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rheiders
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Hahaha I can't even begin to express how many times this has happened to me!
 I think Princess Tutu is the worst offender at this point, if I were to tally it up. I wish it had a better title so I could get people to at least give it a chance!  (Of course, after giving them the title I have to give them a brief synopsis, which is also very difficult to do with that series without making myself sound insane for liking it...)
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jenthehen
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Almost any conversation about how awesome Princess Tutu is must be prefaced with a discussion about how stupid/ridiculous the title is! |
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VORTIA
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This is why I've never been upset with American companies changing the title they put on the DVD/Blu-Ray box cover for a series. I can think of sooo many titles that wouldn't have had a prayer at sales had they been given their actual titles.
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Vaisaga
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This is why I say "Hey, you should watch this" and pop the disk in and play it
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Pelianth
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And then there are the ones where the English titles is actually *more* ridiculous. (Tweeny Witches I am looking at you. Also Bodacious Space Pirates.) Addendum: Princess Tutu's name has never bothered me, it is an accurate title for the show after all. |
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Kohii
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Now's as good a time to post this:
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HyugaHinata
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Can we get more tiles like Ultimate Mop Daisuke?
 Simple, to-the-point, honest, and great for people who like slice-of-life shows mixed with shonen action.
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rheiders
Posts: 1137 Location: Colorful Colorado :) |
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@Pelianth
It may be accurate, but it's also incredibly awkward to try to explain to people! xD @Kohii Ah, yes. Spice and Wolf was another. I think any series with the word "spice" in the title ends up being a very difficult sell. "Milky" or any variation of that word is also very awkward. And not to be outdone: 
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Panzer Vor
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I'm more fond of the Sora no Woto versions, like so: 
But I digress, as I am quite prone to doing. Personally, I've never really run into the awkward/ridiculous/just plain weird title problem; come to think of it, though, I've never really gone out of my way to recommend titles to other people (at least apart from my uni's old anime club, and they're the type to disregard titles as long as they find the plot summaries interesting). |
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ZoboCamel
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A lot of English titles seem to hit hard with this - 'My Bride is a Mermaid' and 'Hayate the Combat Butler' can be difficult to recommend without prompting a laugh from whoever you're talking to - but I think the worst offender I've personally come across would have to be Tiger and Bunny. Any recommendation I make for it has to be followed up with lengthy disclaimers of 'no, it's not aimed at three-year-olds, it's an action show about...'
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Splitter
 Posts: 1276 Location: Knockin' on Heaven's Door |
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This is why I have never recommended or spoke of Kiddy Grade in public. Ever.
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digidragon
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YES Tiger and Bunny. I keep trying to recommend it to friends who like western superheroes and older Toonami/Adult Swim broadcast anime and they won't even give it a look.
Also Puella Magi Madoka Magica. I think people lose interest halfway through the long title? |
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Ashen Phoenix
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My favorite comic in awhile. Hilarious and oh so true. Many a time have I unfairly judged a series based on its ridiculous, mindscrewy, perverse, or otherwise funny title.
I'd love to hear others' stories of the weirdest titles they've come across, be they manga or anime. Whether or not the series turned out to be good or bad is a bonus discussion. Some series whose titles I found bizarre but later came to love include:
Edit: Sorry for the wall of text. Cannot get list coding to work properly. FML. Last edited by Ashen Phoenix on Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:18 am; edited 1 time in total |
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therau05
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It's funny also when the company themselves try and make it sound legitimate. At Animazement last year, Funimation had a panel where they were talking about new releases and came upon "Cat Planet Cuties". This woman tried so hard to convince us it's not garbage.
To be fair, I ended up watching it just to see if it was as bad as I thought. It's alright, a lot better than I thought. |
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Mad_Scientist
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Yah, that's a good example of an unfortunate title. It makes the show sound like child porn or something. |
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