Forum:Naming the mascot

The wiki's mascot was originally created by Kasuga on request back in January 2008. She was created for the project when it was first called the "Wikia Anime Project (WAP)", used as the old Animepedia's mascot as well as the project mascot, came along with the project when it was renamed to the "Wikia Graphical Entertainment Project (WGEP)", still stuck with the project when it was renamed "Wikia Animanga", and she will likely settle down here on the Animanga Wiki.

However, during all that time, over two years, she has never been given a name. The discussion puttered out shortly after she was created and adapted for use on wiki.

I'm no good with names — probably a good reason why she never got one — any name I could come up with would probably be embarrassing to me and to the wiki and the mascot. So for that reason, I ask the community. Does anyone have ideas for a good name to give the mascot, a long overdue rite? ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk) 15:39, April 11, 2010 (UTC)

Responses
This site gives a list of Japanese girls' names and meanings. It might be of some help. -- Deltaneos (talk) 18:21, April 11, 2010 (UTC) Giga Girl
 * Nao, Nashi, Nashiko, Motoko, Tamiko... hmmm... Midori? Personally I was hoping for a "Wikipe-tan" style name... ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk) 19:02, April 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * I see. Wikipedia has Wikipe-tan. Commons has Commons-tan. WikiQuote has Quote-tan. So for consistency, it'd need to be -tan. -- Deltaneos (talk) 20:10, April 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * Is Wikia-tan an option? Trying to include "animanga" might be redundant. Wikipe-tan was first used on Wikipedia as the mascot for their anime and manga WikiProject. This is pretty much Wikia's anime and manga project, so Wikia-tan, should be fitting, right? -- Deltaneos (talk) 21:14, April 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * I thought about that, but personally I think it doesn't fit. Wikia is wider than Wikipedia with sovereign communities that are much more separated from each other. Also the current mascot gives a very Anime feel, I've considered the thought of one or two more, namely another for manga. But in any case, I don't think our current mascot fits as an embodiment of Wikia, much more one of the more anime related parts of the Animanga community. ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk) 21:21, April 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * I was kinda getting at your last point. Wikipe-tan was first used for just the animanga part of Wikipedia, but could still use "Wikipe" in its name and this is just the animanga part of Wikia. But yeah, you're right, it's still not a fair comparison. Different Wikia wikis are much more distinct communities than different Wikipedia WikiProjects. So I guess I'll agree that that's a no for Wikia-tan. -- Deltaneos (talk) 21:44, April 11, 2010 (UTC)

maybe how about yume? Kunoichi101 19:59, April 11, 2010 (UTC)kunoichi101Kunoichi101 19:59, April 11, 2010 (UTC)

How about some of these:
 * Ani-tan
 * Anima-tan
 * Manga-tan
 * Manime-tan
 * Aniki-tan

My personal favourite is Aniki-tan.

Though I like the idea of Aniki-chan better :3 Houndoomrulz 16:23, April 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * T_T I don't like aniki... *cough* *cough* it doesn't quite fit a female character to me...
 * There's always anoko, but that joke is almost too cruel. ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk) 17:03, April 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * How about Katsuko? I took the name from "Hidaridaikakko" which means "opening square bracket". :P Herald of meridian 14:45, April 13, 2010 (UTC)

I like Manime-tan out of all of them.


 * Hmm, there's also Aniko-tan (Anime shortened to Ani, so roughly "Anime child"; Like how Hanako means "Flower child"); *cough* just as long as no-one suggests abbreviating Manga to Man and using the same pattern for a manga oriented mascot if we get one. ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk)

Yummie is good. --- ''' яσdяιgσ  x  {TALK}  17:23, April 14, 2010 (UTC)

I created Aniki from "Animanga" and "wiki"....

