Translation software does a doozy of a number on
names and titles. You're not going to find
something that way. But if you can get the
Japanese title, all you have to do is feed it
into the search engine and you have your own link.
How to find the title? Go to the Japanese side of
Taro's site (don't log in or it will send you
back to the English side). Find cels from the
show, then take the name from there. This can be
done with several other Japanese sites that list
both the Japanese and English names of the show.
(Anime Iland, Collection Mall, Bonbee, etc.) Taro
just has the most extensive list.
If Taro doesn't have it listed, then the best way
is to look at the title on a DVD, video, fansub,
CD cover, whathave you. Find one auction for the
show and find those characters in the auction.
(Chances are best, it's there somewhere.)
Once you do fine the name, cut and paste it into
a document you can save somewhere. I have the
titles of all the shows I like saved off into an
e-mail I keep in my "Drafts" folder. Then you can
cut and paste it into the search engine whenever
you want. ^_^ If you put in the title of the
show, then a space, and the Japanese for "cel",
it will hunt auctions containing the title and
the word "cel" - thus you can narrow down your
search without eliminating auctions that might be
cels, but not listed in the "cel" catagory. (Most
deputy links hunt ONLY inside the "cel" catagory.)
("Wait! I can't even find one auction!")
Need to find an auction involving the show? This
is tougher. . . First, you can try feeding in the
English and see if you get anything. Otherwise
you need to know what the name of the show looks
like in Japanese. Assuming you can't enter
Japanese text into your computer, go through some
of the pages of Yahoo Japan and find a number of
the characters from the title (all in a row).
This is easiest if there's a short stretch of
kana in the title somewhere. Cut and paste the
characters into the search engine and weed
through what you get. You may pull up hundreds of
auctions, but somewhere in there is probably at
least one auction for the show you're hunting. (I
successfully found a show title this way using
only *two* of the characters from the title.)
Yes, actually I DO think about this too much. ^_~
If you want help, or if you can't actually see
and/or cut and paste Japanese text. . . (*points
to address above*) I might be able to make a link
for you. ^_^
Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac
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