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So what anime are you watching at the moment? For me it's Psycho-Pass. I'm loving it so much! It's a Sci-Fi detective thriller but It's quite deep, alongside the depth and action of Ghost in the Shell. And Shakespeare, lots of references to English literature! How about you?

Anime Database Request This thread is where you can request anime to be added to the AF Anime Database! Prior to now, the general public was allowed to add anime, however this was rather messy when it comes to duplicate posts and general quality control! As such, after checking the database first, you may simply request to have an anime added via this thread, and an Anime Curator will get to it!

Want a chance to be featured as AFs member of the month? Wondering what it takes? Participating in contests 🖋 Writing anime reviews Uploading art content in the gallery Creating blog posts Are all wonderful ways to become featured!

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Figured I'd set me up a place to post some of my art here. I've been getting a few commissions here and there that I've been pretty proud of. First a full character sheet for a saucy aasimar monk!

Hope you guys like it, I havent drawn digital in MONTHS...so i'm more than rusty.

Commission of a paranoid monster hunter named Faust! Had a lot of fun with how the posing came out on this one, for sure.

So after reading @Illusion of Terra's post "Anime Forums Watching Anime Movies" It made me think it might be fun to have an Anime Forums streaming night. I often use a website called "Rabb.it" which allows someone to stream a show or movie and their friends to join and watch together. It also provides a chat box next to the movie so you can chat with your friends while watching the movie. I thought if enough people were interested it might be fun to do this one night and I'd be happy to host a movie night, or stream a show, if enough people were interested in joining and watching something together. Could probably stream for several hours with several different things to allow for people to join in at a convenient time. If you'd be interested let me know here and we can hopefully get together a movie night with enough popcorn to go around for our forums to have a little online get together ^^!

Hi everyone, Finally got around to adding new sets of anime character type images. You can select the one you want by editing your profile. Many thanks to @Wedgy @Izzy and @xWickedNekox for contributing these. Set 1 by @Wedgy Set 2 by @Izzy Set 3 by @xWickedNekox Thanks again to those that contributed full sets. We may be looking at other personality types in future.

Hi everyone, We are continuing to have ongoing SPAM and new registrations from those trying to advertise. We have had manual approval put in place for new members but I am currently not able to sift through the queue in a timely manner because I am currently undergoing some challenging life circumstances. In the small amount of free time I have in ensuring the upkeep of AF, I am spending the remainder on moderating new registrations/posts instead of being able to participate in the anime discussions. In future I do intend to recruit moderation staff but I need to write guidelines and processes to accommodate this platform which I still have not been able to do yet at this time. In the meantime I am suspending new member registrations until my life circumstances improve. Apologies for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

So I decided to make some icons for everyone that you can feel free to upload and use on the forum. If anyone has any suggestions for characters I could make in the next batch, suggestions would be very welcome since I'm not really sure what all everyone would like to see. Another problem I have is that I have noticed on Chrome icons show up on the forum as 170x170 whereas on Firefox, they show up as 110x110. So if you use a browser with a different size setting these may look a bit off since they are 170x170 but if you have that problem let me know and I can resize it so it does not lose its quality :3 ! If you use, crediting me in your sig as the maker would be appreciated, but not 100% necessary. Just please don't claim as your own :3 Yu-Gi-Oh FMA and Fairy Tail Misc.

Drop your anime list here ________________________________ Here's mine https://myanimelist.net/animelist/Seshi_

Getting married in just 4 days

Some long needed purging is being done all around the forums, a rogue moderator had been deleting posts and topics but that has been resolved for now. Soon I will be stepping in as new Community Manager, it's nigh time to rebuild and restore this charming site!

Finally got the nerve and she said yes

I'm pretty sure the first manga I read was Fruits Basket. My friend was buying the series as it came out, so I got to read them pretty quickly as they were released.

