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ultragrimblasts
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Can you guys make a feature where you can browse anime by genre? I know there is a lot of anime and each anime has more than one genre listed but is it possible to do so? It would be real nice to only browse sci fi.
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one3rd
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patch
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So are there any plans to implement a browse by / search on all the info that's in the encyclopedia? It's a shame that there's so much data and no real way to query it properly.
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doc-watson42
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<sigh> See the thread linked in the post immediately above yours. It's on the staff's "To do" list. |
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patch
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<sigh> See my post that you quoted. Obviously this is on the "To do" in the sticky thread, but I wanted to hear a status update from the staff here since that thread was "Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004." |
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doc-watson42
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Beg pardon. By "So are there any plans to implement a browse by / search on all the info that's in the encyclopedia?" I thought you had ignored that post in that thread—since being on a "To do" list generally means that there are plans to implement such a search. This particularly seemed to be the case since you did not ask for an update in so many words, or mention the thread at all. Basically, I responded the way I did because you did not express yourself clearly. Also, just because a thread (post) was posted on a particular date may not mean that the owner of the site is unable to alter the content of a post after that date without an "Edited" note appearing (as is implied by "In order to keep this thread organized, posts will be deleted and summarized"—as in, "in this post"). |
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Dan42
Chief Encyclopedist
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The main holdup with the genre search is that before implenting it I wanted to re-do the genres. Instead of the current hodgepodge I want to have a few well-defined "genres" along with more flexible "themes". I'll repost and expand on my previous post, minus the demographics stuff which I don't want to touch for now. I'm not sure if the description I have here are any good. Comments are welcome.
GENRE - 1 to 3 of: action OR adventure *action: excitement through competition and combat *adventure: excitement through exploration and dangerous "quests". comedy drama fantasy OR supernatural OR magical *fantasy: swords & magic, heroic fantasy inherited from the Tolkien/D&D school of thought *supernatural: the kind of magic and monsters that have existed as part of human folklore for centuries; vampires, demons, spirits, priests, etc. *magical: magic used as a plot device to magical girls, horror OR thriller *horror: tries to shock the viewer through gory, uncommon scenes *thriller: tries to shock the viewer through suspenseful, unexpected scenes mystery romance sci-fi psychological OR slice-of-life *psychological: exploration of a character's (or our own) psyche through intense and traumatic events *slice-of-life: exploration of a character's (or our own) psyche through mundane and every-day events THEMES - free input; for example: mecha, magical-girl, police, samurai, war, sport, film-noir, martial arts, gunfights, superpowers, quest, parody, satire, crime, shounen-ai, shoujo-ai, android, etc... |
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doc-watson42
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Err—"science fiction"? Please? |
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one3rd
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It might be good to have genres or themes for "harem" and anime based on dating sims. Some people would find that those shows are exactly what they're looking for, and people like me would stay as far away as possible.
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ultragrimblasts
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So is this feature going to happen?
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Dan42
Chief Encyclopedist
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It's going to happen... eventually. But for that to happen, the basic genres need to be very well defined. That might take a while unless people give more feedback. The genres outlined above are not set in stone. Maybe some are unnecessary (mystery? thriller?), maybe additional ones would be good (space opera? parody?)
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Samurai CDZ
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I didn't realize you wanted comments. I think it's fine for the most part but I would suggest the following.
The problem with "ORing" is that the items in question are not mutually exclusive. However, I get that you're looking for the bigger factor, so I'd say this is fine.
I've been thinking since comedy and drama, or a mix of both, are present in everything maybe it would be a better idea to put them in their own section like say TONE or something. Meh...maybe not.
I'd drop magical, it's redundant for magical girl and it fits under the fantasy tag anyway.
This is very difficult...these two are often intertwined.
Seems fine. Themes android bishoujo - ...meh bishounen - ...still meh crime ecchi family (about family...since for family is demographic related) film-noir food (or cooking, whichever term you prefer) game (specifically, Yu-gi-oh or Beyblade and not something like Air) girls w/ guns gunfights - what's it called...gun-fu? harem historical maid martial arts - ...would this apply to all fighting? magical-girl - and it's "boy" counterpart (forget what it's called) mecha medieval (as in castle and knights) - I don't know what the Japanese equivalent would be but it seems samurai/historical would probably cover it. I guess you could go with eras, but most people probably wouldn't know them...or care to, really. music (heavy music influence/references) ninja parody pirate (including space pirates) police quest -> drop; anything big enough for this should already be listed as an adventure title anyway samurai satire school shoujo-ai shounen-ai sport superpowers - the problem is: what defines superpower? vampire - in the ninja/samurai/pirate vein war -> change to military western - very rare, but it's out there yaoi yuri |
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patch
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Dan, may I make a suggestion that you post in general anime discussion here, or a news article on the main page just for more visability?
It seems that many vistors to the site are full of opinions  and would be more than happy to help in making suggestions, and I feel like if you or any of the site staff were to post a request for comments/feedback in a more visable area of the site, you could get some more solid feedback.
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abunai
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I second this request. Please call it "science fiction", or "SF". Calling it "sci-fi" is just plain gauche. It's the sort of thing you'll read in a film review by a critic who has no idea what he's talking about, or in advertising copy from a studio PR flack who likewise has no idea what he's talking about. - abunai |
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Redbeard 101
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Could you simply make the genre a dual, such as Action/Adventure and Horror/Thriller? If not I would simply use Action and Horror. Most people would associate thriller as a sub genre of horror, or a theme. The same would apply for adventure. I second the idea of droping magical. The magical girl theme is a good idea and any shows magic heavy, Rune Soldier or Slayers for example, would be associated with fantasy. Even crap shows like Negima would fit there, or in action. The rest of the genres are a good idea. I would be careful how many theme you use. I'd only use the top 10-15 most common themes. You don't want too many. I would suggest; mecha shounen ai ahoujo ai magical girl film noir police martial arts satire harem parody ecchi historical sport vampire yaoi/yuri Last edited by Redbeard 101 on Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:55 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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