Talk:C (TV series)

C vs. Control
According to whoever wrote the content of the QR codes in the ED, "Control" is simply what the "C" stands for. The show isn't subtitled "The Money of Soul and Possibility Control". The QR codes can be found here (the yellow one is what's being referenced): http://imgur.com/a/PlhC2 Japanese: English (a translation by me, mistrust it if you must): --128.54.205.195 (talk) 00:24, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
 * ひみつ豆知識：このドラマは企画段階のオリジナルタイトルを「CONTROL」といいました. しかし、同時期に放送される同様のタイトルを持つ他番組の存在が発覚したため、「CONTROL」から頭文字だけをとって「C」と名付けられました. 「C」には様々な意味が込められています. ミニマルで覚えやすく、そして意味深で、とても素敵な題名だとわたくしは思います. 本編のアニメーションは、竜の子プロダクションという会社の人たちがつくっています. いわゆるひとつのチャイルド・オブ・ドラゴンですね. かぁっこイイー！つまり最高にカッコいい人たちが絵を描いたり塗ったり撮影や演出や制作をしているわけですね. 超スゲーです. まじリスペクトです.
 * Here's a secret tidbit: when this drama was in its planning stages, the title was "Control". However, we found out that there would be another program broadcasting with a similar title around the same time, so we took the first letter of "Control" and named the show "C". "C" can have many different meanings attached to it. It's easy to remember since it's so short, and it carries a deep meaning, so I think it's a great title. This original animation is being done by the people at Tatsunoko Productions. That's like saying it's a "child of the dragon", isn't it! So cool! But I'd say the coolest people are the artists, painters, photographers, directors, and creators. Friggin' awesome. Respect, for real.

Title
Surely the title starts with 「C」 (i.e. 'C') and not [C]? 213.208.117.111 (talk) 10:29, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 鉤括弧 (Kagikakko) brackets are nonstandard for use in Western language. While the「C」would be proper, this is hardly something that should be a point of major contention. Jun Kayama 08:34, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Episode 7+8: Takako Mikuni not dead
The Japanese lines about 10 minutes into Episode 7 are as follows: 「その夜、貴子は意識を失った. 以来今日まで目を覚まさない」which translates to: ''That night, Takako lost consciousness. To this day she hasn't opened her eyes. The Japanese wording is very'' clear in stating she's in a coma. References to her being dead have been corrected. I am not familiar with English subs or foreign language dubbing, so if this is a mistake originating from those respects, this error is understandable. Episode 8 confirms she is still alive after Soichirou visits her in the hospital, where her vital signs are still being monitored in her coma. Jun Kayama 05:03, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Biography of Characters
I'm not entirely sure, but I'm pretty certain that no one will be able to understand the following sentence in (what's the girl/student teacher's name) bio:

"After Kimimaro recovers everyone's future she is assumed to be seen as a teacher but whether she was affected because of the collateral's the entre's strained to reality or her future was already lost."

Please reword? 69.125.204.187 (talk) 02:12, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. Jun Kayama 17:45, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

The Present v The Future - Argument against Debt?
The main theme of the anime is the clash between Kimimaro who believes in the importance of the future and Souichirou who believe that there will be no future unless the present is well. Throughout the anime, the invisible hand and other quotes from Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations were often repeated.

When I was watching the anime, I didn't realise this (I'm slow) - perhaps because the anime version of "missing future" actually meant actual people disappearing and those who does not disappear seems to be depressed and moody - but there is a real world presentation of "Sacrificing the future for the present" : Debt

"Saving is consumption deferred. Borrowing accelerates consumption, providing instant gratification. All debt borrows from tomorrow to pay for today" -Satyajit Das, Extreme Money page 308

I'm wondering whether the creator of the anime actually intended the anime to be a protest against the world's addiction to debt (which is strange because Japan is one of the world's few positive net saver). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whartanto (talk • contribs) 22:16, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

The name: [C], C, [C]: Control, C – Control, etc.
Is there a consensus on how we should refer to this title? If C for Control is how it’s known “internationally” as the lede says, I would think that’s how we should refer to it per WP:COMMONNAME. Also, we probably shouldn’t use the brackets per MOS:TM et al. Thoughts? —Frungi (talk) 19:16, 18 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Funimation has it stylized as [C] - Control but has also used C - Control  and C Control in navigating the website.  The subtitle The Money and Soul of Possibility is also on the product, but not pervasive on the videos themselves. They don't use C by itself. -AngusWOOF (talk) 19:45, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * So then, we should move the article and use some combination of “C” and “Control”, yeah? And how about the square brackets? I’ve removed them (from the solitary mention of the name) per MOS:TM just in case, but, you know, consensus. —Frungi (talk) 04:35, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I've added a a note to deal with the different titles. All official English release consistently removed the brackets, but while Funimation uses C - Control, MVM and Siren opt for C for Control. I would stick with just C as it includes all varations. What do you think, and ? Gabriel Yuji (talk) 22:50, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I'd stick with C for now as well. The brackets could be mentioned as in your footnote, but it doesn't need to expand on how Funimation is inconsistent between websites because of a dash instead of a colon or removed separator. AngusWOOF ( bark  •  sniff ) 20:29, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Request for Comments: link prefix for Wikimedia Commons
There is a cross-wiki discussion in progress as to whether  should be enabled globally as an interwiki prefix for links to the Wikimedia Commons. If the proposal gains consensus this will require the deletion or renaming of several pages on the English WIkipedia whose titles begin with "C:", including one or more redirects to this page. Please take a moment to participate in the discussion. There is also a related discussion on the English Wikipedia at Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 February 16 to which you are invited to contribute. Thank you. Thryduulf (talk) 15:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Currency C symbols
Have currency "C" symbols like ¢ (cent) ₡ (colón) or ₵ (Cedi) ever been used in conjunction with this anime in any media associated with it? Seems like something that might have cropped up. Ranze (talk) 02:35, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

and-of versus of-and plus Control at start or end
Noticed at http://myanimelist.net/anime/10163 that this is the primary title:
 * The Money of Soul and Possibility Control

and that this is listed as an alternate title:
 * CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility

There is no italics or bold, I added these to point to what I am discussing.

Firstly the placement of control affects the phrase. Whether 'control' stands on its own, or if it creates the phrase "possibility control".

Secondly, the placement of "of" and "and" seems critical to the meaning here.

In the first case, you can create a sum of 2 expressions: "Money of Soul" and "Money of Possibility Control".

In the second, it creates 2 different expressions: "The Money of Possibility" and "The Soul of Possibility".

I do not see the second covered on Wikipedia, any idea how notable it is for it to appear on MyAnimeList? Ranze (talk) 02:42, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * The first is how it was originally subtitled in Japan and the second is Funimation's adaptation. I've added a note to clarify on the different titles. What do you think about it, ? Gabriel Yuji (talk) 22:48, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks good. Wish I got the hang of notes. Ranze (talk) 05:47, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Episode list
I'm planning to make it a GA, so I've expanded its plot in a similar way to that of other GAs (namely Karas (anime) and New Cutie Honey). As the plot now includes all relevant information (at least I think so), the summaries of the episode list seem a bit out of use. Despite their different approaches on the episode list, both GAs I've mentioned removed the episode summaries. I'm planning to do the same here, but I would like other editors' opinion. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 22:54, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

What happened to the episode list? 75.174.72.126 (talk) 11:09, 2 May 2018 (UTC)