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*** This would only be good if we'd have official awards present (like Mainichi, but I don't even know if that one is up to date), for ARC awards I'd have to say no. --[[User:Nwa|Nwa]]
*** This would only be good if we'd have official awards present (like Mainichi, but I don't even know if that one is up to date), for ARC awards I'd have to say no. --[[User:Nwa|Nwa]]
**** I've added the missing Mainichi Awards a few days ago --[[User:Worf|Worf]]
**** I've added the missing Mainichi Awards a few days ago --[[User:Worf|Worf]]
***** This would make more sense if more awards were added. Spirited Away has won tons of awards, including the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Among the other Western prizes, only Howl won the New York Film Critics Circle Award. But for other Japanese/Asian awards that could be considered, we have [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Pacific_Screen_Award_for_Best_Animated_Feature_Film], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Academy_Prize_for_Animation_of_the_Year], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_Grand_Prix], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation_Kobe], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Media_Arts_Festival#Animation_awards], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiun_Award], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Anime_Award]. And finally, Tales from Earthsea won the Bunshun Kiichigo Award, which is like the Japanese Razzies. --[[User:Iroha|Iroha]] 17:45, 3 March 2013 (CET)
***** This would make more sense if more awards were added. Spirited Away has won tons of awards, including the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Among the other Western prizes, only Howl won the New York Film Critics Circle Award. But for other Japanese/Asian awards that could be considered, we have [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_Grand_Prix], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation_Kobe], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiun_Award], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Anime_Award]. And finally, Tales from Earthsea won the Bunshun Kiichigo Award, which is like the Japanese Razzies. --[[User:Iroha|Iroha]] 17:45, 3 March 2013 (CET)





Revision as of 22:31, 3 March 2013

General information

Please read this part!

Welcome to the talk page for the Achievements feature on the AniDB wiki. Here we're discussing what to do to enhance it. I (Hinoe) am the self-appointed guy in charge of keeping this wiki page (the reason being I was the guy who went through with its making and also who kicked enough butts to make the project fly when it was stalled). Feel free to add your input, but try to observe the existing formatting so as to keep consistency and (most importantly!) don't forget to sign! To sign, press the button that looks like a signature above the edit box, or simply type --~~~~.

This page was reformulated on 2012-02-20 and brought all the data from the old talk page, which may or may not still be accessible here. All useful data was transferred. Answered questions, suggestions the authors gave up on, denied suggestions and implemented suggestions were ignored for the sake of keeping the page clean. There shouldn't be anything useful there, and if it's still there no one really knows why. Maybe because no one bothered deleting it.

As of 2012-10-12 or the next day, depending on your timezone, this page also has a new section for creator and anime achievements suggestion, to avoid further clutter. This means I've also moved stuff around again, which is an error-prone monkey work. I'm human and I make mistakes, and even though I checked everything many times some issues may have slipped; if you find that I did something wrong, please fix it. Please help keep this page organized by keeping your replies organized and posting in the proper section. Thank you.

--Hinoe


Open ideas, concerns, problems, and comments in general

  • Der Idiot doesn't really want anime-specific images for the general, but it's not like we have many better choices. --Hinoe


  • For the granted creqs achievement, add a second special constraint: also require a ratio between granted and denied (alongside the existing one, the difference between them), instead of just the difference. Example ratios for levels 1-8: 1, 3, 5, 8, 12, 20, 30, 50. How that would work: a person with 10000 granted creqs and 200 denied ones (ratio 50) would be on level 8; with one more granted and one more denied creq, they would be set back to level 7, due to the ratio dropping to circa 49.756. Currently, they'd need a ton of more denied creqs to fall back to level 7. --Hinoe
    • I like the idea of a creq badge with ratio. Ratio is a more honest representation imo. --msr
    • Fixed a glaring math issue which escaped me for all this time, duh. Also just as a reminder: I'm saying I think both ratio and difference should act as constraints, not just ratio. --Hinoe 04:08, 13 October 2012 (CEST)


  • For adding favorites to userpage, add special constraint: minimum of 3 areas with at least 10 favorites each, plus minimum of 50 overall favorites. --Hinoe
    • The special constraint for adding favorites to the userpage seem good to me. Not everyone should get the badge for adding some random entries. --msr


