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Sometimes OVAs are shown on Pay-TV before they are get sold (PPV). Those are to be added as TV and not OVA(!), since only the first airing counts! | Sometimes OVAs are shown on Pay-TV before they are get sold (PPV). Those are to be added as TV and not OVA(!), since only the first airing counts! | ||
See also this | See also this page with AniDB definitions of anime types: [[Anime_Type|Anime Type]] | ||
==Airing Dates== | ==Airing Dates== | ||
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The above-mentioned sources are usually the most accurate when it comes to the correct episode count. In most cases, the AniDB entry should reflect the number of episodes for the original home market. If the airing in another market has remixed or re-cut the episodes, the home market cut should prevail. | The above-mentioned sources are usually the most accurate when it comes to the correct episode count. In most cases, the AniDB entry should reflect the number of episodes for the original home market. If the airing in another market has remixed or re-cut the episodes, the home market cut should prevail. | ||
* For example, the US release of {{Short|a1530|Dragon Ball Z}} condensed the first 80 episodes from the Japanese airing into 65 episodes for the US airing; this is informally referred to as a "US chopjob". The Japanese episode count and airing dates would override, as Japan is both the first-release market and the home market for the anime. | * For example, the US release of {{Short|a1530|Dragon Ball Z}} condensed the first 80 episodes from the Japanese airing into 65 episodes for the US airing; this is informally referred to as a "US chopjob". The Japanese episode count and airing dates would override, as Japan is both the first-release market and the home market for the anime. | ||
===="Prologue" and "Episode 0" Episodes==== | |||
{{main|Content:Episodes#"Prologue"_and_"Episode 0"_Episodes}} | |||
{{#lsth:Content:Episodes|"Prologue" and "Episode 0" Episodes}} | |||
===First Aired/Released and Finished Airing/Release Dates on the Anime Entry=== | ===First Aired/Released and Finished Airing/Release Dates on the Anime Entry=== | ||
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{{main|Content:Episodes#Japanese TV Schedule Timestamps}} | {{main|Content:Episodes#Japanese TV Schedule Timestamps}} | ||
{{#lsth:Content:Episodes|Japanese TV Schedule Timestamps}} | {{#lsth:Content:Episodes|Japanese TV Schedule Timestamps}} | ||
====1st Airings | ====Air Date General Guidelines, 1st Airings, and Special Event Airings==== | ||
{{eyecatch|Important|'''Moderation discretion should be used on a case-by-case basis!''' See Adv. User subforum discussion for details [https://anidb.net/forum/thread/70753 here.]}} | |||
{{ | # Airing dates on AniDB document the "standard airing" for a given episode. A "standard airing" is defined as a broadcast airing; this includes terrestrial TV, satellite TV, and web streaming TV (e.g. YouTube, Netflix, NicoNico, Abema TV, etc); this also includes TV Specials, as defined by Japanese broadcasters. | ||
## For web streaming TV, the broadcast must be a completely unrestricted public airing on the video platform, as a non-private/non-restricted video. | |||
### A paywall (e.g. a premium subscription) does not count as a non-private video; it still counts as an unrestricted public airing, as it is no different than subscribing to satellite TV such as AT-X. | |||
### A YouTube video marked "private" and available only by request is a private video. | |||
### A video on a streaming platform (e.g. d Anime Store) that requires a limited-distribution personal invite code (e.g. only 1,000 codes will be awarded) counts as a restricted video. | |||
### A video available exclusively in "live stream" mode without the subsequent ability to watch as video-on-demand counts as an unrestricted airing; this is no different than waiting to watch a TV special broadcast on MBS at a specific timeslot. | |||
#### By extension, a video-on-demand that is only available for a limited-time-window, e.g. only posted for 24 hours before the "special airing event" ends, counts as an unrestricted airing; this is actually less restrictive than a traditional TV broadcast, where the video is only available at the broadcast