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 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.

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.

• walk cycle
• smears
• screencap
• impact frames
• flipbook
• genga
  • genga comparison

• fighting - Hand to hand or other forms of combat.
• dancing -
• running -
• sports -
• henshin - Scenes showing transformation sequences, often stock footage.
• animals - Any form of animal creature.
• mecha - Giant robots or other mechanical object.
  • gattai - Combination sequences for mecha.

• effects - This tag encompasses all the different forms of effect animation. Here are the specific tags in use:
  • explosions
  • smoke
  • water
  • debris
  • blood
  • fire
  • missiles
  • beams - Lasers and energy beams also fall under this catgory.

• cgi
  • 3d background
• background animation - When a gif has an animated background.

• western - For use with animation not drawn in Japan, of either American or European origin.
• animated - The site supports apng as well so tag gifs/apngs as well.
• 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.

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