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
Vision
Data
Implementation
General
- Normal users can only view character information
- Only adv. 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)
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
- 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
- ...
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
Accessories
List of accessories the characters has. Multiple selections possible
- glasses
- hat
- magical staff
- magical book
- stuffed animal
- ...
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
- Seiyuu S (based on Person P) is seiyuu of character C in anime A for episodes E
Relations - Character <-> Anime
- Role of character
- Main character
- Side character
- Support character
- ...
Relations - Character <-> Character
- Type of relation
- family (unspecified)
- sibling of
- child of / parent of
- grandchild of / grandparent of
- foster child of / foster parent of
- best friend of
- boyfriend of / girlfriend of
- married 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)