Submission Title Formatting

February 15, 2022

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Submissions must have a descriptive title that includes the anime, which OP or ED it is, the title of the song, and relevant tags.

Title Format

Anime Title (Season Year) - \{OP|ED}x Vy - "Song Title" [Tag1][Tag2]...

Title Components

Anime Title - Derived from the header of the anime's MAL page. We also permit the use of common synonyms, abbreviations and licensed titles with the use of the delimiter "/".

Season Year - The Season and Year of the anime's initial release.

  • This will correspond to the location of the title in the Year Index of the wiki.
  • In the general case, this value can be derived from the "Premiered" field of the anime's MAL page.
  • For Movies, OVAs, Specials, and shows that do not premiere at the beginning of the season, we will derive the premiere within the boundary of the Season's duration.

{OP|ED}x Vy - The sequence and variant number

  • Openings should be marked as OP.
  • Endings should be marked as ED.
  • If the number of sequences is not known, especially for new premieres, the numbering x is not required.
  • The variant number Vy is only required from the second version onward.
  • In the general case, we will follow the numbering of sequences on the anime's MAL page.

Song Title - The title of the music track

  • In the general case, we will follow the anime's MAL page for deriving Song Titles.
  • We recommend cross-referencing MAL with other resources such as Japanese Wikipedia and ANN's Encyclopedia to confirm the accuracy of Song Titles.
  • If the title cannot be derived, we will allow the submission to use an empty value for this field.
  • We permit the use of a parenthetical after the quoted Song Title to provide the original character set of the Song Title. This is useful in the absence of accepted translations on available resources.

Tags - Identifying characteristics of the video

  • The first tag must identify the sequence as an opening or ending with [OP] or [ED] respectively.
  • It is mandatory that the resolution of the video is tagged as [{frame height}].
  • Include as many tags as are applicable to the video.
TagDescription
[OP]Opening theme
[ED]Ending theme
[NC]No credits
[720]720p video
[1080]1080p video
[Subbed]Video includes subtitles of the dialogue
[Lyrics]Video includes English lyrics subtitles
[Uncen]The video is uncensored but was for the original broadcast or release
[Spoiler]The video contains spoilers. You may also include up to which episode is spoiled, e.g. [Ep. 6 spoilers]
[NSFW]The video contains risqué imagery and is not safe for work
[Trans]The video contains part of the episode which transitions into the OP or ED
[Over]The OP or ED song plays over the episode
[BD]The video is from a Blu-ray Disc source
[DVD]The video is from a DVD source
[VHS]The video is from a VHS source
[VN]The video is from a visual novel
[Game]The video is from a game

Note that this is not a comprehensive list of every possible tag.

Text Posts

Title Format

Anime Title (Season Year) \{OP|ED|OP/ED} Collection [Tag1][Tag2]...

Title Components

Anime Title (Season Year) - Refer to the Anime Title and Season Year components of the Link Posts section.

  • We permit a text post to contain multiple anime with the user of the delimiter "+". We ask that such posts are restricted to related properties, preferably those in the same series.

{OP|ED|OP/ED} Collection - Identifies the type of sequences in the collection.

  • Use OP if the post contains only openings.
  • Use ED if the post contains only endings.
  • Use OP/ED if the post contains both openings and ending.

Tags - Identifying characteristics of the video collection

  • The first tag(s) must identify the collection as containing openings or endings with [OP] and/or [ED] respectively.
  • It is mandatory that the resolutions of the videos in the collection are tagged as [{frame height}].
  • Include as many tags as are applicable to the collection.

Text Format

###[Anime Title](MAL Page Link)
**English Title & Synonyms**

Theme title|Links|Episodes|Notes
-|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:
OP ""|[Webm (Tag 1, Tag 2...)]()||
ED ""|[Webm (Tag 1, Tag 2...)]()||

Text Components

Anime Title - Derived from the header of the anime's MAL page.

MAL Page Link - Address of the anime's MAL page in the format https://myanimelist.net/anime/{id}/

English Title & Synonyms - Alternative Titles

  • In the general case, we will follow the Alternative Titles section of the anime's MAL page.
  • You may include other values such as the title used by the licensing/streaming service or common shortenings.

Theme title - The title of the music track. Refer to the Song Title component of the Link Posts section.

Links - Direct link to the video with identifying characteristics of the video. Please refer to the Tags component of the Link Posts section.

Episodes - Episode numbers for which the sequence is used.

  • If the sequence is used in every episode, a value does not need to be provided.

Notes - Additional information that does not fit anywhere else.

  • Spoilers and NSFW sequences are indicated here.

Examples

Basic Link Post Format

Golden Kamuy (Spring 2018) - OP - "Winding Road" [OP][720]
  • The title is "Golden Kamuy" and is matched by the anime's MAL page.
  • The anime premiered in the Spring Season of 2018.
  • The video is the opening sequence.
  • The song title is "Winding Road".
  • The video resolution is 720p.

Link Post Inclusion of Alternative Titles

Poputepipikku / Pop Team Epic (Winter 2018) - OP1 - "Twinkling star" [OP][NC][BD][1080]

The MAL header is "Poputepipikku" but the synonym "Pop Team Epic" is also widely used and may be useful in future searches.

Link Post Premiered Clarification

Hitori no Shita: The Outcast 2nd Season (Winter 2018) - OP - "Kizudarake no Bokura" [OP][720]

Aired in China in 2017, but the Japanese broadcast and simulcast began in the Winter season of 2018.

Link Post Unknown Song Title

Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori (Spring 2018) - ED2 - "" [ED][720][Subbed][Trans]

Song Title is not known or discoverable at the time of the original post.

Link Post Song Title Parenthetical

Toji no Miko (Winter 2018) - ED4 - "Chinkon no Yasokyoku" (鎮魂の夜想曲) [ED][720]

At the time of the original post, an accepted translation of the title did not exist.

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