Hmmm... Lupina-chan!!! 78.69.88.237 19:12, August 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Wikani-tan
 * Wikima-tan
 * Aniwikima-tan (Though it's rather long... >_<)

Hihi~ Houndoomrulz 11:16, April 16, 2010 (UTC)

I think hime meaning princess and a princess is usually a female XD


 * ^_^ Hime! Heh, too generic and not relevant to the mascot for me. ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk)

I have an idea for her name. Kokoa-senapi sounds good to me. Game Master Shania (fanfiction.net) 17:06, April 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * I have a silly idea for the name: 翠髪 結紅, which can be read as Suikami Yuuku (スイカミ ユウク) --Yuuku is the given name. She can also be called Yuu-chan, Yuu-tan, Sui-chan, Sui-tan or anything to that extent. I meant the name to mean "Green Hair with Red Ribbons" but the kanjis mean "Emerald, Hair, Ribbon, Crimson" respectively. I meant to put the "Crimson" character before "Ribbon" but I couldn't find a nice combination with the readings that way. ~ Akadirgun (userpage &#8285; talk) 18:24, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

Aniki-tan is a casual term for "older brother," so yeah...

I like the Wikipe-tan idea, or maybe we can just go for what the OS-tans did. Animanga-tan? BLAH NO TOO LONG.

Anima-tan? O_O Manganima? Mangama?


 * brain on crac*

I like Yuuku Suikami, but people might have trouble understanding what it means without listening to the explanation. O_O--Mikuhatsune12 03:46, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

Hikari, Kokoa, Ichigo, Sakura, Hitomi, Aikou, Anzu, Miho, Miyuki, Mei, Anko, Hinata, Temari, Mai, Shizuka, Lari, Inyu, Yuki, Yumi, Yayumi. Motoko, Lin, Fay, Chan, Tani, Tomoko,

Or if you prefer it to suggest Animanga Wiki:

Manganime, Manime, Anima, Animiki, Maniki, Mangiki, Animangiki, Aniwiki, Anwiki, Amwiki, Wikani, Wikanima, Wikanga, Wikaniman, Aniga, Mangime, Animan, Anga, Animawi, Ama, Anma, Aninga, Manigema, Angiki, Animiki, Mawiki, Animawiki, Manganiwiki, Mangani, Manganim, Manganiwi, Tanime. Game Master Shania (fanfiction.net) 15:59, April 27, 2010 (UTC)

How's about Annie Manga or Ani Manka? or maybe Amine Gaman,wich is an anagram for Anime Manga?--Loreofwings 08:52, April 30, 2010 (UTC) How about "Wikitsune-chan"? Y'know, like a portamenteau of "Wiki" and "kitsune", a fox girl (I know that she doesn't look very "foxy", but that's the first thing I can think of that early in the morning (at least from the P.O.V. of my timezone)...Vegeccolo 07:17, April 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Count me as another vote for "Anima-tan"! It's cute, short, and simple- and falls under the whole "-tan" theme, which I'm all for.

Um...just a tip...we really should start recording these votes. BlazingStar 18:28, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Votes mean nothing, this is a wiki, not a democracy. ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk)

I am thinking Anime-tan or Manga-tan.Aniki-tan seems like something you would call an adult version of the anime wiki mascot like the older version on Wikia-tan.NOTASTAFF Enzio

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What about ai, mizuho, konna, kit , kazumi.

-How about Konishi Sakura?

How about "Mana-tan"? Like, "M" from manga, "An" from anime, and "A" from manga.

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How about Wapi-chan? I got if from the begining of the artical "Wikia Anime Project (WAP)",

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Umm… Uh… no… Hmm… I've got nothin', sorry. But I agree with the whole -tan thing, it fits. - WhiteArmor - (Talk) - 22:53, May 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * (Pre-editconflict; response to Animanga onna) Hmmm, Animanga-onna reminds me of things like Yuki-onna, Oni-baba, Kuchisake-onna, ... you know... Bakemono..... ^_^ the mascot doesn't quite fit that... Hmm, did I just lean towards the idea of Animanga-tan, hmmm... magi? Animagi-tan? アニマギ... ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk)

What about Animanga-tan? It looks nice!

