Hi there! For the first question, it is as our examples stated:
e.g. fine - 1
Modelgumi - 2
Amagi brothers - 3
Eccentrics - 4

Similar to "Amagi brothers" unit, an Adonis and his sisters unit should be stated as "Adonis and his sisters" - 1, for example.
For a Kuro and Shu unit, do state "Kuro and Shu" - 2, as stating "Valkyrie and Akatsuki" -2 would mean you are creating a piece that features all 3 members of Akatsuki and the 2 members of Valkyrie together.
If you require more clarification, feel free to send another retrospring, or DM us on our twitter or tumblr.

For the second question, we require you to name at least three units you are willing to create content for. This is to ensure variety in characters featured in this zine. By units, we don't mean only group units, but units/groups of character(s) you're willing to create for. An example is as follows:
Rei Sakuma - 1
HiMERU and his brother - 2
Kanata, Souma, Madara - 3
Branco - 4
Pretty 5 - 5

We hope this clears up any doubts you have! Thank you for your question 🧡

Hi there! This would depend on the role and content you intend to fulfill in this fanzine. As writers will need to write a short story based around the childhoods of ES!! characters, writers need to at least know the canon backstory of the characters they want to write. Even if they were creating fanon content for their work, understanding of the relevant characters for characterisation will still be important.

Artists are strongly recommended to have knowledge of the canon backstories of the characters they wish to portray, but it is not necessarily needed should you choose to create fanon content for this project.

Do note that when submitting the three (3) samples in your application, one of them must be a completed piece featuring Ensemble Stars!! characters. Thank you for your question 🧡

Hi there! By "supply", we mean that our finance mod has to provide the budget, the budget being the financial planning and budgeting for this zine's production, not the monetary supply of funds needed to complete physical fulfillment.

Cancelling the project completely will not take place under any circumstances once our contributors have joined us, as it would be disrespectful and disappointing to the hard work and effort they've put into committing and creating works exclusively for this fanzine.

If we fail to break even but achieve a decent amount of sales, we will focus on fulfilling either a zine-only physical project or a merch-only physical project, whichever we are able to break even for. If there is a severe lack of interest and sales (<5 total sales, for example), we will convert this fanzine into a digital-only project. Of course, we will contact buyers accordingly to process the necessary partial refunds due to the product changes, or full refunds if they do not wish to purchase our fanzine anymore because of the changes above.

Any funds spent by the finance mod before the circumstances above will likely be used to print samples of merch items, or a sample copy of the zine. We are very unlikely to spend money to print merch samples or a sample copy of the zine until our sales break even, as printing samples are part of the cost to produce the fanzine and project, and any money used for such samples will come from the zine's finances.

If there is a situation where personal funds have been spent by the finance mod with agreement from the mod team and the project fails to break even after preorders, organisation mod agcalcium will repay the finance mod out of pocket accordingly. Thank you for your question 🧡

Hi there! No worries, thank you for checking in with us! The form will ask for Sample #1, Sample #2 and Sample #3: these three (3) individual works will be the works that the moderators will look at primarily when evaluating applications.

Your portfolio is a collection of other works that you want to include in your application that may or may not in your three (3) samples. Your portfolio may include some or all of the three individual samples. Your portfolio will be used in these occasions, but are not limited to: should there be tiebreakers for accepting applicants, or when contacting pinch hitters.

We hope this clears up your confusion! Thank you for your question 🧡

Hi there! Let us preface that all information given to us during this contributor application period will be kept strictly confidential, and won't be shared with others beyond the moderating team.

Emails are the most convenient way to send the results of application to all applicants compared to individual DMs on various social media platforms, hence the collection of emails. We ask for your SNS to ensure we have a secondary way of communicating to applicants should there have been no response to our emails. We will be rejecting applicants who apply without emails, as we will be sending results through email only. We seek your understanding in this matter.

We apologise for collecting discords so far, the mod team has realised it was unnecessary and will be removing it from the forms. Thank you for your question 🧡

We understand that the childhoods of various characters in enstars!! touch on difficult topics. The mod team will work with the accepted contributors to ensure all content in the zine is portrayed with sensitivity and falls within the realm of canon typical content.

We will not allow overtly graphic descriptions and depictions in the pieces created for our zine. We will allow for canon typical content with the condition that it is reasonable within the theme and context of children (e.g. fighting is acceptable, guns are not), and will ensure it is not the primary focus of any written piece. We will reject fanon-based pitches which intensity goes beyond canon typical content.

Additionally, the mod team will work to ensure a healthy blend of lighter and darker topics within the zine. We are aware some degree of heaviness is unavoidable due to the canon content, hence the flexibility in defining the zine's theme which allows contributors to create light-hearted fanon content. We will prioritise having more light-hearted content, as this fanzine was marketed as such (our graphics, etc). Thank you for your question 🧡