General Tagging Guidelines

• gifs should have an artist and show name tagged.
  • Names should be in western order. [First-name Last-name] - use Google or ANN if you are not sure.
  • place 'art:' infront of an artist's name to convert it to a yellow artist tag.
    • eg: art:yutaka_nakamura
  • place 'copy:' infront of a show name to convert it to a purple copyright tag.
    • eg: copy:macross_plus
  • Tags can't have spaces, use underscores '_' instead.
  • Use artist_unknown & source_unknown if you are not sure.
  • The site supports apng as well so tag ALL gifs/apngs as animated.

• Try an identify at least one major element of the animation in the gif and tag accordingly, some examples are: effects, mecha, background_animation and so forth.

• Specify the episode number or movie name in the source text box.
  • If it was uploaded online, on a blog or on twitter, use the link as the source instead.

• Still images and illustrations are welcome. Just tag them accordingly.

• When making gifs, try not to
  • Use Youtube or other low quality footage
  • Footage with subtitles
  • Use the wrong aspect ratios, keep it as 4:3, 16:9 or whatever the original was.
  • If you do, geso will ban you :).

Commonly Used Tags

Artist

• Use the western naming order:
  • eg: yutaka_nakamura, shinya_ohira, hironori_tanaka

Copyright

• Use whatever name is in common use.

General

• General tags cover elements that describe the contents of a gif or picture.

• animated - Use this on all gifs uploaded. The site supports apng as well so tag those too.
• illustration - A still drawing done by an animator.
• web - Used to denote animation (or drawing) that was uploaded online, on an animator's blog, twitter, website or other online resource.

• western - Since this website is mainly for Japanese animation, use this for animation not drawn in Japan, of either American or European origin.

• fighting - Hand to hand or other forms of combat.
• dancing -
• running -
• sports -
• henshin - Scenes showing transformation sequences, often stock footage.
• creatures - Tag for any kind of creature. Demons, monsters, aliens, yokai etc...
  • animals - If you have a real world animal, then use this.

• fabric - Any any use of good cloth or fabric animation.
• morphing - Objects people & changing and transforming. Take post #546 for example.

• mecha - Giant robotic mecha like Gundam.
  • gattai - Combination sequences for mecha.
• cars

• effects - This tag encompasses all the different forms of effect animation. Here are the specific tags in use:
  • explosions
  • smoke
  • liquid - For water, blood or other liquid substances.
  • debris - Chunks of earth, buildings, metal etc..
  • fire
  • missiles -
  • beams - Lasers and energy beams also fall under this catgory.

• cgi
  • 3d background - Animation that employs a moving 3d background.
• background animation - When a gif has an animated background.

• walk cycle
• smears
• screencap
• impact frames
• flipbook
• genga
  • genga comparison
• presumed - Use when you are not sure who the artist or animator is, but know with reasonable accuracy that it might be by particular animator. Also use if the Sakuga@wiki uses （憶測） or （推測）, which mean guess/speculation.

Terminology

This section is for terms and phrases that are commonly used by (Japanese) sakuga fans to describe certain types of cuts or elements of a cut. Most of them are translated terms from Japanese.

• kanada light flare
• kanada dragon
• yutapon cubes
• itano circus
• obari punch

Updated by Kraker2k over 10 years ago