Manga · Elektrine

@Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2026-04-26 16:51

Show is called trigun Look inside Protagonist does not have three guns

@Haquer@lemmy.today 2026-04-26 22:25

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@rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2026-04-26 19:55

Keeping original posters' credit intact is cool. ![The tweet OP posted, but with the poster's username intact instead of cropped out. Username: chockem smirk @beanytuesday. Date: 7/4/22. Tweet text: I love that every current manga series has a title like "Now Just Hold On A Minute... Is It Inappropriate For Me To Be Dating Two Stepsister Slime Girls At The Exact Same Time!??? while every manga in the 90s was just called something like "Blood Joe"](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/30221dde-06e9-4ac6-af28-32df11305663.jpeg)

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@QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 2026-04-26 20:51

I would read the ***HELL*** out of Blood Joe!!!

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@exist@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-26 18:55

There is now so much manga and light novel titles that I kinda understand why they do this. It is hard to decide what to even click on, and if I can't even tell what genre it is from the title or cover picture, I'm less likely to check it out

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@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2026-04-26 16:55

Read somewhere that's because the mangas in the store just show the title at the front. By putting the whole story premise into the title prospective buyers can see at a glance what the book is about without picking it up. Give it a little time and books will be intriguing again with a mysterious short title.

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@Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2026-04-27 02:42

> They did just do a uh reboot? I am far from the world's biggest trigun fan, but after an extremely brief search they completely changed the only part of trigun I liked, the intro. Did I research this wrong or is that what they did?

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@FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2026-04-26 19:21

I couldn't watch the reboot. I have too much love for the original that I couldn't make it through more than 4 episodes

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@lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2026-04-27 09:51

Trying to be unique in a largely crowded endeavor like Japanese manga is a very difficult game. Like choosing names for one's creations. So some authors have to resort to using bewildering longer titles if only to stand out, and it gets weirder in very prolific manga subgenres such as a harem romcom. I faintly remember about Japanese creatives trying to find naming inspirations from practically *anywhere* -- a favorite movie, actor, athlete, an odd quote, a phrase in French or Italian (there is heavy use of "atelier"), etc. -- for which to name their next work, not just manga but Japanese product names and trademarks in general; there is a girl's fashion brand over there which had taken a "Cecil McBee" as its trademark without the knowledge of the actual musician bearing that name (he was informed of it, got surprised, then tried unsuccessfully to sue in court).

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@Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2026-04-27 11:39

My favorite animes from the era remain: Samurai Pizza Cats City Hunter You’re Under Arrest!

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@Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2026-04-27 15:34

OP left out the Adjective Noun Fred naming convention that lasted from the late 70s through the late 90s Mobile Suit Gundam Irresponsible Captain Tylor Pretty (However they translated Senshi this time) Sailor Moon Samurai Pizza Cats Space Runaway Ideon Devil Hunter Yohko

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@TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 2026-04-27 16:30

I think that’s because they are Korean but I could be mistaken

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@ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 06:18

Where can I watch “Blood Joe Dating Two Slime Stepsisters At The Same Time”?

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@Sauvandu60@lemmy.ml 2026-04-28 10:13

Hey, give them some slack, they’ve got to stand out among the sea of mediocre titles.

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@m3t00@lemmy.world 2026-04-27 20:39

moore's manga law

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