  • Number of anime watched before the birthdate of the user and number of anime watched from the childhood of the user (4-16 years since birthdate) --unknown author(s)
    • I frankly think those are rather bad ideas, as these achievements are inherently biased (yearly production varies; a 30 year old user and a 16 year old one will have wildly different amounts to watch...). In addition, privacy-concerned users will have one less badge to show off, as many avoid putting their birth date. You won't find mine on AniDB. --Hinoe


  • Adding lexicon articles and converted credits --unknown author(s)
    • Though Der Idiot is trying to work on some new better version of categories/tags/lexicon; may thus be redundant at some point in time? --Shitenshi
      • In that case, we might put this idea on hold until the idea of how a new system would be takes shape. --Hinoe
      • Ok, I was thinking about this, and I really think the way Lexicon works now is mostly ok. While yes, the cat/tag/ctag/crtag system needs to change, I think Lexicon itself is ok. Lexicon entries are quite well-moderated (requiring add creqs and stuff), they need the user to actually work (while not requiring them to know japanese or any such difficulties related to adding creators, adding anime, etc; just some common sense and a brain should generally suffice), and, most importantly, they help create higher quality tags by promoting integration, etc, not to mention the pic. --Hinoe


  • Creating a popular club (eg 50+ members) --unknown author
    • Sounds good to me. Maybe increase the minumum member amount? Maybe also having a minimum post requirement? --Hinoe
    • Take the Haruhi image from the "joined a club" achievement to here? That one would need another image, not sure what. I first thought of something Higurashi-related, possibly from a punishment game, but I don't think it works really well, so I'm trying to think of something else. --Hinoe
    • This idea doesn't seem quit right, it could lead to every anidb member trying to create a club in order to get it, leading to a massive number of clubs that are the same and scattered around with a low number of members. It has the felling of "I want the biggest number of follower" facebook like, sorry for the analogy. --microdark
      • Fair point. --Hinoe 04:08, 13 October 2012 (CEST)


  • we should have a lolicon badge (amount of pedo anime watched) --Indy13 on IRC.
    • I suggest that duck from Moetan for the lolicon badge. Pedobear is just too overused. --Indy13
    • If there is a loli badge, I want a shota badge to match :P . --Shitenshi


  • How about adding an Anime Achievement for "Award Anime" watched? (The anime which have received Awards, as listed on AniDB)? --Shitenshi
    • I really like this one too. --Hinoe
    • On second thought, maybe I don't like it as much. Community awards are often given to mediocre and overrated shows. It doesn't make sense to give awards to Top 10 shows. What remains are things like the Mainichi Awards, which isn't that relevant for western viewers. --Hinoe
      • I'm not that familiar with the awards myself, but why would the Mainichi awards not be relevant? Not all anime categories/creator categories are relevant for everyone either; it's just a way to grouop anime? --Shitenshi
        • The idea is that the Mainichi awards and similar are fairly obscure on this side of the Europe-Asia division (or, alternatively, this side of the Pacific -- whichever works best for you). Of course, I have nothing against adding them; I just wonder about their actual usefulness. --Hinoe
      • This would only be good if we'd have official awards present (like Mainichi, but I don't even know if that one is up to date), for ARC awards I'd have to say no. --Nwa
        • I've added the missing Mainichi Awards a few days ago --Worf
          • This would make more sense if more awards were added. Spirited Away has won tons of awards, including the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Among the other Western prizes, only Howl won the New York Film Critics Circle Award. But for other Japanese/Asian awards that could be considered, we have [1], [2], [3], [4]. And finally, Tales from Earthsea won the Bunshun Kiichigo Award, which is like the Japanese Razzies. --Iroha 17:45, 3 March 2013 (CET)


  • "Category" based badges (where the max level is a certain % seen of all animes with that category). --Arcturon&msr on IRC
    • We already have this for porn, which at the end of the day is a category, so why the hell not. --Hinoe
    • I could do category-based badges, but, like Shitenshi, have some concerns over privacy. (Anal badge at level 8, horray!) --ommina
    • I believe it doesn't need to be that divided, audience categories should be simple. --microdark


  • Tard Badge: A user that gets tarded / subuserd should get all his badges revoked and this one in it's place. --msr
    • I don't think it's a good idea. Perhaps revoking all badges (or rather hiding them) works, but giving them a badge for being stupid is akin to giving a dumb pilot a medal for shooting many friendly planes. Yeah, doesn't sound so great. --Hinoe
      • Perhaps giving them an unhideable mention (see question about hiding badges) somewhere using the same system, but one that doesn't look like the badges. You know, a facepalm image in a motivator macro or something similar. --Hinoe
      • Tards should definitely not get a badge. Removing them seems like a good additional punishment, though. --Shitenshi


