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Many anime, manga, and especially light novel series have fairly lengthy titles. Frequently, they wind up picking up a portmanteau series nickname, with a syllable or two of each word in the series name. Sometimes, the producers explicitly encourage this, and refer to the series using the nickname in the Post-Episode Trailer.

Portmanteau words are the Japanese equivalent of acronyms. The Japanese language is syllabic — instead of single letters, Japanese is built from entire syllables; consonants (except "n") don't occur by themselves. So where a Western term would produce an acronym, the Japanese equivalent produces a pronounceable word. The Japanese use portmanteau terms in much the same way that English speakers use acronyms. Which is to say, frequently. More so recently thanks to the need to create short hashtags on Twitter, some of which have been officially endorsed by the author or publisher.

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Probably the most famous is Pocket Monsters becoming Pokémon. The longer name is official for both the games and the show in Japan, but couldn't be used in America because an early-90s toyline/comic/cartoon had secured the trademark on the name "Monster in My Pocket". This is actually slightly common; some of these are so ubiquitous that they get used as the official English titles.

See also Officially Shortened Title

Alphabetical order by official Japanese title, please.

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Examples:

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Anime & Manga

Card Games

Battle Spirits -> BatoSupi

Magic: The Gathering -> MajiGyaza note From the Japanese pronounciation of "Majikku za Gyazaringu". Duel Masters note Essentially a simplified version of Magic the Gathering. -> DueMa

Monster Collection -> MonColle note Hence the name of the anime series " Moncolle Knights ".

Pokémon Card Game -> PokéCard note Can also refer to the cards themselves.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game: Duel Monsters -> DueMon

Films — Animation

Ana to Yuki no Joou (a.k.a., "Anna and the Snow Queen", a.k.a., "Frozen") -> "AnaYuki"

Zootopia -> "Zutopi"

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Films — Live Action

The Ghostbusters franchise in Japan -> "GhosBus"

Literature

Live-Action TV

Pro Wrestling

Theatre

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Musicals -> "Sera Myu" ("Sera" is a shortened Japanese rendition of "Sailor (Moon)", while "Myu" stands for "musical")

Video Games

Video Game Platforms

Dreamcast -> "DriCas" note From "dricas.com", Sega's official web service for the console in Japan. , "DreCas", "DoriKyasu" or just "Dori" note From the DoriKore or "Dreamcast Collection" series of bargain-priced reprints. .

, "DreCas", "DoriKyasu" or just "Dori" . Family Computer (Nintendo Entertainment System) -> Famicom note Which is used more often than the official full name, even by Nintendo themselves (as seen in titles such as Famicom Tantei Club and Famicom Grand Prix, as well as the "Famicom Family" seal of quality introduced in 1988), to the point that they named their succeeding console the "Super Famicom" rather than the "Super Family Computer".

Game Boy -> "GeBo" Game Boy Color -> "GeBoKa" Game Boy Advance -> "GeBoAdo"

Nintendo GameCube -> "GeCu"

Game Gear -> "GeGi"

Mega Drive (Genesis) -> "MegaDora" or just "MeDo"

Neo Geo -> "NeGe" (pronounced like "Neji") The NeoGeo Pocket, and NeoGeo Pocket Color are both also known as "NeoPoke" for short.

Nintendo 64 -> "RokuYon" (from the Japanese pronunciation of 64) note That's "Six-Four" by the way. Sixty-four would be Rokujū-yon.

PlayStation -> "PureSute" note The succeeding consoles just use the same shortened form with the numeral added at the end.

Sega Saturn -> "SegaSata" or just "Sata" note From the SataKore or "Sega Saturn Collection" series of bargain-priced reprints.

Super Famicom (Super NES) -> "SuFami" note This nickname was used for the SuFami Turbo peripheral, a cartridge adapter by Bandai which allowed them to sell low-priced games in pocket-sized cartridges.

WonderSwan -> "WonSwa"

Visual Novels

Western Animation

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