Wikipedia:WikiProject Theme songs

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Title[edit]

WikiProject Theme Songs

Mission[edit]

This WikiProject aims to unify the description of theme songs for a whole array of movies, television series and other animation pieces. Optimally, it should conform to the Manual of Style and potentially be added thereto. It should be simple enough that it can support American, British, Japanese, et al. movies and television shows.

Participants[edit]

Template[edit]

Create a section labeled "Theme songs" or some similar phrase and create the following sections as needed.

Refers to Opening themes

  • OP
    1. "Romanized Official"; Special charset (Italic Translation) by Singer (Sn: Eps a-m)
    2. "Romanized Official"; Special charset (Italic Translation) by Singer (Sn: Eps n-z)

Refers to Ending themes

  • ED
    1. "Romanized Official"; Special charset (Italic Translation) by Singer

Refers to Original Video Animation (anime only)

  • OVA "Romanized Official"; Special charset (Italic Translation)
    • OP: "Romanized Official"; Special charset (Italic Translation) by Singer
    • ED: "Romanized Official"; Special charset (Italic Translation) by Singer

Refers to Movie theme songs (Opening and Ending are subsections)

  • Movies
    1. "Italic Romanized Official movie name (sans Series name†)"; Special charset (Italic Translation)
      • OP: "Romanized Official"; Special charset (Italic Translation) by Singer
      • ED: "Romanized Official"; Special charset (Italic Translation) by Singer

Footnotes

  • Optional Abbreviations:
    • OP = Opening song
    • ED = Ending song
  • Sub-sections are optional based on whether or not they are used.
  • A "translation" is only necessary for foreign songs, or songs that have an alternate name.
    • E.g. "Every Heart" (''Minna no Kimochi'')
    • E.g. "Sobakasu" (''Freckles'')
  • Optional: Provide foreign characterset spelling to the right of the romanized spelling. (e.g. Kanji)
  • underline - Data is optional
  • (Sn: eps a-z) - Provide episodes used in. Optional iff the song remains the same for the whole series.
    • Sn (Season Number) is optional if there are no seasons in the series, or it is measured by absolute episode number.
      • S = 'S'
      • n = Season #
  • (#) - Theme song number optional iff series only has one song in that category. (e.g. Only one Opening song)
  • † - Inuyasha: Toki wo Koeru Omoi is denoted as Toki wo Koeru Omoi.