  • Consecutive days watching anime. Resets to zero if you don't watch for a day. Might be complicated to implement. --Hoerie
    • Might be impossible to implement, and most likely cheating-prone. --Hinoe
    • How about adding a maximum? For example, level 8 would be watching at least one episode (also define episode, do specials/T/C count?) per day for 3 months. Sure cheating is possible, but people adding every possible anime to their mylist are cheating just the same... --Shitenshi
    • Doesn't fell quit right, people can still watch anime but only add the episode to their list after some time, instead off adding a single episode at a time, they mass add at the end of the series. --microdark


  • I'm not happy with the user rank levels. First of all, why is it called "user rank" when the average user without any secondary level won't get one? Right now it should be called "staff rank" or something. My suggestions for levels 1-8 are the following: user, user + modreport checker/language verifier, adv. user, * maintainer , * creq handler, mod, senior mod, admin. --BartS
    • Makes sense. Previously, non-sub users got level 1 or perhaps 2 (maybe sub users got 1, can't remember). I'm not sure if we should rename it staff rank or change the levels. It depends on what was first intended. --Hinoe


  • I also think the numbers for eps in mylist , files in mylist , watched eps and size of mylist are too low compared to anime in mylist. I mean, 5000 anime are like 100000 eps (depending on the movie/ova portion). Anyway, the Mylist Achievments[5] need some adjustment IMO. --BartS
    • I agree that the anime numbers are high in comparison with the rest. I just checked the stats and made averages: 222 MB per file and 18.0 eps per anime. I'd say we should go with 15 or so eps per anime (I think AniDB's stats for episodes count S/C/T/P/O episodes, hence why 15 instead of 18), 1 file per ep (you have redundant files? good for you...) and 250 MB per file in the calculation of what's a good badge number. Also, using roriconfan's fake stats as a good time wasted approximation, I calculated that 730 days is roughly equivalent to a bit over 40 thousand episodes. That averages to 26.3 minutes per episode, which sounds decent if we consider that movies are normally longer. 25 minutes sounds like a good approximation. What I make of this is detailed right below. Feedback on the numbers? --Hinoe
      • Eps in mylist, watched eps, files in mylist: keep as is. Size of mylist: Something between 200 and 250 MB per episode; exact number yet to be decided. Time wasted: 25 mins per episode (just make 25 * number of episodes in the level). Anime in mylist: Something between 15 and 20 eps per anime, likely 15-18; exact number yet to be decided. --Hinoe
        • (context: saying the above numbers are bad) if i'm going to adjust the values i might as well actually use the real numbers --Worf on IRC
    • I agree that some numbers need tweaking, most of all the Time Watched/Wasted, since it's very out-of-whack with the others. While random suggestions are popping up; could we figure out a badge for real collectors (aka those who want more than just the episodes, but look for all available specials, trailers, ... as well)? Then again, such a badge would more likely be a percentage of eps in mylist over the total number of eps in the anime in mylist; than one with levels where getting X files would bring you to level Y... --Shitenshi


  • How about Collection Badges for shows heavily based in & around other countries? For example, Canada could have Akage no Anne, Kaze no Shoujo Emily, Skating Ring Kaleidoscope and Wakakusa no Charlotte, Italy could have Gunslinger Girl, Hetalia, Ristorante Paradiso and Thermae Romae, France could have Croisee in a Foreign Labyrinth, Les Miserables: Shoujo Cosette, Rose of Versailles and The Three Musketeers, and so on. --JQF
    • I'm afraid I really fail to see the point of this one. --Hinoe 04:08, 13 October 2012 (CEST)


  • How about a "Completed a Genre" badge? For example, let's say I have watched EVERY shoujo-ai anime there is in DB. Also a "Complete Transformers/Mazinger Z/Getter Robo" would be cool, like with LoGH, Macross, Gundam. --greeksot
    • Viable only for major genres, but I suppose it's a nice idea for them. --Hinoe 04:08, 13 October 2012 (CEST)


