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MAL lists it as one word so it's not just a kerning issue. Is the anime translated?
Yes, the anime was translated with subtitles, though it never got a dub. It's available (legally, and subbed) on a few streaming services like Crunchyroll—which actually appears to list the title as one word as well.
I'm pretty sure 90% of the fandom thinks it's written "Pandora Hearts" because of the ambiguous spacing of the manga logo and the fact that, confusingly, the anime logo looks pretty unambiguously like two separate words.
EDIT: Does MAL write it as one word? I'm looking at their page for it right now, and I'm thoroughly confused. The main title of the page is "Pandora Hearts." On the side it lists the English manga title as "Pandora Hearts," but the Japanese manga title is listed without the space. Not to mention there's an ad on the page for buying the (English) manga, and on said ad, the title is written without the space. Odd...
Edited by CyokieRevott
^ I think there may be some translation confusion here. It's important to note that the Japanese language rarely spaces words outside a few exceptions, so it could be a mistranslation of sorts that failed to take into account of that, so it's possible the no-space name became the official localized one.
^^ I see what you mean, but I believe I've heard official translations into languages other than English also keep the title as one word. That being said, this could be wide-scale translation confusion, but it seems like one word might be the way to go.
^ I will submit a custom title without the space if nobody has any objections.
Edited by CyokieRevott
Yep, yet another PandoraHearts-related query.
So, this is a bit of a weird situation. Most people write the title of the manga as "Pandora Hearts," with a space in the middle, and almost every source you can find on the internet will refer to it with that space as well.
However...I own the officially-translated English manga volumes and light novels, and on those it's actually written as one word, with no space. (See the title of the query.) This is consistent in officially-translated English material, so I know it's not a typo.
Weird and counterintuitive? Definitely. But if it's official, should it be written as one word on the page?
Edited by CyokieRevott