Talk:Anya (Anastasia)

1956 character
Anastasia is a same character of 1956 film of the same name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:14C:598B:9789:B860:A8FD:7DFC:D42 (talk) 19:20, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Infobox image
There appears to be a back-and-forth regarding the infobox image. is the primary contributor to the article and has used File:Anya Anastasia.jpeg (A) for the infobox, but has repeatedly introduced File:Grand Duchess Anya Anastasia.jpeg (B) despite repeated edits to revert back to the original image. In one of my edit summaries, I recommended that the talk page should be used to get consensus either way, but that was ignored so I am opening one myself.

To be completely honest, I am not a huge fan of either. I think the first one is too much of a close-up on the character, while I think the second just looks odd. Unfortunately, there does not appear to an official promotional image of the character as that would have been the ideal solution in this scenario. I would have personally gone with some sort of variation on the image used in this article as that scene, and frame in particular, seems to get a lot of focus in promotional materials, but I do get the rationale for wanting to include her in the dress.

Either way, I wanted to open this to get feedback to hopefully settle on an infobox image and avoid the back-and-forth editing that has been going on lately. Aoba47 (talk) 04:01, 23 December 2022 (UTC)


 * I am largely impartial towards the image used in the article, mostly because there are very few quality images of the character online (likely because she wasn't promoted in the way that other animated film characters typically are). The current image was the least offensive that I could find at the time I was writing the article; I am opposed to the image @KieranCallahan72 is insisting on using because, in addition to it being a rather poor quality image that hardly looks like the character, I feel the only reason they are trying to insert this image is because it looks vaguely similar to a Disney Princess promotional image, and the user seems insistent on inducting Anya into the Disney Princess franchise by way of Wikipedia as evidenced by their other edits. Changedforbetter (talk) 20:49, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

I changed the image to the dress because that dress is arguably the best design for the character. KieranCallahan72 (talk) 16:06, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Kieran, if a change you make is disputed, then the proper procedure is to seek consensus before making the change again. Don't just keep re-imposing your preferences on the article when other editors disagree. You have to discuss, not just force your changes into place. Powers T 14:11, 30 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Either way, the dress image is awful.The current image is much better. 2001:4455:688:5F00:5C35:C041:2634:1B59 (talk) 01:58, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Anastasia Disney Princess
She deserves to be in the lineup and needs to have the — Preceding unsigned comment added by KieranCallahan72 (talk • contribs)
 * Can you find a reliable source for that information? Powers T 16:03, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Being owned by Disney is not the same as being a Disney Princess
This Talk is for people to leave the subject once and for all, and understand that the character is NOT going to be a Disney Princess, and avoid information that confuses Wikipedia readers (in this case, confusion regarding belonging to The Walt Disney Company and belonging to the Disney brand, which are different things). Not even Princess Atta from A Bug's Life or Princess Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire are members simply because they are cartoon princesses that, unlike Anya/Anastasia, are from productions under the Disney label. Who does not understand the latter, I explain it below... The members of the Disney Princess franchise receive that name because they are from productions under the Disney label. That is to say, productions distributed with the name "Disney" on the title, because they are productions of Walt Disney Pictures. It is not the same to be from "Disney", mentioning said label (which includes Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Channel Originals, and any other production of a studio with the name "Disney"), than to belong to "Disney", mentioning The Walt Disney Company in its entirety. Which has different labels/brands, including "Disney", "Pixar", "Marvel", and since the company acquired 20th Century Studios (Anastasia’s studio) and Searchlight Pictures, the productions of both studios also bearing their labels on their titles since said acquisition. In short, The Walt Disney Company has "Disney" above its name, but there is a difference between it and the "Disney" brand. With the different divisions of the company having their different brands under their respective labels. BrookTheHumming (talk) 23:07, 18 February 2023 (UTC)