  • How about an achievements based on the user's favorite characters? User would first need to have some arbitrary number of favorite characters (say 10), and would then receive a badge if over 50% of favorited characters have a specific tag or property. Examples: Christmas Cake Eater (milf), Connoisseur (loli), Mechanic (mecha), Animal Lover (animal ears), Secondary Demographics (magical girl), Queen's Worshiper (voiced by Kugimiya Rie) etc. Wouldn't be too exploitable since it would be based on a percentage, rather than an absolute number of characters in favorites. --Azaghal 23:21, 22 February 2012 (CET)
    • That's not really an achievement, that's a preference. --Hinoe 04:08, 13 October 2012 (CEST)


  • Timestamps: for badges with levels, I'd like that tooltips could show when the first level was achieved (for any new badges received after achievements were implemented). Or even better if the user could see all the timestamps (unless duplicate) from the main tooltip or from the different level indicators. --Xenodor
    • I think it's pointless. I already think the tooltip date is pointless. --Hinoe 04:08, 13 October 2012 (CEST)


  • Layout: currently users can put quite a lot of junk to their userpages, possibly resulting as a garbled outlook. Since the section for achievements takes quite a lot of space on the userpage as well, I'd consider the possibility of moving achievements under Stats-tab by user's will (like "Customize userpage -> Move achievements under Stats"). --Xenodor
    • I second that, but to put it under stats tab may create some issues with the size and pictures used for the badges, unless you don't want the pictures. Perhaps you could make it possible to shuffle the clubs/achievements/favourites to the users preference. I don't know if this is possible via CSS already but for the ones who don't know much about stylesheets this may be useful. --Fendweller
    • A related separate suggestion: make the categories collapsible boxes. Instantenously saves up space and the data is still behind one (a few) clicks. Soulweaver 14:48, 23 April 2012 (CEST)
      • Collapsible boxes are a nice idea. --Hinoe 04:08, 13 October 2012 (CEST)


  • An interesting addition to the Mylist achievements would be a badge for having seen anime from different production years (from My Reports section). For example, you get your first bar on the badge for having seen anime from 10 different production years, 2 for 20 etc... --nisei7
    • I don't know about interesting, but I think it'd be a pain to implement and even to decide on parameters on. I see possible technical difficulties. --Hinoe 04:08, 13 October 2012 (CEST)
      • Interesting from the point that it would encourage more people to watch much older shows and see the evolution of Japanese animation through the years. As for the technical difficulties, I can definitely respect that, not only for the implementation, but for the computational load of the server as well. Some suggestions in case you bother with it: 1) The calculation should be a percentage of the total number of production years. There are currently 92 different production years. This number changes only once per year (It is very difficult for new entries from the missing years of the '20's, '40's and 50's to be added, if there are any) . So, there is no need to make the system calculate it every single time. It's a number you can set manually in the code and change it once per year. The calculation of the number of production years for every user has already been implemented in "My Reports". (But,I'm certain these are things you have already thought of. Maybe there are some more complicated issues. After all, I have done very little programming in my life to be of any more help). 2) The percentages should be kept the same e.x. I have seen from 76 different years so I would be a Level 7. 3) I don't think a special constraint would be a good idea (e.x. having seen at least 5 anime from that year) as it would be unfair (there is only one entry for some years) --nisei7


  • It would be nice if those that actually contribute to the AniDB by adding new content or fixing present content got a few more Achievements:
    • Creation of a new Anime Tag *with* description. (Since tag creation is linked to the user this should be possible to check, double-checking for a description might be problematic though. Especially, if checked now... i.e. I would have added descriptions for all those too lazy to do so. Not sure how to resolve this.)
    • Adding of anime tags to anime. (I find that there are many anime that could be tagged, but no one seems to bother doing so, so an achievement based incentive might be nice. Alas this could be abused. Maybe look up added tags that got at least 2-3 votes, thus had someone agree to them. Obviously, "agreed on" does not make "wrong" tags any more relevant, but...)
    • For assigning Category entries to anime. (Quite a few anime could use more category entries, an achievement would be another incentive. I am not sure, if anyone can add category entries and needs no OK by an admin, if so, this might get ugly. Otherwise OK'ed category entries could be a relevant statistic.)
    • For adding an anime description. (Maybe restrict it to actually writing one. Not sure how much bother it is to parse "- written by XYZ" is.)
    • There are probably many more "contribution achievements", just mentioned those I normally look into. --foo2
      • The tag/category suggestions are bad for now. We're working on the new tag system and it would be pointless. Furthermore, anything that passes through adding without mod control is bound to be abused and to create more issues. As for adding anime descriptions, considering I've written many descriptions for lots of stuff (anime, tags, chars, and so on) and never added "written by Hinoe" to my description, I'd say it's nearly impossible. That's more akin to something a mod might manually award to users who do that often. In addition, I think "fixing content" is covered by the creq award to some extent, and it's really hard to make a system figure out what's a minor description fix and what's a major overhaul or a complete rewrite. --Hinoe 04:08, 13 October 2012 (CEST)


