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...)

The first and last words for English titles are always capitalized, and all except the words listed below are capitalized.

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 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)

Below is a list of some "phrasal verbs":
(These are some phrases in which the preposition needs to be capitalized.)

For specific rules about a language, contact a minimod with "Language Verifier" status for this language: AniDB Staff