Capitalisation

Note	Currently this is still just a draft for a capitalisation policy.

The following are some rules for the proper capitalisation of anime, episode, and song titles.

Japanese transcription

For Japanese transcription titles, all words should be capitalised 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, yo, (etc...)

As a general rule, if the Japanese title contains words (in Latin alphabet) that are ALL CAPS or MiXeD CasE, the transcribed title should always be properly title cased. (Exceptions include abbreviations and initialisms that are usually upper-cased. Ex: TV, NHK, UMA, ...) See this forum thread for details.

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

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, per, to, up, with

And: as (only if it is followed by a noun)

Prepositions are capitalised when they are the first or last word.

Prepositions that are part of two-word "phrasal verbs" (see below for examples) are capitalised.

Prepositions that are over four letters long. (across, after, among, beyond, ...)

These short words are capitalised in titles. Some people occasionally forget to capitalise these:

also, am, are, be, do, had, has, have, if, is, it, so, than, that, thus, was, when, what

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 capitalised.)

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