The General Anime Thread...

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I’m about to give in and open a MAL. I’m starting to realize I cannot remember full well what shows I have watched, but more importantly, I need a way to keep track of the shows I want to watch. I keep forgetting a lot of stuff. Bokurano for example, I didn’t even remember it existed until yesterday when it came into discussion. Would a MAL be a good way to keep track of stuff?
 
MAL is an excellent way to keep track of stuff.


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From what I’m seeing in MAL’s website, they have a big database of stuff, so that might come in handy when trying to remember what in hell I want to watch, which would be the main point of opening one, at least for myself.

Also, giant nostalgia trip: Yuzurenai Negai is playing now! Ut’s so horrid I dunno why I enjoy it so much :crazy:
 
WHOA whoa whoa, that's going a bit too far, Cano. I can understand liking bad shows, but liking bad songs is just over the top! The world isn't ready to hear that yet.
 
LamboLP700-4
Hey the moe-ness of Madoka irritated me so I dropped it >.>


And yeah, I saw a pic of Bokurano when I searched for it and was convinced that it's going to be epic, so I didn't bother reading about it at all 👍 Though I wish it was out on BluRay :(
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Well the moe-ness of Madoka is just a bonus.
 
Sephy
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Reminds me of the aftermath of the Malaysian GP.
 
How's the past?

Did I miss anything? :p

What was I doing at 3? Sitting in a chair, I think...
 
LamboLP700-4
it's unnecessary IMO. They could have pulled the girls like they did in BRS.
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I'm not into moe for the sake of moe, but it is very much indeed necessary. It alone is what makes the show so good. You're never going to find someone who watched the show and NOT think highly of it... and if you did, then there is something really wrong about them.
 
LamboLP700-4
It's a beautiful, brilliantly made kit, but it's so tiny and tough to build. Really rewarding in the end though. I want to spray a flat coat on it but I'm worried the decals might crack off.

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IT'S SO TINY!
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It's actually preferred that you spray after applying them so the coating can form a seal around the decals. As for the model itself, it looks great. The fingers are jointed, no?

And is that the X-530's central speaker?
 
Oh good, then I can spray it without worry now. The fingers are only jointed at the palm, no joints in the fingers themselves like a PG though :/, that would be a pain to build though @_@

And yeah, I gots the X-530 5.1 setup, tempted to upgrade to something higher end.

Sephy: http://oi44.tinypic.com/nef3f9.jpg :D
 
Be careful when spraying though because if any one of them isn't fully applied the coat will slip underneath, dull the adhesive, and lift it right off.

Granted, it'll only curl if you fully remove it but it can be reapplied in you have some decal glue on-hand.
 
LamboLP700-4
it's unnecessary IMO. They could have pulled the girls like they did in BRS.
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It's magical girls, there would be something wrong with it if the moe wasn't there. I think all in all, there's not a thing I dislike about Puella Magi. I mean, sure, it may be overhyped, but I wasn't exposed to that hype for a long time and I :censored:ing adored it.

You know what moe is unnecessary? Higurashi.
 
7 eps is not enough, because of the different arcs they put in showing the story from each characters perspective.

By dark eliminating the moe I mean things like the Satoko/Rika uber gory scene, the Satoko torture scene, the nail ripping scene, it all was so satisfying
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Sephy
TC, how many of those shows had some advertising? Seriously, what is the budget for marketing shows?
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That I don't know much on. Don't think Justin at ANN covered that either in his three part series The Anime Economy.

What I do know is most shows get little to no ad-revenue, so they clearly don't make much money off advertising due to the low TV ratings most shows get. This is mainly due to how the animation studios are the ones paying the TV networks to air the stuff, not the other way around. According to this, it costs like $560,000 to get the show on TV.
The publishing companies have to foot the production, marketing, and advertising costs in order to put anime on television. One episode would cost 10 million to 20 million yen (about US$110,000 to US$220,000) to produce. In addition, the publishers have to pay the sponsoring fee for the timeslot, which can cost about 50 million yen (US$560,000) for late-night timeslots on five to seven stations for two cours (six months). However, sponsoring timeslots on UHF stations cost about half of that. The total budget for an anime series on the level of Fullmetal Alchemist (which aired on key stations for one year at 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays) was at least 500 million yen (US$5.6 million).
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-09/producer/no-square-enix-anime-lost-money-in-8-years

Though it's not like advertising will make lots of people want to buy/try the show. Give anime away for free, and most people would go "So? I don't give a crap about anime in general, so why should I get it even for free?" Sure they'll watch like a Ghibli movie, maybe Hunter x Hunter, NGE One Piece, Sazae-San, Toriko, etc., but not stuff like High School DxD, Black Rock Shooter, and Another.

Shame how we don't live in an ideal world where anime is mainstream (Or near mainstream), it would be cheap worldwide (Like cheaper than it is right now here in the US), the animators would be paid better and not so overworked, and more things. Really wishing it happens someday. There are many great shows out there, and they need more exposure.
Loliblade ver2
Bokurano is certainly great. I wish someone licensed it here. Not because I'd buy it(Or at least not yet anyway), but so one of my friends at another forum would watch it. Dude mostly buys anime, doesn't download at all.
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MoFaT?
Loliblade ver2
Oh you guys. This guy actually values the money he puts into anime and buys decently priced stuff :lol:
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Let me guess, FUNi's cheapo underpriced S.A.V.E. editions?
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