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omoikane
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The problem is people don't purchase F2P games. I downloaded half a dozen games just last month to try them out on my phone, does that count as purchasing them? I think the last 3 "normal" games I bought I didn't even open the shrinkwrap on those... Also popular game bundles fall into a similar grey area. If I pay $5 and buy one of those games bundles with 12 games in it, but only did so because I only want 2 of them, did I just buy 12 games? or just 2? |
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lys
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I answered that I'm studying it on my own currently, but since my self-study is building on two years of college Japanese classes in the past, it's good deal different than my pre-college self-study (which consisted of checking out Japanese dictionaries from the library, learning random kanji related to Sailormoon, inspecting flipped manga in a mirror to painstakingly identify the hiragana/katakana sfx... ahahaha). |
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jymmy
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Given that the survey asks about Japanese ability, it's interesting that English and Japanese-language consumption aren't separated at all.
While I understand you're focusing on the English-speaking region industries, the questions on anime and manga purchases seem to preclude talking about licensers vs the original publishers. I buy the most anime Blu-rays from Amazon.jp, but this wasn't an option for "What is your favorite online place to buy anime?". Similarly, reading manga "the old fashioned way" seems to roll English (or other)-language and Japanese-language books together, and "Via a website (legal)" would include Japanese web manga, but the illegal alternative is just "scanlations", not untranslated. To take an overcomplicated example, I missed the legal online option for YuruYuri (and J-Manga then folded), but I've read scanlations, have scanlated four chapters myself, have downloaded raws in the past and currently own the whole manga series published by Ichijinsha. |
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championferret
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Not a major issue but I was surprised music/rhythm game wasnt an option in game genres, especially given the massive popularity of Love Live both in and out of Japan. Project Diva is also one of my most played game series.
But I'm glad to see that the questions about living in Japan or going to Japan are expanded on. Last time I took it I lived there and yet there was no option for that. |
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garn13
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I was surprised there wasn't a question on the preference of dubbed vs subbed. I would think it would be interesting to know the percentage of one to the other without getting into the silly debates over the topic.
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Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10425 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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I was thinking the same following omoikane's comment about mobile gaming. Next time I will split that question into several. How many hours a week do you spend playing: Console games Portable console games mobile games PC games Web games Other electronic games
I'll consider adding a question about how many f2p games people download a year next time we do a survey about games. |
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Notquitesure
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Thoughts:
More art and more food. Would love it if you guys could put comments directly under the article and please please use DISQUS, so I can throw my vitriol out into the world (just playing) would commented on more articles (thought I had an account turns out I didn't go figure) if comment section had been directly below article and... more disqus And I don't know if you guys have done this but would like to see a series where you debunct stereotypes and stuff in anime ("Where did nosebleed come from?" "Where did this xyz trend in anime start?" stuff like that anime tropes we take for granted). I'd like daily reviews to be added onto the initial reviews as extension. So if I wanted to come back to season and a year of anime I could look at all reviews easily. Also just one more thing I can't say for certainty what it is but I find I can't find what I'm looking for not sure exactly what I mean by that just that a thought. p.s. I don't really like the idea of paying for a subsrciption for news site, the ads are good and relevant. I don't even mind filling out more surveys as long as it comes from a legit source and not 'virus-ey'. also disqus |
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Kimiko_0
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I wish ANN would make it possible to subscribe without creating a PayPal account. I'd gladly pay y'all even though I can block the ads. ANN is my primary source of anime news, and I use the encyclopedia/MyANN practically every day. Please add other options like Amazon or Stripe or Patreon.
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Tempest
I Run this place. ANN Publisher Posts: 10425 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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I assume you know that you can pay by credit card through PayPal without creating a PayPal account, right ? Anyways, we've run into a number of people who have said the same, so when the new subscription plans are finalized and put into effect, we'll make sure to make alternative payment methods available... |
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manapear
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In regards to LN talk, news or whatever, I'm interested in it, but I notice it's always (straight) male-oriented stuff I see discussed and never shojo LNs. For a while, I didn't think they even existed. 0u0;;
If LNs come up more, I think it would be nice to focus on both/all, and if the shojo ones are mainly cell and not adapted/published, then any info on what they're like would be nice even. As for everything else, I would love more info on Japanese cuisine (cooking, I hear the eating is so meh lol); I used to watch NHK when my mom had it, and I enjoyed the cooking show. The craft show in the morning was cool too, so craft stuff like that would be nice to hear about! I think EGL news in Japan, but also in the West would be rather lovely. And info on doujin (artists, what's available at local and international cons, how to buy doujin legally, etc) would be really cool. ^u^ I also think I wanted to list Nozomi Ent as my favorite anime company, but I don't think it was on the list? |
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Kimiko_0
Posts: 1796 Location: Leiden, NL, EU |
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One would assume that that would be possible, yes. However, no such option is offered on the PayPal form the button here links to. I've had that problem with two other sites as well. Maybe PayPal doesn't understand that people can live on different sides of the planet?
Yay! \o/ |
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Ambimunch
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I left quite a few blanks. For those sections where they say something like "which of the following are you even slightly interested in" - left em blank, all options did not interest me, at all. Don't quite get the difference between "no answer" and leaving it blank, whatever.
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GVman
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I wish there was an option regarding coverage of older anime/manga, as that tends to be my main interest.
I wasn't even aware ANN had a subscription service, and I had no clue what it was even for when the question was asking. Anyway, I see it's only three bucks, which is the value I listed. If that three bucks could get more podcasts (the Mike Toole Monthly, anyone?), I'd gladly subscribe. |
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Cosmos503
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I really miss the Stream. I get that one person can't watch everything, but it was really valuable in helping me find anime gems I may have initially passed over. Bamboo was great at summarizing the shows and pointing out the ones to try. The current format of episodes reviews I find myself only occasionally reading, only after I have watched the episode in question, and more as a self-validation that the show is good. Where-as I used "the stream" to find new shows to watch.
. Maybe if you did a follow-up half-way through a season as a summary of all the shows, almost an update to the season preview guide, to identify the shows that realized their promise, went off the rails, or improved. . finally, I prefer to watch Funimations simul-dubs so, 1) news on what they will be before starting to watch the subbed versions would be nice, and 2) ANN review of the dub would be a good add to Great website anyway, it is my source of anime news Douglas PS I prefered answerman when I knew what day to log in to read it |
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DrunkAyanami
Get off my lawn Posts: 88 Location: The great state of Vermont |
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Same here, to both RightStuf/Nozomi as my favorite and "WTH, they forgot them last year too".
See ANN, there are dozens of us, DOZENS! I mean, if ANN is just going by "top 10 companies" for their list or something, I'd like to point out that there are several other categories that have a ridiculous number of possible answers (like the "other hobbies" section, which ALSO has a lot of useless redundancy). So I don't see why ANN would snub a business that's been distributing anime since the damn 90s AND currently sponsors stuff on ANN. BUT, OK, fine, say ANN insists on limiting the choices. That's fine, but there should at least be a "my choice is not listed here" rather than "no answer". Which they've even done for the (odd non sequitur) "what kind of car would you like to buy?" |
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