How about Ana-tan? An is the start of ANime and it also sounds like "Anata" with is japanese for "you", Which is fitting since "you" add and/or edit the information. People should also gather that it is about anime/manga due to the tan. MowatMan 19:25, May 15, 2010 (UTC)

Ooh! I've got one, AnMa-tan. Reminds me of Onbaa from Naruto. - WhiteArmor - (Talk) - 08:31, May 19, 2010 (UTC)

Personaly, I like Haruhi, meaning spring sun, or Haruhime, meaning princess of spring. Nikakaeo Well, I've used this site for a while now, and I just now noticed the mascot needed a new name :O Personally, I like Chishiki-tan, Chishiki means 'knowledge; information'. ~Caeafae

Nunnally-Sama!!!!!!! - Zero

Mimika-tan for My Internet Myspace Into K(c)ode Anime Or Himeka-tan like from Kamichama Karin Chu? As in Hot Internet for Mine and Everyone's Kool Anime Sorry, today isn't my day but at least I had ideas =/ --Changeling4life 07:33, May 26, 2010 (UTC)

So, any word from the admins of Animanga Wiki? Herald of meridian 08:56, May 26, 2010 (UTC)

How about Yuko-tan? Yuko means 'helpful child', like how the wiki has helpful info and stuff. Maybe Ouka-tan? It comes from 'oukan', meaning crown. ---Reno321

I vote for Ana-tan. A good word game (anime+anate+tan, like Mowat suggested a few lines above), and fits the -tan groove. Or in case of doubt, why not ask the creator, Kasuga? He might have thought on a name during the last two years... -ArkBlitz (Talk) 04:12, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

How's about Animay? Get it? Animay is pronounced the same way Anime is...--Awale 12:09, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

I definitely support Anima-tan, since it's short, and it works - a quality I can't really say about the majority of the other suggestions. UchihaFate008 04:39, June 22, 2010 (UTC)

Amaya-tan. Arrancar79 22:49, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

Rmpcop1 idea
Cho (butterfly) Mizo

AMTNinja's Name Input
I'v got it... Theyre simple, sweet, relatable and cool! "Giga"! Japanense for cartoon, or join giga with other names like: Giga-Nee (Cartoon Girl) Giga-Kyu (Cute Cartoon) or just the simple Giga-Chan =D AMTNinja 18:42, June 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * -points above- Personally, I like this one.

-BlazingStar (My talk) 00:08, June 26, 2010 (UTC)

What about Animanga-tan? Nice --Plet75 14:01, June 25, 2010 (UTC)

Names that seam to stand out are Anima-tan, Animanga-tan, I suppose Chishiki-tan does a little too. Though probably the former fit better. ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk) 08:51, June 26, 2010 (UTC)

I liked Anima or Anna May and any variations thereof :D I thought short, simple, and more English since this is the English wiki, but I doubt that matters much. --Imanie

I like the picture, and it looks like a little sister of someone. I wonder what the japanese word is for sister. maybe we can add 'manga' to that. i think it is oneechan...mangachan! - from wikipedia user Windowsfuture


 * nee is older sister, the O prefix is for respect. -chan is just a friendly add on. The word for younger sister is imōto and that's about it for that word. What you said is closer to "little manga" than anything and if we added on -tan, it would be "wittle manga". Adding a chan to imōto is kinda mean though D: --Imanie

Instead of coming up with something complex with a hidden deeper meaning, just pick something that looks like it fits her. Like Kiki.

How about Annie-May or Annie May? Does anyone like that? Exipotic 22:48, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

How about Anime wiki-chan? N-fan 6

MOD
Hey, how about Mod?

From An Helpful Girl
How About Minako (Mi) Beautiful (Na) A Phonetic Character (Ko) Child

Hmm...
my favorite japanese girl name is Meika which i think means beautiful person

From Anon Ymousse: We could just name her Anima-Tan.

