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[Update Dec 6] Sort & Filter Functions Added: Characters, VAs

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Sep 8, 2021 10:45 PM
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We've added a few sort and filter options to the following pages:
  • Characters tab on Anime and Manga
  • Voice Actor Roles section on People
These should allow you more easily see which characters are the most popular in a title or from a voice actor, hide alternative language VAs you don't wish to see, or only see character roles from anime in your list.

This functionality will be extended to the Anime Staff and Published Manga sections of People pages as well in the next few weeks!


Try it out!

December 6 Update
This functionality is now applied to Anime Staff roles and Published Manga works, too.
KinetaDec 6, 2021 2:07 AM
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Sep 8, 2021 10:50 PM
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An update? That's quite surprising.
Sep 8, 2021 11:02 PM
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this is really cool! i think it would be a good idea to add a similar feature to mangaka entries (i.e letting you filter out their works that aren't on your list), but other than that i think this is a really cool and good update
Sep 8, 2021 11:18 PM
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This is something that I've wished for for a long time. I'm really happy to see this kind of thing added to the site. Anything that allows you to easily access more information and statistics is a good thing to add. Great work to everyone on the MyAnimeList team who worked on this!
Sep 8, 2021 11:30 PM
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hamifihekrix said:
add a similar feature to mangaka entries
This should be added in a few weeks.
Sep 8, 2021 11:42 PM
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Thank you for adding this.

Would it be possible to make the language and list filters persistent so they stay the same on every page like the genre filters on seasonal pages?

Also, minor bug: on Anime Characters & Staff pages selecting any language shows the Portuguese (BR) cast as well.
Examples:
SiliconDonSep 9, 2021 12:02 AM
Sep 8, 2021 11:49 PM
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Sep 9, 2021 12:06 AM
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a rare user interface update and a welcome one, thanks
Sep 9, 2021 12:34 AM
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woah this is a really cool update, thanks!
Sep 9, 2021 12:42 AM

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Interesting.
Good update would be if you could see the animes by each age group.
Sep 9, 2021 1:47 AM

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This is really neat! I like this update ^ ^
Sep 9, 2021 2:09 AM
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I LOVE IT

Sep 9, 2021 2:27 AM

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this is a pretty good feature, thank you!



also a suggestion - would be nice if theres an indicator for x voice actor only doing the child or young version of a character... would really help lessen the confusion for people who are not really familiar with seiyuus
Sep 9, 2021 2:41 AM

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Oh wow, that's actually really good. Thanks guys.
Sep 9, 2021 4:38 AM

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Niiice, it's been a pretty annoying inconvenience, glad yall took care of it.
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Sep 9, 2021 4:42 AM

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Now this is a feature I've been missing for many years now! I have always needed to head over to anidb in order to see a voice actors career, what roles they started with, their recent roles and what they've been cast for in the immediate future.
It would be nice if we could filter for Types and Episode Count as well.

Going off-topic: Are you still working on a system to combat the "sequel effect"? The top 50 page alone is riddled with almost 30 sequels, making the ranking system sort of pointless.
Sep 9, 2021 4:50 AM

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That's nice. But when you guys are going to get more anime/manga moderators for approving entries? Both have 4 digits worth of to be reviewed entries and it has been like that for a while.

Also, sorry if this post got a bit off topic.
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Sep 9, 2021 5:10 AM

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Kineta said:
hamifihekrix said:
add a similar feature to mangaka entries
This should be added in a few weeks.
This means it would also work for "People" that are not Voice Actors such as Directors?

It sorts popularity based on the characters favorites instead of the entry itself, but the entry has the season in which it started airing that it uses to sort by date. Hence perhaps having an amount of members also attached to the anime titles would work to sort based on popularity in non-seiyuu staff.
UnowenSep 9, 2021 5:14 AM
Sep 9, 2021 5:27 AM

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I love it as a huge seiyuu fan! Yayy!!
Sep 9, 2021 6:15 AM

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Very nice, keep going.
Sep 9, 2021 6:17 AM

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Those are some awesome changes. I'm not going to spend 15+ minutes trying to figure out where I know a VA from! \o/
Sep 9, 2021 6:18 AM
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About time.

Now, Dark Mode when?

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Sep 9, 2021 7:41 AM
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Well done! ^^
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Sep 9, 2021 9:03 AM

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Very good QoL change! Much appreciated.
Sep 9, 2021 9:08 AM

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Nice, an update after so many ages. That's surprising.

