| If you haven't noticed on our Anime DB pages yet, we've been working on a new feature to store information for individual anime episodes. Some preliminary episode details have already been filled in as a starting point, and now we’ve opened up the system for user submissions! Check out our Death Note episode information here: http://myanimelist.net/anime/1535/Death_Note/episode We'd really appreciate it if you took a bit of time to submit a few episode details for your favorite anime and help us get a jump start filling the database. Please remember to follow the helpful text under the fields and to source any synopses that are not your own (for example: Wikipedia, if you found your episode info there). We'll also soon be updating the Anime DB Guidelines with some episode-specific information that isn't addressed by the form itself. Characters and staff cannot be linked to episodes yet, but we're working on getting that developed in the upcoming weeks. We hope to have the episodes layout, and submission tools better optimized at around the same time, too. Please feel free to give any feedback in this thread. Thank you for helping to make MAL's database more complete! |
| The episode "spam" on the anime page got annoying for me, don't need any more reason to scroll through even more stuff so I adblocked it. Though the episodes in the actual episode tab I have no problems with. |
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| Finally. They should be sorted in arcs and put in it's own tab though. |
| added the fourth most popular anime onto this site |
| Please move Episodes on the Detail tab to below Staff and right above Reviews. I think that would be the perfect place for it. |
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| Some people have already said this, but the episode block feels like it should be moved below the Related Anime+manga / Characters & VAs / Staff tabs, it looks out of place as it is now. |
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| Well, one feature that I won't be using for sure. It's annoying in the Details page, you can't hide it, you can't un-see it, it just stands there, spamming, and making the view more uncomfortable. And I'm glad when one anime that I want to add, doesn't have episodes registered, because I can see things. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks that way, so I'm not going to use it, I don't want to make it more annoying to the other users. But still, for those who like it, it's a good addition. |
| I'm gonna write the episodic information for the series I am aware of myself; let's get this started. Though I agree that this new feature is pretty much useless for the amount of space and potential effort it takes. |
| It might be an idea to get some extra moderators (maybe even for episodes only), as this will require a lot of moderation, I assume. One big remark: episode synopsis and airing data should not be mandatory. Especially the synopsis. Also:
Just another thought: why not make a chapter overview for manga as well? This would be very useful, as I don't know of any site that currently offers that. Anime episode data is already available on AniDB, and it will take a long time before MAL will have the same amount. |
niknetnikoMay 26, 2015 1:18 PM
| I just tested with the first episode of Tesapuru. THANKYOU for putting the month in letters rather than in numbers. Could you expand this to adding new manga and anime entries as well? The number of times I've put the days in the "month" column, only to then realise my mistake and have to go back and change it... |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| I don't really see any purpose for this since you can use the forum for episode summary (I actually do that) and I have to agree that right now it's really placed on a very bad spot. It should get its own tab or be moved much lower. Well, anyway, I'm sure there are people who could use this kind of feature. |
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| i think removing the episodes details on the details page should be done to lessen redundancy and a lot of people hate even a small spoiler the title gives lol but great feature though |
Jakeyy said: Why were the English cast removed? its there http://myanimelist.net/anime/1535/Death_Note/characters |
| Its placement on the main page of a series' entry could be better. I'd rather see it much further down, but most importantly, below the brief listings of cast and crew. People are going to be way more interested in those than in the episode listings tbh. |
Numi said: THISIts placement on the main page of a series' entry could be better. I'd rather see it much further down, but most importantly, below the brief listings of cast and crew. People are going to be way more interested in those than in the episode listings tbh. move it away from the fucking main anime entry page for the love of GOD |
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| Wouldn't it be a good idea to add an equivalent system for manga/novel/etc.. (i.e. adding chapter list)? |
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| Eh, requiring a synopsis for every episode (where most if not all will be copied from wiki anyway) and only being able to submit one at a time kind of kills this for me, more so the former. Although I noticed that Naruto and Gintama lack a synopsis for each episode hmm Nice to finally see this feature on MAL though. |
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| Not a feature I'm particularly interested in, but I can see how some users may find it useful. 10th_man_down said: The episode "spam" on the anime page got annoying for me, don't need any more reason to scroll through even more stuff so I adblocked it. Though the episodes in the actual episode tab I have no problems with. This. |