From Suki
Animan-tan/Anme-tan/Anima-tan could be a good name. Or Yotsuba due to her hair.

Not-so-good name
Although this might not be a good name, since this site is about anime-manga, why not otaku? add any suffix. -Random Stranger


 * Otaku-tan? meh, if we went in that direction I'd almost vote for chibi-tan instead... ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk) 12:33, July 25, 2010 (UTC)

I honestly like Irogami meaning colour and paper and anime is the colour part and manga is the paper part. Add any suffix as you like :)

i think aki-chan is very cute and fitting for a little girl. :3 -xXisanemaXx

re: Ani-names & Yotsuba-related names

 * I would suggest changing it to Ani Mei-tan, Mei-tan for short, Ani of course being the surname. As a bonus, the full name sounds like "animation."


 * I originally commented outside the forums, so here's the rest of that comment:
 * What would be the 3-leaf equivalent of Yotsuba... Mitsuba? Sanba?


 * I also like Ana-tan. Ani Mei seems a little too obvious, though Ani Mei-tan... Huh. I only thought about adding "tan" to the Ani Mei suggestion as I wrote that, but that works out to be kinda a pun.


 * I thought about a name related to the word "manga," but Man Ga doesn't work. Uoman (woman, Man by itself being easily misread as a human male, and then modified to a pun) Ganimei is clunky, as is of course Uoman Ganimei-chan, but I'm brainstorming here. And... the storm has passed. That's all my brain has for you today.


 * ...Except as I pasted this here I thought of the cry of excitement, "kyaaa," and thought of Kyaa!-chan. Or Unpronounceable-J-Emoticon-chan, e.g., \(*.*)/-chan. Or Animan Wikippi-tan. FWIW. -chan. Just kidding.


 * geekdiva on en.wikipedia, --184.78.163.115 23:54, July 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu, yottsu, itsutsu, muttsu/mutsu, nanatsu, yattsu/yatsu, kokonotsu... so it would probably be mitsuba, though I don't believe you ever make use of mitsubanokurōbā, you just use kurōbā. ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk) 03:20, July 28, 2010 (UTC)

Miki
Miki is a name meaning Tree Truck in japanese, which sort of relates to how this Wiki is the root of all of the other Anime-manga wikis, plus, M backwards is W, so her initial backwards would be Wiki. --  Chris  talk   blog  19:04, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

A name, huh?
Well, I was thinking Animu-san... Do you like it X3 Lulz .> just so you know

New Name
How about these? -Shiancia -Mitchiko -magicgirl -Harpinex

I Do Like these sneaky one
'''Iki-Ryo, Inari, Isora, Jurojin, Kenro-Ji-Jin, and Ko-No-Hana'''                     (and add Wiki to the end if you want)

--VegetasOtherWife 23:58, September 21, 2010 (UTC)

Ikuze,Toky0
I came up for a full name at first:

Yomitori Kakikomi But didn't like it and theeeen... Yomitori Kumiko?

Yomitori (読み取り) comes from "read" and Kakikomi (書き込み)from "write" It's a simple name, but I think it would work somehow, since we're reading and writing on there, aren't we?

People, just screw Animanga-tan and everything that is some kind of related because we're so gonna sound LAME. It's like copying Wikipedia, WikiQuote and the other sites like our. Let's be original.

