Some video setting changes and Theater mode suggestions

I recently switched from Netflix to this site and I must say the change in UI had me a bit disoriented. While Netflix undoubtedly has worse subtitles and a much smaller library, I immediately noticed a few things that this site is lacking that is clearly present in Netflix.

One difference, for example, is the lack of a theater mode. A fullscreen mode exists but it doesn't really hit the spot, if you get my meaning. A theater mode would be a great implementation since it'd allow you to view the next few episodes as well as the anime description without exiting the larger viewing screen. It's a small change but it makes a ton of difference when you're looking to fidget when watching something.

Another thing I noticed is the feature that saves your progress in an anime. Oftentimes I stop watching something right at the end of an episode or similar. However, when I return the following day to begin watching the next episode, I notice that clicking on the anime to resume (not specific episode) leads me back to the end/credits of the episode that I finished the previous day. This creates a few extra steps for me to start the next episode which motivates me to stop watching in the middle of an episode rather than the end. This unfortunately creates a sense of incompleteness until the following watch-session.

I've noticed a feature on Netflix that considers the outro of an episode as the end, which basically means that when you finish watching an episode at the credits, it immediately jumps to the next one as it assumes you won't want to finish watching the credits (while giving you an option to watch the credits if you want, but the important feature is that if you finish watching at the credits, it jumps to the next episode when you resume watching the next day). I think a feature like this would be very useful aside from the two "skip intro/outro" buttons.

Something else that will undoubtedly take a ton of work but probably would be really useful is a better way to preview anime. Right now, finding a good anime to watch consists of scrolling on the main page, finding one that might look fun, and clicking on it to read the description. A feature that Netflix uses is a feature that opens a box when you hover on a title, showing the description, episodes, and possibly a short preview of a random point in the anime or a trailer. This feature would definitely make browsing on the site easier and more fun.

That being said, browsing is still a pretty tedious way to search, so it'd be nice if certain anime were grouped by genre (eg. "action" or "romance" or "comedy") and eventually I'd like to see personalized recommendations but that'd be a ton of work because of the need to train an algorithm and whatnot.

TLDR a few changes including theater mode, jumping past credits, better preview suggestions, and browsing options.

But besides all this I want to say that it's definitely an amazing site and I love spending time here watching my favorite anime. If I were stuck with the small library offered by Netflix I'd be very sad.