Spring Anime 2013 |OT-8| What could be beyond OT-8? Possibility.
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Psycho_Mantis
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You need a lock on the bathroom to avoid embarrassment and general awkwardness between family members.
I can just imagine this being like the series, but without the gaudy CG. Would it be glooorious.
That wont happen, will it =(
KirbYuuYuu
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New ova and movie, what a great news.
aku no hana - 04
Man, dat narrative structure. It's so elegant. I don't want to spoil the episode and it's somewhat tedious to recount it, but it's so well paced and set.
Kasuga really is obsessed with symbols and rituals, isn't he? Just as the keeping, and reading, of books has become a talisman of sorts for him, he deals with the stolen gym uniforms by locking them away with a scrap of poetry, a step forward, as he sees it, to moving on away from that unfortunate event. It's definitely reflective of a mind that's subsumed in the habit of recognizing patterns and metaphors, but as of yet, cannot quite understand their import asides from the importance of maintaining them.
The show has always had great backgrounds, but the incredible sordidness of the ones in this episode were especially impressive. It's one thing to portray beauty, but another to build up atmosphere in such a way, the sheer griminess of everything.
And the rotoscoping is getting better as we go. I am so hyped for what is to come. The tone of the show has been darker, more intense, and the way (the potential) for things to spiral out of control is exciting stuff.
As a ending note, note the irony of Nakamura talking about taking away Kasuga's walls, as she constructs them around herself.
Man, dat narrative structure. It's so elegant. I don't want to spoil the episode and it's somewhat tedious to recount it, but it's so well paced and set.
Kasuga really is obsessed with symbols and rituals, isn't he? Just as the keeping, and reading, of books has become a talisman of sorts for him, he deals with the stolen gym uniforms by locking them away with a scrap of poetry, a step forward, as he sees it, to moving on away from that unfortunate event. It's definitely reflective of a mind that's subsumed in the habit of recognizing patterns and metaphors, but as of yet, cannot quite understand their import asides from the importance of maintaining them.
The show has always had great backgrounds, but the incredible sordidness of the ones in this episode were especially impressive. It's one thing to portray beauty, but another to build up atmosphere in such a way, the sheer griminess of everything.
And the rotoscoping is getting better as we go. I am so hyped for what is to come. The tone of the show has been darker, more intense, and the way (the potential) for things to spiral out of control is exciting stuff.
As a ending note, note the irony of Nakamura talking about taking away Kasuga's walls, as she constructs them around herself.
Razgriz-Specter
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Boy, are you going to hate AllStars New Stage!
Canis lupus
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One Outs, nobody wins but I!
Tokuchi.. he da devil!
Tokuchi.. he da devil!
Regulus Tera
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HOOK IT INTO MY VEINS
KirbYuuYuu
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At least it'll establish a trend of every other Crossover film being terrible. And I think I heard things about that film that might bother me.
"Mommy, why didn't Honoka-chan and Nagisa-chan get to speak? ;_;"
KirbYuuYuu
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The same is true of pretty much any character prior to... Fresh, I think were the most recent who actually got dialogue?
Jex
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That's cool. Except that we won't see that till 2015.
[Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R] 064
Oh man, this is one of those episodes.I just hate it when they do missing parents storylines.
Yeah, at the risk of it sounding completely off base, it's these episodes, showing ChibiUsa as a very young girl (She's about 5 in R isn't she?) who is, let's face it, way in over her head about everything, that form what makes her great as a character in R.
I should at least finish what I started with these.
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From the preferences for types of posts that aren't covered by the above categories section:
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Short episode impressions had an overall positive reception from a little over two-thirds of respondents, with about a quarter indifferent. Longer reviews were similar, with about three-quarters in favor, as were critical show analysis posts, which had very few respondents disliking them.
Staff discussion had a bit more neutral impression overall, with about half in favor and a quarter indifferent, while industry discussion returned to an overall two-thirds positive impression. News posts were nearly universally well-received, with close to 90% in favor of them.
Finally, meme and joke posts were the most divisive of all, forming a nice bell curve.
