Deletion of List of Space Battleship Yamato characters

Comment: per  and . List of characters are a natural spinout of the main article, particularly for works of fiction that have a large cast. Most of the content can be assumed to be sourced from the work itself, though more specific citations would be helpful. The source of the character names should either be sourced or removed as |original research
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Article size (WP:SPINOUT||WP:FICT||WP:NOR)

Comment: I don't know where people are getting the impression that reliable sources aren't needed for an article, but it sure isn't from our |policies or |guidelines concerning sources and inclusion.  See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Space Battleship Yamato (spaceship) for similar arguments.  This ''particular'' article fails both  and .  The big reason secondary sources are needed for topic coverage is that those sources provide critical commentary that we can then summarize.  Interpreting promotional sources from the company or primary sources (the episodes themselves) is not our job.  The significance of the "parent" article doesn't have any impact on this particular article.  Unless there are multiple sources which cover the subject (characters of the show) in detail, this article should be deleted
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:N||WP:PLOT||WP:IINFO)

Comment: series is lengthy enough and licensed, and thus able to support having a separate character list. The page needs a lot of cleanup, but so does the main article (which just plain sucks), but that isn't a valid reason for deletion. This is a perfectly valid and standard spin-out for this kind of series. From the comments above, this seems to be a |pointy nomination, possibly due to the editors own list for a very short series being redirected back to the main article because one could not make a valid case for a spin-out on such a short series
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point (WP:POINT)

Comment: Then tag for needing verification per . I note that the series itself is majorly notable, and that a list of characters is by consensus a valid spinout for articles about works of fiction when they get too long
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:BEFORE)