Add Archived Fansubs Info for Anime

[irfan-dahir]

• Only available on select anime that had the data before MAL removed it

1. Connect with fansub archive repository to cache it server side
2. Inject it into JSON response (via Serializer probably?)

Targeted Endpoints: /anime/[Id]

[irfan-dahir]

Some notes on how this might work.

Endpoint	Remarks
/fansubbers	List all fansub groups. Returns array of name, mal_id, ...
/search/fansubbers?q=	Search fansub groups. Returns array of name, mal_id, ...
/fansubbers/{mal_id}	Returns fansub group information & array of anime they've subbed

Is there a better alternative terminology to fansubbers?

/fansubbers/{mal_id}

Property	Type	Remarks
mal_id	Int	-
name	String	Group name
short_name	String	Group short name
irc_url	String	-
primary_language	String	-
user_approval_votes	Int	User approval count
user_disapproval_votes	Int	User disapproval count
anime	Array of ANIME PROJECT OBJECT	-

ANIME PROJECT OBJECT

Property	Type	Remarks
mal_id	Int	Anime ID
url	Int	Anime URL
title	String	Anime Title
type	String	Anime Type (TV, OVA, Special, etc)
episodes	Int	Anime episode count
user_approval_votes	Int	-
user_disapproval_votes	Int	-
comments	Array of String	Anonymous Comments by voters

[IA21]

comments also have the positive/negative (or approve/disapprove) property in addition to the content. MAL indicated this by using a light grey color as background for positive comments and light red for negative. So comments might be an array of objects with content and... vote (?) properties.

[IA21]

Is there a better alternative terminology to fansubbers?

Don't think so. Even wikipedia uses the term fansubber:

The practice of making fansubs is called fansubbing and is done by a fansubber

[irfan-dahir]

comments also have the positive/negative (or approve/disapprove) property in addition to the content. MAL indicated this by using a light grey color as background for positive comments and light red for negative. So comments might be an array of objects with content and... vote (?) properties.

Had no idea. We can add this too. Though if it's just grey/red, the property might be preferable as a Boolean unless there's a neutral state too?

Don't think so. Even wikipedia uses the term fansubber Fansubber is is then!

[IA21]

Nope, no neutral, just 2 states: grey and red.

[Prid13]

Is there a better alternative terminology to fansubbers?

"Fansubbers" sounds really off. I've always ever heard the term "fansub group" be used by the people who partake in the fansubbing process. Because it's almost always a group of people with different roles that work together to put out quality subs, and they usually have a name or an abbreviation they go by (enclosed by square brackets, e.g. Unlimited Translation Works -> [UTW] and Good Job! Media -> [GJM], or just the group name, like Kaleido-subs -> [Kaleido-subs] (who btw put out their fansubs on github!) )

Maybe fansub_groups / fansubgroups could work better, even though it's a tad bit longer?

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As for information on which fansub groups are doing newer releases (i.e. not restricted by the MAL archive), FansubDB.com is a great resource for that :)

[IA21]

Thanks for the tip about fansubdb.com. I have been using anidb since MAL removed fansub info.

[irfan-dahir]

Good to know a DB for fansub information exists. This has been a low-priority feature for a while now. I'm not sure whether I will be implementing this anytime soon (or if at all) since I do not see the demand for it.

One of the issues with adding this would be that it would be incomplete. New entries on MAL do not provide fansub information anymore so going forward we'd have to source that data from elsewhere and that would require some additional service scrapping and managing the existing data.

[IA21]

This would only work as a separate/miscellaneous feature instead of a full fledged fansubs endpoint on the main api. You're right about this being low priority and having very little demand. Most new anime watchers these days no longer look for fansubs and just watch whatever crunchy/netflix feed them. This feature would only be for stubborn, old school, die hard types that are still around, like me 🙂. Which is why my MAL fansubs archive script is still live.