From the preferences for types of posts that aren't covered by the above categories section:
Bandwagoning school days posts are worse than hitler
Posts spamming hnngh or gifs have got to stop.
More pick-up posts!
I enjoy the recommendations provided by Anime-GAF.
To clarify, I don't mind longer reviews, it's just that many of them are padded and long-winded. I prefer concise reviews that get to the point without 5 paragraphs of repetition.
I guess story discussion about shows isn't exactly covered by the above? Either way, my interest in any type of post depends on the work/topic being addressed.
like - Novid rants
dislike - moe gifspam in the absence of other post content (hnnnnnng doesn't count as content)
Fanservice images are pretty annoying.
Occasionally excessive use of gifs and giant images.
I like when people get into discussions about anime they are watching or have watched. This is different from impressions because it requires posters to engage with each others' views. Sometimes it lets people get into things beyond whether or not they enjoyed an episode of something, which is much more interesting to me.
I hate image spams. Especially so when it's from shows I dislike. Or when it's from a show that is in my backlog and the images spammed spoil events.
I respect Poeticprose's super lengthy posts even though I don't think I've ever read one of them to completion.
"Detailed" reviews that in reality are just a step by step summary of what happened in the episode or "long" reviews that are only long because they have a load of images.
Cheekiness.
(ed. note: I assume these are both dislikes)
Like the occasional tit for tat particularly when discussing a point or an angle to an approach.
Dislike it when it becomes too personal or general (No, 'It's cute what', 'Whatevs')
Corny one liners, 4chan or whatever memes, unfunny pics are depressingly awful.
Posts with more than four images are also on the dislikable side, why not link to the images or make a blog?
Please more shipping discussion and awesome fanarts.
List posts (waifus, etc.). Ok in small doses, I suppose.
Joke reviews can be fun sometimes.
Preference for DTL posts
I dont like elitist type posts that look down on others
I prefer lighthearted posts that have fun
-Sales listings (ambivalent)
-Home video info (like some)
-Moe discussion (dislike some, it gets redundant quick)
-Event/con discussion (like a lot)
I like posts that praise me.
I don't like posts that don't.
School Days talk - Dislike max
Duckroll hype
Joke, but I'm an idiot who fell for it too many times.
I have a preference for posts that point out yuri in shows that I may be missing out on. Posts that shit on females just because they don't have a dick though are garbage.
I don't care for the cute circle jerks, where some guy will post a cute picture and three or four will go "hhnnnnnggggggghhhh" or some alternative.
Recent pickups (ed. note: assumed like)
Slightly off-topic stuff (ed. note: assumed dislike)
Dislike: overly lewd posts.
Joke posts are getting a bit out of hand lately. Need fewer of them
Short form episode impressions are good, but more appropriate for show OTs
I like screenshots, but only if there aren't too many.
What do you think of the overall level of civility in the thread?
What do you think about the "signal-to-noise ratio" in the thread?Usually seems fine, though occasionally I feel that people "gang up" on a single poster. Doesn't go too far very often, but it is unpleasant when it does.
It is fine for the most part, but people need sarcasm detectors.
Generally good, not very welcoming to newcomers/high barrier to entry.
Almost always civilto the point that the rare downer posts and antagonization stands out.
Pretty solid I'd say.
Generally fairly friendly and lighthearted, but occasionally certain jokes can be taken too far.
Friendly enough but a handful of posters can be fairly nasty.
Like in all NeoGAF, always on the extreme, or too antagonistic or too friendly(lol).
With the exception of a few exceptional events, this thread is friendly enough. I think we've even become more welcoming to newcomers than we were before. There are times when people pick fights for one reason or another (they see offense when it isn't intended, or they get defensive when another user gets bothered by something), but on the whole I think posters recognize that there isn't much reason for fighting on a discussion board about anime. I think we're improving, and I hope things continue on their current trajectory.
good enough
Mostly friendly
A mix of both. Plenty of civility along with random spurts of genuine "your opinions suck" posts.
People are friendly and accepting of others most of the time, but by the same token when fierce disagreements happen they tend to escalate far more than I would like.
