"Your rules are bad and they need to be adjusted"

"Nuh uh, bye bye!"

"So you're not going to fix the issue?"

"No because there is no issue because it follows the rules which are perfect bye!!!"

I get it, though - you're masking your ego fairly decently. The idea that your rules are in place to respect the creators decisions, on the surface, looks good and does a good job at making your stance seem honourable, and it's very clever how you deliberately pick and choose the creative decisions made by the studio that support your stubbornness while sneakily ignoring everything else in order to enforce your decision without ever considering the possibility that, maybe, just maybe, you're not 100% right.

You enforce your decision by stating "The rules are designed to respect the studio's creative decisions in numbering the first episode of Season 2 as Episode #13, indicating they want it to be seen as a single, continuous season of television" while plugging your ears and going "LALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" whenever it's pointed out how the studio has referred to the 2nd Season as such, labelling it as Season 2 on their website and even in the opening credits among other places, because those creative decisions don't fit your rigid and nonsensical rules. The decisions you decide are worth respecting are entirely at the whim of which decisions support your prior decisions, and any that don't are disregarded as irrelevant to the discussion.

If you really cared about making sure your database respects the decision of continuously numbered episodes as much as you claim, I would think you would have prioritized correcting the breadth of anime on your database that are divided into seasons despite being continuously numbered - you mentioned that there was only one guy who can do it, but given your intense commitment to respecting the creative decision of continuously numbering episodes, you'd think it would be a top priority to make sure that Attack on Titan is listed as one continuous season as the creators intended (while, of course, ignoring the constant seasonal breaks and branding, such as Attack on Titan: The Final Season or the big message on the official website stating "Seasons 1-3 are now available on all streaming sites"). I mean, otherwise, if it's not a big deal, then why can't the rules be adjusted, or exceptions be made when the studio clearly considers it to be an individual season? Get on it, Travis, this is a really big deal with zero room for flexibility!!!!

I'll also reiterate that your own Anime Guidelines are contradictory.

Original Order

The main guidelines for animes are the same as with any other type of series. Our goal is to replicate how the TV series were originally released on their original network.

My understanding of this is that your main goal is to make sure it's reflected on the database as it was released - naturally, shows like Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z should be presented as you are trying to present Solo Leveling - they should not only be separate show entries, but one continuous season for each - this makes sense, given they were presented with separate titles and as separate shows, despite airing only a week apart, but also that there were no breaks and the shows both aired continuously from start to finish, as was how most anime was produced at this time.

On the other hand, the episode numbering has no impact on how the show was released - Yes, S2E1 of Solo Leveling is listed as Episode #13, however was released months after the conclusion of season 1, and was released under the banner and title of Solo Leveling Season 2. Your decision on this matter is contradicting what your anime guidelines state to be the guidelines goal. It didn't seem to follow any of the Cour formats you list, instead following more like the Western seasonal release schedule, airing during the Jan - Mar Cour and not returning until the same time the following year, so it wouldn't make sense to insist that it is one continuous season divided up by Cours - and if we can call skipping 3 Cours in a row "Split Cour", then we can call skipping 8 Cours before return "Split Cour", and at that point the term has lost all meaning, making that rule useless and always in favour of listing anime as a single season no matter what.

On another note, after reviewing these rules more closely, you've gotta merge Naruto and Naruto Shippūden as per the rules regarding "Sequel series" while you're taking care of all the other continuously numbered anime. Also, everything I said above about Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z should be ignored, those have to be one series because Z is a direct continuation. (If you haven't noticed yet, your rules are nonsensical and self-contradicting, and need serious adjusting. This issue is far from resolved.)

Has it ever been considered that maybe the fact that S2E1 of Solo Leveling is listed as Episode 13 is simply because that is how things are typically done in Japan, and while many anime have more recently embraced the Seasonal release model of the west, they prefer to ensure that it's clear what number of the overall episode of a series is for any given episode in a season?

I do just find it funny how a studio can say "This is Season 2. We took nearly a full year between the end of Season 1 and the start of Season 2. Our website lists it as Season 2. The intro lists it as Season 2. It has a special subtitle to distinguish it from Season 1 as another, distinct chunk of the story. But our website it going to list the first episode of this second season as the 13th overall episode so that it's place in the series is clear" and you guys just go "NONE OF THAT MATTERS EXCEPT FOR THAT SMALL INSIGNIFICANT DETAIL AT THE END THAT PROVES OUR POINT AND JUSTIFIES OUR STUBBORNNESS"

@superboy97 said:

@kingofhollows099 said:

@superboy97 We would appreciate your continuation of support on this unresolved issue.

