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==Article structure==
==Article structure==
The following are guidelines for editors and should be applied to all Anime or Manga related pages:
The [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Anime- and manga-related articles)]] contains guidelines for editors and should be applied to all anime or manga related articles.
#[[Wikipedia:MOSBIO|Biography-related Manual of Style]]
#[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)|Japan-related Manual of Style]].
#[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)|Writing about Fiction]]
#'''Always''' make redirects for alternate names and titles, especially if the title uses [[macron|mācrons]].

===Media===
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We recommend that editors keep in mind the guidelines suggested on [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Television|WikiProject Television]] or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Films|WikiProject Films]], as those seem to work well for episodic media, including manga.

====Article names and disambiguation====
Use official English titles for article names, and place the transliteration of the Japanese on the first line of the article, unless the native form is more commonly recognized by readers than the English form. ''See: [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Use English words|WP:NAME]]: [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television)|TV]] | [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (books)|Books]] | [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (films)|Films]]''.

In general, do not create separate articles for a different medium belonging to the same franchise, unless:
#They differ sharply in plot, characters, or in other major characteristics; or
#The article becomes too large.
If several articles share the same title, use the [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Page naming conventions|Wikipedia page naming conventions]]:
*Anime article - ''title (anime)''
*Manga article - ''title (manga)''
*Game article - ''title (game)''
*[[Visual novel]] article - ''title (visual novel)''
*Live action/[[Japanese television drama|drama]]/[[tokusatsu]] - ''title (TV series)''
*Musical article - ''title (musical)''

For further disambiguation between anime television series, OVAs and movies the subject or context to which the topic applies should be used, for example:
*[[Oh My Goddess! (manga)]]
*[[Oh My Goddess! (OVA)]]
*[[Ah! My Goddess (TV series)]]

The preceding guidelines should address most instances relating to [[WP:Disambig|disambiguation]], but please consult the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga|Project talk page]] if you have remaining questions.

====Content====
#Articles should be self-contained, only referring to subpages for additional information or details if the main article or a section becomes too long. Follow guidelines at [[Wikipedia:Summary style]] when creating subarticles.
#Article introductions should be primarily about the ''first'' format of a work and not about the most ''popular'' format of that work. For example: "''[[Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]'' is a manga series, that was later adapted into an anime series", '''NOT''' "''Bleach'' is an anime series, based on a manga of the same name." In cases where title disambiguation is necessary, a similar guideline should be followed.
#Please follow [[WP:SPOILER|Wikipedia guidelines]] when including spoilers.
#When adding categories to an article, use one or more of the subcategories from [[:Category:Anime and manga by genre]]. Try to pick the most accurate categories, and avoid redundant genres. (For example, action is a subcategory of drama, so it is not necessary to include drama as a genre.) Ideally, there should only be two or three genres for each article.

