

The languages used in displaying anime credits varies from series to series.
The second season of [Big
Windup](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrrh84y760v9po595DAfcZqNeutpZiA3G)
brought my thoughts on this issue to a head. It is Japanese dub with English
sub. The credits during the opening are in Japanese, while the credits in the
ending are fully in English. From my experience, this is rare. Subs tend to
credit in either the subbed language or Japanese plus other languages.

The latter appears to be the most common choice, at least nowadays. In this
case credits tend to be given in the language of the person or company being
credited. Japanese nationals will be credited in Japanese, Korean folks in
Korean, Filipinos (and other countries using Latin alphabet) in English, etc.
I'm not sure about Chinese folks, because I haven't learned to tell the
difference between Chinese, and Japanese with a lot of kanji. If a Thai
graphics studio worked on the CGI, their credits might well be given in Thai.
Anyway, frequently one sees multiple languages on one page of credits.

Is there a style for giving credits that is developing over time, or are they
portrayed however the individual studio (or licensee) feels at the time?


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language consistency in anime credits


My opinion is that from what country the studio originates from has that
language, and let us say a Japinese movie is going to be dubbed. Well, they
aren't going to redo everything or it wouldn't be the same... So they change
the voices and the ending maybe because of the intro. If it stays in the
Japanese language, maybe it shows where it originates and they add the
subtitles so some viewers know what the song is saying.


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