Template:Did you know nominations/Sarazanmai

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:28, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Sarazanmai

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• ... that when pitching Sarazanmai, the series' director omitted elements of its plot to improve its chances of being greenlit – notably the centrality of shirikodama, a ball in Japanese folklore located in the anus? Source: Anime News Network
  • ALT1:... that Sarazanmai was conceived as a series about yōkai (supernatural monsters) for an adult audience? Source: Pash! Plus (in Japanese)
  • ALT2:... that Sarazanmai is a television series about a mythical ball located in the anus? Source: Anime News Network

• Reviewed: Gateway of India

Improved to Good Article status by Morgan695 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:48, 31 October 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good to go, and I prefer the brevity of ALT2 with two small changes: linking to shirikodama (with it piped as "mythical ball") and adding "television" before "series". SounderBruce 00:39, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks for the review. I've added your suggestions and struck the other hooks. Morgan695 (talk) 00:44, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

• ALT2 is not going to be acceptable because it violates Rule C6, and it just tells the plot. Every creative work has a hooky plot. You could shorten ALT0, or pipe the link in ALT1 as follows:
• ALT1a: ... that Sarazanmai was conceived as a series about supernatural monsters for an adult audience?
• Or you could suggest something else. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:56, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

• ALT1a works for me. Morgan695 (talk) 23:39, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks. @SounderBruce: did your review cover ALT1? Yoninah (talk) 23:40, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

• I'll have to AGF on the sourcing for ALT1 (and ALT1a), as I can't read Japanese and the Google Translate for the page is broken. SounderBruce 06:08, 29 November 2019 (UTC)