====Sections====
Although this Project's scope is wide, most of our articles focus on individual anime and manga titles, and these guidelines reflect that focus. All material in an article should be [[WP:V|verifiable]] and (usually) [[WP:CITE|cited]] (preferably to [[WP:RS|reliable, secondary sources]]). Article structure should be flexible and responsive to unique or exceptional aspects of individual subjects, but the following guidelines should suffice in most cases.
#'''Lead''': This should ideally be able to stand on its own as an article, providing a brief summary of the topic and touching on all the main points of the whole article. At the very least, this should describe the anime or manga, its premise and plot, its author or director, and the English language licensers (if any). Avoid needless spoilers and trivia, and keep the recommendations of [[Wikipedia:Lead section]] in mind.
#'''Infobox''': Although this is not a section, the [[{{ARTICLESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}#Infobox_animanga|project infobox]] is a useful and attractive addition to an article. Flag icons are often used inside the infobox to help distinguish between companies in different countries, and they can be invoked by by using the template {{tlp|flagicon|CountryName}}.
#'''Plot''': This should comprise a succinct description of the plot and major subplots, but please avoid excessive details of twists and turns in the story. Differences between the original versions and adaptations (whether Japanese or international) often fall within the scope of this section, usually warranting at most a distinct subsection.
#'''Characters''': This describes the characters in modest detail, including voice actor credits (if applicable, see <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:anime voices|anime voices]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>). There is no need to create a separate voice actor section.
#*Character sections should not be divided into numerous sub-sections, as this makes the table of contents unnecessarily long.
#*Minor characters may be included here, but article length should be considered.
#*If the majority of characters descriptions consist of one or two sentences, a bullet list is most appropriate; but if the majority of characters descriptions consist of one or more paragraphs, then a definition list is preferred.
#*If the character section grows long, please reconsider the amount of detail or number of characters included. Beyond that, a separate page, named ''List of characters in (series)'', may be appropriate.
#*Separate articles for each character should be avoided unless there is enough [[WP:V|verifiable]], [[WP:NOR|citable]] material to warrant a separate article.
#*Regarding names:
#**Characters should be identified by their most commonly known name, as per Wikipedia's [[WP:NC(CN)|naming conventions]]. This may not necessarily be the same as the official name(s).
#**Character names should be given in western order and, in the case of a dictionary list, in [[WP:MOSBOLD#Boldface|boldface]].
#'''Production''': This is a difficult section to define, and can, if appropriate, generate several sub-sections and even whole sections. Topics that can reasonably be included are: the origins or inspirations of the subject; homages to other works or artists; notable production staff (typically: directors, leading voice actors, and sometimes producers or other personnel); music; issues arising from the transition from one medium to another (e.g.: manga to anime, anime to film, etc.) or from one language to another (such as alterations to storylines, international voice actors, air dates or dates of publication). Although this is an amorphous section, [[Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles|avoid making it a list of trivia]]. If tidbits of information cannot be cited or worked into a coherent discussion of the subject, reconsider including them.
#'''Reception''': This should concisely describe the opinions expressed about the the subject by reviewers, critics, academics, and (if reliable, secondary sources exist) fan communities. Varying opinions, criticism kind and harsh, and controversies should be presented in a [[WP:NPOV|neutral tone]]. Although difficult to acquire, criticism and reactions from non-English sources (especially original Japanese responses!) are strongly desired.
#'''Media information''': This can include [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Television/Episode_lists|lists of episodes]], manga volumes, soundtracks, etc., and should be placed towards the end of the article. If these lists take up a large amount of space, consider moving them to a separate page titled ''List of (series) media''.
#'''References''': Although there are several ways to cite sources in the text, combining inline citations with a dedicated section at the end of the article will help with readability and organization. In rare cases it might be advisable to include a "See also" or "Further reading."
#'''External links''': This section should be placed at the foot of the article and should contain links to the official sites relating directly to the subject (both the Japanese- and English-language official sites are acceptable). Other notable and useful sites may be added, but please follow [[Wikipedia:External Links]].

===People===
For articles on directors, [[mangaka]], [[seiyū]] (voice actors), etc., follow [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography]]. Regarding the subject's name, use the English form used by the subject personally (e.g. [[Yoshitoshi ABe]], not Abe Yoshitoshi), or if that is unknown, the form most commonly used in English. See also [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)#Person names]] and [[Japanese name#Japanese names in English]]. Include as much as possible of the following:

*Name in Kanji and literal transliteration if different from the usual English name,
*Years of birth and death (if applicable),
*Notable works, and
*Styles, inspirations, students, and subsequent influence.

===Companies and organizations===
See [[Wikipedia:Companies, corporations and economic information]] for basic guidelines. Include years of founding and dissolution (if applicable)
and notable works attributable to the organization. (In practice, notable works is often given as a comprehensive list.) Add [[:Category:Anime companies]] and/or [[:Category:Animation studios]] as appropriate.

===Conventions===
The standard [[Wikipedia:Infobox|infobox]] for articles related to [[anime convention]]s is '''{{tl|Infobox Anime convention}}'''. It provides a brief set of statistics related to the convention. For usage details, including detailed information on the numerous optional parameters, refer to [[Template:Infobox Anime convention]] template. If you have any questions or problems with this infobox, you can discuss them on the template's [[Template talk:Infobox Anime convention|talk page]].


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Welcome to WikiProject Anime and manga, a WikiProject that aims to improve anime and manga related articles by normalizing the standards for, and expanding Wikipedia's coverage of, such articles.

Scope

WikiProject Anime and manga's scope includes all media, persons, organizations and fandom substantially related to such franchises. This includes international subjects necessary for comprehensive coverage of the core topics.

Although its scope is broad, this project maintains an essential focus on media meant primarily for consumption in Japan. Animated or printed works produced for consumption outside of Japan that nevertheless draw on Japanese media in terms of content or form (such as Chinese animation, Korean animation, manhua, Megatokyo, and Peach Fuzz) regrettably do not fall under our scope. Nor do media, particularly video games, in which anime or manga characters make incidental or out-of-context appearances.

Related WikiProjects

WikiProject mascot: Wikipe-tan
Parent WikiProjects
Descendant WikiProjects
Similar WikiProjects


Work groups

See the talk page for information and help on work groups and how to start one.

