Roadmap

AniBrain 1.4 - MAL/AL List Integration For Recommendations (FUTURE)

AniBrain 1.3 - Manga, Light Novel, One Shot, & Random Recommenders

• New Recommender Pages: Added manga, light novel, & one shot recommendation engines/pages. Added a random recommendation engine/page.
• Adult Media: Users can now get recommendations for adult media. They must be signed in to do so.
• (Experimental) User-selected Recommendation Algorithm: Users can now change aspects of the underlying recommendation algorithm to better focus on the features of the requested media they care most about. This feature is currently in beta.
• More Filters: Added genre, community rating, and country of origin filters to all recommender pages.
• New Pages: Added an "About" and "Roadmap" page (found in the footer). Created manga/light novel/one shot specific pages for a bio of the media and listing out recommendations.
• Removed "AI-Ideas" Form: Removed the AI-Ideas form as the same information can be put in the feedback form under "feature request".
• Landing Page Redesign: Removed excess text from the landing page and made it more to direct to recommender pages.
• Recommender Pages Redesign: Styled search recommendation pages after Google/Bing.

AniBrain 1.2 - Frontend Migration and Improved Styling

• User Accounts: Allow user's to create an account and save recommendations for later.
• Anime Specific Pages: Created anime specific pages for a bio of the anime and listing out recommendations.
• Filter Modal to Sidebar: Changed the filter modal to a sidebar.
• Improved Recommendation Card Design: Changed card design to be more appealing on mobile (slimmer) and more simplistic overall. Added hover effect to get a lot more information on the recommendations.
• Improved Recommendation Algorithm: Changed underlying recommendation algorithm for improved results.
• Improved UI: Made all hero backgrounds have the same blue gradient for a simpler site design. Removed wave design from hero image transition to content.
• Changed Frontend to Next.js: Migrated the application from pure React to Next.js for performance improvements.

AniBrain 1.1 - Site Theme Change

• Added Form Pages: Added forms to get feedback, ideas, or collaborate from visitors.
• Added Title Preferences: Allow user to select the title (official, english, or native) to show on the recommended cards.
• Added Filters: Allow user to filter by anime format (TV, Movie, etc.) and the year they were released.
• Vote on Recommendations: Allow users to vote on whether a recommendation is good or not.
• Group Recommendations: Grouped recommended anime by their franchise to not get back a bunch of titles in the same series.
• Improved UI: Changed UI from a jellyfish theme to an anime theme and improved recommender cards.

AniBrain 1.0 - Initial AniBrain Release

• Anime Recommender: Added an anime recommender to search for an anime and get recommendations back.