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Question regarding Crew contributions
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantVittra
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First off, I'm still new to the contribution process so bare with me if this sounds like a newbie question.

My question is directly related to anime contributions since this is the majority of what my DVD collection consists of. My question is this:

Should the crew contributed be strictly those that were represented on that particular volume of an anime series or all inclusive to all those involved in that particular series?  One could argue that since many anime shows that run for only 13-26 episodes are pretty much just one big long movie. Very not-episodic in any way, so I was leaning towards submitting all those involved in creating the whole series.

I have a particular series that has a set of about 6 Screenplay writers that alternate episodes they work on. So a particular volume of a series might only include 4 of the 6 since they only contain 4 episodes. Now considering this, if the first volume of a series contains Screenplay writers 1-4, and Volume 2 contains Screenplay writers 5,6,1 and 2, should volume 1 contain Screenwriters 5 and 6?

The series I'm refering to is Wolf's Rain, but this is the case for many anime TV series. The show as a whole will have 5-6, sometimes more Screenplay writers and they were alternate. Again, keep in mind that most anime series are nothing like American cartoons that run for 200+ episodes and are very episodic in nature.

Editted to be more clear. 
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Quoting Vittra:
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Should the crew contributed be strictly those that were represented on that particular volume of an anime series...


I don't own any anime titles, but I believe this is how it should be done.  I am sure a more experienced anime collector will correct me if I am wrong.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantVittra
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I guess it may be just my way of thinking of anime series in general, but this is how I envision a show like this being created.

A whole crew is decided at the onset of a series and each episode may be distributed among the crew in areas such as the screenplay. The whole crew is part of their "project" called "Wolf's Rain". It just so happens that when the series is broken up for it's DVD release that only 4 out of the 6 screenwriters happened to be listed on that particular volume of their entire "project", but all 6 screenwriters were involved in the whole shabang so-to-speak.

Now I'm willing of course to contribute either way, which is why I'm asking this question.
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If each episode has unique credits then those are the ones to use.  That way we don't have to worry/wonder about intent of the makers of the show.

If 4 of 6 writers weren't credited for an episode they do not get listed as writers...for contribution.  In your local profile you can do whatever you heart desires, but contributions should be just those explicitly credited.
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