Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga

WP:ANIME and WP:MANGA redirect here; you may also be looking for Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Anime- and manga-related articles).

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.

• June 3, 2024 – List of accolades received by The Boy and the Heron is promoted to featured list status.
• May 15, 2024 – List of accolades received by The Boy and the Heron is a featured list nominee; A fact from Kikunosuke Toya appears on the main page.
• May 12, 2024 – On this day, Moto Hagio appeared on the front page of selected anniversaries
• May 9, 2024 – Bocchi the Rock! discography is a featured list nominee.
• May 5, 2024 – A fact from My Beautiful Man appears on the main page.

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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 OVA, 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 Bleach (musical) or 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);
• 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
• Major aspects of fandom: including conventions (e.g., Comiket or Otakon), terminology and concepts such as otaku, and other practices.

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

• WikiProject Japan
• WikiProject Television
• WikiProject Films
• WikiProject Comics

Descendant WikiProjects

• Anime and Manga Collaboration of the Week (inactive)
• WikiProject Digimon
• WikiProject Gundam
• WikiProject Transformers
• WikiProject Sailor Moon
• WikiProject Yu-Gi-Oh!

Similar WikiProjects

• WikiProject American Animation
• WikiProject Theme Songs
• Japanese mythology taskforce
• WikiProject Pokémon
• WikiProject Square Enix

Work groups

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

• Bleach Work Group
• Conventions Work Group
• Dragon Ball Work Group
• Evangelion Work Group
• Haruhi Suzumiya Work Group
• Naruto Work Group

Participants

User WP Anime

This user is a participant in 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.

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

• Excel Saga
• Madlax
• Serial Experiments Lain

Featured lists

• List of Bleach Agent of the Shinigami arc episodes
• List of Bleach Soul Society: The Sneak Entry arc episodes
• List of Claymore episodes
• List of Fate/stay night episodes
• List of Fullmetal Alchemist episodes
• List of Kashimashi episodes
• List of Kingdom Hearts media
• List of Naruto episodes (Seasons 1-2)
• List of Naruto episodes (Seasons 3-4)
• List of Oh My Goddess episodes
• List of Planetes episodes
• List of RahXephon media
• List of Shin Lupin III episodes
• List of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes

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. A-Class articles are more complete than the minimum required for GA, and a comprehensive Good Article may be considered equal to A-Class.

• Template:GA-symbol .hack//Sign
• Template:GA-symbol Azumanga Daioh
• Template:GA-symbol Believers
• Template:GA-symbol The Big O
• Template:GA-symbol Bleach
• Template:GA-symbol Boogiepop series
• Template:GA-symbol Chrono (series)
• Template:GA-symbol Death Note
• Template:GA-symbol Elfen Lied
• Template:GA-symbol Fist of the North Star

• Template:GA-symbol Giant Robo (OVA)
• Template:GA-symbol Golden Boy (manga)
• Template:GA-symbol Golduck
• Template:GA-symbol Hibiki's Magic
• Template:GA-symbol Lupin III
• Template:GA-symbol Mana (series)
• Template:GA-symbol Mewtwo
• Template:GA-symbol Naruto: Clash of Ninja (series)
• Template:GA-symbol Pikachu
• Template:GA-symbol Planetes

• Template:GA-symbol Pokémon
• Template:GA-symbol Sailor Jupiter
• Template:GA-symbol Sailor Mars
• Template:GA-symbol Sailor Mercury
• Template:GA-symbol Sailor Moon
• Template:GA-symbol Sailor Venus
• Template:GA-symbol Suzuka (manga)
• Template:GA-symbol The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (anime)
• Template:GA-symbol Yotsuba&!

Visual novel articles

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

Good articles

• Template:GA-symbol Air (visual novel)
• Template:GA-symbol Clannad (visual novel)
• Template:GA-symbol Fate/stay night
• Template:GA-symbol Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
• Template:GA-symbol Little Busters!
• Template:GA-symbol Kanon
• Template:GA-symbol Kashimashi
• Template:GA-symbol One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
• Template:GA-symbol Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
• Template:GA-symbol Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume
• Template:GA-symbol Shuffle!
• Template:GA-symbol Strawberry Panic!

Articles that require attention

WP:ANIME and WP:MANGA redirect here; you may also be looking for Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Anime- and manga-related articles).

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.

• June 3, 2024 – List of accolades received by The Boy and the Heron is promoted to featured list status.
• May 15, 2024 – List of accolades received by The Boy and the Heron is a featured list nominee; A fact from Kikunosuke Toya appears on the main page.
• May 12, 2024 – On this day, Moto Hagio appeared on the front page of selected anniversaries
• May 9, 2024 – Bocchi the Rock! discography is a featured list nominee.
• May 5, 2024 – A fact from My Beautiful Man appears on the main page.

Older news • 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 OVA, 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 Bleach (musical) or 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);
• 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
• Major aspects of fandom: including conventions (e.g., Comiket or Otakon), terminology and concepts such as otaku, and other practices.