Participants

A list of participants can be found at Category:WikiProject Anime and manga participants.

Technically speaking, anyone who edits / contributes to anime and manga related articles is a participant, and there are no requirements other than that. If one wishes they can further identify themselves with the project by listing their name as a participant. This helps spread the word about the project and can help other editors see what types of articles that user is interested in editing.

To add yourself to the project listing add the following to your user page:

[[Category:WikiProject Anime and manga participants|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]

Or, if you wish to use the userbox, add {{User WP Anime}} to your user page instead as it includes the above wikicode.

Awards

The Anime and manga BarnSakura is awarded to users who have made particularly fine contributions to anime- and manga-related articles, and/or to WikiProject Anime and manga.

To award the BarnSakura, use the following code:

==YOUR TOPIC HERE==
[[Image:BarnSakura.png|100px|thumb|YOUR TEXT HERE]]

For example:

==BarnSakura for excellent edits==
[[Image:BarnSakura.png|100px|thumb|I hereby award you the Anime and Manga BarnSakura for your excellent edits in Naruto-related articles. --~~~~]]

Alternatively, you can use the {{award2}} template:

{{award2 | image = BarnSakura.png | topic = BarnSakura for excellent edits | text = I hereby award you the Anime and Manga BarnSakura for your excellent edits in Naruto-related articles. --~~~~ }}

Recognized articles

Featured Articles

The following articles reached Featured Article status and should be used as references for work on other articles in order to bring them up to FA level.

Featured Lists

Good articles

The following articles reached Good Article status and should be used as references for work on other articles in order to bring them up to GA level. A-Class articles are more complete than the minimum required for GA, and a comprehensive Good Article may be considered equal to A-Class.

Visual novel articles

The following visual novel articles have certain sections that overlap in our project's scope.

Good articles

Articles that require attention

WikiProject
Anime and manga
v · t · e · rc
Main project page  talk
talk
Guidance
Manual of Style talk
Online sources talk
Reference libraries
 → Books talk
 → Documentaries talk
 → Magazines talk
 → Manga magazines talk
Templates talk
Articles
Departments
  Assessment talk
 → Changelog
 Cleanup talk
 → Category
 → Cleanup listing
  Deletions archive · talk
  Requests archive · talk
Topic workshop talk
   Yellow pages talk
Task forces
Biography talk
Bleach talk
Conventions talk
Digimon talk
Dragon Ball talk
Evangelion talk
Gundam talk
Haruhi Suzumiya talk
Hentai talk
Light novels Joint TF! talk
Sailor Moon talk
Studio Ghibli Joint TF! talk
Visual novels Joint TF! talk
Yu-Gi-Oh! talk
Related projects
Parent
 → WikiProject Japan
Related
 → WikiProject Animation
 → WikiProject Comics
 → WikiProject Film
 → WikiProject Television
 → WikiProject Video games
  → WikiProject Pokémon
  → WikiProject Square Enix
Other
Wikipe-tan talk
Newsletter archive
Character articles
Shortcut

Welcome to WikiProject Anime and manga, a WikiProject that aims to improve anime and manga related articles by normalizing the standards for, and expanding Wikipedia's coverage of, such articles.

Scope

WikiProject Anime and manga's scope includes all media, persons, organizations and fandom substantially related to such franchises. This includes international subjects necessary for comprehensive coverage of the core topics.

Although its scope is broad, this project maintains an essential focus on media meant primarily for consumption in Japan. Animated or printed works produced for consumption outside of Japan that nevertheless draw on Japanese media in terms of content or form (such as Chinese animation, Korean animation, manhua, Megatokyo, and Peach Fuzz) regrettably do not fall under our scope. Nor do media, particularly video games, in which anime or manga characters make incidental or out-of-context appearances.

Related WikiProjects

WikiProject mascot: Wikipe-tan
Parent WikiProjects
Descendant WikiProjects
Similar WikiProjects


Work groups

See the talk page for information and help on work groups and how to start one.

Participants

A list of participants can be found at Category:WikiProject Anime and manga participants.

Technically speaking, anyone who edits / contributes to anime and manga related articles is a participant, and there are no requirements other than that. If one wishes they can further identify themselves with the project by listing their name as a participant. This helps spread the word about the project and can help other editors see what types of articles that user is interested in editing.

To add yourself to the project listing add the following to your user page:

[[Category:WikiProject Anime and manga participants|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]

Or, if you wish to use the userbox, add {{User WP Anime}} to your user page instead as it includes the above wikicode.