AnimeGAF is full of prima-donnas.
In general it's a reflection of any (internet) community. Some people are very civil; some people are very snarky; some people take everything too seriously; some people are too flippant. I think it's friendly enough, and these days there are fewer troll recommendations so it's a bit less cliquey to new people I think. While I would occasionally like for people to be less standoffish, I guess that's more down to my personality than anything else.
For the most part, the thread maintains an acceptable level of civility although it occasionally descends into a more antagonistic level of discussion. However, this happens surprisingly rarely.
I think everyone gets along well enough.
Friendly enough
I don't think that there are many instances of people being genuinely mean-spirited to each other; misunderstandings are generally due to sarcasm/feigned ignorance being taken seriously. Still, for all the discussion, we're all still essentially strangers to each other, which impedes understanding.
Well, that seems to depend on the people posting at the time. Sometimes it seems really friendly and others it's like the little boys club and the people seem to detest new people from joining in or just seem not friendly. But I think it swings both ways quite evenly, at least when I'm reading it.
it seems to trend more and more to completely insider jokes that exclude people not already trapped
I think it's okay. Confrontation happens and should happen, it's healthy for any community. I don't think the threads are hostile.
I think that people allow for a large amount of debate and respect other peoples opinions on anime. I enjoyed the "discussions" over best female protagonists and best female love interests of protagonists.
Mostly friendly. Most of the antagonistic behaviour comes from misunderstandings or trivial bullshit of "X > Y". Most of the time all users are accepted for whatever they watch - although SAO should still rightfully be shunned.
It's good enough for most purposes.
Everyone is shit.
Things can be a bit heated, but I've never felt unwelcome since I've come to AnimeGAF not too long ago.
More friendly than not, I would say.
A bit too clique oriented.
Seems great except when something flares up.
Largely healthy discussion for the most part.
Moderate.
It's fine for the most part. It's certainly nicer than when I started posting and even then I didn't think it was so bad.
I've seen a few people snipe at one another somewhat frequently, but I think on the whole, AnimeGAF is fairly easygoing - although I can't help but think there's something of a barrier to entry in the community.
It's a fake friendly thread.
It is friendly on the surface but if you look closer, you'll see strong antagonism there.
One would like to hope everyone takes everything as jest, because I feel the thread has a light hearted tone and at most people are saying even the harshest things with their tongue firmly in cheek. But sometimes you do feel that arguments can get a little heated and they needn't be. Fortunately these are very rare cases.
not antagonistic enough
It's fine, for the most part.
It's ok. Things are usually kept civil and even negative things never really escalate.
Friendly enough generally. Had a bad day or two recently.
Really friendly
It's a really good community IMO! Maybe a little hard to integrate into? Then again, a lot of communities have that problem after some time.
Seems friendly enough. I have no complaints here.
It's a really nice thread!
Needs more chaos.
Too friendly.
I learned not to compare Starship Operators to Planetes.
Too high-strung. People take animegaf drama way too seriously.
Civil enough
Plenty civil, more civil than gaming NeoGAF by a long shot.
Somewhere between alright and slightly antagonistic, and I'm not talking about "I don't like <x> show posts." I'm talking about the kind of posts where someone practically insults someone else for liking something.
It doesn't happen incredibly often, but still happens more often than it should.
People seemed surprisingly provocative/easy to provoke in the beginning of the season, but it's fine in general.
It varies. It's generally friendly, but can be very hostile depending on the subject.
Overall the people are fine with the exception of certain people. They don't read the mood of the thread or its posters very well and proceed to do their own selfish things. It's extremely annoying and I wish that kind of immature attitude would stop. The thread should be filled with agreements and disagreements that spring up from a variety of conversations. Continuing to antagonize the posters in the thread because your own attitude sucks is hardly something I'd call civility. It's not everyone and while this does happen it doesn't happen as frequently as certain posters who keep pulling these dumb shenanigans.
Things can be a bit hostile sometimes, but it always cools down eventually.
I think its friendly on a functional level but some people are always going to be too sensitive to handle it.
