Anime Titles (Patreon)

I've always found it interesting that Japanese anime titles tend to be more descriptive and straightforward than their English/American counterparts. For example, the title Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind gives you an idea that it'll be about a fictional character with somewhat mythical traits (Greek or Scandinavian maybe?) who is living in a valley where there is a lot of wind blowing. And you'll be exactly right. Similarly, Castle in the Sky is about, you guessed it, a castle in the sky.

Same goes for translations of Western anime films distributed in the Japanese market. Frozen has been renamed Anna and the Snow Queen here, which should enable you, once you're done with seeing the "Do You Want to Make a Snowman" scene, to safely assume that the story will focus on Anna and also her older sister, who will grow up to be a Snow Queen.

And can you guess what the Pixar film Up is called here? It is accurately called Grandpa Carl's Flying House...wow, it's such an honest giveaway maybe I just saved myself 96 minutes of my time by not actually seeing it! :-)