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 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

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
• gender
  • male
  • female
  • both
  • neither
• lifeform
  • human
  • animal
  • plant
  • alien
  • stuffed animal
  • robot
  • juujin (human x animal)
    • catgirl
    • doggirl
    • foxgirl
    • ...
    • *boy
    • ...
  • ...
• height
• weight
• B/H/W
• cupsize
• hair color
  • main haircolor
  • second haircolor
• hair style
  • twin tails
  • ...
• eye color
  • left
  • right
• blood type
• nationality
• place of residence
• job
• workplace
• school
• grade/class
• 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

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
  • ...

Relations - Character -> Award

• List of awards (ARC Character Awards)