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If you come in here looking for "anime recommendations" then please refer to this chart before posting: Anime Recommendations (as of may 2014). We also have an IRC channel called #tladt where we all hang out. The channel is on Rizon, not QuakeNet! Feel free to check it out. TLADT discord is Discord.gg For currently airing anime, please see Anichart.net | ||
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solidbebe
Netherlands4921 Posts
On April 03 2012 18:00 Emnjay808 wrote: I never have time to update my MAL. Never really saw the point till I realized that quite a few people in ADT has one. I update it periodically when I've finished something. Just because after a while I know the list of completed animes will become really long and I like to have a list of what I've seen :p | ||
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essencez
342 Posts
Manga wise I am only following Beelzebub. + Show Spoiler [accel world 1+2 preair] + Strange but I like it as long as shitty action scenes are kept to a minimum. | ||
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evantrees
Canada497 Posts
http://www.malupdater.com/ Option for the lazy, also has some other uses, some I find useful some not. + Show Spoiler [MyAnimeList Updater Features] + This program connects to the website with your MAL user account and retrieves your Anime list. From here on there's a lot you can do: Start watching some Anime in one of the supported players, and MalU will detect which Anime and episode it is, and update your MAL list automatically with the last episode you have watched. That's right: malu will check your video players and identify the Anime and episode. See how many people are watching the same Anime at the same time, and open a chat window with them Manually sort and update your list from MalU (episode watched, score, status, etc) Tell MalU to search in your hard disk for the next episode of the Anime you are currently watching, or from any in your list, and launch it in your default player. You can even use a HotKey and hook a mouse button for this. There is also an option so that malu automatically launches the next episode when you close the player Have it automatically check TokyoTosho for torrents of new episodes for the Anime in your list, have it download and launch the .torrents automatically according to some filters, and even tell uTorrent to store each file in its own Anime folder, if you have set it for every show. You can even have it automatically discard either MKV or AVI when both versions are present. Check your hard disk to see which Anime have new episodes available, and how many Show in MSN and mIRC what you are watching, including your score, ep/eptotal and a URL to information of the Anime. You don't need to install any extra plugins or scripts in msn or mirc for this. Show in mIRC what you are listening to in either winamp or Last.fm. No extra plugins/scripts either for this You can make your own php forum signature which shows what you are currently watching, your last updates etc.. Batch rename your Anime files to some criteria like Fansub - Anime Name - Episode Send your computer system info to a mIRC channel (ok this is unrelated to Anime, but you can use this to replace any script/dlls you are currently using). It has full 64-bit support and detects more than 4GB of ram Easily move and rename entire folders of Anime with a batch tool. Just counting when stuff started. About 6 from fall 2011, 11 from winter, probably end up watching somewhere between 6-9 for spring. Before that madoka only thing watched when it was coming out it seems. Plus other older stuff 120 completed / 37.23 days. To join the nonsense posting another 14 under slowly watching not a fan of marathoning at the moment. On April 03 2012 15:33 Cainam wrote: Has anyone used animedvdsupply.com? It seems way too cheap to be legit Seems reasonable, no actual experience with it. Try comparing with these two. http://www.rightstuf.com http://www.amazon.com | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On April 03 2012 12:44 EchOne wrote: I thought Ecael's power level was mostly in literature, not animation. Oh you're probably right. Kaal, Southlight, and Sentenal have some of the longer lists if I recall correctly, with Sentenal's being the highest that I've seen as far as anime time is concerned. Oh, and Shauni I think too! | ||
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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
I guess I'll keep watching it because Kuroyukihime looks interesting and I enjoy her voice but I really hope that the MC develops fast | ||
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zomgE
498 Posts
On April 03 2012 18:00 Emnjay808 wrote: I never have time to update my MAL. Never really saw the point till I realized that quite a few people in ADT has one. it's good to remember which ep u at if u take long breaks. i atleast forget always if i don't keep my list up to date :\ | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
On April 03 2012 20:09 Skilledblob wrote: Accel World looks promising. But that MC is pissing me off so much. Really he is just this stereotypical angsty and retarded MC I loath. And to top it off his looks are not helping either -_- I guess I'll keep watching it because Kuroyukihime looks interesting and I enjoy her voice but I really hope that the MC develops fast Tis pure vanilla, though I don't think he was angsty at all. He does have some complex about his appearance, but not quite angst. Think of it as the usual otaku protag leveling up. Kuroyukihime can be pretty zz tbh, either way the premise of the series is rather annoying rather like how OreImo's premise worked out, if you can ignore it and just look at cool fights and stuff then it works out. | ||
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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
