Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-1251315-20160407135539/@comment-1251315-20160409183250

Seelentau wrote: But VIZ isn't the one-above-all. They release the anime for the American market, nothing else. That doesn't make their translations more correct. Do you want correct titles or "official" titles? Official overrides anything else. If the mangaka were to name every single chapter in English, we would use them regardless of "fan translations". The same applies to anime episodes. Need I remind you that it's not just Viz who market the series, but Crunchyroll is co-owned by TV-Tokyo (interestingly, the official Japanese station to transmit the series) and Crunchyroll provides the anime to a large number of countries that would otherwise not get broadcasting rights.

It's thanks to that partnership and Crunchyroll that I can legally watch the anime when it releases 30-60 minutes after the transmission in Japan. Otherwise, I would be 100% reliant on a DVD for the anime and would be currently miles behind everyone else, just like a lot of people would be in the world. When an official source exists, we use it, regardless of what the wiki thinks about it. You did this with the databook arc titles, why are you suddenly so interested in not following official material when it comes to the anime?

It's in the policy that we use official titles. Being "more correct" does not overrule "official titles". Fan translations, for that matter, don't overrule "official titles" either.

Also, Viz do not release for "just the American market". They distribute to a large number of markets, including the UK, Ireland, South Africa, India and the Philippines. Hell they even have a "European" subdivision which licenses their material in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. If you really think all of these countries are using a bogus translation, go and write to Viz Media's office and complain about their translations.