  • Obscurity Award - Obscure anime defined as having a user count from 10 to 500 and an ended date at least a one year prior to the present. Maximum achievement awarded for watching half of all obscure anime. Steps by standard percentages. The numbers are somewhat arbitrary and up for discussion. Anime with very few users are often almost impossible to find and counting them would be pointless. The moving wall of one year is to exclude shows that are simply new, not obscure. Reuther
    • I like it. Available English language subs for the entire anime are a must, and solve the issue of "very" few users (also fixing the reason for 50% instead of 100% imo). As you said, the numbers are arbitrary and up for discussion, but I like one year from the end date. --Hinoe 04:08, 13 October 2012 (CEST)

New Anime/Creator Achievements suggestions

  • Let's not forget a Wakamoto badge. --Chroniko on IRC
    • I figure the Wakamoto one would be a problem, but we might want it for the lulz if nothing else. He is very meme-spawning inside the anime community. It's really the kind of thing non-watchers would never, ever understand. He's also very awesome in general. --Hinoe
    • Seiyuu in general might be limited to at least secondary cast. No use for the listing of all Wakamoto walk-on parts. --Hinoe


  • I think there should be a Kon Satoshi Creator Badge! He's got the highly reputable body of work for it. --JQF
    • I recommend Shirow Masamune as well. --Fendweller
    • I second both, and add Mamoru Hosoda to the list, though he's only an up and coming director. Also perhaps a separate badge for everything Hayao Miyazaki has ever worked on, including his early stuff? Perhaps also Production I.G. and Madhouse, in addition to the existing Studio 4C. --Megumi komeshi 01:43, 1 October 2012 (CEST)
    • The problem with him is that his filmography is pretty unimpressive in numerical terms, making this mostly a Paranoia Agent badge. --Iroha 15:31, 1 March 2013 (CET)


  • Would a noitaminA Badge be out of place? How about the Natsume Yuujinchou series? --JQF
    • I'm in support of a Noitamina badge. Soulweaver 14:48, 23 April 2012 (CEST)
    • Not particularly interested in noitaminA, but I'd like a Young Animator Training Project badge. Because it's really cool stuff. --Hinoe 03:48, 13 October 2012 (CEST)
    • I don't know what to file this under, tbh. I'm leaving it under anime/creator for now. --Hinoe 04:16, 13 October 2012 (CEST)
      • There is currently no way to award watching anime that have a certain tag. --Worf 00:16, 3 March 2013 (CET)


  • World Masterpiece Theater series anime watched --unknown author
    • I like this one a lot. They're not linked closely like other creator/show badges, but it makes sense because the brand name has its own touch and is generally based off classic literature. Culture never hurts. --Hinoe
    • I agree! Not to mention (most of them) are really good! --JQF
      • There is currently no way to award watching anime that have a certain tag. --Worf 00:16, 3 March 2013 (CET)


