[REQUEST] Choose favorite/least favorite genres from full tag list

[Mattnumbers]

I don't see why you can only pick from a limited tag list, there are many genres that aren't even partially covered by the current tags you can choose from.

Thank You!

EDIT: Request restated in third post
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N02 Vaporizer

[Drahken]

It was explained in the original announcement thread for the fav/hated genre feature (can't find wtf happened to that thread atm, especially since the forum's search function isn't working) that it supports GENRES not TAGS, and that not all tags count as genres.

edit: Finally found the old fav/hated genres thread: You can now mark up to 3 favorite and hated genres

[Mattnumbers]

In that case, I feel that the list of genres is incomplete. As of now there is no genre to choose for abstract/mindf*ck anime, Sci Fi being the closest but still not adequate as an anime does not need to be Science Fiction to be abstract. Additionally, there are some themes that reoccur in many shows and thus should be separated from more generic tags such as "Action".

A short list of common tags that should become genres:
Feudal Japan
War
Psychological
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Dodge custom 880

[Drahken]

War is a subset of action, it definitely doesn't qualify as a genre. Action would be the genre, and war would be a tag within the action genre.

Feudal japan is far too narrow a concept to qualify as a genre. However, there should probably be a history/historical genre & feudal japan would be one tag within that genre.

I could see something along the lines of pschological being made into a genre, although I suspect that psychological/abstract/mindf*ck would simply be placed under "mystery".

[Mattnumbers]

If the genres are to be so wide and nondescript why do we have "Mecha" when we could just use "Sci Fi", "Shoujo-ai"/"Shounen-ai" when "Romance" covers both, and "Slice of Life", which is extremely vague and could apply to various other listed genres.

In other media War has always been a specific genre, from movies to video games. Shows and movies about War and the Military are plenty distinct from generic "Action".

I shouldn't have said feudal Japan, what I meant by that was any show set in premodern times which includes large amounts of melee/"low tech" combat. This is a very common theme in anime so I feel it should have a slot as a genre.

Mystery is a completely different genre than abstract, having to do with the actual revelation of the truth over time and having many clues. Abstract media doesn't have to answer any questions, and it can be interpreted the way the viewer wants. Additionally, abstract/mindf*ck titles usually have a large "weird" factor, something that isn't often true in pure mystery.
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Lexus Es

[Drahken]

*shrug*
I wouldn't put shounen/jo-ai under romance because romance itself creates too specific an image in one's mind & shoujo/nen-ai are quite different, tending to focus more on the homosexual aspects rather than the romantic ones.

Mystery, abstract, and mindf*ck are alike in that they're intended to make the viewer think. I could however see psycological being made into a genre & mystery being made into a tag underneath psycologicl (which would also include abstract & mindf*ck).

When it comes down to it though, most of the difference between tag/genre is a judgement call, very few cases are clear-cut. You might be able to convince sothis to change the genres around a bit, although she tends to not change her mind once she's got something set. We'll just have to wait for her to reply to this thread.