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Jakeyy said: I meant main page for example: http://imgur.com/6lCdG7I It used to have both English and Japanese. But now it only shows Japanese. And it takes an extra click to check out the other voice actors. the characters shown on the details/main tab is just a preview anyway, not all characters will be shown unless you go to the characters tab |
| Hmm Interesting I haven't contributed on Mal for some time now(for good reasons) This might be something I might do. Though I'm going to wait until This Update happens for more clearance: "We'll also soon be updating the Anime DB Guidelines with some episode-specific information that isn't addressed by the form itself. Also I don't mind 5 episodes showing up in the Main page, but I think lowering the number to 3 would be good.. OR take away the Extra Information: Status, Aired. Doing both is a +. |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| As with others, I don't dislike the episode list/details (I like the idea), but I think putting even part of the list on the main "details" tab is to much. It looks like clutter. |
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| Should probably just be in its own tab and not on the main page, I think. |
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Kuma-Kuma said: Please move Episodes on the Detail tab to below Staff and right above Reviews. I think that would be the perfect place for it. But that would take too long to load the page. It would get very annoying =w= |
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M00ner said: Everything loads really fast for me, so IDK how that feels. But Yeah Between Staff and Reviews seems like the best spot.Kuma-Kuma said: Please move Episodes on the Detail tab to below Staff and right above Reviews. I think that would be the perfect place for it. But that would take too long to load the page. It would get very annoying =w= Actually above The Opening theme/below Recs. would be good too. |
Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| Just add an option to disable the thing, how hard can that be? Or just move to it's own tab and leave it there. It just makes the main page so unnecessarily long. Overall I don't think this feature is that useful (aside from the characters part which I doubt will ever truly be complete aside from really popular series) since the information is usually available on Wikipedia (I can see myself forgetting this is a thing and going to Wikipedia either way). http://myanimelist.net/anime/1535/Death_Note/episode/1 Duration: 00:24:00 Meanwhile on the Information tab... Duration: 23 min. per ep. Whoops. Still waiting on a PM system that tells you wether or not your information change for a certain anime has been accepted or decline, and the ability to change genres manually but I guess that's not happening any time soon. |
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Monochrome said: Eh, requiring a synopsis for every episode (where most if not all will be copied from wiki anyway) and only being able to submit one at a time kind of kills this for me, more so the former. Pretty much this. It's nice to see this feature being implemented on MAL because it's been around for years on other sites. -------- I can understand why anime episodes are placed where it currently is. Aside from staff, it correlates more with the anime than a review does. Anime episodes + staff/characters are details directly about the source while reviews are more opinionated w/ reasoning so it makes sense that they are placed at the top. I wouldn't mind if staff and episodes swapped places, though. To me, it's the same. Rasco said: Also I don't mind 5 episodes showing up in the Main page, but I think lowering the number to 3 would be good.. I agree with this. |
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| Like lots said it shouldn't be shown there in the details page... in it's own tab its enough and it prevent title spoilers and such..... we already have enough to see (specially those series that have like 5 reviews/recommendations there) also good move removing the extra cast (dubbers) from there... |
Toarujisuru said: Just what is the point of having it there? Is the title of the first episodes the thing that's going to make you pick what to watch? Is the synopsis of those episodes it? I highly doubt it, if anything reviews should be brought up because those are usually the main thing people search for when picking which shows to watch or not, but that's not what I'm saying, I'm saying to send the episodes thing to the bottom of the page, maybe above the forum section.I can understand why anime episodes are placed where it currently is. Aside from staff, it correlates more with the anime than a review does. Anime episodes + staff/characters are details directly about the source while reviews are more opinionated w/ reasoning so it makes sense that they are placed at the top. I wouldn't mind if staff and episodes swapped places, though. To me, it's the same. On a side note, the links at the bottom should have their own tab, sometimes I forget they exist and end up googling what I need. And on a even sider note how about making the staff's (maybe not the characters') list like a board? 3 (possibly 4) columns and 4 lines would cover pretty much all staff for most shows and would be insanely useful. |
Paulo27May 26, 2015 6:07 PM
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| Speaking of reviews, I think they should be in their own tab too. They're relevant, sure, but they're purely fan based and I think the main page should just be factual info + forums. And maybe recommendations? Have no idea where they should go. |
