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Oct 19, 2015 3:27 AM
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Sometimes I want to filter out LN and game adaptations so a source material filter would be helpful
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Oct 28, 2015 12:15 AM
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Was about to suggest the same feature before I saw this.
It seems like a useful filter for an anime database to have, yet I haven't seen it implemented on any databases that I've seen.
Was planning on using it to search for originals, ended up instead opening a bunch of info pages and manually closing the ones that didn't have original in the source field.
Oct 28, 2015 12:17 AM
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they need to sperrate novels and Light novels
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Oct 28, 2015 12:20 AM
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DateYutaka said:
they need to sperrate novels and Light novels

You mean Manga and Light Novel? (or Novels in General)
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Oct 28, 2015 12:26 AM
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Rayzer said:
DateYutaka said:
they need to sperrate novels and Light novels

You mean Manga and Light Novel? (or Novels in General)


example if this guin saga not a light novel it was is a Novel that happen to be serialized [ note alot of westen noevl have this too but are stiill called full novels] and LN are LN same thing with Ginga ei den
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Oct 28, 2015 12:36 AM
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DateYutaka said:

example if this guin saga not a light novel it was is a Novel that happen to be serialized [ note alot of westen noevl have this too but are stiill called full novels] and LN are LN same thing with Ginga ei den

What's the difference? A "Light Novel" was still a Novel.
It just didn't reached the "required numbers" of words to become a "Full Novel"
Haters always gonna hate.
Oct 28, 2015 12:40 AM
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But something like Ranpo Kitan isn't a light novel, it's an actual novel.
Oct 28, 2015 4:17 AM
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Rayzer said:
DateYutaka said:

example if this guin saga not a light novel it was is a Novel that happen to be serialized [ note alot of westen noevl have this too but are stiill called full novels] and LN are LN same thing with Ginga ei den

What's the difference? A "Light Novel" was still a Novel.
It just didn't reached the "required numbers" of words to become a "Full Novel"
Rayzer said:
DateYutaka said:

example if this guin saga not a light novel it was is a Novel that happen to be serialized [ note alot of westen noevl have this too but are stiill called full novels] and LN are LN same thing with Ginga ei den

What's the difference? A "Light Novel" was still a Novel.
It just didn't reached the "required numbers" of words to become a "Full Novel"


what would you call phantom of the opera that was originally serialized

Light Novel is aimed at young adults its YA fiction unlike say Taito monogatari witch was maed in to an ova in the 90's but only its manga is lsisted in the DB not the novel
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Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one
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Nov 7, 2015 4:40 AM
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bump
Dec 9, 2015 5:04 AM

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was about to suggest the same

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Dec 9, 2015 5:32 AM

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sounds good
Dec 26, 2015 5:45 PM

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...and to the manga one if it has it.

Since MAL decided to add a "Source" to the info section, might as well let us look up stuff in that category or un-include it in the advance search, like say if we want to look up series and un-include all visual novel adaptions.

Or at least add it to the columns to be seen in list view.


Dec 26, 2015 5:46 PM

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+1 for this idea. Would be useful.

Also:
un-include
exclude is the word you're looking for! :^)
Dec 26, 2015 5:49 PM

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I knew there was another word for it. Ty, lol. Just gonna leave it as it is though.
Dec 27, 2015 10:40 AM

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Jan 25, 2016 1:11 PM

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I do not think the other topic linked is on the exact same topic as it refers to adding it to the info sidebar, while this one refers to adding the option to the advanced search.

Having established that, I would like to add: Aside from adding the option to the advanced search, it would already be very very handy to make the "source" clickable within the sidebar so that it leads you to a list of others of similar source type. Same as, for example, when an anime lists Gonzo as the studio you can click "Gonzo" to find all other anime listed under Gonzo.
May 5, 2016 2:31 AM

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Bump ! For me it's literally the most important thing to do right now.
Jun 21, 2016 9:58 PM

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Thread Merged
Jul 10, 2016 10:44 PM
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bump!!! this would help me a lot!!
Jul 22, 2016 3:52 AM

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+9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

I don't really see why this isn't a feature already tbh
Jul 22, 2016 12:32 PM

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seems like this should've been established from the introduction of the source feature to entries

+1
Jul 22, 2016 3:25 PM

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Great idea, this should definitely be implemented.
Aug 9, 2016 4:26 PM
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Supporting this idea, really helpful for the MAL Anime Watching Challenge (and the manga one too). Also for the challenges club =D

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Oct 14, 2016 8:42 PM

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I've been looking for more anime with original material to watch since I would prefer to read the manga if the anime is adapted from one. It's a pity that the source of each anime is listed in their information but it's not possible to view anime that have the same type of source.

