Capitalisation
Note | Currently this is still just a draft for a capitalization policy. |
The following are some rules for the proper capitalization of anime, episode, and song titles.
Japanese transcription
- For Japanese transcription titles, all words should be capitalized except for particles unless the particle is the first word in the title. Some common particles are:
- de, e, ga, na, ni, no, o, to, wa, wo, yo, (etc...)
English
Rules
- The first and last words for English titles are always capitalized, and all except the words listed below are capitalized.
- The following are lower case, unless they are the first word or last word:
- Articles: a, an, the
- Conjunctions: and, but, or, nor
- Prepositions that are less than five letters long: at, by, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, onto, out, over, to, up, with
- And: as (only if it is followed by a noun)
- Prepositions are sometimes capitalized:
- Prepositions are capitalized when they are the first or last word.
- Prepositions that are part of two-word "phrasal verbs" (see below for examples) are capitalized.
- Prepositions that are over four letters long. (across, after, among, beyond, ...)
- These short words are capitalized in titles. Some people occasionally forget to capitalize these:
- also, be, if, than, that, thus, when, what, is, are, do, it, so, was, has, had, have, am
- as (if it is followed by a verb)
Phrasal verbs
Below is a list of some "phrasal verbs":
(These are some phrases in which the preposition needs to be capitalized.)
- Beat Up
- Blow Out
- Break Down
- Break Into
- Break Up
- Bring Up
- Call Off
- Call On
- Call Up
- Carry On
- Come Back
- Come Down
- Come On
- Come Out
- Come Over
- Do Over
- Fill Out
- Find Out
- Get Along
- Get Around
- Get By
- Get Over
- Get Through
- Get Up
- Give Back
- Give Up
- Go Along
- Go Away
- Go On
- Go Over
- Hand In
- Hang Up
- Hold On
- Keep On
- Keep Up
- Leave Out
- Let Down
- Look For
- Look Into
- Look Like
- Look Out
- Look Over
- Look Up
- Make Out
- Make Up
- Pack Up
- Pass Out
- Pick Out
- Pick Up
- Put Away
- Put Off
- Put On
- Put Out
- Put Up with
- Roll Over
- Run Into
- Run Out of
- Run Over
- Show Up
- Take After
- Take Back
- Take Off
- Take On
- Take Up
- Talk Back
- Talk Over
- Throw Away
- Try On
- Turn Down
- Turn In
- Turn Off
- Turn On
- Use Up
- Wait On
Other Languages
For specific rules about a language, contact a minimod with "Language Verifier" status for this language: AniDB Staff