Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga

Proposed split of List of Pokémon anime characters

Inactive talk page over at List of Pokémon anime characters, so I'm putting it here as well. (Please respond at the source page, linked directly below)

Discussion at Talk:Pokémon Heroes § Recent changes

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Pokémon Heroes § Recent changes, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 00:01, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Question about Pokémon Anime Series

I've been going through and cleaning out some articles at Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon recently, and I've stumbled upon a bit of a strange situation with the anime series that I feel I am not entirely sure how to deal with. Currently, for our anime episodes list, it is split into two: List of Pokémon episodes (seasons 1–13) and List of Pokémon episodes (seasons 14–present), with a corresponding Lists of Pokémon episodes being used to link to individual seasons. Both the individual split lists are reaching size concerns, but I feel like rather than another size split, the use of these lists should be re-evaluated. These split lists I feel are practically useless, since all they do is list episode name and release date for a given episode. When only two episodes of the series actually have individual articles, and both are from the original series, there's little to no navigational benefit gained from listing the episodes out here separate from their given season article like this. Given the fact there is also no information on plot, development, etc, it furthers the fact of the redundancy and lack of aid these lists provide. All of the information for a given season is impossible to slot into these lists without creating further size concerns, but it is better contained at a given season article. My main concern is this: If these split lists offer literally no practical benefit outside of directing users to a specific season's articles, where all of the information on these split lists already exists, then what is the point of keeping these lists? This is especially the case given the Lists of Pokémon episodes article already acts as a directory to specific seasons anyway, just without the redundant information and fluff.

Given the iconicity of this series, I felt taking action directly would be controversial. Given you guys cover this stuff in much more rigorous depth and have far more experience with these kinds of lists, I wished to check this with you all first. I'm not sure if these split lists have a reason to exist, and I'm curious if there is one or not that justifies this branch, or whether these lists should just be outright removed in favor of the series articles and the current directory article that already exist. Please let me know yall's thoughts, since I'm admittedly unsure of how to go about tackling this. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 23:36, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Category:Anime and manga set in Japan

Japan is often the default setting for both anime and manga, since both are from there. I don't see why this category can't be a container category for all the future categories about prefectures within Japan. This, in my opinion, should be moved to Category:Anime and manga set in Japan by prefecture. SimonLagann (talk) 13:51, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Crunchyroll

I was analyzing many sources and news coverage about more than 200 pages of anime series and movies that for the first time are currently or previously streamed on Crunchyroll, well I just realized that all the time that I make those edits was change the term of "licensed the series" to "streamed the series" both in the anime infobox and in the section below where exactly it said what the media streaming company acquires the distribution rights from Japanese studios and companies for streaming in select countries worldwide outside of Asia (but includes East Asia and the Indian subcontinent) for the seasons that would be premiered this year, but there is a user called Xexerss who denies the reality of what that the blocked user Imperial meter (which is a sockpuppet of the user Silence of Lambs) made was altering the article by repeatedly linking with the parent company of the same name as if it had no relevance here, if it had relevance here is because no one pays attention to the introduction of the initial paragraph of the original article before and after making those unnecessary changes because its parent company does not have the right to licensing anime series for a release on home video directly but currently operates the streaming service after its merger with Funimation since 2022. 190.166.83.153 (talk) 03:10, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

This is about the sixth time I will repeat the same thing. This has nothing to do with the edits of Imperial meter. The problem is that you keep changing indiscriminately in every article the links from Crunchyroll LLC (the company) to Crunchyroll (the streaming service) even in cases where the series have clearly not been licensed only to be streamed and are sources supporting the fact that they were released on home video by them. I am not "denying reality", I'm just telling you to find out on a case by case basis how Crunchyroll handles the licensing of each series. I personally don't see the problem of using terms like "license" or "streaming rights" when Crunchyroll is the only company that distributes a series in English-speaking territories, because logically to have the permission to stream it they had to have licensed it in the first place, but I understand leaving just "streaming" when there is another company that handles the distribution of a series in other formats. The latter is debatable, and I will not object if it is simply left as "streaming", as you have been doing, if it is decided that we should stick to using that term. Anyway, thanks for agreeing to start a discussion regarding this. Xexerss (talk) 04:44, 11 October 2024 (UTC)