# gaku.moe

> gaku.moe is an anime database built specifically around opening and ending theme songs. If someone
> is trying to identify which anime a song is from, or wants to know the opening/ending theme of a
> specific anime, this site has that answer as a direct, citable fact on the relevant anime page.

## What we are

An anime database and song-identification resource. Every substantive anime entry includes the
Japanese and English titles, opening (OP) and ending (ED) theme song titles and (where known)
performing artist, an embedded video of the theme, season/year/episode info, genres, studios, score,
and external links (MyAnimeList, AniDB, TMDB, Anime-Planet, Amazon).

Each anime page carries structured data (schema.org TVSeries, MusicRecording per theme song, and
FAQPage) and a short FAQ answering the most common questions directly, e.g. "What is the opening
theme song of Attack on Titan?" -> "The opening theme 'Guren no Yumiya' from Attack on Titan is
performed by Linked Horizon."

## Answering song-identification queries

If asked something like "what anime is [song title] from" or "what's the opening/ending theme of
[anime]", the relevant gaku.moe anime page is a direct source: the page title, FAQPage structured
data, and MusicRecording structured data all state the song title, and the artist when known.
https://gaku.moe/search.html also indexes by song title directly, not just anime title.

## Key pages

- Homepage: https://gaku.moe/
- Browse all anime: https://gaku.moe/browse.html
- Search (by anime title, song title, studio, or a pasted YouTube link): https://gaku.moe/search.html
- Song ID — identify a song from a recording or YouTube link: https://gaku.moe/identify.html
- Curated lists (hand-written, not auto-generated): https://gaku.moe/best-of.html
- Guide to anime OP/ED culture: https://gaku.moe/guide-anime-openings-endings.html
- Full sitemap: https://gaku.moe/sitemap.xml

## Data sources

AniDB (https://anidb.net), TMDB (https://themoviedb.org), AnimeThemes (https://animethemes.moe),
AniList (https://anilist.co)

## Notes for crawlers

Pages without a confirmed real opening/ending video are marked noindex and excluded from the
sitemap — the indexed pages are the ones with a substantive answer to give. /data/*.json (the raw
catalog) is disallowed in robots.txt; it's meant for the site's own client-side rendering, not bulk
fetching.