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The result was Speedy Keep per SK#1, nominator has withdrawn their deletion request. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 19:52, 10 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Karate Baka Ichidai[edit]

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The only source is a mention in one sentence in the obituary of one of the creators. The other sources I found don't seem to be reliable and provide significant coverage. I'll admit I don't know or care much about manga, so perhaps there are better sources (or they're more reliable than I think).Mdtemp (talk) 19:41, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep I wish to withdraw my nomination. I hope that someone will add the sources below to the article. I still don't think manga should be considered part of the martial arts project, but that's a separate issue.Mdtemp (talk) 16:22, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Peter Rehse (talk) 06:19, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:07, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:07, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:07, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• I'm going to wait to weigh in until more people familiar with the genre have commented. A google search turned up a lot, so it may be more notable than the article is conveying. Bali88 (talk) 00:20, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This passes WP:GNG. Not only was this a manga that was adopted into an anime and then two films (one in 1977[1], another in 2002-2003 (a two-part film[2])), it's even become a pachinko game[3]. Searches of article databases find pieces on the manga in such popular magazines as Shincho 25, Shukan Sankei and Shukan Asahi. Standard reference books have entries on both the manga and the anime[4]. Frankly, especially since it was written by Ikki Kajiwara, the most famous manga gensakusha in the 60s and 70s, this was a big hit and sparked a boom in interest in the martial art (one of the major karate schools cites this in their history:[5]). Michitaro (talk) 02:17, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per excellent analysis and sources provided above by Michitaro. Clearly notable. Cavarrone 06:01, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment' Clearly it would help if the references were actually added to the article.Peter Rehse (talk) 07:05, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Seems noteworthy enough, considering that wp:ja has three pages. Imaginatorium (talk) 11:16, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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