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Paulo27 said: Toarujisuru said: Just what is the point of having it there? Is the title of the first episodes the thing that's going to make you pick what to watch? Is the synopsis of those episodes it? I highly doubt it, if anything reviews should be brought up because those are usually the main thing people search for when picking which shows to watch or not, but that's not what I'm saying, I'm saying to send the episodes thing to the bottom of the page, maybe above the forum section.I can understand why anime episodes are placed where it currently is. Aside from staff, it correlates more with the anime than a review does. Anime episodes + staff/characters are details directly about the source while reviews are more opinionated w/ reasoning so it makes sense that they are placed at the top. I wouldn't mind if staff and episodes swapped places, though. To me, it's the same. The summaries will be useful. The episode titles are all that we have atm. I'm okay with it going anywhere, tbh, I'm not that picky. However, my reasoning for agreeing with kuma-kuma still stands. Regardless of what feature users use more, it makes more sense to have episodes close to staff. Whether staff or episode count comes first I could care less. It being moved down above forum discussions is okay with me too, because then I'll be able to tell which episode I left off on instead of having to go into discussions to check, but I still think it makes more sense to have it close to staff/characters because it is based on facts of the source material. |
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10th_man_down said: The episode "spam" on the anime page got annoying for me, don't need any more reason to scroll through even more stuff so I adblocked it. Though the episodes in the actual episode tab I have no problems with. Thank god we can blocked it. I'll probably not use much of this feature. I just like to see how many episodes that arc has. |
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| About the summary portion, requiring a source implies that we take the summary from an official streaming website, a Wikipedia page, the distribute, or something of the sort to prevent "personal interpretations" I would assume. However, some of these summaries contain spoilers or are unnecessarily lengthy, essentially regurgitating each event in an episode scene by scene. By taking from a source, are we able to make reasonable edits to the summary's length and content? |
Toarujisuru said: I believe that if you're making a website for people to use and not for documentation or archiving purposes then you should keep in mind what your users want and use and give them a better time when using said website, I think it's fine as it is but this "makes more sense" talk doesn't make sense if it's getting in the way of people.Paulo27 said: Just what is the point of having it there? Is the title of the first episodes the thing that's going to make you pick what to watch? Is the synopsis of those episodes it? I highly doubt it, if anything reviews should be brought up because those are usually the main thing people search for when picking which shows to watch or not, but that's not what I'm saying, I'm saying to send the episodes thing to the bottom of the page, maybe above the forum section. The summaries will be useful. The episode titles are all that we have atm. I'm okay with it going anywhere, tbh, I'm not that picky. However, my reasoning for agreeing with kuma-kuma still stands. Regardless of what feature users use more, it makes more sense to have episodes close to staff. Whether staff or episode count comes first I could care less. It being moved down above forum discussions is okay with me too, because then I'll be able to tell which episode I left off on instead of having to go into discussions to check, but I still think it makes more sense to have it close to staff/characters because it is based on facts of the source material. And I guess the problem is that I don't see a point in episodes summaries period, why would you stop after watching something to go read what happens in the next episode at the chance of spoiling yourself? I'm not saying the feature is completely worthless because it might be useful for maybe checking the episode in which something happened or whatever but that's something with very little payoff to be on the main page at all. Same with removing reviews from the main page, what's your point? Maybe I use MAL wrong but I come here to pick what anime I want to watch looking at episodes titles isn't going to help me reach a conclusion while a review might, yes, it'll still be there, but instead of just window shooping I actually have to go inside the store now and that's not good here. |
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| And another vote for removing it from Details page. |
| This is bad, bad idea. You should better appoint some people to do it alone. Copy/paste from wikipedia or w.e. |
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| Great feature, it'll take some years to fill the database but it's still great. |
| Stop the sequels high-ranking stupidity. Group franchises in Top Anime page. Because Gintama is just "one" anime and not 5. |
NaCro said: How is it a bad idea? I'm pretty sure it'll need to be approved before going through—aka an anime/manga mod will need to make sure it's not trollish/wrong.This is bad, bad idea. You should better appoint some people to do it alone. Copy/paste from wikipedia or w.e. |
