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[–] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, there were lots of anime which did have official English names. Hell, I call it Kiki's Delivery Service too. But there were equally many anime which did not have an English name. Particularly the seasonal alring anime which either never got an official release outside of Japan, or only got one long after the airing in Japan had ended.

[–] Jmdatcs@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So "there were lots of anime which did have official English names," so you didn't "come from an era before widespread official anime translations."

Therefore, bullshit.

[–] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just because some shows did have official translations and English names it does not mean that there weren't tons and tons of shows which didn't have any English name.

[–] Jmdatcs@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Oh so now it's just some instead of lots.

And you're in a paradigm, because you were into all those deep cuts without a translated name. We've probably never heard of them right?

[–] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

Well, some can be lots because the volume is so large. At any rate, it wasn't anywhere close to the majority. The bulk of anime did not have a translated name. Look at the old list of releases of almost any fansub group and you'll be hard pressed to find titles other than the original Japanese one.