Groupentries:Status

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The Groupstatus displays information about the current state of a release. Group release comments, such as sources for subtitles and raws, are also stored here.
This information is displayed in the groupinfobox on every anime entry and in the Groups page for every listed group in AniDB.

Note

This feature doesn't have to be 100% correct as its data is generated by AniDB automatically for most parts and is very dependent on the users. This means if users didn't add all files a group released it won't show the "true" status. Please note that the states are not updated in real time. See: Routine maintenance

Animegroup Release Note Comments

Note	If there are any uncertainties, such as examples not covered below, please consult CDB-Man for clarification.

The Animegroup release note comments are used to provide information on a group's particular release of a given anime. The most common information here would be credit/attribution for original sources, such as if the subtitles are from another group's work, or if a specific group's raws were used.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of common release notes.

Subs: [UTW]
The subtitles were taken directly from UTW's release, with little to no modification.

Subs: R1
Subs from the R1 (generally North American English) release were taken, with little to no modification.
Generally, "R1" should not receive square brackets [], as "R1" is not a group.

Raws: [Zero-Raws]
The raws from [Zero-Raws] were used for the video and audio.

Subs: [Crunchyroll] (heavily edited, restyled, typesetting)
Note that "Crunchyroll" is spelled with a lowercase R; "CrunchyRoll" is incorrect.

Subs: R1 (edited, retimed). Raws: [Zero-Raws]
Subs: [UTW] (track 1, edited, retimed), [FroZen] (track 2, restyled, with [UTW] typesetting), [UTW] (track 3, signs). Raws: R2J (video + JP audio), R1 (EN audio)
Common examples of multiple sources being used, with modifications.

Below are a few examples of more complex notes, where the attribution can get complex. Please note that when the citations become this complex, there are no strict standards. However, the general formatting of the simpler notes should be followed to the extent possible. The objective is always to maintain readability; if the data is complex enough such that a reasonable departure from the general formatting will result in increased readability, then that can be considered. As mentioned above, in cases of uncertainty, please consult CDB-Man for clarification.

Subs: [Commie] (HDTV), [Coalgirls] (2012 BD release), [deanzel] (2015 BD release)

Subs: Dialogue by [Node] (R1, arcs 1-3, restyled, modified) and [Coalgirls] (R1, arcs 4-5, modified, and PVs); typesetting by Coalgirls (based on Commie)

Subs: [Steins;Sub] & [BSEnc] (track 1, signs + karaoke, heavily edited), [BSEnc] (track 2, modified Commie, edited), [Forge] (track 3, modified Steins;Sub + BSEnc karaoke + WhyNot Ep S1, heavily edited), R1 (track 4). Raws: [Mysilu]  (1080p video + JP audio), [Philosophy-Raws] (1080p EN audio), [BESnc] (720p video + JP audio), [Forge] (720p EN audio)

Possible States

(assuming all files released by the group got added to AniDB)

• complete

The group released for every episode for a specific anime in AniDB at least 1 file.

• finished

The group released at least a file for the last episode of an anime.

• ongoing

The group hasn't finished/completed this series yet. The release is still ongoing.

• stalled

The group hasn't released a file for this series for at least 2 months.

• specials only

The group released only special Episodes, but none of the regular episodes.

• dropped

The group has officially abandoned this project or the group does not exist any more.

THIS IS THE ONLY STATE SET MANUALLY BY MODS.

• N/A / unknown

The state of this release is currently unknown. This should generally be changed automatically to one of the other states within 24h.

Note	Ongoing, stalled, finished, specials only and complete are automatically generated states! They're usually not set manually by a mod.

Note

For movies where there are releases recorded as multi-part episode entries (such as Princess Mononoke or Hanamonogatari), state "complete" will be indicated as long as a group has released at least 1 file, regardless of if that file is a "part x" file or the "complete" file. This is NOT a bug, and this will not be changed.

How it works

ongoing to stalled

AniDB only check for the highest added file for an episode by a group to set states. A timestamp gets set for this episode and if a higher episode doesn't get released in a defined timeframe it gets set stalled. Adding lower episodes won't change the timestamp.

ongoing/stalled to finished/completed

A release will get considered complete/finished by AniDB if at least a file for the last ep gets added. AniDB compares the highest file with the total ep count set for the anime. If those match it's finished. If a group even released a file for every episode of this anime it's complete

dropped/stalled to ongoing

This is identical to ongoing/stalled to finished/completed. Once an episode with a higher number than the one with the timestamp gets added it gets updated to another state.

ongoing/stalled to dropped

This process is manual! Set accordingly on the anime or groupages