Anime-Planet

New "year in review" feature - what would you like to see on it?

Added 2021-12-07 17:42:45 +0000 UTC

Hello patrons!

Here's the first of a patron-only feedback session to influence what we do with a new feature. Would love your feedback!

We're planning a new "year in review" type feature on Anime-Planet, similar to the same feature on services you may have used such as Spotify or Goodreads. It would be a pretty, visual view of your activity over the past year. Here's part of my (sothis, site founder) Goodreads wrap-up from 2019 to give you an idea:

We're at the stage where we're trying to figure out what features users would ideally like to see on this page. We'll then figure out what's feasible, get a mock, and get it coded. Here's some initial ideas we have:

Total anime/manga stats for the year (total anime, manga, anime/manga "life on" stats)
Total reviews, recommendations
Top rated / lowest rated review, anime and manga rating
"Controversial" comparison - something you loved that others didn't, vice versa?
"Category" breakdowns - for example, the studio you watched the most from, magazine you read the most from, possibly tag breakdowns also

What else would you like to see on this sort of page? Would love any and all ideas in the comments. Even if you think it might be hard or difficult to do, let us know and we'll investigate. We'll then post preview mocks/further feedback requests for our pre-release sneak peek tiers (Silver+) to refine it further.

We also are thinking of additional Patreon benefits for certain tiers, most likely Silver+, related to this feature:

Access to past years - the year in review feature will likely only be for the most recent year. Starting next year, certain tiers would be able to access all previous years as well. We might be able to backfill a few years to make up for the gap on launch.
Seasonal "in review" charts/pages, which show similar activity and stats for each season.

Let us know your thoughts on this too, or if you can think of other Patron-only features that you'd enjoy.

Thanks again for being a patron! I really appreciate your support <3

~sothis, site founder