Looks pretty interesting, if a bit daunting (massive number of titles). Some quick suggestions:
- Being able to add franchises to franchises would make sense.
e.g.- Megami Tensei (franchise) -> Persona (franchise) -> Persona 3 (title) -> etc
That way you can check both the "parent" and "children" franchises. If it isn't possible (db issues and that), maybe an "add titles to this franchise from this other franchise" option, or a "superfranchise" for these cases?
- Some special denomination for "spiritual" franchises?
e.g.- Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma basically aren't related but they are more or less a trilogy. I'm not sure if "franchise" would be an appropiate term for these titles. Another example could be Love-de-Lic's spawns (Moon, Giftpia, Chulip, etc) which aren't related at all, but share key staff and similar themes. Of course it could be debatable when a bunch of titles deserve their own franchise.
- A search/link system when adding titles to a franchise.
Like when you link an artist to an album and it automatically tries to closest ones. IMO it would better to separate the addition of new titles and franchises, and link between them later.
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