Talk:Image song

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Image song and character song

The problem here is that there are a number of different image song types:

Characters songs (ja:キャラクターソング) - songs sung by the actor in character
Insert songs (ja:アニメソング) - incidental music used in a show, usually (but not always) in the background in a scene (like background music when in a café)
Advertising jingle (ja:コマーシャルソング)
Theme songs (ja:主題歌)

This article needs to figure out what it's about, and then stick with that, instead of mixing together a bunch of different things. As it is, this article is very confusing and rambling. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:37, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Nihonjoe: The original focus of this article was character song. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 01:49, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've only ever heard "image song" used in English to refer to character songs, though perhaps it is used in other contexts outside of anime fandom. Regardless of whether "image song" and "character song" mean the same thing, this article seems to be about songs sung by an actor in character, and not about insert songs, advertising jingles, and theme songs. I don't think the article is at all confusing in terms of what it is about, and it is just a matter or which title is best. I've always know this type of song as "image songs", but searching Anime News Network, both "image song" and "character song" seem to be used in their news stories. If "image song" really is ambiguous, then this should probably be moved to Character song, but otherwise I think either title is fine. Calathan (talk) 07:02, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be careful what terminology is used as "character song" has a slightly different connotation in non-Japanese music [1] [2] compared to the Japanese term Otaku USA Article This article does mention image song. But is the article notable enough beyond a dictionary definition? So far all the refs are just about how that type of song is successful, and not much into about the development of the term. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 15:09, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]