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title: Anime
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# Anime

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An anime API resource represents a production with at least one opening or ending sequence.

For example, Bakemonogatari is an anime production with five opening sequences and one ending sequence.

## Fields

|    Name      |  Type   | Nullable | Description                                                                     |
| :--------:   | :-----: | :------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| id           | Integer | No       | The primary key of the resource                                                 |
| name         | String  | No       | The primary title of the anime                                                  |
| slug         | String  | No       | The URL slug & route key of the resource                                        |
| year         | Integer | Yes      | The premiere year of the anime                                                  |
| season       | Enum    | Yes      | The premiere season of the anime [Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall]                 |
| media_format | Enum    | No       | The media format of the anime [Unknown, TV, TV Short, OVA, Movie, Special, ONA] |
| synopsis     | String  | Yes      | The brief summary of the anime                                                  |
| created_at   | Date    | No       | The date that the resource was created                                          |
| updated_at   | Date    | No       | The date that the resource was last modified                                    |
| deleted_at   | Date    | Yes      | The date that the resource was deleted                                          |

## Allowed Include Paths

* animesynonyms
* animethemes
* animethemes.animethemeentries
* animethemes.animethemeentries.videos
* animethemes.animethemeentries.videos.audio
* animethemes.animethemeentries.videos.videoscript
* animethemes.group
* animethemes.song
* animethemes.song.artists
* images
* resources
* series
* studios

## Allowed Pivots

* animeresource

## Endpoints

**[Anime Destroy](/content/anime/destroy/)**

The anime destroy endpoint soft deletes an anime and returns the deleted anime resource.

**[Anime Force Delete](/content/anime/forceDelete/)**

The anime force delete endpoint hard deletes an anime and returns a confirmation message.

**[Anime Index](/content/anime/index/)**

The anime index endpoint displays a listing of anime resources.

**[Anime Restore](/content/anime/restore/)**

The anime restore endpoint restores a soft deleted anime and returns the restored anime resource.

**[Anime Show](/content/anime/show/)**

The anime show endpoint returns an anime resource.

**[Anime Store](/content/anime/store/)**

The anime store endpoint creates a new anime and returns the new anime resource.

**[Anime Update](/content/anime/update/)**

The anime update endpoint updates an anime and returns the updated anime resource.

**[Year Show](/content/animeyear/show/)**

The year show endpoint return a listing of anime resources for a given year grouped by season and ordered by name.

**[Year Index](/content/animeyear/index/)**

The year index endpoint returns a list of unique years from all anime resources.