On April 03 2012 23:33 Ecael wrote: Tis pure vanilla, though I don't think he was angsty at all. He does have some complex about his appearance, but not quite angst. Think of it as the usual otaku protag leveling up. Kuroyukihime can be pretty zz tbh, either way the premise of the series is rather annoying rather like how OreImo's premise worked out, if you can ignore it and just look at cool fights and stuff then it works out. I never really expect anything when I start watching a series so I can manage to ignore weak premises or similar in the beginning. I guess you are right about the MC, though I start to get bored by this typical development from "emo kid" to "hotblooded badass", personally I much prefer an MC like Keima from TWGOK but aside from him I have not yet found a chracter like that Denpa Kyoushi might be another one. It puzzles my why authors seem to go the standard route so often when in theory there should be enough other possibilities to develop your MC and give your piece of work a more unique feel first i thought Kuroyukihime is voiced by Koshimizu Ami but turns out she's voiced by a newcomer named Misawa Sachika. It's kinda freaky how close their voices are. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
On April 04 2012 00:08 Skilledblob wrote: I never really expect anything when I start watching a series so I can manage to ignore weak premises or similar in the beginning. I guess you are right about the MC, though I start to get bored by this typical development from "emo kid" to "hotblooded badass", personally I much prefer an MC like Keima from TWGOK but aside from him I have not yet found a chracter like that Denpa Kyoushi might be another one. It puzzles my why authors seem to go the standard route so often when in theory there should be enough other possibilities to develop your MC and give your piece of work a more unique feel first i thought Kuroyukihime is voiced by Koshimizu Ami but turns out she's voiced by a newcomer named Misawa Sachika. It's kinda freaky how close their voices are. If you were asking Uta, he'd give you a pretty simple answer - these folks can't write. But since it doesn't take writing skill to become popular, so these are the works that show up. I personally wouldn't really expect much of a web novelist, the writing is meant to be simple and you aren't really going to enjoy it more by thinking about it. So instead of trying to change things up, a stereotypical approach to characters and such and simply focusing on hot blooded events would work out much better in terms of garnering popularity. The authors who'd put in the effort to write good stuff in the LN industry are few and far in between given how this particular niche works sales wise. Incidentally, SAO falls more under what you seem to show a preference of, so you could well just wait until that. | ||
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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
On April 04 2012 00:20 Ecael wrote: If you were asking Uta, he'd give you a pretty simple answer - these folks can't write. But since it doesn't take writing skill to become popular, so these are the works that show up. I personally wouldn't really expect much of a web novelist, the writing is meant to be simple and you aren't really going to enjoy it more by thinking about it. So instead of trying to change things up, a stereotypical approach to characters and such and simply focusing on hot blooded events would work out much better in terms of garnering popularity. The authors who'd put in the effort to write good stuff in the LN industry are few and far in between given how this particular niche works sales wise. Incidentally, SAO falls more under what you seem to show a preference of, so you could well just wait until that. I guess you are right even though it's kinda depressing. What does SAO stand for? | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On April 04 2012 00:30 Skilledblob wrote: \I guess you are right even though it's kinda depressing. What does SAO stand for? Im surprised you didnt already have some inkling that the its just easier to just lay in the comfort zone and churn out stuff thats making you a living. Its not just the LN market this is limited to, everyone does it. | ||
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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
On April 04 2012 00:44 Rebs wrote: \ Im surprised you didnt already have some inkling that the its just easier to just lay in the comfort zone and churn out stuff thats making you a living. Its not just the LN market this is limited to, everyone does it. well ofcourse I understand that but I think that doing something that sticks out of the mold is, in the long run, going to pay off more. | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On April 03 2012 16:33 Sentenal wrote: 5-7 sounds about right to me. This past season I had like 13 shows on my Watching list, but thats way over normal for me. Normally I only follow like 3-4 seasonal shows, plus One Piece, plus Gundam Unicorn, plus <random older anime I'm watching>. yea 5-7 really does seem accurate. I usually watch 2-3 episodes of everything airing and start dropping. A few years back I didnt do that. Just force through every single thing. This season was a bit disappointing for me personally since the major attractions seemed to be Robots, Nana, a bad Novel adaptation and High School girl space captain.. only one of which I actually liked. Anyway Fate Zero is finally coming back. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On April 04 2012 00:51 Rebs wrote: yea 5-7 really does seem accurate. I usually watch 2-3 episodes of everything airing and start dropping. A few years back I didnt do that. Just force through every single thing. This season was a bit disappointing for me personally since the major attractions seemed to be Robots, Nana, a bad Novel adaptation and High School girl space captain.. only one of which I actually liked. Anyway Fate Zero is finally coming back. I do the same. I tend to watch everything and then drop accordingly. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
