Editorial Standards

This page documents how editorial content on zzin.dev and its properties is produced, reviewed, and corrected. If an article lives on a site we operate and it has our byline, these standards apply.

AI-assisted, human-edited

First drafts of blog posts on zzin.dev and anime recaps on animerecap.zzin.dev are generated by a scripted pipeline that calls Anthropic's Claude language model with structured prompts. Every draft is then reviewed and edited by Hong-Bin Yoon, Founder of zzinDev LLC, before publication. No article goes live without human review.

We disclose this openly because readers should know where their content comes from. The AI generates structure and phrasing; the editorial judgment — accuracy, tone, what to cover, what to cut — is a human decision.

What human review covers

  • Factual accuracy. Plot details on AnimeRecap are cross-checked against AniList and MyAnimeList. Technical claims in blog posts are verified against documentation, source code, or direct testing.
  • Names and credits. Character names, studio names, API names, library names — all spelled and attributed correctly.
  • Spoiler tags. On recap content, major reveals sit behind explicit spoiler markers.
  • Prose. Trimmed for clarity, pacing, and tone. The draft is the starting point, not the final product.
  • Ratings and claims. Reviewed for fairness against the show's reception or the subject matter's actual state.

Sources

  • Anime metadata: AniList GraphQL API, Jikan (MyAnimeList).
  • Cover images and scene frames: official trailers and promotional material, used under fair use for commentary and criticism.
  • Technical blog content: direct experience, official documentation, and source code. External claims are linked.

Originality

Articles on our sites are original prose. Common beats of a well-known story, or well-documented technical concepts, are necessarily shared across any coverage of the same subject — there's only one Attack on Titan, only one Astro build pipeline. But phrasing, structure, editorial framing, and commentary are ours. We don't scrape wikis or rewrite other sites' content.

Corrections policy

If you spot a factual error, a misspelled name, a misplaced spoiler tag, or a technical claim that doesn't hold up, please let us know via the Contact page. On AnimeRecap, recap pages also include a "Suggest an edit" link at the bottom of each article. We aim to respond to factual corrections within 1 business day.

When we update a published article to fix an error, the "Last reviewed" date is updated. We don't silently rewrite published pieces to change their substance.

Who to contact

Hong-Bin Yoon, Founder, zzinDev LLC — support@zzin.dev