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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.

November 20, 2009 - Last Exile is promoted to good article status.
November 19, 2009 - School Rumble is a featured article candidate.
November 17, 2009 - List of One Piece manga volumes fails its featured list candidacy.
November 15, 2009 - Shojo Beat is promoted to featured article status
November 13, 2009 - List of Toradora! episodes fails its featured list candidacy.

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[edit] 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.

Anime, including OVAs and animated films;
Manga and light novels, including serials, such as Young King OURs, and collected volumes;
Media belonging to the same franchises as the above, including video games, visual novels, live action versions, audio dramas, soundtracks, and stage shows and musicals (such as Tenimyu);
Video games related to anime or manga are under a shared scope with WikiProject Video games;
Visual novels related to anime or manga are under a shared scope with the Visual novels task force;
Notable characters, episodes, issues, and merchandise of the above media;
Directors (e.g. Hayao Miyazaki) and mangaka (such as Rumiko Takahashi) and other notable production staff;
Japanese publishers and production studios (e.g., Shonen Gahosha and Gainax) and international distributors (such as ADV Films and Funimation Entertainment);
Notable Japanese or international publications and websites meant for review and commentary of anime or manga (such as Newtype or Anime News Network);
Voice actors, Japanese or international, whose principal work is in anime and whose roles are generally notable (such as Takehito Koyasu or Jessica Calvello); and
Drama CDs, songs and soundtracks based on anime or manga are under either the shared scope of WikiProject Albums or WikiProject Discographies depending upon the nature of the article.
Composers, bands and musicians based primarily around anime or manga are under either the shared scopes of WikiProject Composers or WikiProject Musicians.
Major aspects of fandom: including conventions (e.g., Comiket or Otakon), terminology and concepts such as otaku, and other practices.

[edit] Outside the scope

Although its scope is broad, this project maintains an essential focus on anime, manga and related merchandise originally meant for consumption in Japan. This does not include works with incidental or minor association.

Animated or printed works produced for consumption outside of Japan that nevertheless draw on or are similar to Japanese media in terms of content or form (such as Chinese animation, Korean animation, manhwa, manhua and Western manga-styled comics such as Gothic Sports and Peach Fuzz) do not fall under our scope.
Media, particularly video games, in which anime or manga characters make incidental or out-of-context appearances.
Pre-modern manga such as Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga, their artists, and other related elements are better suited for inclusion with the Japan and Art WikiProjects.
Composers, bands and musicians with incidental anime or manga association, such as having only a few of their songs sung for an anime opening, do not meet this project's scope.
Articles on compilation albums with only a few anime or manga related tracks do not meet this project's scope.

[edit] Related WikiProjects and Work groups

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

Parent WikiProjects

Descendant WikiProjects

Similar WikiProjects

Work groups

WikiProject mascot: Wikipe-tan

[edit] Participants

User WP Anime

	This user is a participant of WikiProject Anime and Manga.

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.

[edit] Awards

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

To award the BarnSakura, use the following code:

==YOUR TOPIC HERE== {{subst:BarnSakura Award|YOUR TEXT HERE}} or {{subst:BarnSakura Award|ribbon=yes|YOUR TEXT HERE}}

For example:

==BarnSakura for excellent edits== {{subst:BarnSakura Award|I hereby award you the Anime and Manga BarnSakura for your excellent edits in Naruto-related articles. --~~~~}}

The Anime and manga BarnLoli is awarded to users who have made particularly good contributions to WikiProject Anime and manga, including, but not limited to, participating in the assessment department, the cleanup department, and pushing new initiatives forward within the project.

To award the BarnLoli, use the following code:

==YOUR TOPIC HERE== {{subst:BarnLoli Award|YOUR TEXT HERE}} or {{subst:BarnLoli Award|ribbon=yes|YOUR TEXT HERE}}

For example:

==BarnLoli for excellent edits== {{subst:BarnLoli Award|I hereby award you the Anime and Manga BarnLoli for your excellent work in clearing the backlogs in the cleanup department of WikiProject Anime and manga, --~~~~}}

[edit] Recognized articles

[edit] Featured articles

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

[edit] Featured lists

[edit] Featured topics

[edit] Good articles

The following articles reached good article (GA) status and should be used as references for work on other articles in order to bring them up to GA level.

[edit] Related good articles

The following articles have sections that overlap with our project's scope.

[edit] Good topics

Video games developed by Key

[edit] Articles that require attention

See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (anime- and manga-related articles) for guidance.

