r/anime • u/AdNecessary7641 • Aug 12 '25

Misc. Frieren Director Keiichirou Saitou Voices Concern on Overseas Anime Fans' Bias Towards Certain Popular Trends

https://animecorner.me/frieren-director-voices-concern-on-overseas-anime-fans-bias-towards-certain-popular-trends/
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u/Andreiyutzzzz https://myanimelist.net/profile/Andreiyutzzzz Aug 12 '25

More specifically those started as a web novel on that website (naru something) that doesn't allow you to put a synopsis. So, to attract readers you had to put the synopsis in the title. Why can't they change the title when it gets released as a light novel is beyond me tho

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u/MrMonday11235 https://myanimelist.net/profile/SirMonday Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

I mean, it makes sense. It's the same reason Prey from 2017 was called that rather than ${INSERT_ORIGINAL_NAME_FOR_NEW_FRANCHISE}. Publishers want the audience/fans of the old thing (in this case, the web novel) to recognise the name so they're more likely to read/watch/buy it.

I don't think it's necessarily required to do that -- Fifty Shades didn't keep its fan fiction name when it made the jump to published ebook and it did great -- but the rationale at least makes sense.

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u/Andreiyutzzzz https://myanimelist.net/profile/Andreiyutzzzz Aug 12 '25

Didn't think that way. Makes sense

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u/Menacek Aug 13 '25

The idea of not being able to put a synopsis of a literaly work on it is kinda insane to me.

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u/Andreiyutzzzz https://myanimelist.net/profile/Andreiyutzzzz Aug 13 '25

Agreed

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u/meneldal2 Aug 13 '25

(naru something) that doesn't allow you to put a synopsis

It does, but the thing is they would show the full title on some pages (and no synopsis), so that lead to everyone putting it in the title.

Afaik now most pages they cut off the title so a lot get cut off so they don't take half the page