# Manga

## Database Criteria

There is a limitation on manga that can be accepted to the site, notably they should works that were first published through a reputable Japanese publisher. [Doujinshi](/submission-manual/before-you-begin/written-media-information/doujinshi.md) is an exception, please refer to that section.

Example magazines include things such as:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Print Magazines" %}
[Weekly Shounen Jump](http://www.shonenjump.com/)\
[Comic Earthstar ](https://comic-earthstar.jp/)\
[Dengeki Daioh](http://daioh.dengeki.com/)\
[Manga Time Kirara](http://www.dokidokivisual.com/)\
[Kindai Mahjong](http://kinma.takeshobo.co.jp/)\
[Betsuma](http://betsuma.shueisha.co.jp/)
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Web Magazines" %}
[Comic Bunch](http://www.comicbunch.com/)\
[Ganma!](https://ganma.jp/)\
[Sunday Webry](https://www.sunday-webry.com/)\
[LEED Cafe](http://leedcafe.com/)\
[Dengeki @vitamin](http://dc.dengeki.com/vitamin/)\
[Ohta Web Comic](http://webcomic.ohtabooks.com/)
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

There are many sites that work with multiple publishers to release serializations digitally, such as [PixivComic](https://comic.pixiv.net/), [ComicWalker](https://comic-walker.com/), and [Nico Nico Seiga](https://seiga.nicovideo.jp/).

Works published on sites like [Twitter](http://twitter.com) or [Pixiv](http://pixiv.net)’s non-comic section are usually not accepted ***unless*** they are titled works uploaded by an author already in serialization, in which they’ll be classed as [doujinshi](/submission-manual/before-you-begin/written-media-information/doujinshi.md).

Any accepted works from [Comico](https://www.comico.jp) or similar webtoon portals should be from the official section only, and not the self-publishing challenge section.

## Doujinshi into Licensed Manga

If series originally self-published online through platforms like [Twitter](http://twitter.com) or [Pixiv](http://pixiv.net) (considered [doujinshi](/submission-manual/before-you-begin/written-media-information/doujinshi.md)) are later picked up by a professional publisher and released without significant change, any existing entry in AniList under the doujinshi format would be [updated](/submission-manual/submission-form/general/misc/self-published.md) to manga by checking the [Self Published ](/submission-manual/submission-form/general/misc/self-published.md)option. (retaining the original self-published start date).

{% hint style="warning" %}
If the serialization is an ***entirely*** new work, and not a re-publication of the original chapters, a new entry should be made using the start date as the date of serialization. The original work could still be eligible to enter the database as doujinshi.
{% endhint %}

### Examples

Example 1:

> [Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi](https://anilist.co/manga/103111/Senpai-ga-Uzai-Kouhai-no-Hanashi/) was first released on Twitter ([here](https://twitter.com/i/moments/969629425087082498)) for a short period of time before the publisher [Ichijinsha](http://ichijinsha.co.jp) began collating the original Twitter posts into tankoubon ([here](https://bookwalker.jp/series/156182/list/)).\
> \
> Ichijinsha's publication is of the original work itself (with redrawn art for earlier chapters) and not a new story. If the entry did already exist on AniList as [doujinshi](/submission-manual/before-you-begin/written-media-information/doujinshi.md), it would have been be updated to manga and the cover later updated to the tankoubon volume.

Example 2:

> [Sanpakugan-chan wa Tsutaetai.](https://anilist.co/manga/104776/Sanpakuganchan-wa-Tsutaetai/) was first released on Twitter ([here](https://twitter.com/syunsuke1009/status/1004317076788408320)) before the publisher [GANGANpixiv](https://gangan.pr-pixiv.net/) began serialization.\
> \
> Like the first example, this also could have been eligible to be entered as doujinshi at first, if meeting the other requirements.
>
> Also like the first example, the serialization is a re-publication of the first chapters with minor adjustment.


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