Awards

The Anime and manga BarnSakura is awarded to users who have made particularly fine contributions to anime- and manga-related articles, and/or to WikiProject Anime and manga.

To award the BarnSakura, use the following code:

==YOUR TOPIC HERE==
[[Image:BarnSakura.png|100px|thumb|YOUR TEXT HERE]]

For example:

==BarnSakura for excellent edits==
[[Image:BarnSakura.png|100px|thumb|I hereby award you the Anime and Manga BarnSakura for your excellent edits in Naruto-related articles. --~~~~]]

Alternatively, you can use the {{award2}} template:

{{award2 | image = BarnSakura.png | topic = BarnSakura for excellent edits | text = I hereby award you the Anime and Manga BarnSakura for your excellent edits in Naruto-related articles. --~~~~ }}

Recognized articles

Featured Articles

The following articles reached Featured Article status and should be used as references for work on other articles in order to bring them up to FA level.

Featured Lists

Good articles

The following articles reached Good Article status and should be used as references for work on other articles in order to bring them up to GA level. A-Class articles are more complete than the minimum required for GA, and a comprehensive Good Article may be considered equal to A-Class.

Visual novel articles

The following visual novel articles have certain sections that overlap in our project's scope.

Good articles

Articles that require attention

Template loop detected: Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Former FA FAC

Former GA

These have been listed as good articles and delisted later, either because of new criterions or loss of quality. Please help restore their status.

Stubs

For stubs about anime and manga, use {{anime-stub}} or {{manga-stub}}. This will automatically place the article into the Category:Anime and manga stubs category.

There are also a number of stub subcategories that can be used when appropriate.

Cleanup

Cleanup!
Cleanup!
Articles tagged for copyedit: Watashi no Ashinaga Ojisan
Articles tagged for cleanup: List of Mirmo! characters
Articles needing an animanga infobox: Moetan

Requested articles

Articles that have been requested to be created can be found at Anime and Manga, Mangaka, and Seiyū.

Articles that have been requested to be expanded can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Expand

Articles that have been requested to be merged can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Merge

Articles for Deletion

Anime and manga articles for deletion are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Anime and manga. Please go and express your opinion regarding any articles listed there.

Article assessment

See Featured article candidates, Good article candidates, A-class, and Peer reviews subpages.

Helpful guides

Reference links

  • Anime News Network - Anime news site with an extensive anime encyclopedia.
  • ANN Reviews - Nearly 1,000 anime and manga reviews from Anime News Network.
  • AnimeResearch.com - Includes academic articles on anime and its culture.
  • ICv2 - Current and archived industry news, including sales rankings for manga/graphic novels.
  • Intersections - Free, online academic journal focusing on East Asian media.
  • kanji romaji hiragana convert - Great for romanizing names and titles from Japanese.

Article structure

The Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Anime- and manga-related articles) contains guidelines for editors and should be applied to all anime or manga related articles.

Former GA

These have been listed as good articles and delisted later, either because of new criterions or loss of quality. Please help restore their status.

Stubs

For stubs about anime and manga, use {{anime-stub}} or {{manga-stub}}. This will automatically place the article into the Category:Anime and manga stubs category.

There are also a number of stub subcategories that can be used when appropriate.

Cleanup

Cleanup!
Cleanup!
Articles tagged for copyedit: Watashi no Ashinaga Ojisan
Articles tagged for cleanup: List of Mirmo! characters
Articles needing an animanga infobox: Moetan

Requested articles

Articles that have been requested to be created can be found at Anime and Manga, Mangaka, and Seiyū.

Articles that have been requested to be expanded can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Expand

Articles that have been requested to be merged can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Merge

Articles for Deletion

Anime and manga articles for deletion are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Anime and manga. Please go and express your opinion regarding any articles listed there.

Article assessment

See Featured article candidates, Good article candidates, A-class, and Peer reviews subpages.

Helpful guides

Reference links

  • Anime News Network - Anime news site with an extensive anime encyclopedia.
  • ANN Reviews - Nearly 1,000 anime and manga reviews from Anime News Network.
  • AnimeResearch.com - Includes academic articles on anime and its culture.
  • ICv2 - Current and archived industry news, including sales rankings for manga/graphic novels.
  • Intersections - Free, online academic journal focusing on East Asian media.
  • kanji romaji hiragana convert - Great for romanizing names and titles from Japanese.

Article structure

The Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Anime- and manga-related articles) contains guidelines for editors and should be applied to all anime or manga related articles.

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