Yeah, Kumiko-tan DOESN'T SOUND GOOD! I know it myself. Yomiko? Wikiko? Well, I just broke that "screw all Animanga-tan" thing that I juuust wrote. Wikita? What about Atae Chishiki (与え 知識) "Giving" + "Knowledge" + Google translate (used Google translate, Orz) = Atae Chishiki-与え 知識 Well, Here I stop! \\O// <Peace \/            ikuze,toky0


 * Yomitori means "to read (someone's) mind, to read between the lines", the proper word for read is "yomu" although that word also applies to composition. As for copying Wikipedia, take a look at most of our articles, common goals, different focus, it fits.
 * Names which make use of alternate pronunciations of kanji or alternate kanji that have the same pronunciation are good. For example arawasu (著わす) the kanji 著 can also be pronounced cho and means "work, book, ..." so you can make chowasu, also wasuru (和する) means "to get along". Which could make something like arawasuru 著和する or chowasuru. Then again wasuru (忘る) means to lose and chou (超) means "super-, ultra-, hyper-, very, really"... ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk) 07:10, September 30, 2010 (UTC)

majinbuu7985
What about Midori?, it means green in Japanese, like her hair, plus it sounds kind of cute to me. I like Shanaynay

Anonymous
I think that Jōhō would be a good name it means knowlage

A Name With Meaning
I think she should be given a name that represents someone or something important to manga and anime, and not one that describes her appearance or contains the word anime, wiki, manga etc...

Kurumi

Manga began to appear in shojo magazines around 1910 and began to grow popular in the 1930s magazines. The most popular manga, Katsuji Matsumoto's Kurukuru Kurumi-chan, came out in 1938 in the magazine Shojo no tomo. Featuring the daily antics of a little girl named Kurumi, each episode was a self-contained story, usually running 4 pages and 22 panels. Because the mascot is female and because she represents the wiki for anime and manga,a name that honors one of the first popular female manga characters is very fitting.

Oten or Maki

Oten Shimokawa is one of the founding artists of anime. In 1917 he created Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki, the first japanese animation film ever made. Maki-true,precious,chronicle,hope

-Kayla1993

74.171.101.151Amanda74.171.101.151 06:32, October 12, 2010 (UTC) How about Kiwi?

Suggestion
How about Anima-tan~

Suggestion By Numbuh 625
How About Annieme-Chan?

Been so long
It's been so long, and still no convergence on a name for our mascot. I made the request that created her myself a long time ago for the Animepedia, brought her with me to the Animanga Wiki, all over Wikia, and in a way farther than that. It's been so long I'm wondering if I should name her, "kan'" from and me from. ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk) 06:31, January 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * Everyone that came to the page has given their own name and why they think it should be picked, but there hasn't been a poll set up with more widly chosen names (and/or their derivatives) so people could choose. All that's happened is that... more names have been given and added to the pile. Does the entire community actually have a choice on the name, like where we can all actually vote, or are you going to be the person who chooses the name, no questions asked? --Immy


 * I was hoping to do it the traditional way. Watch the discussion, wait and see as people discuss the names and start centering names around a common name that everyone seams to like and go with that. ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk) 19:16, January 9, 2011 (UTC)

Just call it Anima-tan and get this over with.  *Bereisgreat  ( shout! ) 22:21, July 30, 2011 (UTC)

Wikiam
I didn't see this suggested so I'll add in my two sence. Wikiam is a portmanteau of "Wikia" and "AM" (AniManga). Although I guess it sounds kinda masculine...

Another suggestion is "maniga", taken by merging them in reverse. +y@talk 05:02, April 9, 2012 (UTC)

I think Botan would be a good name. It is the name of the female guide to the spirit world in the anime/manga Yu Yu Hakusho. I like it because it's both an anime and a manga character, who has the same job (female guide) as the mascot. Almightywoody 14:20, April 19, 2012 (UTC)

Categories
It really seems like it would be good if you could break the answers down into around 3 categories:

!. Translation relevance: There are names that when translated come close to anime, manga, wiki.

2. Clever contraction names: Basically the same thing as above, but English based.

3. Association Relevance: Actual names that are fitting because they tie into the assumed character/appearance of the mascot.

I bring this up because once they get grouped into categories it becomes easier to determine which is the "best" for each of those categories. From there you can compare the 3 semi-finalists or whatnot, and select a winner.