Capitalisation

NOTE:

Currently this is still just a draft for a capitalization policy.

The following are some rules for proper capitalization of the titles of anime and episodes.

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