Friendly. I rarely see people being dicks.
Thank god WednesdayGAF is a MangaGAF thing only.
AnimeGAF is very friendly place. Of course there are some minor fights from time to time but that is perfectly normal as we are humans =)
It's generally civil. You'll get a silly amount of hostility directed toward certain shows and that becomes tiresome, but it's not really aimed at posters.
daijoubu desu
Friendly
I think its generally civil. Sometimes things can get heated though.
Everyone's really friendly. One of the nicer anime places to be on teh web.
I think it's friendly enough, but some of the antagonistic reactions to others' tastes in anime are deplorable.
It feels rather friendly, yes.
The thread has always seemed friendly and civil to me.
Needs more shit-flinging.
Hard to tell since I'm still relatively new, but I think it's pretty decent.
Above average compared to other animu gatherings.
Generally friendly, especially to new people.
Good
There's actually one more post coming up, sit tight
Regulus Tera
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Thanks for reminding me Toei flashed Chibiusa's panties at least five times in this episode. :|
EDIT:
GODDAMMIT GODWIN
Thanks for reminding me that happened too. Really wanted to be reminded that was a thing :|
Regulus Tera
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I bet the blank space was "Precure fans". They all suck.
Jex
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Well, those results seem mostly positive. It's not possible to please all the people all of the time but it seems we're doing a good a job as any.
It's interesting that most of negative comments weren't picked up by the multiple choice questions but rather they were revealed by your "Signal/Noise" question. In all honestly I don't really know how you can tackle that problem beyond what we're doing at the moment.
Having individual threads for each show at least means everyone's comments/views/opinions on a certain episode are kept in one place and everyone read and respond to them. Beyond that, you can't and shouldn't dictate to people how they should post in this thread, and so with the level of activity in here it's just inevitable that a certain amount of content gets lost in the churn, and that a certain amount of content won't interest everyone.
It says that it's going to be an "all-new film", so probably something new. I don't think they would need until 2014 if it was simply a recap.
Psycho_Mantis
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You know when I first saw this thread I thought it would be much like gaming side with people shitting on each other on which anime was better and judging others for the type of animes they watch. Surprisingly its much more civil and friendly but it may be because its an OT as OTs general are civil for the most part.
Jex
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I don't see how it would take them that long to put out a complication film. You can knock one of those out in a few months with scissors and glue as your only tool.
I can post more if you want.
Nooo! There are threads for that nonsense. For as much as I saw complaints about image spam, this would only exacerbate that. It doesn't promote discussion, and just gives way to some odd behaviour.
Very true.
Like that comment. So passive-aggressive!
I'd like to think that this doesn't include me, but there is always an element of apprehension, precisely because longer posts often run against the tide of the thread. I simply try to put across how/why I reached a particular opinion, so hopefully that is conveyed.
I prefer opinion pieces, rather than an episode summary. But with that said, it's not always possible, and can lead to some strained writeups. It'd be silly to expect either of those constantly, lets be honest. It's already been touched upon in that feedback, and its hard to address directly, other than saying its a matter of balance.
I think that the OT threads can alleviate this somewhat, but I understand why some would feel that they're burying themselves away by posting there. I do wish that more shows would warrant those, because it's always nice to see posters who don't otherwise join in the discussion.
Coincidentally, the Attack on Titan thread has really pushed me into wanting to watch some of it.
Yes, and I try to do this whenever possible, though I've fallen by the wayside by sheer virtue of not watching anything in the thread backlog. Hopefully I can participate in an upcoming one. I do enjoy reading those.
This is inherent to community threads, and I feel like it achieves a much better balance than most. Admittedly, I do feel slightly disheartened, whenever someones well-reasoned write up suddenly plummets down the thread.
As an aside, I know that I've been here a while, when I can identify a good number of posters on that feedback alone!
I can't even identify my own responses ;__;
But we talk about Attack On Titan
What would you say is your primary reason for remaining a part of AnimeGAF?
Any additional comments on the topic of thread activity?
Any other additional feedback/etc?Too fast.
