Welcome to WikiProject Anime and manga! We are a group dedicated to improving the coverage of anime, manga, and related topics on Wikipedia, and hope that the suggestions on this page and its subpages will help guide the efforts of other contributors. If you have any questions about the project, please feel free to ask them on our talk page or contact one of our active participants.
WikiProject Anime and manga's scope includes all topics related to anime and manga as well as all media, persons, organizations and fandom substantially related to any anime and manga franchise. This includes international subjects necessary for comprehensive coverage of the core topics.
Anime, including television, OVAs, and animated films;
Video games related to anime or manga are under a shared scope with WikiProject Video games;
Visual novels, dating sims, bishōjo games and other similar games, regardless of whether they have a major anime or manga adaptation, are under a shared scope with the visual novels task force;
This project maintains an essential focus on anime, manga, and related merchandise originally meant for consumption in Japan. Therefore, its scope does not include works with incidental or minor association, including (but not limited to):
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).
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. These are better suited for inclusion within the Japan and Art WikiProjects.
Composers, bands and musicians with incidental anime or manga associations, such as having only a few of their songs used for anime opening or ending theme songs.
Articles on compilation albums with only a few anime- or manga-related tracks.
Anyone who edits or contributes to anime and manga-related articles is a participant, and there are no other requirements for membership. If they like, users can further identify themselves with the project by signing up as a participant. This helps spread the word about the project, and lets other editors know what types of articles that user is interested in editing. Users can also join the project chat on the unofficial Wikimedia Discord server; see WP:DISCORD for more information.
[[Category:WikiProject Anime and manga participants]]
Users can display the project's userbox (pictured right) by adding {{User WP Anime}} to their pages, which also automatically signs them up as participants.
Alternatively, users can use a topicon to show they are members of WikiProject Anime and manga by adding {{WikiProject Anime and manga top icon}} to their pages, which also automatically signs them up as participants.
The Anime and Manga BarnSakura is awarded to users who have worked on and greatly improved anime and manga related articles. This can be bringing articles or lists to good or featured status, major copyediting, cleanup, or other significant help.
Awarding the BarnSakura...
To award the BarnSakura (or alternate BarnSakura), place the following code on a user's talk page:
==YOUR TOPIC HERE==
{{subst:BarnSakura Award|1=Put your message here. ~~~~}} or
{{subst:BarnSakura Award|1=Put your message here. ~~~~|alt}}
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 Barnstar is awarded to users who have made particularly good contributions to the WikiProject, including (but not limited to) improving articles to quality status, helping with cleanup work, and pushing new initiatives forward within the project.
Awarding the Barnstar...
To award the Barnstar (or alternate Barnstar), place the following code on a user's talk page:
==YOUR TOPIC HERE==
{{subst:The Anime Barnstar|1=Put your message here. ~~~~}} or
{{subst:The Anime Barnstar|1=Put your message here. ~~~~|alt}}
For example:
==Barnstar for excellent edits==
{{subst:Anime and Manga Barnstar|I hereby award you the Anime and Manga Barnstar for your excellent work in clearing the backlogs in the cleanup department of WikiProject Anime and manga. ~~~~}}
