/arise/news/ The films are Koukaku Kidoutai Arise, not Ghost in the Shell Arise. Ghost in the Shell is used as a sub title in the top left corner for decorative eye candy. >Nightow is a huge ameriboo and chose the title himself for overseas audiences, That's literally the purpose of the English section of the title category on the anime pages https://i.imgur.com/0WnbQ6G.jpg The main title section is for romanized titles only. |
lanblade said: Where can I see the data that says these?Besides, the USA only 20% of all MAL users. Brazil is the second largest frequenter of the site Thanks in advance |
Edocchi said: lanblade said: Where can I see the data that says these?Besides, the USA only 20% of all MAL users. Brazil is the second largest frequenter of the site Thanks in advance Any web traffic analysis company will list it. Alexa, Compete, ComScore, Quantcast, SimilarWeb, etc. Each site functions different when you see the stats off by a little bit. Like Alexa takes the average country frequentors from the moment the site was created to tell you the metrics for this current month; while SimilarWeb only looks at the previous month data. |
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