It used to be common for foreign TV shows and movies to get localized titles, and dammit, I think that those titles had a lot of charm. So I’m bringing them back myself!

Some of these are “full” titles, some of these are more meant to be subtitles that come after the original title; some of these are more literal translations while others are more evocative and often groansome localizations; some of these are popular anime, some are less popular. Regardless, I hope I have at least achieved the aesthetic of an eyeroll-worthy second-hand video cassette box from Norway in the 1990s.

How many of these my favorite concoctions can you recognize? Maybe you can see a familiar name here or there, maybe a cognate, maybe that’s not enough and you need to ask me to provide a translation/explanation/cognates. It’ll be interesting to see how it goes.

So without further ado, break a leg:

• Av to planeter og ett hjerte
• Bestilte du en hare?
• Celler i arbeid!
• Drømmer ninjajenter om ninjamenn?
• En brud i fem deler
• Fandens nabojente
• Forlovet til den ukjente
• Hverdagsliv
• Kjærlighet, direktesendt!
• Kjærlighet, fjortis-syndrom og andre vrangforestillinger
• Komis kommunikasjonsvansker
• Min haleløs mester
• Min “lutesøster” Umaru
• MoRo-byrået
• Pupper eller ei, kan jeg slå deg!
• På lørdagsgodt og søndagsvondt
• Retts-Saks-Papir
• Senko med reverompa
• Solskinn-skisse
• Spøkelsesfortellinger
• Stridsvogner kjørt i skjørt
• Søtt uansett, eller, “Jeg elsker deg til månen og tilbake!”

I guess I’ll reveal all the correct answers at the end of the day if they haven’t all been guessed by then…

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