Titling Questions - Vocaloid

[aceredshirt13]

Hello there! So there are a lot of manga adaptations of Vocaloid songs out there, and I noticed there's not really an easy way to search for them, since if you search "vocaloid" only a small percentage of the manga based on Vocaloid songs comes up. I eventually realized that was because people had put "VOCALOID - (song title)" in the alternate titles in order for it to come up in the search, and as such whenever I find a manga, doujinshi, etc. adapted from a Vocaloid song, I go ahead and do that so it'll come up if someone searches "VOCALOID". However, there are a few where I'm uncertain about whether the title would work. DECO*27 has some manga on here of both his album Love Calendar and the MILGRAM series, which consist of human-sung covers of songs best known because they began life as Vocaloid songs (Love Distance Long Affair, Anti Beat, etc.). Similarly, there are a number of manga in the wider Black Rock Shooter series on this site, and while Black Rock Shooter's popularity comes almost entirely from ryo's very popular 2008 Vocaloid song, the character technically originated as an OC illustration by huke. So, should the above things still get the VOCALOID addendum in the alternate title, due to the strong association with Vocaloid? Or would it not be worth putting them there?

 

[Bartolumiu]

Hello there! So there are a lot of manga adaptations of Vocaloid songs out there, and I noticed there's not really an easy way to search for them, since if you search "vocaloid" only a small percentage of the manga based on Vocaloid songs comes up. I eventually realized that was because people had put "VOCALOID - (song title)" in the alternate titles in order for it to come up in the search, and as such whenever I find a manga, doujinshi, etc. adapted from a Vocaloid song, I go ahead and do that so it'll come up if someone searches "VOCALOID". However, there are a few where I'm uncertain about whether the title would work. DECO*27 has some manga on here of both his album Love Calendar and the MILGRAM series, which consist of human-sung covers of songs best known because they began life as Vocaloid songs (Love Distance Long Affair, Anti Beat, etc.). Similarly, there are a number of manga in the wider Black Rock Shooter series on this site, and while Black Rock Shooter's popularity comes almost entirely from ryo's very popular 2008 Vocaloid song, the character technically originated as an OC illustration by huke. So, should the above things still get the VOCALOID addendum in the alternate title, due to the strong association with Vocaloid? Or would it not be worth putting them there?

As per our style guide, doujinshis must have the following title format:

[Franchise Name] - [Doujinshi Name] (Doujinshi)

Example: Arknights - Gentle Snowfall (Doujinshi)

Here's a link to the guide if you want: https://docs.google.com/document/d/...BlIh7lK5TtT6CMMKQ/edit#heading=h.cd1n4tshsypb

 

[aceredshirt13]

@Bartolumiu Thank you, that was helpful information I had not seen before! However, the Vocaloid manga I was referring to are officially licensed and published pieces, not doujinshi - the aforementioned Love Calendar being an example. So I was wondering if Love Calendar and the MILGRAM manga ought to have VOCALOID in one of their alternate titles, as many of the Vocaloid manga have in order for them to be easily searchable, even though they’re technically adaptations of human-sung covers of Vocaloid songs instead of Vocaloid songs themselves.

 

[Bartolumiu]

@Bartolumiu Thank you, that was helpful information I had not seen before! However, the Vocaloid manga I was referring to are officially licensed and published pieces, not doujinshi - the aforementioned Love Calendar being an example. So I was wondering if Love Calendar and the MILGRAM manga ought to have VOCALOID in one of their alternate titles, as many of the Vocaloid manga have in order for them to be easily searchable, even though they’re technically adaptations of human-sung covers of Vocaloid songs instead of Vocaloid songs themselves.

Then in that case, since it's not a doujinshi, I think you can just put it under an alt title (see The Fox's Wedding / Kitsune no Yomeiri as an example)

 

[IlaiaCorde]

@Bartolumiu Thank you, that was helpful information I had not seen before! However, the Vocaloid manga I was referring to are officially licensed and published pieces, not doujinshi - the aforementioned Love Calendar being an example. So I was wondering if Love Calendar and the MILGRAM manga ought to have VOCALOID in one of their alternate titles, as many of the Vocaloid manga have in order for them to be easily searchable, even though they’re technically adaptations of human-sung covers of Vocaloid songs instead of Vocaloid songs themselves.

Well if they are an official release, aren't they not allowed to be uploaded here?

 

[aceredshirt13]

Well if they are an official release, aren't they not allowed to be uploaded here?

Oh no, I mean that the manga themselves are officially licensed Vocaloid projects, not doujinshi. This is about the manga themselves, not the translations.

 

[aceredshirt13]

Then in that case, since it's not a doujinshi, I think you can just put it under an alt title (see The Fox's Wedding / Kitsune no Yomeiri as an example)

That’s what I’ve been doing for the others, yup - I was just worried abo it these since they aren’t directly based on Vocaloid versions of the songs and are based on things that have relationships with Vocaloid. But if it’s fine to give Love Calendar, the MILGRAM stuff, and the Black Rock Shooter stuff “Vocaloid” in their alt titles anyway, then I’ll do just that!