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

• WikiProject Japan
• WikiProject Television
• WikiProject Films
• WikiProject Comics

Descendant WikiProjects

• Anime and Manga Collaboration of the Week (inactive)
• WikiProject Digimon
• WikiProject Gundam
• WikiProject Transformers
• WikiProject Sailor Moon
• WikiProject Yu-Gi-Oh!

Similar WikiProjects

• WikiProject American Animation
• WikiProject Theme Songs
• Japanese mythology taskforce
• WikiProject Pokémon
• WikiProject Square Enix

Work groups

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

• Bleach Work Group
• Conventions Work Group
• Dragon Ball Work Group
• Evangelion Work Group
• Haruhi Suzumiya Work Group
• Naruto Work Group

Participants

User WP Anime

This user is a participant in 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.

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

• Excel Saga
• Madlax
• Serial Experiments Lain

Featured lists

• List of Bleach Agent of the Shinigami arc episodes
• List of Bleach Soul Society: The Sneak Entry arc episodes
• List of Claymore episodes
• List of Fate/stay night episodes
• List of Fullmetal Alchemist episodes
• List of Kashimashi episodes
• List of Kingdom Hearts media
• List of Naruto episodes (Seasons 1-2)
• List of Naruto episodes (Seasons 3-4)
• List of Oh My Goddess episodes
• List of Planetes episodes
• List of RahXephon media
• List of Shin Lupin III episodes
• List of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes

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. A-Class articles are more complete than the minimum required for GA, and a comprehensive Good Article may be considered equal to A-Class.

• Template:GA-symbol .hack//Sign
• Template:GA-symbol Azumanga Daioh
• Template:GA-symbol Believers
• Template:GA-symbol The Big O
• Template:GA-symbol Bleach
• Template:GA-symbol Boogiepop series
• Template:GA-symbol Chrono (series)
• Template:GA-symbol Death Note
• Template:GA-symbol Elfen Lied
• Template:GA-symbol Fist of the North Star

• Template:GA-symbol Giant Robo (OVA)
• Template:GA-symbol Golden Boy (manga)
• Template:GA-symbol Golduck
• Template:GA-symbol Hibiki's Magic
• Template:GA-symbol Lupin III
• Template:GA-symbol Mana (series)
• Template:GA-symbol Mewtwo
• Template:GA-symbol Naruto: Clash of Ninja (series)
• Template:GA-symbol Pikachu
• Template:GA-symbol Planetes

• Template:GA-symbol Pokémon
• Template:GA-symbol Sailor Jupiter
• Template:GA-symbol Sailor Mars
• Template:GA-symbol Sailor Mercury
• Template:GA-symbol Sailor Moon
• Template:GA-symbol Sailor Venus
• Template:GA-symbol Suzuka (manga)
• Template:GA-symbol The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (anime)
• Template:GA-symbol Yotsuba&!

Visual novel articles

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

Good articles

• Template:GA-symbol Air (visual novel)
• Template:GA-symbol Clannad (visual novel)
• Template:GA-symbol Fate/stay night
• Template:GA-symbol Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
• Template:GA-symbol Little Busters!
• Template:GA-symbol Kanon
• Template:GA-symbol Kashimashi
• Template:GA-symbol One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
• Template:GA-symbol Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
• Template:GA-symbol Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume
• Template:GA-symbol Shuffle!
• Template:GA-symbol Strawberry Panic!

Articles that require attention

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.

• Akatsuki (Naruto), see discussion: Too much trivia and too in-universe.
• Shinigami (Bleach), see discussion: Too in-universe.
• La Vie en Rose (Gundam), see discussion: Completely in-universe.

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.

• {{anime-char-stub}} for stub articles relating to fictional characters found in anime or manga
• {{anime-videogame-stub}} for stub articles relating to anime games
• {{anime-series-stub}} for stub articles relating to anime series
• {{hentai-stub}} for stub articles relating to hentai or pornographic anime or manga
• {{Japan-voice-actor-stub}} for stub articles relating to Japanese voice actors (seiyū)
• {{Manga-artist-stub}} for stub articles relating to Mangaka
• {{Poke-stub}} for stub articles relating to the Pokémon franchise
• {{Naruto-stub}} for stub articles relating to the Naruto series
• {{Sailor-Moon-stub}} for stub articles relating to the Sailor Moon series
• {{Sailor-Moon-stub-section}} for stub sections relating to the Sailor Moon series
• {{Sailor-Moon-stub-List}} for stub lists relating to the Sailor Moon series

Cleanup

Cleanup!

Articles tagged for copyedit: Watashi no Ashinaga Ojisan

Articles tagged for cleanup: List of Mirmo! characters, Slayers, List of Floral Magician Mary Bell characters

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

• Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Anime- and manga-related articles)
• Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)
• Wikipedia:Notability (fiction)
• Wikipedia:Notability (people)
• Wikipedia:Notability (companies and corporations)
• Wikipedia:Television episodes
• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Citing sources and the citation templates
• Wikipedia:Explain jargon
• Wikipedia:Lead section
• Film credits glossary (for translating purposes)
• Place names with unusual readings (for translating purposes)

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.

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.