timeslot, and no longer available afterwards. | |||
# Regarding limited pre-airings ('''NOTE''': the exact meaning of "limited" has not been defined yet. If in doubt, ask a moderator. If the moderator is in doubt, ask CDB-Man): | |||
## Event-based and physical-location-based pre-airs are never used as the airing date. | |||
### Example 1: a pre-airing at a convention centre that is coupled with a voice actor Q&A + meet and greet session | |||
### Example 2: a public viewing in an open park with a projector screen | |||
### Example 3: a one-off airing on a Japan Airlines (JAL) flight | |||
## Regarding pre-airs in theatres: | |||
### For terrestrial TV, satellite TV, and web streaming TV (including TV Specials), all theatre pre-airs are disregarded and are not used as the airing date. | |||
### For movies, by definition they are aired in theatres, therefore the earliest full theatre date is used as the airing date. Pre-release festivals and other pre-air events are disregarded. | |||
#### Pre-release festivals and/or theatre pre-airs are defined as a limited-location release (e.g. only 2 theatres in Tokyo), premiering up to 1 week (7 days) before the full theatre release. | |||
### For [[Anime_Type|OVAs/OADs/ONAs and music videos]]: | |||
#### A somewhat common occurrence for OVAs is to have a movie pre-air 2 weeks in advance. In this scenario, use the movie pre-air date as the OVA air date, regardless of the # of available theatres. | |||
#### If the movie pre-air date is less than 2 weeks, ignore the pre-air date and use the retail release date. | |||
#### If the movie pre-air date exceeds 2 weeks, the OVA '''may''' instead be more correctly classified as a movie, as decided on a case-by-case basis by moderators. This is a rare occurrence. | |||
# If a episode originally intended for a broadcast release receives an early/advanced release in a different, unrestricted format, that format's early/advanced release date shall be used as the AniDB airing date. | |||
## Example 1: {{short|a14623|Jashin-chan Dropkick Dash}} was released in its entirety on Amazon Prime Video (Japan) and Crunchyroll on 06.04.2020; episode 1's TV broadcast started the same day. As such, all episodes use 06.04.2020 as the airing date, rather than the original broadcast date. | |||
## Example 2: {{short|a15734|Gekidol}} released its full series in BD format on 03.03.2021, which predates the TV broadcast of the last few episodes. As such, the last few episodes using the 03.03.2021 BD release date, rather than the original broadcast date. | |||
==Image== | ==Image== | ||
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{{eyecatchLight|1|Why credit yourself?|This is mostly to prevent situations like the following: One of our users writes a description, the description is copy/pasted to ''AnimeNfo'', someone from ''AnimeNfo'' comes and complains about taking their description and not crediting them, a mod adds a ''Source: AnimeNfo'' to the description, later the user who wrote the description notifies that he, in fact, wrote it, a mod removes the ''Source: AnimeNfo'' again.}} | {{eyecatchLight|1|Why credit yourself?|This is mostly to prevent situations like the following: One of our users writes a description, the description is copy/pasted to ''AnimeNfo'', someone from ''AnimeNfo'' comes and complains about taking their description and not crediting them, a mod adds a ''Source: AnimeNfo'' to the description, later the user who wrote the description notifies that he, in fact, wrote it, a mod removes the ''Source: AnimeNfo'' again.}} | ||
* When you '''copy''' (with light editing) the description from a site that has written/translated the description itself (e.g. ''AnimeNfo'', ''ANN'', ''Anime-Planet'', ''MAL'', etc.), then please '''credit the site''' you copied it from using the following scheme: | * When you '''copy''' (without changes or with light editing) the description from a site that has written/translated the description itself (e.g. ''AnimeNfo'', ''ANN'', ''Anime-Planet'', ''MAL'', etc.), then please '''credit the site''' you copied it from using the following scheme: | ||
[i]Source: <site>[/i] | [i]Source: <site>[/i] | ||
:For example: ''Source: ANN'' (use the <tt>[i][/i]</tt> tags for italics). | :For example: ''Source: ANN'' (use the <tt>[i][/i]</tt> tags for italics). | ||