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Letter From The Encyclopedist [2008-10-28]


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JacobC
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:26 pm Reply with quote
Okay, this is my first shot at this:

Has anyone else had this much trouble figuring out titles of shows they've seen when they browse by letter? Anime dazed For instance, I had to halt at "Holic," which turned out to be XXXHolic as well as Japanese language-only listed titles for Now and Then, Here and There and The Place Promised in Our Early Days, which were only tipped off to me by the words "Ima" and "Yakusoku" respectively, halting something in my mind that made me click the link and go "Hey, I've seen this, but I wouldn't know by the Japanese title here!" Goodness knows how many I've really seen and missed because of this language barrier thing... Shocked Razz

It even happened backwards with things like Kyo Kara Maoh! I passed up "You're King from Now On" until I saw the fine print, and thought...I know that shonen-ai-fest! Laughing Same with "The One Being Sung." Uh...they didn't translate Utawarerumono into English, for reasons unknown to me...

...I've seen 184 anime from beginning to end, and way more than that only in part. I'm a little depressed, honestly. Laughing

(How do you make lists public?!)
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Dan42
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:16 am Reply with quote
bglassbrook wrote:
Though I am curious why (using Dargonxtc's profile as an example) the MyAnime shows nothing in My Collection, but there are quite clearly DVDs listed in their collection for MyGoods?

I don't follow you; I have no trouble seeing Dargonxtc's collection.

JesuOtaku wrote:
Has anyone else had this much trouble figuring out titles of shows they've seen when they browse by letter? Anime dazed For instance, I had to halt at "Holic," which turned out to be XXXHolic as well as Japanese language-only listed titles for Now and Then, Here and There and The Place Promised in Our Early Days

For each anime, multiple titles are listed precisely because different people are familiar with different names. If you don't know a name, you can simply skip it and the name that you're familiar with will be listed somewhere else. For example you could've skipped over "Holic" and when you reached the letter X you would've found "XXXHolic". You could've skipped over "Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku" and when you reached the letter N you would've found "Now and Then, Here and There". You probably got the impression that "Now and Then, Here and There" was not listed because you added it once you found it under "I", and once you add a title to your anime it's no longer displayed in that list.

JesuOtaku wrote:
(How do you make lists public?!)

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