ADB Help
ADB Help
General information
  • Japanese names are displayed with both the kanji (if known) and romaji. The romaji name is usually a link. Click on it to go to the record for the object in question.
  • In the listing and search results pages, anime titles are listed in alphabetical order by short title. Names of people (characters, staff or seiyuu) are listed alphabetically by family name. Eastern-style names are displayed in Eastern order, with the family name first.
About romaji and furigana
  • Furigana fields on the search page are always written in hiragana.
  • Romaji fields are transliterations of the japanese characters. I try to keep the spellings consistent, but there are exceptions, usually because the person in question specifically uses a non-standard spelling (e.g. Matsumoto Leiji). ら, etc are written with R's, not L's. Long vowels are always written out. In general, they follow this pattern:
    • "aa" for ああ or アー
    • "ee" for ええ or エー or when the えs come from separate kanji
    • "ei" for えい
    • "ii" for いい or イー
    • "oh" for おお
    • "oo" for オー or when the おs are from separate kanji
    • "ou" for おう
    • "uu" for うう or ウー);
Using the Info pages
Explanation of fields:
Using the Search page
All search fields are case-insensitive. If you don't want to use a particular criteria, leave the field blank.