How guides are made and checked

1. Refreshed automatically

Titles, scores, episode lists, air times, casts and streaming links come from open databases and refresh on their own: Kitsu (titles, ratings, episodes, streaming links), AniList (exact air times, refreshed every 3 hours; tags and fan recommendations), AnimeThemes (openings and endings, monthly) and Anime News Network (headlines, linked to the original). Pages re-read their sources at least daily; anime pages show the date as “Data refreshed”. If a source is wrong, the page can be too, so please tell us.

2. Drafted, and labelled as drafts

Guides that need judgement, like watch-order notes, “AniLumi's take”, story arcs, manga chapters per season and the Hindi dub list, are first drafted with the help of an AI assistant, using the sources above. Until a person has signed one off, it is labelled as a draft. Right now that covers:

• 48 watch-order notes and 95 editor's takes, built on Kitsu's sequel and prequel links, with every linked title checked against Kitsu.
• Story arcs for 18 long-running shows, cross-checked against Wikipedia's episode lists, the series wikis and AnimeFillerList on 4 Nov 2026.
• Which manga chapters or light-novel volumes 69 TV seasons adapt, cross-checked against the series wikis, MangaUpdates and per-episode chapter guides on 4 Nov 2026.
• 149 entries in the Hindi dub list, from Crunchyroll's audio listings, Netflix India and Indian news reports, each with a confidence level (checked 4 Nov 2026).
• Filler lists for most shows come from the filler flags on MyAnimeList's episode lists; hand-made lists are cross-checked against AnimeFillerList.

3. Checked by a person

Harsh Lariya, who runs AniLumi, reads a guide end to end, checks it against the official releases and the sources, and signs it off. 13 guides have been checked so far; the list, with dates, is on the author page.

What the labels mean

• “✓ Checked by Harsh Lariya on [date]”: a person checked this guide on that date.
• “Draft” (with the sources, where it was cross-checked): not yet signed off by a person.
• “Data refreshed [date]” / “Updated [date]”: when the page last re-read its sources.

Rankings and links

Rankings and scores come from the sources' own community data, not from us, and nobody can pay to change them or a guide. We link only to official, licensed streaming services. Some links, like manga on Amazon, are affiliate links and are marked as sponsored; they never decide what a guide says.

Corrections

Every page has a “Spotted a mistake?” link, and there is a contact form. Every report is read, and confirmed fixes usually go live within a few days.