|
Narrative
|
Many Anime series have fairly lengthy titles. Frequently, they wind up picking up a Portmanteau Series Nickname, with a syllable or two of each word in the series name. Sometimes, the producers explicitly encourage this, and refer to the series using the nickname in the Post Episode Trailer.
Portmanteau words are the Japanese equivalent of acronyms. The Japanese language is syllabic — instead of single letters, Japanese is built from entire syllables; consonants (except "n") don't occur by themselves. So where a Western term would produce an acronym, the Japanese equivalent produces a pronounceable word. The Japanese use portmanteau terms in much the same way that English speakers use acronyms. Which is to say, frequently.
Probably the most famous is Pocket Monsters becoming Pokemon. The longer name is official for both the games and the show in Japan, but couldn't be used in America because an early-90s toyline/comic/cartoon had secured the trademark on the name "Monster In My Pocket". This is actually slightly common; some of these are so ubiquitous that they get used as the official English titles.
Alphabetical order by official Japanese title, please.
Examples:
|
This wiki is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
