| Era | Typical Tag | Reason | |-----|-------------|--------| | | AV-XXX_XX | Simple studio + title number. | | Mid‑2000s | STUDIO-XXX-XX + HD or SD | Introduction of HD and clearer studio identifiers. | | Late 2000s – 2010s | MOSAIC / UNCENSORED tags | Legal pressure made the mosaic status a key selling point. | | 2020+ | TODAY / NEW + precise timestamps | Competition among upload groups; “first‑to‑post” became a bragging right. | | Present (2026) | Structured prefixes ( i--- ) + full datetime | Automation pipelines generate filenames algorithmically, making sorting and deduplication easier for large archives. |
Example: i--- WAAA-176-MOSAIC-JAVHD-TODAY-0508202301-58-54 i--- WAAA-176-MOSAIC-JAVHD-TODAY-0508202301-58-54