Jump to content

Forums

  1. Anime & Manga

    1. Anime Discussion

      For discussing all aspects of anime! Characters, plot, relationships, events, general anime topics and specific anime titles can go here.

      26.4k
      posts
    2. Manga

      Discussion for Manga – Japanese graphic novels and comics.

      1.6k
      posts
    3. Recommendations

      Request anime recommendations here, ask for help identifying a title, or post an anime you recommend based on similar anime

      1.9k
      posts
    4. Cosplay & Conventions

      This section is for all things related to Cosplay & Conventions. If you have a question on cosplay, or just want to talk about your favorite convention here is your place.

      271
      posts
  2. New Members

    1. Rules & A-F User Tutorials

      Here you will find our communities rules and guidelines, how to use the forums tools and features, and user tutorials Eg: What does this button do? 

      1
      post
    2. Introduce Yourself

      If you are a new member, check in here! Let us know a bit about yourself, and get to know other members. Returning members, feel free to introduce yourself again.

      12.2k
      posts
  3. General

    1. Chit Chat

      This forum is for all topics that do not already have their own section.

      24.6k
      posts
    2. Entertainment

      Posts related to pop culture, and movies go here. Eg: What's your favorite Marvel movie?

      5.1k
      posts
    3. Gaming

      Topics related to gaming take place here.

      3.8k
      posts
    4. Forum Games & Memes

      Play forum games, share picture/meme topics and discuss other random topics here!

      18.5k
      posts
  4. Creative Corner

    1. The Arts~ Discussion

      Discussions about art in our world take place here.  Culinary Arts, Visual Arts, Favorite artist or art style? Start a discussion here!

      373
      posts
    2. A-F Art Exhibit

      A showcase for all the wonderful drawings, and graphics our members have made.

      952
      posts
    3. Role Players Realm

      Explore your creativity here by creating and participating in role play. Create fantasy worlds, or join in a fandom based role play.

      49
      posts
    4. Writing

      A showcase for all the wonderful stories our members have written. Its also a good place to get feedback on your work.

      292
      posts
    5. Tutorials

      Here you can post a tutorial on how to do pretty well anything related to art, writing, or whatever you like. As long as it is creative in some way it is welcome. 

      50
      posts
  5. AF Official

    1. Contests & Events

      Take part in A-F Official Contests or Events! Who knows, you might win something.

      238
      posts
    2. Community News

      News and updates relating to Anime Forums.

      664
      posts
    3. Feedback and Support

      Direct your feedback including questions, suggestions and issues relating to AF.

      989
      posts
  • Forum Statistics

    7.6k
    Total Topics
    101.3k
    Total Posts
  • Who's Online   4 Members, 0 Anonymous, 26 Guests (See full list)

  • Recent Blogs

    1. This time Ryūra

      蓬莱島 - Dragon

      天龍刃雷 - Dragon Lightning

      xVXZD5w.gif

       

      逆さ髪(さかさがみ)の結羅 - Yura of the Reverse Hair

      E5x53VN.gif

      Kirinmaru 麒(き)麟(りん)丸(まる)
      The Beast King 獣王,

      HvGwhAX.png

      Kagura 神楽
      This one features her attack Dance of the Dead しかばねまい.

      MkKGdVa.png

      Bankotsu 蛮骨
      Barbaric Dragon ばんりゅう

      vM2EFCH.png

       

    2. Tech shit

      • 1
        entry
      • 1
        comment
      • 240
        views

      Recent Entries

      Please note that the plugin I list doesn't prevent thumbnail ads on the front page, and that video ads are just skipped really fast after popping up on screen. This can be jarring depending on your own personal preferences.

      In recent news, YouTube has decided that all adblock plugins are no longer kosher. The bastards have gone out of their way to block their video player for any users detected using them. In my testing, it also prevents usage of tracker blockers such as Privacy Badger. This marks yet another degradation of legacy sites most of the world uses on a more than regular basis. 

      YouTube is known for implementing horrible decisions for years, this being the latest in a long line of them. Being a website made in the heyday of mid aughts tech boom, and created in a much less corporatized internet ecosystem, this just marks another die off of legacy users to the site. It also marks a recent trend in legacy web 2.0 sites, which make zero profit from decades of being run under the idea that, one day, hosting thousands of terabytes of data will eventually be profitable. YouTube as a company never made money, from its beginning days to its entire history under Google ownership. These sites thrived through angel investors keeping the doors open under the idea that, because they have such a large userbase of so many people, the site would (eventually) be profitable. A slowdown in receiving investor money in recent years (due to a loss in faith in big tech as a whole) has caused these sites to go into full panic mode and do anything to make as much money as possible in order to bring the investors back. Twitter charging a dollar a year, and Reddit pay walling their API access are further examples of corporate sites ruining user experience for the sake of squeezing a few more dollars out of their user base.

      Those inclined enough have made work arounds which (at the time of writing) work to prevent further ad bombardment. I, personally, have taken to using RemoveAdblockThing, a plugin for tamper monkey. I also use a plugin which reimplements the dislikes counter. Like I said at the start, however, it only quickly skips through any ads video that pop up, and does not remove thumbnail ads. 

      https://www.tampermonkey.net/
      https://github.com/TheRealJoelmatic/RemoveAdblockThing
      https://www.returnyoutubedislike.com/install

      This method is the one that works best with me for now. I tested several other methods around and found this one to be the simplest to implement, and results in the most consistent blocking experience.  I highly recommend doing research on the topic and finding a method that works best for you, personally. The early implementation of this has left a lot of room for bypassing this, and it will only become more difficult to do so over time.

  • Recent Status Updates

    • Animedragon

      So, December has come around again. But what makes this December special is that is it marks the first anniversary of my subscription to Crunchyroll and a having a broadband service fast enough to stream video without buffering every few minutes.
      One of the big pluses is being able to watch series a few weeks after it aired rather than a few years after it aired, always assuming it even got a UK DVD/Blu-ray release which quite a few series don't get.
      Over the past 12 months I've watched a huge amount of new anime, some of it very new and some of it rather old but new to me. Quite a lot of the series I've watched I'd never even heard of before I subscribed to CR. The series I watched were a fairly mixed bag, some I thought weren't bad but weren't all that good either, some were quite decent, and others were so good I wanted to watch them again (and I already have for some). But out of all the new series I've watched this year the ones that really stood out for me were, in no particular order:
      Yurucamp.
      A Place Further Than the Universe.
      Chihayafuru.
      Hyouka.
      The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten.
       
      · 2 replies
    • Ryan Dave Jimenez

      I have a patron who's been giving $1/month for 7 years even after my anime site closed 4 years ago. I emailed him to stop but he didn't reply 😐
      · 2 replies
    • EnviousEnvy

      Feeling nauseous from these medications suuuucks. 🙁🙁
      · 0 replies
    • Sakura

      I'm always really glad when this time of year comes because holiday vacation, but I'm dreading the exams that are coming before it. 
      · 6 replies
  • Recent Club Activity

×
×
  • Create New...