Just wanted to open a thread (As suggested by seshi :3) to post some of my art stuffs, since I'm just working on learning to do better pieces in my spare time between writing. Still, I will outright say that I am in no way great, but I am still learning, so please be patient with me :3 (Addition) If you would like to check out more of my thingies, feel free to have a look at my newgrounds stuff too ( https://xyrodonatus.newgrounds.com/ ) But ya don't have to, I just like making the art for the fun of it ^^ Anywho! Ill start off with the one i did for the MHA contest on here, since Toga is one of my favourite characters in general. (One is just an alternate to the eyes I was using to figure out shading stuffs) just to add one of the most recent ones I have done, here's a little picture of Oshino Shinobu from the Monogatari series

Naruto is know for it's large cast of lovable characters but as of episode 112 of the original series I can definitively say that Rock Lee is easily my favourite character in the series. Everything from his positive demeanor, to his underdog background is so very beautifully shounen, he's so very cheesy with his background of fighting back against those who didn't believe in him, finding comfort in Might Guy and rising to become a splendid ninja. But what I think makes him special is just how genuinely sympathetic, yet still endearingly passionate in the face of absolute failure and misfortune he can be. An example of what I've expressed comes from his legendary fight against Gaara in the preliminaries before the finals of the Chunin Exams. When he is defeated by Gaara we learn that he will never be able to return to being a shinobi due to the severity of his injuries, this causes Lee to question his future and everything up until this point becuase of his ethos being to never give up and that with hard work even he can become a splendid ninja but in spite of it all he keeps a positive outlook and whole heartedly believes he will one day recover with perseverance. Eventually Naruto finds the legendary healer Sanin Tsunade who is famous for her healing capabilities, however she urges Lee to quit being a shinobi due to his only option being life threatening surgery, at this point, desperate for an answer he asks Might Guy what to do, in a highly emotional climax both Lee and Might Guy decide that in order to coninue his dream he must never give up as that is his nindo, his ninja way. In the end he displays something so beautifully simple, that passion and perseverance will always pay off and that even in the worst of times we can continue to be better for ourselves and for those we love. Rock Lee is my favourite because he's corny and goofy and simple and so emblematic of what I love about shounen anime.

Hello everyone! Please keep your eyes peeled for the loveliest event of the year!~ AF will be hosting a Valentines event soon.

Well well, look what popped up in my backyard

I made this before current names are Mint and Toffee

Drew these today, its been over 5 year since I have done a drawing. Hope you guys like them

I dunno.. plenty of people like brownies more than me... I hate brownies.. they are too dry

-Sakuya Izayoi from Touhou Koumajou Densetsu, by me

Hello everyone, First of all thanks to those that applied for the Community Manager, Moderator and Anime Page Curator roles. Recruitment is now complete and here is our new line-up: https://animeforums.net/staff/ Community Manager @ArchieKun Moderator @the_twig @Roxeg @Beocat @XII360 Anime Page Curator @awesomedude20 @Neptvne Mini profiles and distinct rank images are work in progress to better distinguish them. Please extend a very warm welcome to these new staff of Anime Forums.

Hi! Sorry if this is in the wrong place. I was looking around and noticed that there doesn't seem to be a thread on this yet. On other forums I've been on, there's been a thread related to how you're feeling at the moment. I think it's cool to share the good things going on in our lives, but to also support one another when we're having down days. So, whatever you happen to be feeling, go ahead and share! Right now, I'm currently feeling good overall. I was a little stressed about the future, but I'm also happy with becoming more independent as an adult. ^^

I think I may have posted this one before, I saw this fox on my lawn one afternoon.

