Vote: Anime Section?

KermMartian · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:10:07 am Post subject: Vote: Anime Section?

Two Cemetech users recently expressed their desire for an Anime subforum within Cemetech. They feel that many of Cemetech's members share some degree of interest in various anime and related things, and that it would be nice to have a subforum for topics on the area. They further feel it might draw more users who are both anime fans and programmers to come discuss both. What do you think? Please vote and also post your comments.
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merthsoft · File Archiver Joined: 09 May 2010 Posts: 2735

So, you get upset when people discuss politics in the politics forum, but you want to add an Anime section? Hmm...
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KermMartian · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:24:21 am Post subject:

DShiznit · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:25:36 am Post subject:

One question, does My Little Pony count as anime?

Tari · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:31:32 am Post subject:

From a strict (English-speaking) definition, no. Since concessions must always be made, I'd say it would be welcome, especially if we consider there is significant fanbase overlap.
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elfprince13 · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:42:18 am Post subject:

I'm strongly against making a purely "Anime Section". If we happened to make a "NerdTV" forum for ALL of the Doctor Who/Stargate/BSG/Star Trek/Anime/GomTV topics, I'd be okay with it. In terms of fandom-intensity, I'm pretty sure BrandonW, tifreak (writing a Stargate/Star Trek crossover novel) and I/the elfprincess can pull our weight against the combined forces of the anime fans. And Doctor Who fans aren't doing so bad either.
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Tari · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:57:47 am Post subject:

comicIDIOT · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:40:47 am Post subject:

I'm against such an idea as I feel it deviates way more than this forum should. I'm also a fairly biased as I find anime incredibly (and socially) awkward; it doesn't help that I live in Fanime city and really close to it's epicenter with dozens of friends in their 20's and 30's who loyally attend.
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benryves · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:10:32 am Post subject:

If you must I think it should be open to films/TV in general; with the current community it would probably edge towards a science fiction/fantasy bias in any case, but at least not be restricted to a fairly narrow area of interest.

souvik1997 · Guru-in-Training Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 2870

I would love for there to be an anime section, but it might be a little too specific for some of our members. Maybe we could rename the Reviews subforum (which isn't posted in often) so that it's a subforum for both TV shows (anime included) and movies.
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Tari · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:21:27 pm Post subject:

Given the response thus far, it looks like most everybody would be happy with something that amounts to a rework of the reviews subforum to target more active discussion of current media, rather than its current (and largely neglected) use as a recommendation soapbox.
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comicIDIOT · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:39:27 pm Post subject:

tifreak8x · Guru Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 9069 Location: Sol System

While on the subject of changing things around with subforums, could we take the technology open topic and change it to Technology and Science? Give it a broader scope to cover.
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KermMartian · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:35:35 pm Post subject:

I like the idea of reworking the current Reviews section; I think that would be a good compromise given the discussion so far. TIFreak8x, do you think there's enough Science activity in the current subforum to warrant the name change?
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_player1537 · Guru-in-Training Joined: 25 Nov 2009 Posts: 2958

I like the idea of having a place on this forum where we could talk about anime, but I don't want to have a purely "Anime Subforum" because that feels like it would make everything too specialized (And, I know quite a few people who would _never_ join if they saw the word "anime" on the subforum list, but still people who would join _because_ of the word "anime"...). I'm all for changing Reviews to NerdTV, though I'd also like to be able to use it for reviews, still (I want to review a book soon, when I finish it).
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Aes_Sedia5 · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:55:46 pm Post subject:

I would say the nerd TV is a good idea. Not just anime, but a wider spectrum.
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merthsoft · File Archiver Joined: 09 May 2010 Posts: 2735

What about TV shows that aren't Nerdy? And what about movies?
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Raylin · Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:44:29 pm Post subject:

No. Absolutely no anime sections.
I come to Cemetech to program, not submit myself to more "NARUTO IS BEST GUISE" garbage that I heard all the frickin' time.
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