  • I'm... not quite sure how this hasn't been suggested before, but I'd like to see an achievement for SHAFT shows under Shinbou's style. I took the liberty of checking the entire list of shows that credit Shinbou as either director or chief director, and the list of shows with Animation Work credits for SHAFT, and of crossing them over to see the results. It appears to me that the shows they create are only memorable in any manner (good or bad, depending on your taste) when SHAFT is doing what Shinbou wants, and when Shinbou can make SHAFT do what he wants. The rest is like Evangelion without Anno Hideaki; it might be good, but it's radically different. As such, I'd like a badge for shows that fulfill both: 1) Animation Work credits for SHAFT; and 2) either Direction or Chief Direction credits for Shinbou. Opinions on this (rather unusual, I know) suggestion? --Hinoe 04:08, 24 February 2013 (CET)
    • Not doable at the moment. Well, it would be doable but someone would have to create that list manually. And keep it updated. --Worf 00:33, 28 February 2013 (CET)
      • You mean like this? :) --Hinoe 05:30, 28 February 2013 (CET)
        • Yeah, except your list isn't very useful. And keeping it up2date and feeding it to the achievement system automatically is also not going to work. --Worf 22:56, 28 February 2013 (CET)
          • Yeah, uhh, do you want it done manually or automatically? If you say it needs to be done manually and then complain it won't work automatically, you're not making much sense. If the problem is I'm using names rather than IDs, however, that was simply how I had made the list back when I needed it; converting it to IDs is a bit on the annoying monkey work side, but it needs to be done just once and it's not a lot of entries anyway. I still would rather simply use some manner of query to make it all automatic (are you sure we can't get that to be automatic?), but hey, can't have a party every day. (If all else fails, just make a badge for either, or maybe one for each.) --Hinoe 09:02, 1 March 2013 (CET)
            • The problem is that the script responsible for the badges can't handle such complex cases. It can handle either "a list of AID", "all related anime to a given AID" or "all anime with a certain creditID for a given creatorID". So someone would have to provide a list of AIDs that would need to be hardcoded into the config. This method would mean that manual updating of the config is required - every time a new anime (or credit) gets added that would fall into this group. This is simply not practical (you remember the people complaining that some creator badges had a wrong count because some new anime wasn't included? That's why.) Of course this could be made automatic, like it was done for Creators. But you should be well aware of the problems that come with trying to kick other people into doing some work. --Worf 00:16, 3 March 2013 (CET)




Anime Classics and/or Genre Packs

Since this specific field of discussion is too big, it has been split off to its own section. Genre packs are detailed below and are not to be confused with the category badges, which would refer to an ENTIRE category, not to specific choices.


General suggestions

  • Add badges for selected titles for a set of genres. The idea here would be to have a sort of "watchpack" per genre for which the episodes are counted (like the db / pokemon / etc badges). The series in these packs should be examplary for the genre and generally be considered "great watches". I'm currently not set on a list of minimal requirements for these badges (how many of anime's, how many eps,...) but I wouldn't make it too strict. One genre doesn't necesarilly hold asmuch good titles as another. --msr
    • Below is what I currently have on this. I would like to compile a list made up by me and some other people who have watched a decent amount of anime. People willing to make those genrelists with me feel free to poke me on irc. --msr
      • I like the idea of packs. It might actually help people watch more good shows and less crap. --Hinoe
    • How would that overlap with the idea of mod-set Anime Classics from the main page? Perhaps as an extension (i.e. a set of Anime Classics badges, one per genre)? --Hinoe
    • The biggest problem imo would be how to arrive at reasonable packs, specially considering how people will wage wars to classify shows in this or that genre. I'm not sure if genres are the best way to do it. Perhaps the themes are a better idea. I don't know. --Hinoe


  • Staff's selection badges (each mod personally picks ~10 anime which are grouped for his personal selection badge). --Arcturon on IRC


  • I don't approve of achievements based on a list generated by random users, cause that's what we all are. What exactly would this badge represent, that you've watched the selected anime from certain genre, picked by other anime fans. I don't see the point in that. I've also seen the classic anime badge, and isn't it the same thing? Classic by whose definition? Ours? I'd much rather have badges based on (mostly) factual data or based on opinions of something official (the awards given in official events in Japan). --nwa
    • While I like the general idea of genre badges, I agree with nwa's points. There will be constant complaint about this series not being considered while that one is. The ideal case would be if the achievement considers all series with max weight of a certain category.--BartS


  • I'd like to hear everyone's opinion on nwa's considerations on this matter (see above). He has some decent points. --Hinoe
    • I agree with nwa's points, choosing a certain set of anime's for a genre badge will always leave out some people, and thus the complaining begins. BartS has a good point, it would be better to consider all anime entries with a max weight in a certain category. Making it a badge/achievement based on total percentage watched will be impossible in this case, but you could set a certain amount of anime watched of the genre a prerequisite for being able to get the badge. --Fendweller


Classic Anime suggestions


Tentative title lists for the Genre Packs

Those are the initial suggestions from msr unless otherwise specified.

