They Created an Anime Trigger Warning Website
A new website is causing controversy for warning users which anime contain “bad elements” so they can avoid them. The site is called Mamorulist, and it lists all the “anime trigger warnings” that a show has.
For those who don’t know what a trigger warning is, here is an example from a game: when you start Persona 3 Reload, a notice appears saying the game contains situations involving bullying, suicide, and violence.
Some famous episodes also ended up having similar warnings at the beginning, such as episode 1 of Takopi, which includes this type of disclaimer. So the site aims to connect all the “trigger warnings” an anime has… however, some of the warnings made a large part of the community believe the site was made by “tourists”.
The main function of Mamorulist is to organize sensitive content information clearly. Users can identify categories such as violence, heavy psychological themes, fanservice, and other elements that may discourage sensitive viewers from watching a given anime.
At the beginning, some information is generated by AI to ensure the system works from day one. Over time, this data is replaced by community votes, making the anime tracker with trigger warnings even more reliable.
Advanced filters and full control of your watchlist
In addition to trigger warnings, Mamorulist also offers extremely detailed filters. It is possible to search anime by release year, the exact date you watched it, specific genres, and even narrative characteristics.
For example, you can find an old anime you watched during a specific period or filter works with tragic endings, weak protagonists, or excessive fanservice.
Among other tags the community may add, we have:
- Inappropriate Fanservice (who defines this?)
- Incest
- Pseudo Incest
- Queerbaiting
- Severe Bullying
- Questionable Age Dynamics
- Relationship Bait
- Unfaithful Protagonist
- Slavery
Let’s look at some reactions to the creation of this site:
- Is there a way for us to just tag everything on all anime in hopes these people just won’t watch anything?
- Why are these fuckers watching anime
- These tourists need to leave
- Isn’t it easier to just stop pretending to be an anime fan?
- Website for retarded COVID anime tourists. Got it.
- I don’t like that incest and pseudo-incest are grouped together. It should be separated so I can filter out the posers from the peak.
- What if we tagged every anime with “incest”, “rape”, or “child abuse & grooming”?
- I’m fine with it: the more these people filter themselves, the better for everyone else.
- Please stop watching anime
- These anime tourists are a bunch of weak-minded pussies anyway
- We need to keep these pathetic little hall monitors away from anime
- It’s kind of stupid, but I won’t lie—I might use it sometimes to check if the romcom I’m about to watch has an MC that takes WAY too long to get the hint
- “Tourist moment”
- On one hand I understand the use of such a site, but on the other it feels like a joke from ten years ago.
- Why do you fucking need this?
- This is the most dystopian thing I’ve ever seen. An infinite amount of trigger warnings for every show.
- Not a bad idea, there are certain anime clichés I absolutely
- HATE, so even without trauma-related triggers, this could still be useful.
Yeah… people didn’t really like the idea.