In your opinion, what is the best English localization of an anime name?
In your opinion, what is the best English localization of an anime name?
I'm half joking that Jujutsu Kaisen should be called Sorcery Fight
And Kimetsu no Yaiba is Demon Slayer. It literally is translated to something like "Blade of Demonic Destruction", though using that would make it sound like a donghua title (Mo Sha Zhi Ren, MSZR).
Hard to top Mother Knows Breast.
"Yuuki Bakuhatsu Baan Breibaan" would translate to something like "Let Your Courage Explode, Bang Bravern". I really like "Bang Brave Bang Bravern!" , but for some reason it also goes by "Brave Bang Bravern!" which I don't like as much.
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" is a straightforward but great way to translate "JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken".
I don't care quite as much for "Boku dake ga Inai Machi", which would translate to "The town where only I am gone" and was instead localized to "Erased". It removes the emphasis on the struggles the main character had as a child.
"Delicious in Dungeon" is a travesty of a title. Based on the fact that that title is even on the cover of the original Japanese version of the manga I wonder if the mangaka came up with it themselves without consulting any native English speakers.
Delicious in Dungeon is intended to be shortened to "D in D" which is meant to sound like D&D or Dungeons and Dragons.
Yeah "Delicious in Dungeon" makes no sense in the same way "Attack on Titan" makes little sense. HOWEVER.
That narrator going "Mmmmh, Delicious in Dungeon! Ooooohh, delicious in dungeon!" at least once per episode is just absolute perfection and I wouldn't have it any other way.
ダンダダン being localized, in fact, as DanDaDan
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
https://anilist.co/anime/4382/Suzumiya-Haruhi-no-Yuuutsu-2009/
If we are judging by just the localization, then I feel like Darling in the Franxx did a good job. Gurren Lagann was not bad. I find that localization of some of the sci-fi animes does better job compared to other genres.