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Who Is AnimeVice, Really?
AnimeVice is run and built by the same dudes who came up with Comic Vine and Giant Bomb. Collectively we are a bunch of people who love anime, manga, movies, video games, comic books, etc.
How do I get AnimeVice to review my Anime or Manga?
If you're a anime/manga publisher or distributor and you wanna send us awesome anime and manga for review or preview purposes our mailing address is:
Send your mail to:
AnimeVice
1001 Bridgeway, #226
Sausalito, CA 94965
Direct your community questions to:
community@animevice.com
Direct your news, reviews and previews questions to:
edit@animevice.com
How Can I Contribute to AnimeVice?
In addition to our World-Class, Best-of-Breed, Top-Shelf, AAA, Marquee Editorial Product, AnimeVice features a massive database powered by user submissions. Those submissions are subject to an approval system that involves heavy moderation for new or anonymous users that gradually opens up more options as the user contributes quality data to the site. It's like an RPG, except instead of grinding orcs, you're contributing to a great community of like-minded video-game enthusiasts. How seriously awesome is that?
Until a user accumulates enough points (1000) to gain the ability to make live edits to the site, that user's submissions will go through a moderation queue that is monitored by the AnimeVice staff, as well as a team of volunteer moderators from the community. Our aim is to have new submissions moderated within 24 hours. You will receive a private message on your AnimeVice user profile once your submission has been approved or rejected, and a history of your submissions can be accessed at anytime from within your profile.
What are points, how do I earn them?
Points are awarded to users who submit quality content to the site. Each time any of your submissions are approved, you gain points. Accumulate enough points over time and you gain access to various abilities on the site, listed below:
under 1000 points
- All submissions are sent to moderation
1000 points
- You can make live edits to existing pages without need of moderation
- Can request for new pages to be created, but those pages must still be moderated.
5000 points
- Can create new pages without need of moderation
- Can set the default image for a page (look for the ribbon icon)
- Can remove images from an object
What are the most common reasons submissions are rejected?
- Content is copied from another site (Wikipedia..etc)
- The images you upload contain watermarks from another site
- Poor grammar or spelling
- You tried to add a page we already had, and didn't bother to browse for the page if it didn't show up in search.
- You included guide or cheat level information in the main body of a page
- You included custom formatting into a page that causes the layout to break
Hey, I Noticed You're Missing [insert page], What's Up With That?
Just like the universe, AnimeVice's database is always expanding, and while we are perpetually on the verge of cataloging man's infinite knowledge about anime and manga, there are always going to be some holes. AnimeVice divides its data into a few different categories, which you should keep in mind when making your submissions.
Add a Franchise
A franchise is the overall property, which can consist of anime series, manga series, novels, games, drama CDs, etc. For the moment we only have anime series and manga/novel series. So for example, within the Dragon Ball franchise you have the manga Dragon Ball, and the anime series Dragon Ball, Dragonball Z, and Dragonball GT.
Add a Character
The heroes, villains, and side characters. We have a single character page for each character within a franchise. For example, Gurren Lagann's Simon has both his standard TV anime self and his Gurren Lagann High School Version self described on his page, instead of having a separate page for each.
Add a Location
Any place, from the fantasy country of Magic Knight Rayearth's Cephiro to the club room for the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's SOS Brigade, belongs here. While it's possible to have a mobile location, if its primary role is that of transportation, it should be an object.
Add an Object/Thing
Specific items, like the Core Drill in Gurren Lagann, can have their own pages. These can also be more general, such as Card Captor Sakura's Clow Cards. Objects include vehicles, weapons, and basically any piece of technology that lacks sentience.
Add a Concept
Anything that doesn't fit in the above and isn't a person or a company should probably go here. For example, Cosplay, Magical Girl, the Gurren Brigade, and Shinigami are all concepts.
Add a Person
Those lovely people whose names we all glaze over at during the credits. Each person should have at least one manga, anime series, or movie credited to them in order to have a page.
Add a Company
The people who pay the aforementioned! Companies include both Japanese and American companies, and they can be credited with the appropriate series by visiting that series and attaching the company as either the US publisher or the Japanese publisher. If you don't see a list of credits on the company page yet, don't worry-- it's high on the to-do list.
How to combine, delete or re-name pages.
Often you'll find pages that need to be combined, deleted or renamed on the site. Combinations and deletes are possible but can only be handled by someone with staff or moderator privileges. You can either contact us directly or leave a note on the Delete/Combine boards that describes the problem and we'll try to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
Image upload best practices
Do not submit images with watermarks! Submit high rez images under 1 meg in size whenever possible.
- Images can include box art, screenshots, concept art, fan art, and more. When uploading images, we strongly encourage users to either associate their images with an appropriate gallery, or create a new gallery when necessary.
- Avoid adding images tagged or watermarked with other sites' URLs.
- Nudity is not allowed in the message boards. Hentai or nude images are only allowed in the wiki or the wiki's gallery IF it is official art from the publisher ( So no hentai fan art in the wiki or wiki galleries ). Hentai, unofficial art and unofficial hentai are allowed on profile image galleries.
Article writing tips
Do not plagiarize content from other sites like Wikipedia. AnimeVice is a unique resource.
Overview - Main Article
- The "deck" should contain 1-3 sentences that start with "Pagename is...". It should be historical and not topical.
- The original creator(s) should be mentioned early in the article.
- The main article should be written chronologically, with newer events at the bottom of the document. Imagine you're telling a story with a beginning, middle and end.
- All that said, long pages are fine. We're a community of video game nerds! Embrace the info overload.
Page to page relationships (friends, enemies, teams)
- All relationships cross reference. Adding Kaneda to Akira adds Akira to Kaneda as well.
- Write the description about the relationship, not the individual!
- Do not copy text from overviews. Write original content about the relationship.
- Only add significant relationships. If there is no story to tell, there is no need for the relationship to be listed.
- Characters that appear in fighting games do not automatically qualify as enemies.
What powers AnimeVice?
AnimeVice is powered by an in-house, structured wiki platform designed specifically for and by Whiskey Media.
The "Whiskey Powered" platform benefits from the following open source technologies:
- Django - A python based web framework.
- Postgres - Database.
- Solr - A java powered search engine based off Lucene.
- MooTools - A javacript framework.
Is there a AnimeVice API available?
It's in the works. We plan to provide free access to a large portion of our database for non-commercial projects.