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Sep 9, 2021 9:11 AM

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Very useful functions as I'm often interested in the Voice Actors Roles section. Thank you for the update.
Sep 9, 2021 9:13 AM
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About time.

Now, Dark Mode when?

>_>

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Sep 9, 2021 9:21 AM
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SiliconDon said:
Would it be possible to make the language and list filters persistent so they stay the same on every page like the genre filters on seasonal pages?
Thank you for reporting the bug!

I agree the language filter should be persistent (I didn't notice it wasn't). But the "My List" filter is not persistent on the Seasonal page, and I'm not sure if keeping it persistent on People pages is best... I've actually always found it strange that the genre filter is persistent on the Seasonal page, and feel like it shouldn't be :thinking:
Sep 9, 2021 9:27 AM

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Great new features, thank you!
Sep 9, 2021 9:28 AM

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Very good addition, I'd waited for something like this as well!
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Sep 9, 2021 9:29 AM

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A welcome addition, Thank you and keep up the good work!
Sep 9, 2021 10:18 AM
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Finally!, but i'm so used at typing "edit" in the browser's search bar to highlight the ones that i've seen that i will have to accustom myself again LOL
Sep 9, 2021 10:30 AM

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very interesting update, hoping more such filter in future.
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Sep 9, 2021 10:55 AM
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Love it! This is awesome. It would also be great if you could filter the seiyuu works to see in which ones he/she is a main or a supporting character as well.
Sep 9, 2021 11:23 AM

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This is really neat, thank you for your work ^^
Sep 9, 2021 11:26 AM

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This is so cool! I've been trying to watch more dubs too so it'll be easier for me to find them
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Sep 9, 2021 12:03 PM

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Thanks MAL. It's exactly what I needed! :D
Sep 9, 2021 1:45 PM

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it's a very nice and useful addition, thanks



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Sep 9, 2021 2:54 PM

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Any way to group by parent anime?

For example if I go to Touyama Nao and checking out Kiniro Mosaic, I'd want to see all of them grouped up together.

But since they're not alphabetical (Hello! Kiniro Mosaic is S2), you'd see some grouped up and some not.

Plus, looks like it doesn't save my preference? Like, if I choose Japanese only but Refresh, it'll go back to everything
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Kineta said:

I agree the language filter should be persistent (I didn't notice it wasn't). But the "My List" filter is not persistent on the Seasonal page, and I'm not sure if keeping it persistent on People pages is best... I've actually always found it strange that the genre filter is persistent on the Seasonal page, and feel like it shouldn't be :thinking:


Yeah, that’s fair. My List is an occasional filter, while language is a more permanent preference. I hope it’s not too much trouble to implement.

It would be really nice if this language preference was also reflected in the Characters & Voice Actors pane on anime pages.

I think genre filters on Seasonal are good the way they are. Sometimes I want to see only the shows from certain genres from season-to-season and it’s a lot easier to turn off when I'm done browsing than to turn it on repeatedly. The green caret is a good indicator that the filter is on.

Thanks for getting back to me.
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Holy shit after so many years finally sorting there was added.
Sep 9, 2021 8:40 PM
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Still no dark mode :(
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based!
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Thank you. This is a very good update!




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Excellent update!!.. Thank you very much!!... I have always wanted to be up to date on the latest work of my favorites seiyuu and this tool was what I needed... Really, very grateful.
Sep 10, 2021 4:33 AM

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This is a great update, thank you!
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Sep 10, 2021 7:27 AM

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Wow. I have always wanted this feature to make things easier for me when I'm in the mood of watching-anime-for-seiyuu. Was really hoping for feature to sort their main roles or supporting roles too but that sounds tedious. I hope this feature will be added to everyone who are in "people" category. Would be really helpful.
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Nymeew said:
Love it! This is awesome. It would also be great if you could filter the seiyuu works to see in which ones he/she is a main or a supporting character as well.

RegulusX said:
Wow. I have always wanted this feature to make things easier for me when I'm in the mood of watching-anime-for-seiyuu. Was really hoping for feature to sort their main roles or supporting roles too but that sounds tedious. I hope this feature will be added to everyone who are in "people" category. Would be really helpful.


I thought this was a nifty idea so I wrote a quick userscript to test out this functionality. You can install it from this link: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/432209-mal-filter-voice-acting-roles-by-main-supporting
You'll need to install a userscript manager such as Tampermonkey.

(It's only 36 source lines of code, so feel free to take a peek and check you can trust it.)

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amazing, this will help in finding what is in my list while checking fav voice actor,

thanks, keep it up
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