  • Adventure
    • Master Keaton
    • While I don't know the anime Master Keaton, this category kinda overlaps though. 12K is also adventure, the Tales Of ... series generally are as well. Seirei no Moribito too. --Shitenshi
    • Spice and Wolf --JQF
    • Nausicaa --JQF
    • Katanagatari --JQF
    • Kino's Journey --JQF
    • Future Boy Conan --JQF
    • R.O.D --JQF
    • Welcome to the Space Show --JQF
    • Mujin Wakusei Survive --JQF
    • Michiko to Hatchin --JQF
    • Nadia: Secret of Blue Water --JQF
  • Horror
    • Hellsing
    • Horror: Mix of Horror and Gore? Can include Mnemosyne then. --Shitenshi
    • Shiki --JQF
    • When They Cry - Higurashi --JQF
    • Elfen Lied --JQF
    • Hell Girl --JQF
  • Sports
    • Hajime no Ippo
    • Touch
    • Hikaru no Go
    • Major Season 1
    • Akagi
    • Initial D
    • Yawara --JQF
  • Sci-Fi
    • Planetes
    • Seikai no Senki Universe
    • Ghost in the shell SAC
    • Cowboy Bebop
    • Akira
    • Last Exile
    • Bounen no Xamdou
    • Dennou Coil
    • Neon Genesis Evangelion
    • Kaiba
    • Pale Cocoon --Xenodor
    • Eve no Jikan --Xenodor
  • Fantasy
    • 12K
    • Berserk
    • Hagane no Renkinjutsushi
    • Mushishi
    • Seirei no Moribito
    • Hunter x Hunter
    • I would at least also include a Tales Of ... series; maybe Utawarerumono as well. --Shitenshi
  • Crime
    • Monster
    • Death Note
    • Gungrave
    • Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin
    • Baccano! --JQF
    • Cat's Eye --JQF
    • Durarara!! --JQF
    • Sarai-ya Goyou --JQF
  • Detectives -- All suggested by JQF unless otherwise specified. Maybe merge with Crime for "Law and Order"?
    • City Hunter
    • Ghost in the Shell
    • Nijuu-Mensou no Musume
    • Sherlock Hound
    • RD Sennou Chousashitsu
  • Action
    • Hunter X Hunter
    • Black Lagoon
    • City Hunter --JQF
    • Fullmetal Alchemist --JQF
    • Gurren Lagann --JQF
    • Baccano! --JQF
    • Samurai Champloo --JQF
    • Trigun --JQF
  • Drama
    • Rurouni Kenshin Tsuioku Hen
  • Romance
    • Nana
    • Hachimitsu to Clover
    • Bokura ga Ita
    • Paradise Kiss
    • Hoshi no Koe
    • Kimi ni Todoke --Shitenshi
    • Koi Kaze --Xenodor
  • Slice of Life
    • Kamichu!
    • Spice and Wolf
    • Kino no Tabi
    • Usagi Drop --JQF
    • Aria the Animation --JQF
    • Haibane-Renmei --JQF
    • Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou --JQF
    • Hanasaku Iroha --JQF
    • Wagnaria!! --JQF
    • Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou --Xenodor
  • Comedy
    • Gintama --Shehan-DA619
    • Tokyo Godfathers
    • Nodame Cantabile
    • Fullmetal Panic Fumoffu
    • GTO
    • Detroit Metal City
    • Moyashimon
    • Abenobashi Shopping Arcade
    • Ouran Koukou Host Club
    • Chobits
    • Golden Boy
    • Excel Saga --Xenodor
    • Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san --Hughjasss (If Excel Saga is to be included here, then I'll list some other bizarre comedy - although, perhaps a "Gag" section would be better?)
    • Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou --Hughjasss
    • Puni Puni Poemi --Hughjasss
  • Shounen Ai and Shoujo Ai genres as well? That said, I don't know enough anime to provide with proper lists of anime. --Shitenshi
  • Manly -- All in this genre suggested by Hoerie unless otherwise specified.
    • Hokuto no Ken
    • Kenpuu Denki Berserk
    • Mad Bull 34
    • Golgo 13
    • JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken
  • Otaku-tastic -- All suggested by JQF unless otherwise specified.
    • Daikon III & IV
    • Genshiken
    • Lucky Star
    • Tetsuko no Tabi
    • Oreimo
    • Otaku no Video
    • Welcome to the N.H.K
    • Princess Jellyfish(?)
  • School Daze -- All suggested by JQF unless otherwise specified.
    • Great Teacher Onizuka
    • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
    • School Rumble
    • Toradora!
    • Azumanga Daioh
    • Kimi ni Todoke
    • Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
    • Genshiken
    • The Tatami Galaxy
    • K-ON!
  • The 80s Introductions, those shows that made it over the ocean and introduced anime to a lot of people -- All suggested by JQF unless otherwise specified.
    • Speed Racer
    • Transformers
    • Macross
    • Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs microdark
    • Dragon Ball microdark
  • The 90s Rush -- All suggested by JQF unless otherwise specified.
  • Afterlife Specials -- All suggested by JQF unless otherwise specified.
    • Galaxy 999
    • Haibane-Renmei
    • Angel Beat
  • They Were Big in Japan, shows that were Big in Japan but didn't make that big a impression elsewhere at the time -- All suggested by JQF unless otherwise specified.
  • Fairy Tales -- All suggested by JQF unless otherwise specified.
    • The Snow Queen
    • Swan Lake
    • 1001 Nights
    • World Famous Fairy Tales
    • Cinderella
    • Grimm`s Fairy Tale Classics
    • Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
    • Thumbelina (1978)
    • Princess Mononoke (?)
    • Princess Tutu --Xenodor
    • Arete-hime --Megumi Komeshi
    • A Tree of Palme --Megumi Komeshi
  • Historical -- All suggested by JQF unless otherwise specified.
    • Barefoot Gen
    • Grave of the Fireflies
    • Samurai Champloo
    • Millennium Actress
    • Ojii-san no Lamp
    • Hetalia
    • Thermae Romae
    • Rose of Versailles --Xenodor
    • Akage no Anne (unless exclusive to suggested WMT-badge) --Xenodor
    • Le Chevalier d'Eon --Megumi Komeshi
  • War -- All suggested by JQF unless otherwise specified.
    • Barefoot Gen
    • Grave of the Fireflies
    • Howl`s Moving Castle
    • Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
    • Break Blade
    • Cat Shit One
    • Flag
    • Library War
    • Like The Clouds, Like The Wind
    • Pumpkin Scissors
    • Valkyria Chronicles
    • The Sky Crawlers
    • Voices of a Distant Star
  • Iyashi-kei -- All suggested by JQF unless otherwise specified.
    • Note: this was originally an Aria Badge suggestion, but JQF reformulated it into a suggestion on the Genre Pack suggestion, so I moved it here and rewrote. The original writing can still be found in history. Just look before 2012-10-12. --Hinoe 04:24, 13 October 2012 (CEST)
    • Aria the Animation
    • Hidamari Sketch
    • Iblard Jikan
    • Kamichu!
    • Omoide Poro-poro
    • Sketchbook: Full Color`s
    • Soredemo Machi wa Mawatte Iru
    • Tamayura
    • Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
    • Kokoro Toshokan


