Talk:Symphogear

Inaccurate Translation

The main page lists the title as "lit. Superb Song of the Valkyries: Symphogear". I can't see where "Valkyrie" comes from in the title. It breaks up into 戦姫 絶唱 シンフォギア, Romanised as "Senki Zessho Symphogear". 戦記 is "Senki", which is better translated as "war chronicle" or "legend" (see Record of Lodoss War for one example); Symphogear makes a basically untranslatable pun replacing 記 with 姫, the latter being the kanji for "princess" read differently. While I can understand the reason it might be used, "Valkyrie" is definitely not a literal translation; it appears to be an embellishment made by fan groups. The official release makes no effort to translate the title, but "war record" or "war princess" with a translation note would be the better literal translation.

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Stating that Ryoko Sakurai is an antagonist is a major plot spoiler! PedroLamarao (talk) 03:55, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Should I write that "the good news" is in fact a live event according to the final episode's preview?? Robin688 (talk) 07:18, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Symphogear, as music-laden anime, have plenty of albums. Shall we include it inside this article? Robin688 (talk) 08:01, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

"Her first name is foreign, so it does not have a meaning" err...Chris is derived from the ancient Greek Christós, meaning anointed. Arcdash (talk) 23:06, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Symphogear and Magical Girl?

Does it fit into Magical Girl genre? --(B)～（ー．ー）～(Z) (talk) 11:55, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

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Possible AI generated text

Hi - I have tagged this as likely AI generated, based on various indications in the text. Specifically, the diffs I have in mind are Special:Diff/1303552737 and Special:Diff/1303548650.

Based on the "massive collection of corrections" that was already made to this text per the edit history, any remaining text needs similarly extensive review for accuracy, source-to-text integrity, and the like. Gnomingstuff (talk) 17:49, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

I can only speak for my edit Special:Diff/1303548650, but I find it baffling that it was considered AI-generated. Going through WP:AISIGNS, it seems that section 1.7 might apply to the last sentence of the Critical Response section if you ignored the fact that the "vaguely positive assessment" was a concise, specific improvement (in this case, animation quality, which is what the SakugaBlog specializes in analyzing) noted by a single critic.

I can see how 1.2 casts suspicion on my edit for directly mentioning someone (Ryan Thomson of SakugaBlog...) and 2.4 comes at it from the other side by saying non-specific mentions (...received generally positive reviews from critics) might also be AI-generated. Specific mentions and non-specific mentions are literally the only two kind of mentions I could make; if both are signs of AI, then I'm starting to see how I might be a drop in the absurd sea of false positives out there.

Also, in the vast majority of the sections it edited and in its edit size, the "massive collection of corrections" made no revisions to existing material and added plot details instead. In the significant mistakes that it did correct, I found one to be incontrovertible (that Serena was Maria's older sister instead of younger, though the original mistake is less of an AI hallucination and more of an aftereffect of Serena's presence in the original show being limited to a handful of childhood flashbacks), another to be a lack of context (describing Serena in terms of the mobile game alternate timeline first instead of the anime's original timeline), and the last to be fairly difficult to pin down (the usage of "Superb Song" over "Swan Song" as a translation for 絶唱; the North American Blu-Ray release and much of the English-speaking fandom uses "Swan", but the official Japanese website uses "Superb").

I can only conclude that using the word "highlighted" is now a proscribed act on certain pedantic corners of the internet. I wish that neither you nor I needed to write these messages but I guess this is the state of the world now. Kamako (talk) 05:05, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

I have removed the tag after adding sources for any contentious material that could not be gleaned from the show itself, as well as minor accuracy corrections. Kamako (talk) 00:42, 24 December 2025 (UTC)