Forum - View topicHey, Answerman! [2007-08-03]
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HeeroTX
Posts: 2046 Location: Austin, TX |
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Yes, they do. And that is why cosplayers rules get longer and more contentious every year. You ALWAYS have SOMEONE who thinks "this isn't explicitly stated as disallowed, so I can do it". And then you often get one of those people who break something, or make a spectacle, or otherwise cause unwanted attention or hassles from external sources (think: police, venue owners, etc.) which then forces the convention to tell people "you CAN'T do X". Invariably SOMEONE complains because "common sense" should be the standard, and it SHOULD. But after you've had twenty people complain about why they CAN'T do something bad (because they're idiots) when someone else CAN (because they aren't) it is just a million times more simple for the staff to make a blanket rule rather than deal with the excessive arguments from morons. |
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kyokun703
 Posts: 2505 Location: Orgrimmar |
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I've been to Fanime 3 years in a row with five of us crammed into a room, but we ALL manage to take showers every day in the morning.
I saw it and it was really cool! There was that giant armored polar bear outside (I forget his name), and they had the actual costumes used in the movie, and then you got to go inside and they would take your picture against a green screen and superimpose it over the movie poster instead of Lyra, so the polar bear would be behind you. Oh, and the Alethiometer on display, which looks really awesome. |
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Zalis116
Moderator
 Posts: 6879 Location: Kazune City |
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/me has contributed eyecatch jokes for fansubs
But I'll agree, some fansub songs have been known to be wildly wrong - it's most apparent in series with bizarre, nonsensical songs like Avenger, where you get lines like "time flows only one way, that's for sure" in the fansubs but "A moment lasts for a thousand nights in the capital of evil" on the DVD. And since the lyrics are "toki wa issen'ichiya ma no miyako," I'd be inclined to believe the DVD. (Later fansub episodes corrected the lyrics.) |
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lscoresby
 Posts: 9 Location: Austin, TX |
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Iorek! That sounds like an excellent booth for HDM fans. Thanks for the info! 
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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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Okay, can you explain this to me, I still don't understand? 
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
 Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
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http://www.vicsworld.net/images/graphicdesign/grinch.jpg For the record, I never said he was Republican, just that he had this sort of thing on his site. That accompanied by the Spider-man font bible quotes kinda makes me think he just might be one, though. It's not too big a leap to make but you never know. |
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penguintruth
 Posts: 8467 Location: Penguinopolis |
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No, that was a while ago. And he deserved the fandom more than Mignogna has. |
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marie-antoinette
 Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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Yeah, it has been, but more because they are sticking an M rating on it now and so it couldn't be in the magazine anymore. I'm still not entirely sure what deserves said rating, but I would still say that it's one of the more popular titles under the Shoujo Beat line. And the magazine is flowery but I think that that's actually rather funny. |
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lscoresby
Posts: 9 Location: Austin, TX |
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Volumes of NANA will be released every two months now, which is freaking sweet. I haven't started reading my NANA manga yet (wanted to finish the anime first), but I've heard that there's quite a bit of nudity and sex, and it was more graphic in it's original form than it has appeared in Shojo Beat. Can't really have a bunch of nipples flying around when you aim your product at teenage girls. Now that it has the mature rating, they won't have to do any editing. I think it's fabulous. I also find the flowery shojo beat amusing. Especially with all its fashion articles. *gag*
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lostinagoodbook
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Oh how I wish they would license Monster. Contrary to popular belief there are adults who happen to enjoy anime. I suppose there just aren't enough to make it profitable to release anime of that type. Although, I do have to say, Gankutsuou was released and that is a more mature title. I guess all I can do is hope.
I enjoyed the rant. It is disappointing that the impression most people have of anime lovers is that we are for the most part juvenile, uncouth, ignoramus with no social skills. Oh hey! There are 69 posts before me ... 69 *snort* hehehe. I mean honestly! Some of us are much more mature and capable of conducting ourselves with respect and decorum. 
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Viga_of_stars
 Posts: 1240 Location: Washington D.C. in the Anime Atelier |
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To the flake: YOU SUX BALLZZ!!1
What! A flake comment/question deserves a flake answer.
Anyway on the AzuDai being seinen. I knew for a little while its considered seinen but moe? Well it does have moe aspects and now I could see why. I just always considered moe more like neon glow hair, bigger eyes and cuter uniforms. Since AzuDai isn't THAT moe could it be more like low moe. The rant: Hmmmm.....A con that doesn't say those things smell worst. A con that do smells less. A con that gives out free axe samples is PERFECT! I mean college get 'em all the time. How hard could it be. I agree with cons putting it out there. Also that radio station doesn't even have a national signal. It can only be heard for about 3 states right. Its not like a few minutes of DJ banter can change the world in that frequency. Theres really no way to get rid of the all nerd stink sterotype. All we can do as individuals is not be that way. We can't stop peoples opinions either. But those who are more educated can talk. unfortunetly some choose not. thus the flake ones casts a dark light.
Haha...those otakin....so hilarious.
6 at Otakon in my room and we all smelled great! Even though it was a bunch of guys! (except me) Just take your shower at night after the rave. It helps to lower bathroom traffic in the morn. I also wash up a bit in the morn for extra freshness! ( I also have a weird fear of smelling bad )
On karoke fansubs: I don't watch much fansubs but when I do i love them. I like how some now put karoke in symbols as well as english and japanese in romanji. Plus my guilty pleasure is singing along. I was just doing that today before work while watching Haruhi Suzumiya on DVD. Sometimes I wish they could do it on DVDs but it'd be too much to do. Last edited by Viga_of_stars on Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:49 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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indrik
 Posts: 365 Location: yonder |
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That's interesting. Nostalgia is certainly a reason I like watching stuff like Haruhi or Azumanga Daioh, but I had not previously associated that with moe. I'm not sure if it's one of those words that expands meanings to encompass things that fit it, or if it's just that I don't understand the term well. I was more or less of the understanding that the protection angle was the main definition of moe, with some other meanings on the fringe. I think I've also got a negative connotation, since it really sounds kind of creepy, but maybe that's my own interpretation of the term? I don't know. It all sounds kind of overanalytical to me, and I'm very often overanalytical. |
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SharinganEye
 Posts: 402 Location: Les Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
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Richard J.
 Posts: 3367 Location: Sic Semper Tyrannis. |
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Also, just for personal curiousity, how the hell do 8 people even fit into a most hotel rooms? I feel cramped in a hotel room with just one other person. Also, don't the hotels have rules against having that many people in a room? (Wouldn't it qualify as some sort of fire hazard?) 
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Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10430 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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Although I recognize your knowledge on the topic of seinen anime, I'd have to say that Haruhi and Azumanga are most definitely seinen. Just because a lot of people in different demographic like them, it doesn't change the fact that they fit a particular mold. Typically, the best of any demographic genre will often attract many fans outside their genre. For example, a lot of girls watch the best shonen (ie: Fullmetal Alchemist, Inu Yasha). If not seinen, in which demographic genre would you place Haruhi? -t |
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