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jgreen



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:33 pm Reply with quote
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Heh, a lot of us have degrees in the sciences. I have a degree in biomedical engineering, and I believe Carlo has his in... chemical engineering?


This certainly helps explain the popularity of mecha shows, doesn't it? Laughing
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Richard J.



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:04 pm Reply with quote
With the brains on staff, you guys could probably build a mecha.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:15 pm Reply with quote
SakechanBD wrote:
jgreen wrote:
I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and I write for Protoculture Addicts, so anything's possible. Smile


Heh, a lot of us have degrees in the sciences. I have a degree in biomedical engineering, and I believe Carlo has his in... chemical engineering?


Aerospace.

But yeah, I think the typical characteristics of anime attract a lot of technically minded people. We're talking about long-running, multi-layered storylines, imaginary worlds filled with complex scientific/pseudo-scientific/metaphysical/social systems, and tons of characters, so it's basically an information overload with tons of opportunities to geek out. So here come the geeks.

Not to trumpet my horn or anything, but scientists and engineers probably make good reviewers because of that -- they're trained to collect data (i.e. anime and manga storylines), create technical reports that summarize and analyze that data (i.e. reviews), and then arrive at a succinct conclusion (final grade).

And then, for the people with humanities degrees, you get, like ... Susan Napier. Laughing

jgreen wrote:
This certainly helps explain the popularity of mecha shows, doesn't it? Laughing


Unfortunately it doesn't explain the surplus of pedophiles. Confused
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jgreen



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:58 pm Reply with quote
Patachu wrote:
SakechanBD wrote:
Heh, a lot of us have degrees in the sciences. I have a degree in biomedical engineering, and I believe Carlo has his in... chemical engineering?


Aerospace.


Wow, not bad! Not to wander too far off topic (too late!), but do you guys actually work in the engineering field? I work as a design engineer for a defense contractor, myself.

Patachu wrote:
But yeah, I think the typical characteristics of anime attract a lot of technically minded people. We're talking about long-running, multi-layered storylines, imaginary worlds filled with complex scientific/pseudo-scientific/metaphysical/social systems, and tons of characters, so it's basically an information overload with tons of opportunities to geek out. So here come the geeks.

Not to trumpet my horn or anything, but scientists and engineers probably make good reviewers because of that -- they're trained to collect data (i.e. anime and manga storylines), create technical reports that summarize and analyze that data (i.e. reviews), and then arrive at a succinct conclusion (final grade).


That's about as good a theory as any I've ever heard. One thing I suck at, though, is giving final grades, as my opinion can go oscillate a half letter depending on which way the wind is blowing. Laughing
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Viga_of_stars



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:07 pm Reply with quote
After reading this thread I found out that a lot of you are very well rounded.

Call me if you guys need an animation major Wink
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CorneredAngel



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:10 pm Reply with quote
Viga_of_stars wrote:
After reading this thread I found out that a lot of you are very well rounded.


All of us here at ANN come from a lot of different backgrounds. Engineering, compsci, languages, humanities... That's also what makes whatever we end up posting *feel* well-rounded: it's because a bunch of different people, who come from different backgrounds, looked at it, and then said good-to-go..
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