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Article Sections

The following are H2 section titles for each type of wiki page. Please maintain the same order and spelling for section titles that you see below. Other applicable H2 section titles are, but not limited to, "Powers and Abilities", "Equipment and Weapons", "Alternate Version" and "Other Media".

Character Article:

Section titles can be omitted if the character does not have any information to fit under it. But try to add these.

Origin

In narrative form please explain the most popular origin story of the character. Do not write a scene-by-scene retelling. This should be a paragraph. BTW, this and the other section titles can be omitted if the character does not have any information to fit under it.

Creation

Write about the artists/writers who created this character, or who had a significant impact on the character.

Character Evolution

How has this character changed over the years? Do NOT write plot summaries depicting the story lines of the characters here. This is a section to talk about the character as it applies to our real world.

Major Story Arcs

This is a place to talk about the important story arcs (or over all story lines) that impact this character. You can write a plot summary of the story here, though we would prefer you to write plot summaries on the Story Arc page. This section should really talk about how all the major story arcs relate to each other, and should not be a retelling of the story arcs. See What is a Plot Summary?

Other Media

This section is for talking about a character's appearance in other medias, such as anime movies, if not a part of the main story (i.e. all the non-canon Dragon Ball Z movies). DO NOT just list every movie the character has been in, but talk about the characters role throughout the series of movies. Talk about a characters appearance in video games.

Examples:

• Monkey D. Luffy
• Nami
• Ash Ketchum
• Tsunade
• Lucy Heartphilia
• Saeko Busujima

Franchise Article

Franchise pages are hub pages to which you can attach movies, anime series and manga series. For example, franchise pages make it easy to find everything about Pokémon in one place.

Overview

What kind of franchise is this? Explain how it relates to it's genre, it's time period, the differences between versions of the anime and manga.

Plot

Give a plot summary of what the series is generally about.

Characters

Write brief descriptions of the characters within the series. Begin with protagonists then work down to the antagonists.

Manga/Anime*

Depending on whether a series had it's beginnings as a manga or anime. You should start with whatever came first. Some series may begin as light-novels, be created into a manga, then into an anime. These should be listed in order of creation.
*In chronological order

Anime/Manga*

Depending on whether a series had it's beginnings as a manga or anime. You should start with whatever came first. Some series may begin as light-novels, be created into a manga, then into an anime. These should be listed in order of creation.
*In chronological order

Merchandise

In this section you can discuss official merchandise based from the series that are unique or interesting. What would classify as merchandise are objects that can not be classified on Anime Vice. (examples: official sound track, toys, figures, video games)

Examples:

• Naruto
• One Piece
• Black Lagoon
• Highschool of the Dead

Movie Article

Plot Summary

See What is a plot summary before you begin.

Anime Series

Overview

Explain the entire anime series as a whole. Do not write a plot summary. Explain what this anime is about and the major themes.

Characters

Discuss the major characters throughout the entire anime series. Do not just make a list. This section should be in paragraph form.

Episode

Episode pages are sub pages of an Anime Series. You attach an episode to an anime series.

Plot Summary

Here you can write a detailed summary of the events in this episode. Be sure to use links. The more detailed we can make this section, the more streamlined a character's main profile can become.

See What is a plot summary before you begin.

Examples:

• Naruto Episode 90
• One Piece Episode 405
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 45
• Code Geass Episode 1
• Okamisan Episode 1
• Strike Witches 2 Episode 12

Manga Series

Overview

Explain the entire manga series as a whole. Do not write a plot summary. Talk about the author and original publication date if available

Publishers
Create a list of the known international publishers and the region they publish the series in.

Publication History

Talk about the companies that publishes the series, and any notable points in the publications history in Japan and elsewhere.

Alterations
Explain any alterations or localization that was conducted to the original Japanese series for the translations, edits, or censorship.

Characters

Discuss the major characters throughout the entire manga series. Do not just make a list. This section should be in paragraph form. Concentrate on the main cast, prominent villains, and any other major plot characters.

Story Arcs

List the series story arcs, if available; and which volumes they are associated to.

Examples:

• One Piece

• BLEACH
• Fullmetal Alchemist
• Highschool of the Dead

Book

Books pages are sub pages of a Manga Series. You attach a book to a manga series.

Plot Summary

Contents

List the table of contents by Chapter Number, the Chapter Title, and Page Number.

(Chapter #) (Chapter Title).....(Pg.#)

Write about the contents of the chapter See What is a plot summary before you begin.

Moves This Volume

Some manga series are famous for their named fighting techniques. If this applies to the manga, a table of what techniques are used in the volume can help the reader who wants to know what volume a character used a certain technique.
Example Table

Character	Technique Name
Goku	Kamehameha
Naruto Uzumaki	Shadow Clone Jutsu Rasengan Four-Tail Fox Form Sage Mode
Monkey D. Luffy	Gum-Gum Pistol Gum-Gum Rifle Gear Second Jet Bazooka
Ichigo Kurosaki	Flash Step Getsuga Tensho Bankai Hollowfication

Notes

Write about any special features that appeared in this volume. (Stickers, Cards, DVDs, etc)

Examples:

• Naruto Volume 1
• BLEACH Volume 1
• One Piece Volume 1

Location, Concept, Object

Overview

Person Article:

Career

Personal Life

" This guide is nice, but it's extremely vague on details. I think what we need is an example or template to go by. An example page of each of these we can look to and see how it should be done.
 
I'd be happy to work with you on setting up a few of these just the way you'd like. I already wrote up on those tasks for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Sacred Blacksmith. I always use the same kind of template when filling out anime series pages.Also, we haven't been able to link mangas to franchises for a long time. "

" Been thinking about doing this type of style. "

 Section titles can be omitted if the character does not have any information to fit under it.  

" @ethan said:

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Major Story Arcs 

This is a place to talk about the important story arcs (or over all story lines) that impact this character.  You can write a plot summary of the story here, though we would prefer you to write plot summaries on the Story Arc page.  This section should really talk about how all the major story arcs relate to each other, and should not be a retelling of the story arcs.   See What is a Plot Summary?  "

 Are we getting this feature? "

" @ethan: What about voice actors? And other people who have anime jobs who are in the database for that matter? Overview - Anime roles - Other roles? "

" @FLStyle said:

" @ethan: What about voice actors? And other people who have anime jobs who are in the database for that matter? Overview - Anime roles - Other roles? "

You mean you'd like to see a week focusing our task queue on them?  We can do that.  Do you think enough people will get into that? "