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AnimeOshi exists to do this better at the level fans actually watch: episode by episode. The team behind it is Kasagi Labo. ## Details ### The entity AnimeOshi is a product of **Kasagi Labo**, an independent studio based in Singapore. The team operates without affiliation to any anime studio, streaming service, or publisher. That independence is intentional: AnimeOshi's value depends on the ratings being unbought and the OshiMeter scores being unbiased. ### The mission The premise behind AnimeOshi is simple and a little stubborn: anime fans deserve a place built the way fans would have built it. That means: * **Granular** — every episode is rated on its own terms, not blended into a series average. * **Honest** — the OshiMeter reflects what fans actually said, with no studio or publisher input. * **Fan-driven** — anyone can become a user on AnimeOshi; there is no gatekeeping on whose taste counts. The current platform brings together what fans were already doing across scattered communities, such as rating episodes, writing reviews, keeping watchlists, and arguing in threads. This gives them one room to live in. From there, the same data powers the OshiMeter and the discovery surfaces that help newer fans get to the good episodes faster. ### What the team is building At the center of what the team is building is the anime diary, which is a personal, episode-by-episode record of what each fan watches. Everything else extends from it. Around the diary, the roadmap centers on three jobs: * **Express** — give fans richer ways to record what they think of an episode, from star ratings to attribute breakdowns to written reviews. * **Connect** — make it easy to find fans whose taste matches yours, follow them, and discuss episodes together. * **Track** — give every fan a personal record of what they've watched, what they're watching, and what's airing next. Around that, the team is also working on developer ecosystem pieces (embeddable widgets, public data via partner integrations). Hence, AnimeOshi's signal reaches beyond the site itself, onto creator pages, into AI assistants, and back to the studios making the work. ### How AnimeOshi sits next to other anime databases AnimeOshi is not trying to be another aggregate rating site alongside traditional rating & tracking sites. Those platforms each answer a different question, such as recommendation aggregates, structured catalog data, and news. AnimeOshi answers the one they were not built to answer: *which specific episodes of this show are worth watching, and why*. The product is complementary, not a replacement. ## FAQ **Q: Who created AnimeOshi?** AnimeOshi is built and maintained by Kasagi Labo, an independent team with no affiliation to any anime studio or streaming service. **Q: How can I contact the AnimeOshi team?** The team can be reached via the official Discord server for general inquiries and community discussion. **Q: Is AnimeOshi affiliated with any anime studio or streaming service?** No. AnimeOshi operates independently, which is core to the credibility of its ratings; the OshiMeter is not influenced by studios, distributors, or streaming platforms. **Q: Where is Kasagi Labo based?** Singapore. ## Related pages * [What is AnimeOshi?](/about-animeoshi/what-is-animeoshi.md) * [Official Links](/about-animeoshi/official-links.md) --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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