Short links

AniDB supports a number of short links that links to different aspects of the database, they are meant as a convenience for linking to information on AniDB. So for example, instead of having a link that looks like this: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=animelist&adb.search=Hachimitsu&do.search=search

Which might not even work correctly if, say, the anime gets a sequel; in which case that link would lead to a search page listing both those anime. What you rather should do instead is link to the actual anime page for the anime. Such a link always contains an aid, or an anime id. For Hachimitsu to Clover that aid is 2835, and the link would look like this: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=2835

Now, if you use short links the link is even more convenient: http://anidb.net/a2835

Let's review. We have the search-link, the anime link, and the short link:

• http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=animelist&adb.search=Hachimitsu&do.search=search
• http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=2835
• http://anidb.net/a2835

You can use whichever you like, but for convenience, isn't the short link easier to use and remember (as long as you remember the aid)?

Now, it isn't only to anime pages that AniDB sports short links, most things you can think of also have short links:

Anime

http://anidb.net/a<aid> - link to the anime details of an anime.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=<aid>

Episodes

http://anidb.net/e<eid> - link to the episode details of an episode.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=ep&eid=<eid>

Files

http://anidb.net/f<fid> - link to the filedetails of a file.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=file&fid=<fid>

Groups

http://anidb.net/g<gid> - link to the group details of a group.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=group&gid=<gid>

Reviews

http://anidb.net/r<aid> - link to all the reviews of an anime.

Reviews

http://anidb.net/r<aid>#<rid> - link to all the reviews of an anime, but scroll to a specific.

Expands to: http://www.anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=animeatt&aid=<aid>[#<rid>]

Review

http://anidb.net/rs<rid> - link to a specific review of an anime.

Expands to: http://www.anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=animeatt&attid=<rid>

User MyLists

http://anidb.net/u<uid> - link to a user's MyList.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=mylist&uid=<uid>

User MyVotes

http://anidb.net/v<uid> - link to a user's votes list.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=myvotes&orderby=vote&orderdir=1&uid=<uid>

User page

http://anidb.net/up<uid> - link to a user's page.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=userpage&uid=<uid>

Producers

http://anidb.net/p<prid> - link to the details of a producer.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=producer&prid=<prid>

Creqs

http://anidb.net/c<creqid> - link to the specifics of a creq.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=creq&do.showhist=1&creq.id=<creqid>

Anime Producers

http://anidb.net/ap<aid> - link to where you can add producers to an anime, and see which are currently listed.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=addaproducer&aid=<aid>

Anime Relations

http://anidb.net/ar<aid> - link to where you can add relations for an anime, as well as see which are currently listed.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=addseq&aid=<aid>

Anime Categories

http://anidb.net/ac<aid> - link to where you can add categories to an anime, as well as see which are currently listed.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=addgenren&aid=<aid>

Anime Genres

http://anidb.net/ag<aid> - link to where you can add the obsoleted genres to an anime, as well as see which are currently listed.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=addgenre&aid=<aid>

Anime Titles

http://anidb.net/at<aid> - link to where you can add titles to an anime, as well as see which are currently listed.

Expands to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=addanimetitle&aid=<aid>

Anime Group Comments

http://anidb.net/agc<agcid> - link to an anime/group comment section, where you can see which comments have been added as well as add one of your own.

Expand to: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=agcmts&agid=21710<agcid>

Creator

cr<crid>

The description is missing or severely incomplete. If you can, please help by explaining it.

Character

ch<chid>

The description is missing or severely incomplete. If you can, please help by explaining it.

Collection

co<coid>

The description is missing or severely incomplete. If you can, please help by explaining it.

Some of these aren't very useful for the average user, but the a, u and v short links are quite common - the a short link is used almost consistently on this wiki.