[edit] Former Featured topics

These are topics that were demoted because of issues on one or more pages and need improvement to become FT again.

Seasons of Bleach

[edit] Former Featured articles

These are articles that were demoted from featured article status and need improvement to become FA quality again.

Bishōjo game, see discussion
Excel Saga, see discussion

[edit] Former Featured lists

These are lists that were demoted from featured list status and need improvement to become FL quality again.

[edit] Former Featured article candidates

These are well written articles that need improvement to become FA quality.

[edit] Former Featured list candidates

These are well written lists that need improvement to become FL quality.

List of Bleach video games, see discussion
List of Nabari no Ou chapters, see discussion
List of One Piece episodes (season 9), see discussion
List of One Piece manga volumes, see discussion
List of Toradora! episodes, see discussion

[edit] Former Good articles

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

.hack//Sign, see discussion
Believers: Undersourced and contains original research
The Big O, see discussion
Bleach (manga), see discussion
Boogiepop series, see discussion
Death Note, see discussion
Fate/stay night, see discussion: MoS violations, excessive plot, undersourced, excessive non-free images, missing pertinent info, need for copyedit
Fist of the North Star, see discussion
Elfen Lied, see discussion: Heavily under-sourced with original research, lacking neutrality, excessive plot, missing basic information, need for copyedit
Giant Robo (OVA), see discussion
Golden Boy (manga), see discussion
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, see discussion
Jump Square, see discussion: Under-sourced, MoS violations, needs general copyedit.
Loituma Girl, see discussion: Inadequate lead, under-sourced, need of general copyedit.
Kirby (character), see discussion
Planetes, see discussion: doesn't follow style, too much unsourced.
Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mars & Sailor Mercury, see discussion (all 3 are under the same discussion)
Sailor Venus, see discussion: Needs copyediting and condensing prose.
Suzuka (manga), see discussion
X (manga), see discussion
Yoshitaka Amano, see discussion: Insufficient referencing, prose problems, insufficient lead, MoS violations

[edit] Former Good article nominees

These are well written articles that need improvement to become GA quality.

La Vie en Rose (Gundam), see discussion: Completely in-universe.

[edit] Stubs

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

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

{{anime-char-stub}} for stub articles relating to fictional characters found in anime or manga; automatically sorts into Category:Anime and manga character stubs
{{anime-videogame-stub}} for stub articles relating to anime games; automatically sorts into Category:Anime game stubs
{{anime-series-stub}} for stub articles relating to anime series; automatically sorts into Category:Anime series stubs
{{hentai-stub}} for stub articles relating to hentai or pornographic anime or manga; automatically sort into Category:Hentai stubs
{{Japan-voice-actor-stub}} for stub articles relating to Japanese voice actors (seiyū); automatically sorts into Category:Japanese voice actor stubs
{{Manga-artist-stub}} for stub articles relating to mangaka; automatically sorts into Category:Manga artist stubs

[edit] Cleanup

Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Cleanup task force

A list of articles tagged for needing cleanup is maintained by the Cleanup Task Force. If you find an article in need of improvement (aside from simply needing expanding), and you are not able to address the issues immediately, please add it to the list there.

[edit] Requested articles

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

Articles that have been requested to be merged can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Cleanup task force#Articles needing to be merged and Category:Anime and manga articles to be merged.

Articles that have requests for images can be found at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of anime and manga

[edit] Articles for Deletion

Anime and manga articles, categories, and templates for deletion, as well as any proposed deletions, are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Anime and manga. Please go and express your opinion regarding any articles listed there. We also maintain a deletion archive of past discussions.

[edit] Article assessment

Main articles: Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Assessment and Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Peer review

WikiProject Anime and manga has a fully fledged assessment department. This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Anime and manga articles. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

The peer review process exposes articles to closer scrutiny from a broader group of editors, and is intended for high-quality articles that have already undergone extensive work, often as a way of preparing a featured article candidate.

[edit] Helpful guides

[edit] Guidelines and other resources

For a list of reliable sources for anime and manga, check out the online reliable sources page.

[edit] Online tools and resources

ISBN converter - Converts and formats ISBN references.
Internet Archive - check here for dead pages or older versions of existing pages.
Kanji Converter - Converts kanji to kana and romaji.
External link status of articles listed on this page (dead links)
Webcite - Makes archives for your references. Very useful for volatile websites and other blogs.

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