Content:Anime

You know an Anime that's not listed...

AniDB is a userdriven DB and every user can add new Anime entrys. So if you know an Anime thats not yet in Anidb we encourage you to add it. But before you do so please check the AniDB Definition of Anime and make sure the new entry is really an Anime according to our definition! Furthermore please check the anime is really not added to the DB under a synonym!
We also ask you to include as much info as possible when adding a new Anime, it's for all users' benefit.

Where can I add Anime?!

You can find the add anime link at the bottom of the animelist or mylist. Once you click it you're on the "Add Anime" page. There's a lot of info you can input here.

Basic info you should include when adding an Anime

Name aka "Anime Name (Romaji)"

Please enter the romaji (Hepburn) Anime title in this field. Please check our Kanji & Romaji Guideline for further assistance with this.
example:
official English title: Full Metal Alchemist
official Japanese Romaji title: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi

Type

check the official Japanese(!) page or allcinema Sometimes OVA's are shown on Pay-Tv before they are getting sold (PPV). Those are to be added as TV and not OVA(!) as the first airing counts!

Episodes

check the official Japanese(!) page, allcinema or Japanese TV Guide

Year

check the official Japanese(!) page or other pages listed here: Where to find release-dates for Anime

Pic

The Url to Pic allows you to add a picture for this anime. It will be displayed together with the anime info. You can use the Upload a Pic function to upload a pic directly from your hdd to the AniDB server. You could enter a complete URL to a pic here, but the previous method is prefered, because it ensures that the pic stays available and is loaded directly from our server. The upload a pic function generates short image names which look like xxx.jpg (xxx is a number). After uploading a pic copy this imagename as is into the Url to Pic field (don't add http:// or anything).

the recommended size for pictures is 300x400
don't use animated pics
there is no size limit the pic should stay under 100kb, if possible

Description

A short summary of the Anime
referable with as lil spoilers as possible.
no personal comments!

optional Info

Airdate

check the official Japanese(!) page, Japanese TV Guide or other pages listed here: Where to find release-dates for Anime
Be careful with 25:00 shows!
example:
Japanese TV schedule says 01.03.2005 25:30 this means it aired 02.03.2005 01:30

Producer

check the official Japanese(!) page

URL

official Japanese page preferred

Animenewsnetwork

visit their page and copy the link to the entry

Animenfo

visit their page and copy the link to the entry

other official Titles, Synonyms and Shorttitles

Official Title (English)

Check the official English page if it's licensed.

Official Title (Japanese, Kanji)

Please check our Kanji & Romaji Guideline for further assistance with this.
allcinema is a reliable source for this.
example:
official English title: Fullmetal Alchemist
official Japanese Kanji title: 鋼の練金術師

Official Title (Other)

Meant for other official titles. Can atm only take 1 title

Synonym/Alias

For anything not official, which is widely used.
example:
official English title: Fullmetal Alchemist
Synonym: Full Metal Alchemist

Shorttitle

A shortend version of the title.
example:
official English title: Full Metal Alchemist
Shorttitle: FMA

Genres

Please refer to the Genre Guideline for this.

Producer

needs to be added

Relations

If there are is another anime which should be watched before or after watching this one you should add it using this sequel/prequel feature. This ensures that ppl watch the anime stages in the correct order. On the top of the page you see the sequels/prequels for this anime. Specify the anime you want to add as sequel/prequel by anime title, synonym title or short title. Select the watching order (i.e. is the anime you entered a sequel (has to be watched after) or a prequel (has to be watched before)). Now you have to select wether you want the AniDB to automatically add the current anime to the anime you just entered as sequel/prequel too. Or if for some reason you want to do it manually. If unsure always let this checked, which is the default.
If the Anime entry is not yours (you haven't created it) you can't remove relations. Please use the DB Change Request forum in that case.