Welcome to the WikiProject Anime and manga Online Reliable Sources Reference Library. It is designed to help editors find reliable online sources for relevant articles that fall under this WikiProject. Please also see the book, magazine, and documentary libraries. [edit] Instructions [edit] Instructions for users Review the online sources below for information which can be used in the articles you are editing. [edit] Instructions for contributers If you have an additional source you think is reliable, please bring it up on the project talk page so that consensus can be reached regarding its reliability and suitability for use here. If it is determined to be reliable, it will be added to this page. Undiscussed additions will be immediately reverted. Websites which host or link to scanlations, fansubs, or other illegal content will immediately be rejected as copyright violations, so please don't even ask. [edit] Retailers as sources Retailers are considered reliable sources for release dates and the existence of anime, manga and related products that have already been released. However, other secondary or primary sources - particularly publishers - should be used if available. Retailers posting dates for an unannounced title, however, raises a red flag as to the legitimacy of the statement. [edit] List of sources [edit] General - activeanime.com - Reviews (project discussion)
- AnimeCons.com - A directory of anime convention related information, including guest lists, attendance figures, dates, and press releases. While the content of the convention directory is user submittable, all submissions are checked and verified against the convention's website, press releases, or other reliable source before being added to the directory. Because of this, information can occasionally be incomplete. Also hosts a video podcast about anime conventions.
- Animefringe.com - A now defunct anime and manga magazine originally published between 2000 and 2005; continues maintaining a full archive of all issues on its site
- AnimeNation Anime News - Podcast by AnimeNation webstore, generally used for announcements about upcoming releases. May not be very useful in the long run, though the "Ask John" segments could prove useful. (added 22 March 2009; project discussion)
- Anime Today - Podcast by Right Stuf, Inc. This podcast generally includes store updates. But every episode also feature an interview with a personalty in the industry or fandom. (added 22 March 2009; project discussion)
- Anime World Order - A podcast hosted by Gerald Rathkolb, Clarissa Graffeo, and Daryl Surat. All three hosts are contributors to Otaku USA since the first issue and are considered experts per WP:SPS. The podcast occasionally has interviews with industry personalities, but it is mostly about anime reviews and regurgitation of industry news from ANN or Mania. (added 22 March 2009; project discussion)
- The Comics Journal - primarily American comic site, but has some manga reviews by Tom Spurgeon
- The Comics Reporter - Tom Spurgeon review site, a long time comic industry professional and a reviewer for Publishers Weekly, making it usable for reviews as a self-publisher source as it is "produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications." (project discussion)
- Comic Book Bin - manga reviews (added 23 February 2009; RS/N discussion)
- Comics Village - manga reviews (added 23 February 2009; RS/N discussion)
- Comics Worth Reading - manga reviews (project discussion)
- ign.com - staff reviews and articles on anime and manga.
- Rumic World - website focused on Rumiko Takahashi (added 23 February 2009; project discussion)
- Ex.org - online magazine, published by a volunteer staff under the helm of the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation; has reviews and often articles with production info, interviews, etc.
- Hitoshi Doi - Hitoshi Doi's Anime and Seiyu website (added 23 February 2009; project discussion)
- ICv2 - Current and archived industry news, including sales rankings for manga/graphic novels.
- Manga Life - manga reviews. (added 2 August, 2009; project discussion)
- PopCultureShock - manga articles, interviews, and reviews; online magazine established in 1999 with history for "reputation for fact-checking and accuracy" that is quoted by other reliable sources (project discussion)
- THEM Anime Reviews - anime review site for newer and older titles (going back to 1968!); site has been active for at least ten years and its reviews have been quoted by other reliable sources; has some industry backing/acknowledgment/requirements of having specific guidelines for accepting submissions with editorial oversight and published credentials/info on its writers and staff. The former editor and chief Carlos Ross was featured on G4's Attack of the Show, including discussing several of his reviews.[1] (project discussion)
[edit] Academic [edit] Awards [edit] Individuals Often, individuals whose work automatically qualifies as reliable (because they are published industry experts, qualify as reliable self-published sources, or for other reasons) will write pieces for more than one website, and the RS status of some of the websites they've written for will be up in the air. In these cases, as long as there's no reason to doubt the author is who they say they are, their established RS status will override the website's indeterminate RS status for that piece. - Deb Aoki, the reviewer for Manga.About.com
- Ed Chavez, a well-published manga critic, translator, and publisher. (Project discussion; added October 13, 2009)
- Hitoshi Doi, has been interviewed by CBC Television and his website, the Seiyuu (voice actor) database, has been cited by Mary Grigsby
- Patricia Duffield, has been published in Animerica, Animerica Extra (over 100 articles), and Shonen Jump and seven reviews for Jason Thompson's Manga: The Complete Guide; has also edited and rewritten a number of manga volumes. (Project discussion)
- Clarissa Graffeo, a contributor to Otaku USA since the first issue
- Paul Gravett (website)
- Katherine Luther, the reviewer for Anime.About.com
- Gerald Rathkolb, a contributor to Otaku USA since the first issue
- Carlos Ross, former editor and reviewer for THEM Anime, was featured on an episode of Attack of the Show!
- Tom Spurgeon, a reviewer for Publishers Weekly and former editor of The Comics Journal
- Daryl Surat, a contributor to Otaku USA since the first issue
- Jason Thompson, author of Manga: The Complete Guide
- Matt Thorn (website)
[edit] Japanese - Aga-Search - Database of mystery and detective information (added May 4, 2009; project discussion)
- Anime Newtype Channel - Lists episode broadcasts dates, summaries, directors, and writers of currently airing series. Be advised that information is updated monthly and is not permanent. Therefore references should be archived using WebCite or similar archival website.
- Comptiq Website for the magazine publisher. Forcuses on Japanese video games.
- e-animedia Website for the publisher of multiple magazines relating to anime and mange for several decades. discussion
- Kodansha Japanese publisher, including magazines. Use citeweb for their site as their pages may be lost.
- List of when magazines began to be published (1950-1989)
- Tohan - sales rankings for books in Japan. Listings are often, but not always, easily searchable at Anime News Network.
- TV Drama database - largest Japanese database for TV dramas which includes a lot of anime. The source has been published and is considered an academic resource. (RS/N discussion)
- Voice Artist DataBase - Japanese voice actor database.
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- A note about using Anime News Network as a reference: ANN is divided into sections of varying quality. For news, reviews, and release information, ANN is a reliable source and close to being a newspaper of record for anime and manga. However, because the encyclopedia portion is user-edited, that information is not reliable by Wikipedia standards.
- Mania.com - Formerly AnimeOnDVD.com, contains anime news with thousands of anime and manga reviews. Editors must be particularly careful the reviews are from AnimeOnDVD/Mania staffers and NOT from the user-submitted "Maniacs" section. When searching for reviews, those that have a URL format of http://www.mania.com/*title*_*somenumbers*.html and that follow the original AoD review format are written by staff reviewers and are considered reliable and usable for articles. "Maniac" reviews written by users which are not RS can be detected by the lack of structured format and a URL in the form of http://www.mania.com/*username*/review/*title*_*somenumbers*.html
- Nausicaa.net - The "frozen", old site is RS, but the wiki version may not be since it currently allows anyone to register and contribute (at the very least, sourcing to the wiki should probably be done as a last resort for the present time). (added May 4, 2009; project discussion)
[edit] Publishers - Kodansha
- Tokyopop - Because Tokyopop currently doesn't list release dates on individual items, it is necessary to instead cite a catalog page - because the catalog is alphasorted, it is also necessary to periodically check and update URLs as new titles get added
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