AniDB:About

What is AniDB?

AniDB stands for 'Anime DataBase' and there are two different ways to use it:

• In AniDB`s Mylist you can specify which episodes you have (seen) and this way you can keep your own personal 'Anime DataBase' online. Never again will you have problems with notepad, Excel, Access or whatever programs you previously used in order to have a list of what anime you have - or have seen. You can just add the episodes from the database to your list and then you`ll have your own created anime database.
• AniDB contains information about all anime (tv-series, ova's and movies) and tries to be as informative as possible. Since AniDB is open for everyone, everyone is able to add series, episodes and specials which aren`t in the database yet. This way it will become a huge database with the best information about all anime.

History

Initially, AniDB was a personal project of AnimeReactor, available only to its members. The concept spawned from the tiresome task of keeping track of anime series or movies they currently had or previously seen or bought. Many members kept track of their collections by using spreadsheets or even notepad. AniDB was the resulting, universal way to keep track of their anime collection.

Around the end of 2002, AniDB opened to the public. Instead of being a personal, AnimeReactor member-only database, everyone is now able to freely contribute to AniDB. By adding missing titles, episodes, and other missing information to AniDB, all users can shape AniDB into the perfect anime information database all anime fans have been searching for.