On April 04 2012 00:44 Rebs wrote: \ Im surprised you didnt already have some inkling that the its just easier to just lay in the comfort zone and churn out stuff thats making you a living. Its not just the LN market this is limited to, everyone does it. There are fields where it is easier to get away with it, this is one of such. Not really going to blame them for it, but it does make for rather boring reading. On April 04 2012 00:47 Skilledblob wrote: well ofcourse I understand that but I think that doing something that sticks out of the mold is, in the long run, going to pay off more. Well, the standard process in getting published doesn't really encourage it, though I suppose there are enough contests, particularly for LN publishers that it could be worth going that route with some of them. | ||
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mofuli
164 Posts
On April 04 2012 00:20 Ecael wrote: If you were asking Uta, he'd give you a pretty simple answer - these folks can't write. But since it doesn't take writing skill to become popular, so these are the works that show up. I personally wouldn't really expect much of a web novelist, the writing is meant to be simple and you aren't really going to enjoy it more by thinking about it. So instead of trying to change things up, a stereotypical approach to characters and such and simply focusing on hot blooded events would work out much better in terms of garnering popularity. The authors who'd put in the effort to write good stuff in the LN industry are few and far in between given how this particular niche works sales wise. Incidentally, SAO falls more under what you seem to show a preference of, so you could well just wait until that. I absolutely agree with your point of view on LNs. Though I would like to point out the same would apply to any popular cultures no matter is SF, mystery or Romance. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
On April 04 2012 01:44 mofuli wrote: I absolutely agree with your point of view on LNs. Though I would like to point out the same would apply to any popular cultures no matter is SF, mystery or Romance. Well like what Rebs said, you can't blame industries for fine-tuning their products. Tis pretty much the same situation everywhere. Just that the more narrow and deep a niche is the more specific you'll see the finetuning, so while for those we can mostly only point to relatively general character types and plot/theme elements, for LNs we are looking at exact lines  For people like me who read for the sake of reading more than for the content, well, it doesn't really matter unless I get so disgusted even by just the process that I can't go on reading. What's more annoying to me is mostly the inability to execute the tried and true themes well or apply them properly. So with OreImo, my issue was mostly that the original sibling conflict that is hinting at the whole otaku subculture vs mainstream culture thing. That's fine and all, except Kyosuke got turned into basically an otaku in the blink of an eye so there was actually no conflict. Oops? The whole romantic aspect of it hardly matters because no author has the balls to write in incest for a LN. They are both pretty cliche concepts, but if you stick to your guns and play it out they can be decent even if they feel canned. But then writers suck so much that they fail at that too. EDIT - I was supposed to rant about AW too but frankly, who gives a fuck. Let's just give a pig looking otaku a harem and make everyone happy, while we are at it let's let him transform in an alternative reality so we can have cool fighting scenes. Oh and did I mention a harem? I mean I suppose I can't really blame them for that either, because commercialization->serialization->continue at all costs till you are squeezing blood out of the cow, then you send it to the slaughterhouse and replace with its offsprings. Somewhere in the process you sacrifice templates for the sake of continuing stuff. So basically let's end on the note of the what, 8 vol rule for shoujo? If concludes < 8 vols typically good, if > usually suck. Thanks for putting up with a random rant. | ||
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Sigma-sigma
United States6 Posts
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Recognizable
Netherlands1552 Posts
On April 03 2012 05:03 Zergneedsfood wrote: Seriously. How hard is it to read the thing at the top and see that there are plenty of recommendations to choose for. If you're going to come in here and ask, at least give us more than just "Oh, these are the things I'm watching. Recommend now?" Sorry, I have probably trained my mind to block out every message which sits on top of threads. Because of the threads during tournaments where all the messages are the same Anyway, thx for the list. Also, what else information do you want me to give? The series I have watched and are watching which I have enjoyed and are enjoying should give you more seasoned anime watchers a good idea as to what I found interesting. If you want me to describe what genres, or type of animesI like, I couldn't give you a good answer, listing the anime's I have watched made more sense to me. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On April 04 2012 02:59 Recognizable wrote: Sorry, I have probably trained my mind to block out every message which sits on top of threads. Because of the threads during tournaments where all the messages are the same Anyway, thx for the list. Also, what else information do you want me to give? The series I have watched and are watching which I have enjoyed and are enjoying should give you more seasoned anime watchers a good idea as to what I found interesting. If you want me to describe what genres, or type of animesI like, I couldn't give you a good answer, listing the anime's I have watched made more sense to me. Your list is relatively small, so it's hard to derive any real recommendation on such a small amount of anime. If you're new to anime, the chart is all you need. If you have more anime that you've watched, you might want to consider compiling a MAL which we can use to look at your scores and see what you like the most. | ||
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