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Working Title: Foreign Language Title: From YKTTW

Vampire Buddha: I'll add the songs later.

Micah: Which Oedipus Rex is being referred to? The original Sophocles play, when in Greek, is titled Oidipous Tyrannos or some similar transliteration, and the Stravinsky opera Oedipus Rex is actually in Latin.

Twelfth: Oedipus Rex really doesn't belong here, since the original title would have been in ancient greek (if it had a title at all). The title I think is tacked on by later generations; particularly attested to by the fact that it is (as noted) in Latin.

CodeMan38: Would I My Me Strawberry Eggs count? The title consists of English words— but the title screen in the Japanese opening has the words written solely in Japanese kana.

Vampire Buddha: I'd say it does. The words are English, which is a foreign language in Japan. The writing system is irrelevant.

bluepenguin: Do "Tenisu no Boifurendo" and "Parlez-vous Freezepop" really count? The description specifies a "name in a language different to that in which the work itself is written," and those songs actually are in Japanese and French, respectively (though the band is American).

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