Series/Franchise Graphs

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Note: WIP. Discussion is encouraged. This does not target a particular release at this time and will instead be its own project.

Goals

Represent series / franchise as a graph rather than a simple many-to-many relation from a series model.

IMO, a series should have a set of starting nodes that represent separate continuities for more complicated franchises like Gundam and Tenchi Muyou.

Anime themselves are nodes/vertices within the graph, where an edge is a relation between two anime such as prequel, sequel, summary, etc.

User Stories

Allow for visualizations of series/franchise akin to anidb's relation graphs: https://anidb.net/anime/409/relation/graph

Allow users to discover related anime / games / visual novels from detail screens.

Other ideas

There is likely some opportunity for seeding here with the help of Anilist's edges/connections.