Drive-In event ideas: a studio night keeps to its own kind of film (rules 4)

The box's second run built 'Toho Monster Night' from Bleach, Psycho-Pass 3
and Godzilla Minus One: Toho's name is on anime it only distributed. A
studio's night now leaves animation out unless it's an animation studio,
and Toho's monsters are left to their franchise night. Ideas shown under
rules 3 are withdrawn and kept in the history.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EventIdeas.kt

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ internal const val EVENT_IDEA_BAR = 6.8
 /** No film on a bill below this rating, however strong the rest. */
 internal const val EVENT_IDEA_FLOOR = 6.2
 /** The idea rules' version: ideas shown under older rules are withdrawn (and kept in the history as such) when the rules change. */
-internal const val EVENT_IDEA_RULES = 3
+internal const val EVENT_IDEA_RULES = 4
 /** How many candidate films' evidence the idea step may read in a day, read only. */
 internal const val EVENT_IDEA_READS_PER_DAY = 400
 
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ internal class EventIdea(val key: String, val theme: String, val source: String,
 /** Studios and movements that make a Drive-In occasion: (studio name as the library writes it, theme, the genre its bill shares). */
 internal val EventStudios: List<Triple<String, String, String>> = listOf(
     Triple("Amicus Productions", "Amicus Portmanteau Night", "Horror"),
-    Triple("Toho", "Toho Monster Night", "Science Fiction"),
     Triple("Cannon Group", "Cannon Action Night", "Action"),
     Triple("Full Moon Features", "Full Moon After Midnight", "Horror"),
     Triple("Empire Pictures", "Empire Pictures Creature Feature", "Horror"),
@@ -163,8 +162,14 @@ internal fun billFor(seed: IdeaSeed, films: Map<String, IdeaFilm>, unavailable:
         // A person's night needs films the audience knows them by: animation is themed by its franchise or studio instead,
         // and the night is English-language (a studio or franchise makes a foreign-language occasion).
         if (person && pool.count { "Animation" in it.genres } * 2 >= pool.size) { why = "animation is themed by franchise or studio"; continue }
-        // English-language, unless a studio makes the occasion (Toho, Shaw Brothers) or the films are on the acclaim lists.
-        val people = (if (seed.source == "studio") pool else pool.filter { f -> english(f) || f.notable })
+        // A studio's night keeps to the kind of film it's known for: no animation unless it's an animation studio (Toho's
+        // name is on anime it only distributed; its monsters have their own franchise night).
+        if (seed.source == "studio" && seed.sharedGenre != "Animation" && pool.any { "Animation" in it.genres }) {
+            val live = pool.filter { "Animation" !in it.genres }
+            if (live.size < 2) { why = "the studio's films here are animation it only distributed"; continue }
+        }
+        // English-language, unless a studio makes the occasion (Shaw Brothers) or the films are on the acclaim lists.
+        val people = (if (seed.source == "studio") pool.filter { seed.sharedGenre == "Animation" || "Animation" !in it.genres } else pool.filter { f -> english(f) || f.notable })
             // A person's night is their best work: every film 7.0 or more. Any other bill: none below the floor.
             .filter { (it.community ?: 10.0) >= if (person) 7.0 else EVENT_IDEA_FLOOR }
         // A short franchise is a story: its night starts at the beginning. A long one (Godzilla) can pick its best.

docs/replays/event-ideas-replay-2026-11-05.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-seeds 323, bills 7
+seeds 348, bills 6
 
 strongest bills:
 7.70  Ant-Man Night                      FridayDouble           Ant-Man (2015, 7.2, 117m) / Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018, 7.0, 118m)
 7.60  1981 Night                         FridayDouble           1991 (2018, 7.1, 101m) / 1995 (2024, 6.9, 119m)
-7.60  Toho Monster Night                 LateShow               Godzilla (1954, 7.6, 96m) / Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001, 7.0, 105m)
 7.55  Addams Family Night                FridayDouble           The Addams Family (1991, 7.0, 101m) / Addams Family Values (1993, 6.9, 94m)
 7.50  300 Night                          LateShow               300 (2007, 7.6, 116m) / 300: Rise of an Empire (2014, 6.2, 102m)
 7.40  Arsène Lupin Night                 FridayDouble           Arsène Lupin (1932, 6.9, 84m) / Arsène Lupin Returns (1938, 6.7, 80m)
@@ -13,6 +12,6 @@ this week's ideas:
 Ant-Man Night: Friday double bill, 2026-12-04T20:00
    Ant-Man (2015) / Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
    [franchise: Ant-Man Night, every film is Science Fiction, 7.1 average viewer rating]
-Toho Monster Night: The Late Show double, 2026-11-18T23:00
-   Godzilla (1954) / Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
-   [studio: Toho Monster Night, every film is Science Fiction, 7.3 average viewer rating]
+300 Night: The Late Show double, 2026-11-18T23:00
+   300 (2007) / 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
+   [franchise: 300 Night, every film is Action, 6.9 average viewer rating]