Skip to main content

Anime as a Separate Media Type (With Dedicated Lists)

Ideas

In current state we have 2 types Movies and Shows leaving Anime scattered across both forcing users to switch back and forth.

It’d be a huge quality-of-life improvement to have Anime be categorized as a separate type (Like Simkl) with it’s own watchlist, history, favorites, and recommendations (in future). This will make managing anime much easier.

Key Considerations:

  • Grouping: Unlike Simkl, which splits anime into separate entries per season, keep all seasons grouped under a single title entry (similar to Trakt or TMDB) to avoid clutter.

  • API Integration: Ensure future API endpoints reflect this architecture by returning Movies, Shows, and Anime watchlist/history/favorites separately.

  • Optional: Include an option to "Hide Anime as a separate category" for casual viewers who prefer keeping all animated movies and shows merged into the standard Movies and Shows sections.

Posted by mischievous_duck ·
7 comments

Log in to comment and vote

Comments7

  • Benvdweg

    •

    Sep 16

    I remember using another platform that used this briefly and it kind of annoyed me so I think the “hide anime as a separate category“ option would indeed be key. I watch like one or two anime shows casually, I don’t want this to be completely categorised separately, to me it’s just another show.

  • confident_capybara_72586

    •

    Aug 13

    As long as I keep one all including ‘next to watch’ section, I am good with this idea

  • Journey

    •

    Aug 6

    I’d say this should bit here:

    Include an option to "Hide Anime as a separate category" for casual viewers who prefer keeping all animated movies and shows merged into the standard Movies and Shows sections.

    should definitely be added if this was to become a thing. I watch a ton of anime and prefer anime to not be split up into a whole separate type myself.

    • mischievous_duck

      •

      Aug 6

      Yea.. customization is always a good thing.. I like it separate (At least history and favorites) to keep anime together. For eg. currently AOT and AOT: The Last Attack is split between Fav Shows and Fav Movies, I’d like them to be under one list - Fav Anime.