Dear Japan, It’s Time We Finally Talk About Your Ridiculously Long Anime Titles
Anime names have gotten longer, thanks to the Isekai genre. Here's why shows like Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World opt for longer titles.
It was the early ’90s when anime became popular in the West. Titles like Pokémon,Sailor Moon, andDragon Ball Ztook hold of the attention of children and adults alike, taking anime outside the borders of Japan and creating a global phenomenon. Thanks to this new, expanded audience, the 2000s brought even more popular series such as Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Death Note. However, something shifted in the 2010s. The short, unassuming names of these anime series started to become significantly longer and more descriptive, such as That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World.
