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BorgmanJayce
Joined: 11 Feb 2004
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Location: Hades via UK
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 Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:20 am |
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| This site is promising except there's one teensy problem that's preventing it from becoming as popular as MySpace; social-networking wise... It's not open for some reason to people who live outside North America which I think is a crying shame as this would be the perfect site for anime and manga fans from all over the world to meet up and make friends... |
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irishninja
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
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Location: Seattle-ish
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:27 pm |
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I agree completely!
Also, doesn't ANN already fill this need? And ANN is a third-party venture and not beholden to any one company.
I wish them luck, but having just visited the site my first impression is that it has the same visual insanity as Tokyopop's new site. I'll stick with ANN's simple and easy-to-read interface, thanks. |
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crilix
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:42 am |
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After a quick look over one of their topics, I wish animeOnline a fast and painless death.
As it was said in the first post, aO doesn't allow participation from users outside of North America. Rob Bricken, the Editor-in-Chief of animeOnline responded to one forum topic asking about this matter. He said that this is indeed a licensing issue, which just sends their "independence" right down the toilette. Does this mean some of us checked out the site based on false advertising?
And yes, I completely agree that communities such as AnimeNewsNetwork, AnimeOnDVD, "blogospheres" and others already fill most, if not all of the needs of the internet fandom. Rob should've just started a nation-wide offline anime club. Much more profitable, innovative, and less outrageous. |
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Ctimene's Lover
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Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: Glendale, AZ (Proudly living in the desert)
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:48 am |
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| A MyAnime? Interesting. I used to be part of AnimeCircle but haven't been there in a long time. |
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