Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yotta Kasai
While some have raised questions about the IP that nominated this for deletion, I believe that is irrelevant if the AfD has some merit. And this does. None of those who have voted "keep" have provided significant and reliable sources per  or --instead, a few have only given mistaken or unreliable evidence. So we must look at the article. It has a seemingly amazing 37 sources at this time, but almost all are irrelevant for judging notability. 10 are from IMDb, which is not a reliable source on Wikipedia. 10 are distributor sites that merely list one or more of his films: they are neither independent sources nor offer significant coverage. 6 are just listings of films shown at minor or non-notable film festivals, and thus which also don't provide significant coverage. 5 are to Japanese websites, but only link to the top page of the site, not the specific article, with no indication of whether Kasai is actually treated on that site or not (again, I have tried multiple searches and found nothing on him in Japanese). Most of the rest are dead links, links to lists, or to personal MySpace pages--nothing significant or independent. The ONLY sources among the 37 that are even close to being significant and independent RS are these two: http://horrormakersguide.zohosites.com/Interview.html and http://realdreadhorrorinterviews.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/interview-dire/. Others can judge these, but to me they look like fan blogs which are in general not RS on Wikipedia (the fact the second says "my friend Kasai" also implies it is not independent). Other web searches find nothing. I can find no evidence that any of his films have received a single review from a reputable publication and none are available on DVD from regular commercial sources (they only seem to be available on bittorrent or through other dubious means). None of his films, then, would pass GNG. I might also note that people at IMDb have also noticed that his high ratings (none of which include a written review, only number ratings) on that database stink: note discussions http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2387415/board/nest/204871686 here and http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000042/thread/204975941?d=204975941&p=1#204975941 here. There seems to be something wrong here and Wikipedia appears to be the victim of it as well
— User:Michitaro, 00:54, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:FILMMAKER (Wikipedia:Notability)