The way I'm doing it right now is googling for original anime results and then coming back to myanimelist to add them to my list.
Nov 20, 2016 8:26 AM

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This would be good. If it's gonna be implemented.
I want to see something "Eroge" or "Otome" on it.
So I can quickly get away with those shitty sources.
Haters always gonna hate.
Dec 3, 2016 9:50 PM

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This this this please and thank you.
Dec 17, 2016 12:13 AM

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I support this.
+ a setting to add a column in your list that shows the source.

Would make it easier to search for anime you watched in the past that were based on a manga - so you could check if the manga continued and reading the manga to experience more of the plot that happened after the manga ended.

You'd still manually check the manga but you wouldn't need to check each your list entry to see if it was based on manga. (Or novel if you want to read novels but they get translated more slowly. Manga source might be interesting.)
Dec 17, 2016 6:51 AM

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I've had this in my mind, it'd be nice if this was implemented.
Feb 26, 2017 10:20 PM
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Bump. I'm glad you already suggested this, so I won't have to. I think this would be a useful feature. Some of my favorite anime lately have been "originals," and I want to watch more highly rated ones that I may have missed. However, I have no way to "advance search" for that.

Some anime based off of manga recently have had no proper endings, and since I usually don't have time to read manga, that's a real bummer. I'd like more chances to watch stories with closure, and this function could aid me and others in that endeavor. Obviously, there are exceptions to this statement, but my point still stands. Filtering by source would be useful.

Please consider this!
Mar 3, 2017 11:28 AM

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Edit: This post was originally the OP of a new thread titled "Allow Anime to be Searched by Source".

So if I want to see the highest rated original TV anime, manga-adapted OVAs, etc., I can do that.

It's a straightforward suggestion.
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Mar 3, 2017 12:16 PM

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I'm not sure what you mean
We can already find the manga/anime and its adaptions/sources from its main entry page
Unless I'm missing something :[
Mar 3, 2017 12:26 PM

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KazuyaKujo said:
I'm not sure what you mean
We can already find the manga/anime and its adaptions/sources from its main entry page
Unless I'm missing something :[

He means "original source" as a search filter for this website's search.
Seems like a good idea.
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Mar 3, 2017 12:31 PM

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MortalMelancholy said:

He means "original source" as a search filter for this website's search.
Seems like a good idea.


ohhh that filter on the top right
derp lol
This seems like a fun suggestion :]
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Thread has been merged due to duplication
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Sep 3, 2017 7:39 PM

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This is still a feature I greatly desire.
Oct 6, 2017 1:29 PM

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bump, i was about to suggest this but glad i searched for topics like this first
Oct 6, 2017 3:02 PM

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i like this suggestion 1+
Dec 30, 2017 1:45 AM
+1 this is an amazing idea and definitely needs to be implemented!
Dec 30, 2017 2:58 AM

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As I said before this would be good.
The only problem was DeNA.
Because they don't fucking care!
Haters always gonna hate.
Jan 2, 2018 3:48 AM

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It would be nice to have that option somewhere in advanced search.
Just like with genres, you could exclude tags you don't want or pick one you like.
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I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes.

Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that.
It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers.
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Jan 3, 2018 2:01 AM

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agree this, the idea also comes up even when i before joined this MAL! what's the matter?
....

thought that this is a good idea. yet there is no follow up. wonder why
Jan 6, 2018 3:54 AM
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-Forgotten- said:
I've been looking for more anime with original material to watch since I would prefer to read the manga if the anime is adapted from one. It's a pity that the source of each anime is listed in their information but it's not possible to view anime that have the same type of source.

The way I'm doing it right now is googling for original anime results and then coming back to myanimelist to add them to my list.
I agree that it should be an option to limit your search to source material.
Jan 7, 2018 8:56 PM

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I don't understand why this isn't a thing yet.
Jan 7, 2018 11:14 PM

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This would make finding anime for the yearly Challenges sooo much easier.
Jan 8, 2018 12:55 AM

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couldn't agree less!~~
Jan 8, 2018 4:09 AM

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I just Ctrl+f search original (although I did it for 4-koma) to find it.
Jan 8, 2018 7:56 AM

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This site lacks so many basic features it annoys me. We don't even have the ability to exclude genres in a search.
Jan 8, 2018 11:45 AM

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yuurishibooty said:
This site lacks so many basic features it annoys me. We don't even have the ability to exclude genres in a search.


you can do that



Mar 18, 2018 11:11 AM

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Bumping this thread. Wish this feature was implemented already. Novel adaptations are hard to find.
May 20, 2018 4:44 AM

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Would feel like this would be a great idea! The only other real alternative is to scrape your site's HTML data and get flogged with incoming requests.

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