CharDB DEV

General

this is the place to contribute ideas on a possible future addition of anime character/seiyu data to AniDB.

For other areas of active development on AniDB, check:

Development

Directly related: Generic PersonCompany DEV

Implementation

General

• Normal users can only view character information
• Only advanced users and higher userlevels can add/edit/delete characters and add/edit/delete relations through the creq system
• Character maintainers can add/edit/delete characters and add/edit/delete relations without going through the creq system
• Creq handler (character) can grant/deny character creqs
• Mods are gods

Database

Overview

Generic Fields - Character

parts copied from Generic Fields - Person

• image
• url (en)
• url (jp)
• url wiki (en)
• url wiki (jp)
• birth place
• birth date
• age
• death date
• height
• weight
• B/H/W
• nationality
• place of residence
• job
• workplace
• description (extra data goes here)

Generic Fields - CharacterTitle

copied from Generic Fields - PersonTitle

• title - some title, like: phd, bsc, etc
• [name] - this is LASTNAME firstname for oriental names and firstname LASTNAME for western names
• firstname - also know as Personal names
• lastname - also know as Family name
• lang - language of title
• type - type of title
  • 1 - Main title
  • 2 - Alias
  • 3 - Maiden name
  • 4 - Nickname
• verified

Character Traits

done in a category way

• gender
  • male
  • female
  • both
  • neither
• cupsize
  • AA
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • DD (or E)
  • F
  • G
• lifeform
  • human
  • animal
    • cat
    • dog
    • elephant
    • mouse
    • pig
    • ...
  • plant
  • alien
  • stuffed animal
  • robot
  • juujin (human x animal)
    • catgirl
    • doggirl
    • foxgirl
    • ...
    • *boy
    • ...
  • ...
• hair color
  • main haircolor
  • second haircolor
• hair style
  • twin tails
  • ...
• eye color
  • left
  • right
• blood type
• school
  • gradeschool
  • highschool
  • ...
• Accessories
  • glasses
  • hat
  • magical staff
  • magical book
  • stuffed animal
  • ...
• Signature Saying ("~dattebayo", "~desu", "~de arimasu", ...)

Relations

• Character <-> Seiyuu
• Character <-> Anime
• Character <-> Character
• Character -> Award

Relations - Character <-> Seiyuu

• Seiyuu S (based on Person P) is seiyuu of character C in anime A for language L
• Seiyuu S (based on Person P) is seiyuu of character C in anime A for episodes E for language L

Relations - Character <-> Anime

• Role of character
  • Main character
  • Side character
  • Support character
  • ...

Relations - Character <-> Character

• Type of relation
  • Family (unspecified)
  • Sibling of
  • Descendant of / Ascendant of (unspecified)
  • Child of / Parent of
  • Grandchild of / Grandparent of
  • Foster Child of / Foster Parent Of
  • Foster Grandchild of / Foster Grandparent Of
  • Best friend of
  • Friend of
  • Ally of
  • Companion/Sidekick of
  • (Arch)Enemy of
  • (Arch)Rival of
  • Pet of / Owner of
  • Boyfriend / Girlfriend of
  • Married to
  • Unknown Relation
  • Evolves to
  • Fusions to
  • ...

Problems with characters and character relations

Pokemon: Pokemon have different stages of evolution. Each evolution would need its own database entry and a relation "evolved form of" would be needed. A Pokemon should be shown with its evolved and pre-evolutionary forms on one page.

Digimon: Digimon are even worse than Pokemon. Not only can they evolve to a higher digitation but they can also combine/fuse with each other to create new Digimon.

Ranma 1/2: Ranma transforms into a girl, his dad into a panda, and so on. Each transformed should get its own character entry and a "same character as" relation. All characters linked by a "same character as" relations should be shown on one page.

Sailormoon / Wedding Peach: Basically the same situation as with Ranma 1/2. Each transformation should get its own character entry and a "same character as" relation should be set.

Relations - Character -> Award

• List of awards (ARC Character Awards)