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Shonen Jump Japan Series (Not on ANN)

SO does it really not help when the sources are in Japanese?

jgreen wrote:

I would think that featuring all manga that's available in North America would not only be more manageable, but it'd also that information on those series would be more readily available.

Quoting myself:

dormcat wrote:

I'd like to see ANN spending more resource on increasing manga titles rather than on US-licensed manhwa titles, unless ANN wants to become a website focusing on North American licensing information -- something I don't want to see it happen. After all, this is an Encyclopedia, not a 'Licensing Information Database.'

Chris is not American (although Canadian releases are usually covered by "North American" licenses). Peter is not American. I am not American. Last and not least, anime and manga are not American.

A question just for you: should I consider P no Higeki less important for the Encyclopedia than a newly-licensed manga created by a rookie manga-ka?

jgreen wrote:

HUH! I wondered how you chose what books to put into the encyclopedia. I'm surprised, actually, that priority 4 isn't priority #1.

Those were my personal priorities. They are not site policies nor strictly enforced. Just a reference. I might change or even violate them in a case-by-case basis.

jgreen wrote:

I would think that featuring all manga that's available in North America would not only be more manageable, but it'd also that information on those series would be more readily available.

Quoting myself:

dormcat wrote:

I'd like to see ANN spending more resource on increasing manga titles rather than on US-licensed manhwa titles, unless ANN wants to become a website focusing on North American licensing information -- something I don't want to see it happen. After all, this is an Encyclopedia, not a 'Licensing Information Database.'

Chris is not American (although Canadian releases are usually covered by "North American" licenses). Peter is not American. I am not American. Last and not least, anime and manga are not American.

A question just for you: should I consider P no Higeki less important for the Encyclopedia than a newly-licensed manga created by a rookie manga-ka?

fighterholic wrote:

My question would be when do you decide to put a title into the encyclopedia? Cause I know that I heard you guys have to do a lot of background checking and all that.

1. When I have free time. Don't laugh; I do this out of passion, not need. I do need a day job to support myself.

2. When a reference is handy. If you have been monitoring "recently added titles" you might have noticed a "surge" of new approvals on Sep. 1st and 3rd, partly because I have just bought the newest issue of Dengeki Daioh, two issues of Megami, combined with several Newtype and Animage issues bought last month. Having them sorted out for you is easier than switching between multiple tabs in Firefox.

Occassionally, when I deal with an error report or a new submission I might bump into an information treasure trove of another title, whether already included in the Encyclopedia or not. In that case I might spend extra time on it. For example, a recent error report on IWGP made me revise cast/staff info and the relationship tree of all four adaptations.

Super Ska Master wrote:

This confuses me why Jaguar isn't in the encyclopedia, because theres lots of evidence it exists.

First, it's buried within hundreds of other submissions. Second, it's not a highly visible title that I'd learn its existence even if I haven't been following Shonen Jump for quite some time.

I've approved it (another user submitted it months before you did, though). However, I really don't like giving an impression that "pushing an Encyclopedist through the forum can get titles approved faster." That would be like opening Pandora's box.

You're probably sick of us picking the submission qualifications to death, but I want to be clear on something. I noticed that this site has some information on manhwa that has been released in English.
(For example, Kill Me, Kiss Me and Zero/Six.) However, somewhere you said that you would prefer that this site not be filled with the latest English releases of manhwa, which I completely understand. So, my question is, should members only submit well-known and "popular" manhwa, or should we not submit any at all? If the former is the case, what qualifies as popular?

Thank you for your time.