Nothing is unresolved. The listing follow our rules.

Maybe it does. What would it take to change the rules? We're not working against you here. We all want the site to be the best it can be. How can we improve it?

@superboy97 . How can we work together to improve TMDB? I would be happy to write up a proposal for guideline changes. There is still very much an issue here, and that's something almost everyone here agrees on.

@superboy97 said:

@kingofhollows099 said:

@superboy97 We would appreciate your continuation of support on this unresolved issue.

Nothing is unresolved. The listing follow our rules.

What a joke. Your rules are terrible and need changing, rather than you just stating 'it follows our rules'. Maybe take some feedback on board?

Going to be fun trying to find a single episode in a 5-6 season anime consisting of a hundred or so episodes in one 'season' because the rules are terrible.

The lack of response is honestly kind of pathetic. A problem was pointed out to you, you said "its not a problem", it was explained to you why it was a problem, and now your solution to said problem is to ignore it until we all go away? Legitimately pathetic team.

@superboy97 said:

Per our rules, as long as episodes are numbered continuously, they should be added to the same season.

I'm confuse, would One Piece (https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/37854) not be one continuous giant season then, being that episode 1122 is still counting from the original release?

But it's being separated in the normal arcs we see offend in anime? I'm puzzle about how the rule should be apply?

@ActioConfusa said:

I'm confuse, would One Piece (https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/37854) not be one continuous giant season then, being that episode 1122 is still counting from the original release?

But it's being separated in the normal arcs we see offend in anime? I'm puzzle about how the rule should be apply?

As indicated in the content reports of that series, it should be merge by the administrator as a single season.

Ah yes, lets make 1122 episodes into one massive list because that won't be a pain to navigate to find one episode. Thank you for proving how ridiculous this rule is.

You really think making 1122 episodes into one list rather than splitting them by season is a good idea?

@superboy97 said:

@ActioConfusa said:

I'm confuse, would One Piece (https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/37854) not be one continuous giant season then, being that episode 1122 is still counting from the original release?

But it's being separated in the normal arcs we see offend in anime? I'm puzzle about how the rule should be apply?

As indicated in the content reports of that series, it should be merge by the administrator as a single season.

What would you recommend in a case like Solo Leveling, where there is no reset of the numbering, but even the official website (https://sololeveling-anime.net/) defines it as Season 2 and includes a title for it "Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-"?

I think this is important information to display for a DB, what would be the optimal way to stay faithful to the original release while still aligning with the website's rules in cases like this?

第二季有单独的海报 主角换了一个造型 这样我们做归类的时候看到海报就能大概知道剧情 如果只用一季 那么失去了精美海报的意义 如果你的规则真的那么正确为什么这么多人反馈这个问题

@superboy97 said:

@ActioConfusa said:

I'm confuse, would One Piece (https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/37854) not be one continuous giant season then, being that episode 1122 is still counting from the original release?

But it's being separated in the normal arcs we see offend in anime? I'm puzzle about how the rule should be apply?

As indicated in the content reports of that series, it should be merge by the administrator as a single season.

Absolutely pathetic that this is the only discussion post you've replied to in the last few weeks. Saw a lay-up with an easy answer and you took it so you could maintain the facade that you guys give a shit/are doing your jobs?

Hmmm, should i answer the various posts pointing out the inconsistency and errors in our rules and work to fix this glaring issue on our database? No, I'm going to ignore all those and answer the question that's mostly irrelevant and has been answered 4 times in this thread alone.

Bump.

only tmdb have 1 season

There are at least two mentions of a second season on the first season's page. I know, anime are a mess, but I think the staff should reconsider this rule. TMDB is the only source that lists Solo Leveling as having only one season. This issue affects many other animes such as Jujutsu Kaisen, Shangri-La Frontier, and BLUE LOCK.

Please, listen to your community's feedback and be more open to discussion.

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Pls fix this, even in the anime opening it says S2. Stop this nonsense c’mon it’s not that hard.