I think Gaf and specifically animegaf flows very well and has a consistent level of activity that makes it the most fun forum on the internet to post on. I find it generally very enjoyable to be a part of the community amid like-minded individuals.
I know this is ground that was covered in the last survey, but while obviously you can't stop people from posting what they want, to aid discussion it might be helpful if people, when posting episode impressions, post more than three meaningless pictures and a cryptic line that only makes sense to people who've watched the episode already. It would help contribute to discussion if something to discuss were offered.
I wish people wouldn't complain about excessive chatter around when a show airs be it in Japan or streaming abroad. Of course the thread will go in that direction if a large group are watching it at once.
Needs more waifu wars.
Let's just kill the Okeanos meme, okay? I don't think that anyone seriously posts more than they otherwise would just because they want to get to OT4, but just in case...
A lot of garbage that we throw at each other needs to stop. Like I mentioned earlier, it's inevitable that it happens sometimes but people who do it much too frequently and actively knows it'll piss people off need to stop. Even if it's not a majority of the community and it's only one person the antagonizing has to stop. If this isn't, it's just bullying and it makes the thread look bad, the community look bad, and most importantly it'll make the person antagonizing look bad. However, if a person is constantly doing it, I hardly doubt that he/she cares in the first place. They should just outright leave in my opinion.
It has it ups and downs in quality. Sometimes it's interesting, sometimes it's not worth looking through.
I would like to compile a list of MAL profiles for continuation throughout each new OT but I am just incredibly lazy! Also, I'm not sure it would be a worthwhile contribution or whether a MAL group may be better.
It makes me sad that a number of posters that I like have stopped frequenting the thread as of late.
Less Aku no Hana whining, please.
The quest to OT4 encourages a lot of noise, I feel.
It's fast, so I don't read everything. I don't know how people do it.
Joke posts are good and are a part of what makes animegaf what it is, but they need to slow down. More serious discussion needs to get heard to get the thread back to the perfect balance.
I'd like less lewd, borderline (or straight up) NSFW images plastered in the thread that probably don't give this place the best reputation.
When will cajunator's posting streak be overthrown?
Some posters need to get their head out of their asses. Their holier than thou complex gets annoying fast.
not enuf titties. where my homeboy extollere. he knew what woz wot.
More activity is better.
Too much drama. This isn't Shakespeare darling.
So what happens when duckroll goes back and stays at Cake Planet permanently? Are we doomed, or have to migrate to the K-ON thread?
I don't like having so many OTs for shows. People should just get into the big thread to discuss.
And finished. Now I'm going to go cry myself to sleep since somehow all my computer settings got reset when it crashed.
Jex
Member
Some of those comments sound like they're from people in an abusive relationship that they can't escape!
I'm glad to see that the comments are, for the most part, positive, which is encouraging. I certainly think we could strive to do things a bit better in certain areas but I'm pleased with how it's going for the most part.
One thing I would like to add is do is encourage more people from Off-Topic to come post in here, or rather, to let them know that this thread exists because it's clear that many people never go to the Community Board at all. I don't want to send people in here because they'll necessarily be able to keep up with the speed of the thread but rather because the combined knowledge in this thread is a resource that more anime viewers should tap into.
I'm glad to see that the comments are, for the most part, positive, which is encouraging. I certainly think we could strive to do things a bit better in certain areas but I'm pleased with how it's going for the most part.
One thing I would like to add is do is encourage more people from Off-Topic to come post in here, or rather, to let them know that this thread exists because it's clear that many people never go to the Community Board at all. I don't want to send people in here because they'll necessarily be able to keep up with the speed of the thread but rather because the combined knowledge in this thread is a resource that more anime viewers should tap into.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
and?
Lets face it, moe animes get far more attention than any shounen anime in these threads which is weird considering shounen anime is the most popular.
Jex
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We've gone through periods of that in the past but the reason that doesn't tend to happen is because there's a real diversity of opinion here and when people do get into arguments it tends be about specific points of specific episodes which you can legitimately argue over, rather than just broad statements about entire works.
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