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Titles are how you identify an anime - there are many different kinds, both official ones and common ones as well as abbreviations. No anime can have have the exact same title as another. The Main Title (the transcription of the original language title) is listed at the very top of each [[animeentries|anime entry]], and at the top of the details table next to the image. The rest of the titles are listed with language and title type details. Anyone can add a title to any anime, with the restriction that if there already is an anime with that exact same title, it won't work; please use the [[search]] function to check for overlaps. Anyone can request that a title be edited or removed, but it will have to be approved by a [[User:Mods|mod]], so state a good reason for why you wish it to be edited or removed. [[AniDB:Creq Guideline|More Info...]] | Titles are how you identify an anime - there are many different kinds, both official ones and common ones as well as abbreviations. No anime can have have the exact same title as another. The Main Title (the English transcription of the original language title) is listed at the very top of each [[animeentries|anime entry]], and at the top of the details table next to the image. The rest of the titles are listed with language and title type details. Anyone can add a title to any anime, with the restriction that if there already is an anime with that exact same title, it won't work; please use the [[search]] function to check for overlaps. Anyone can request that a title be edited or removed, but it will have to be approved by a [[User:Mods|mod]], so state a good reason for why you wish it to be edited or removed. [[AniDB:Creq Guideline|More Info...]] | ||
To be merged into here: [[Content:Episodes#Episode Names (English)|episode titles]]. | To be merged into here: [[Content:Episodes#Episode Names (English)|episode titles]]. | ||
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===Foreign Language Portion of Official Japanese(/Korean/Chinese) Title=== | ===Foreign Language Portion of Official Japanese(/Korean/Chinese) Title=== | ||
In general, if the official | In general, if the official original language title, in the video or otherwise, comes with a foreign language portion, generally (but not always) English, that foreign portion is included in the Official Japanese title.<br> | ||
However, if the foreign portion is "otherwise ignored", we would drop it from the transcription. "Otherwise ignored" refers to, but is not limited to references to the anime: on websites, in the media, in the Japanese trailer. | However, if the foreign portion is "otherwise ignored", we would drop it from the transcription. "Otherwise ignored" refers to, but is not limited to references to the anime: on websites, in the media, in the Japanese trailer. | ||