Anime Saimoe Tournament 2008 (Japan)

[qtipbrit]

Originally Posted by Rika-chama

um, Server?

irc.rizon.net

[Aya Reiko]

So... Round 2 starts some time on the 31st US Time, right?

[Rika-chama]

Originally Posted by Aya Reiko

So... Round 2 starts some time on the 31st US Time, right?

Starts 1 Aug 2008 at 01:00 JST which translates to 31 Jul 2008 at 11:00 CST USA

EDIT: Changed Times to be correct >_<

[ando]

Originally Posted by Rika-chama

Starts 1 Aug 2008 at 00:00 JST which translates to 31 Jul 2008 at 10:00 CST USA

No, 1 Aug 2008 at 1:00 am JST.

[Rika-chama]

Originally Posted by ando

No, 1 Aug 2008 at 1:00 am JST.

DOH! Sorry about that.... I've corrected it in my post >_<

[Kimura sensei]

Originally Posted by niwasatou

I don't deny that at all. Sure, there are lots of lolicons watching mahou shoujo series for obvious reasons. That doesn't mean it's targeted at them, though.

Shounen Jump is read 50/50 by boys and girls. But Shounen Jump series are still shounen series.

Some spoilers:

Spoiler:

Would you say this is not on purpose?

[Deathkillz]

I would say;

"You better spoiler tag that before some mods come to kick your ass"

[Kimura sensei]

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

I would say;

"You better spoiler tag that before some mods come to kick your ass"

I say thanks.

but are these really spoillers?

[Deathkillz]

Yep, yep because some people are still catching up with the anime and the scene above is spoil-ish to a certain episode.

SO BE WARNED GUYS!

[niwasatou]

Originally Posted by Kimura sensei

Some spoilers:

Spoiler:

Would you say this is not on purpose?

Simple. It doesn't matter. There can be bishounen that appeal to girls in fanservice-y seinen and it's still seinen.
Anyway.. no more of that. It doesn't mean it's wrong or strange for men to read Shugo Chara. It's just not aimed at them, so don't let it bother you.. it's not genre, it's target audience.

[Zeroryoko1974]

Originally Posted by Aya Reiko

This is Feito-chan's year, there are no dolls to get in her way.

There is still Maki the DESU assaisain from Seto. She has pretended to be a doll sometimes. Also if some of the shugo chara's get in, especially the DESU chara Suu

[margafred]

Originally Posted by Kimura sensei

but are these really spoillers?

Aside from being a spoiler (i haven't reach that part of the manga yet,but not like i really care abt it anyway if someone post a spoiler about it lol)...it also consume too many spaces in your post,and slowing the whole page loading process.

So its better to just wrap it with a spoiler tag even if its not an actual spoiler.

[Rika-chama]

I see it's time for my genre speech.

Tags like Shounen, Shoujo, Seinen, and Josei are applied to manga by the magazine that they are serialised in. Sure, there are characteristics that are typical and usual to a particular genre, but that's not the qualifying factor.... NHK ni Youkoso (Welcome to the NHK) is pretty rough. It has most of the characteristics that apply to a typical Seinen manga, except for one thing... It ran in Shounen Ace. Yup, the same rag that runs Keroro Gunsou (Sgt. Frog). Therefore NHK is a shounen manga. Hidamari Sketch, except for some completely non-ecchi yuri, has all of the characteristics of a typical Shoujo manga... It runs in Manga Time Kirara Carat which is a Seinen rag. Therefore Hidamari Sketch is a seinen manga. Cowboy Bebop looks like any typical shounen, or it can be argued to have seinen-like characteristics. It ran in Asuka magazine which is a Shoujo rag. Cowboy Bebop is a shoujo manga. How's that for a kicker.... Now obviously, there are typical mangas that are what they seem to be... Naruto is obviously shounen and runs in Weekly Shounen Jump - obviously a shounen rag... Vampire Knight looks like a shoujo and runs in both LaLa and Shoujo Beat. Both Shoujo rags...

So, TL;DR:
Don't judge a manga's or anime's genre by the content. The content is practically irrelevant. When in doubt... visit http://www.mangaupdates.com/ It will tell you all you need to know....

[niwasatou]

You're right about all of that - just that I think you have to differentiate genre and target audience. Genre informs about the content, target audience does generally not.

[OverFunk]

Man, now that's being stubborn. Meanwhile, I'll keep catching up with Shugo Chara anime.

[Rika-chama]

Originally Posted by niwasatou

You're right about all of that - just that I think you have to differentiate genre and target audience. Genre informs about the content, target audience does generally not.

Truths ^_^

Originally Posted by OverFunk

Man, now that's being stubborn. Meanwhile, I'll keep catching up with Shugo Chara anime.

DO IT!!! Shugo Chara! is both Cool AND Spicy!

[Psieye]

And now, on a separate topic: Latest Namamo Nanase work is a Kagami, whose sunbathing got 'sabotaged'~

[Rika-chama]

Originally Posted by Psieye

And now, on a separate topic: Latest Namamo Nanase work is a Kagami, whose sunbathing got 'sabotaged'~

OMG!!!! Kagami is a familliar!!!!! well, sort of... those actually aren't runes.... >_<
But Healthy Kagami is healthy....

[qtipbrit]

Originally Posted by Rika-chama

OMG!!!! Kagami is a familliar!!!!! well, sort of... those actually aren't runes.... >_<
But Healthy Kagami is healthy....

They're moonrunes, though.

I see Rozen Maiden and a date.
Someone tell me what it says on the rest of her.

[Rika-chama]

Originally Posted by qtipbrit92

They're moonrunes, though.

I see Rozen Maiden and a date.
Someone tell me what it says on the rest of her.

Right Leg = Rozen Maiden
Left Leg = Furukaruu (Full Cal) Doujinshi
Right Lower Arm = The 3rd day of this years Comiket
Right Upper Arm = 17 Aug <date circle will be at C74>
Left Lower Arm = Circle Name I think... --> Kaitsushin (cheers to Teiran for that ^_^ )
Left Upper Arm = Address at C74: 13 Communications Center E of the Sea.

Anyhoo... It's an advertisement for a Doujinshi Circle for Comic Market 74 held in Akihabra this August.

I could probably search Pixiv for the circle name and address, but I doubt if anybody here is gonna be at C74 and if they are, they'll prolly have a catalogue anyway... >_<

Nice pic of Kagami... a bit healthy, but not overly so..... ^_^

EDIT: added Circle Name thanks to Psieye and Teiran \o/
EDIT2: Now that I found the circle main page, the address was easier to read than the handwritten kanji >_<

btw, if you're interested, the Circle's page is http://www.kaitsushin.com/ You're gonna have to click that you're over 18 so it's NSFW. It's not really my style, but their faces are nice.