Denied ideas

  • Bleach and Naruto badges? I'm not a fan of either series, but they are big. --Megumi komeshi
    • I think they were denied on account of being shitty. Don't quote me on it, though. --Hinoe 04:09, 13 October 2012 (CEST)


  • Watching a film in a theater. While I know people could cheat on this, of course they can cheat on everything else. I think it would be pretty cool, especially with the current Ghibli showings. Megumi komeshi 01:51, 1 October 2012 (CEST)
    • No. Please. --Hinoe 04:08, 13 October 2012 (CEST)


  • Having a certain percentage of your anime on DVD. This might actually help the industry... Megumi komeshi 01:51, 1 October 2012 (CEST)
    • No. Please. --Hinoe 04:08, 13 October 2012 (CEST)


  • "Achievement" badge for having numerous stalled and/or dropped entries. --Xenodor
    • Why the hell would you want that? --Hinoe
      • Primarily just for reminding/encouraging users to watch what they had initially started, e.g. if user has reached over 50 stalled anime on their mylist. Badge would disappear if the value decreases below the threshold. Alternatively thought about an achievement depending on the watched-% (watched episodes / mylist episodes), but this could be rather easy to get for anyone who's only adding already seen anime to their lists. --Xenodor
        • While I somewhat see where this is coming from, I have strong doubts about the actual usefulness or value of such a non-achievement. If anything, it looks to me more like a "coward medal", so to speak, and I fail to see why we would want that. The badges are supposed to be something you'd show off to your not-so-hardcore fellows (lol, am I really saying this?), not a system of reminders telling you that you missed an episode of so-and-so franchise or that you're late in x or y series. They're supposed to be a general description of, well, achievements (oh, Captain Obvious, you don't say?! I'd never have guessed! :P); for reports on their status in series and franchises and such, AniDB has tons of much more useful features. Just my personal opinion, though. --Hinoe