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Paulo27 said: Still waiting on a PM system that tells you wether or not your information change for a certain anime has been accepted or decline I'd expect a private look over the list of reports you've made before that. After some bugs get fixed that might be a thing. Either way, this idea is present in many notification system suggestions. I would actually prefer the outcome to be reported there as well and not through my inbox, as I want to keep the latter for the messages only, not be stormed over with report acceptance. |
| Like the feature. I don't need to go to Wikipedia anymore! But I definitely agree with a lot of people that it should be moved somewhere else, preferably below reviews. If that is not achievable, then try to only display, say, 3 episodes and the rest can be displayed on another page when the user clicks the link to show more. |
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highpriest2500 said: If that is not achievable, then try to only display, say, 3 episodes and the rest can be displayed on another page when the user clicks the link to show more. Those were pretty much my thoughts as well. All the content that expands too much on a database entry has had a view more option up until now. I find nothing wrong with it, so why not keep it here as well. A preview of 2-4 episodes plus an optional continuation by clicking on view more. I get the logic of having this located somewhere near the overall synopsis, but do use the page's space economically. |
| Thanks for this feature, I support it. |
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Subpyro said: highpriest2500 said: If that is not achievable, then try to only display, say, 3 episodes and the rest can be displayed on another page when the user clicks the link to show more. Those were pretty much my thoughts as well. All the content that expands too much on a database entry has had a view more option up until now. I find nothing wrong with it, so why not keep it here as well. A preview of 2-4 episodes plus an optional continuation by clicking on view more. I get the logic of having this located somewhere near the overall synopsis, but do use the page's space economically. ^^This, please. A show more option would be incredibly nice. Paulo27 said: Toarujisuru said: I believe that if you're making a website for people to use and not for documentation or archiving purposes then you should keep in mind what your users want and use and give them a better time when using said website, I think it's fine as it is but this "makes more sense" talk doesn't make sense if it's getting in the way of people.The summaries will be useful. The episode titles are all that we have atm. I'm okay with it going anywhere, tbh, I'm not that picky. However, my reasoning for agreeing with kuma-kuma still stands. Regardless of what feature users use more, it makes more sense to have episodes close to staff. Whether staff or episode count comes first I could care less. It being moved down above forum discussions is okay with me too, because then I'll be able to tell which episode I left off on instead of having to go into discussions to check, but I still think it makes more sense to have it close to staff/characters because it is based on facts of the source material. And I guess the problem is that I don't see a point in episodes summaries period, why would you stop after watching something to go read what happens in the next episode at the chance of spoiling yourself? I'm not saying the feature is completely worthless because it might be useful for maybe checking the episode in which something happened or whatever but that's something with very little payoff to be on the main page at all. Same with removing reviews from the main page, what's your point? Maybe I use MAL wrong but I come here to pick what anime I want to watch looking at episodes titles isn't going to help me reach a conclusion while a review might, yes, it'll still be there, but instead of just window shooping I actually have to go inside the store now and that's not good here. This website is for both purposes. Archiving and users. It makes sense in the archiving sense, but yeah, other users are more uncomfortable than I am about this - so sure. Move it to Pluto, whatever. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Personally, I use it - from wikipedia - so I can make sure I'm actually on a certain episode if I forgot to log it and can't tell. I read the synopsis for the earliest episode I can remember watching and slowly work my way up checking to see if each episodes synopsis sounds familiar. If not, I stop myself before I even go past the first sentence. The episode list will be very useful in this way on this website as I won't have to visit the forum episode discussions or an outside source (like wikipedia) trying to find which episode I left off on. On the forum discussions trying to find the ep you left off on is very difficult because the discussions for episodes are out of order and any series with 30+ episodes is annoying to go through. There have also been times when i want to re-watch certain scenes/episodes so this helps. Who said anything about removing reviews? >_> Also, regarding any spoiler type mention of episode titles or episode summaries. Some sequel synopsis' are already spoilers. If you somehow end up on S2 without knowing it's a sequel you will get spoiled anyway by reading the synopsis. And it's at the very top. So a way to make 'em less spoilerish w/ both synopsis' and episode summaries would be very nice. |
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Undim said: Rasco said: OR take away the Extra Information: Status, Aired. Yes, this is redundant information on the page and it's not what I'm seeking when I'm looking up episode titles. Yes. This too. I support. ^^ |
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| Well, I'm all for this! Now I can finally edit episodes! Thank you! |
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