Hi everyone, It has been hard reading this topic, I accept full responsibility for the current state of the community and issues that have occured due to my long absence. Back in 2019 I started a role at a mine site doing FIFO (fly in fly out). This is quite a strong industry here in Australia where personnel are flown in to remote mine sites to do a work roster (typically 12 hour days), then you fly back home to have days off at home. It depends on the company and your contract but some example rosters include: 2:2 (2 weeks on-site, 2 weeks break), 8:6. The intention of the Community Manager role that appeared around this was to give me an opportunity to take a step back from the Admin daily duties as I felt I didn't have as much spare time to commit to AF. I would continue to keep the server and software platform up to date and assist with any escalations and general guidance on the platform. By around Mid 2020 onwards it became apparant I was becoming more and more distant from AF due to the increasing demands and rigours of the job. Even on my rostered days off I was feeling disillusioned and seemed to have lost that creative spark I had prior to commencing that role. I was no longer engaging with AF at all except for just the usual server and software maintennace (and escalations via Discord). In October 2022, I resigned from my FIFO job. I was completely burned out in the role. I took two months off, clearing through my personal backlogs and catching up with friends and hobbies that I missed out on for so long. before deciding to finally return to the workforce looking for a new job. I recenetly found a new job with a much better work life balance and finally started to review AF in more detail to catch up when I came across this topic. Regarding the statements about my "intentions" This forum has always been a personal hobby, with the vision to unite like minded anime fans. To offer a fun alternative to the other forums that were out there at the time (with perhaps some nostalgia as forums were really popular back in the early 2000s). It was originally founded back in late 2012 under a different name "AN Community". In late 2014 I paid a considerable amount for the animeforums.net domain as it was an opportunity to help make it easier to find. Interestingly enough around this time we had other visitors confuse us with the preivous animeforums.com ... There are ongoing expenses including the software license and web server hosting fees (a VPS currently hosted in the US in Atlanta). Back in 2012 we started with MyBB (free open-source platform) but the features were lacking, so we migrated to XenForo. Then finally Invision Community. I don't have any intention of selling the domain or the website, especially after having paid expenses for so long to keep AF online. Next steps I have applied the changes to the Moderator team for those that want to move on, and you have my sincerest apologies for the ridiculous amount of time it took for me to reach this topic. I thank you wholeheatedy for your previous contributions. I am currently reviewing all the logs and recent activity feeds, if there are any outstanding issues please don't hesitate to reach out to me or @Myouya and it will be addressed promptly. I am reviewing the state of the platform and associcated add-ons and themes. I will be looking at putting together a new team to help revitialise AF. As I am now back in a typical job with normal working hours I will be able to step up and engage with the community. Again I am really sorry for my long absence and the state of AF, I make no excuses for that.

Let's make this a thread for everyone to post their drawings. Here's my fanart of Charlie and I hope not only the thread grows more but so does the community that wants to find a place to share their work.

To anyone who has made something or attempted to make something, you know this feeling too well. "Can I really do this? Who am I kidding? I don't know what I'm doing." I dabble in a lot of things. From web development, video editing, animation, web comics, making games, photography etc. But I never called myself a web developer, video editor, animator, artist, game developer, photographer. Because I never really felt I was one. I thought since I was a beginner and not as good as others, I shouldn't call myself a (insert title here). As it would be insulting to the REAL (insert title here). No matter what my accomplishments were, no matter how much experience I got, I was just a wannabe, a fake, an impostor. But then I realized.... you are what you do. Some people talk the talk and some walk the walk. Some think they are cool while some ARE cool. If you made a website, you are a web developer. If you made a web comic, you are an artist. If you took a photo, you are a photographer and so on. Many if not all veteran creatives went through this stage. Where they doubted themselves. But chose to keep going. And in the end, the feeling of being a wannabe disappeared. They became a real legitimate (insert title here). Have you ever felt impostor syndrome? How did you overcome it?

Hello again, my fellow anime fans and welcome to this years Spring AF art contest - A Reverse Isekai Challenge! This fun contest is all about bringing your favorite anime characters into your world, instead of you going into theirs. With this in mind, all you have to do is pick a character that you wouldn't normally see in our modern clothes or perhaps a school uniform, and draw them in one instead of their usual outfit. Lets see what we can come up with! If you'd like to participate, do so by replying to this thread with your entry no later than April 15th. This will be a community voted event. The community will vote 1 winning entry to be featured for the remainder of Spring in the art block. 2020 Spring Art Contest Participation badges will be awarded for each participant and can be showcased with the rest of your awards and trophies on your profile. Feel free to discuss this contest and your decision making process in this thread as well. Lets all have fun~

Have run out of time, so no coloring. I plan to fix this up for my own personal gallery. But, for now I at least can enter something XD Like I said, glad these events take place because it allows us to be creative and gives us all a challenge. Thank you for adding it @Seshi

Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays to everyone. I hope you've all been well. This season tends to get especially busy for some, but I hope you can stop during the rush of it all and remember to enjoy the special moments. For me, those are the little moments of sharing something new with someone you love. It's getting to snuggle up in my cozy new throw that I bought myself for christmas. And it's cooking a special dinner to share with my family. I hope yours looks like something similar. Have a great day everyone! I hope you have a Merry Christmas too. Feel free to share your favorite holiday song or video clip here as well.

Just noticed that I joined this forum a year ago. Doesn’t feel like it’s been that long. Glad I found this place

Hi My user is unconfirmed you can call me un. I like yuri anime! I am pretty shy when im meeting people irl and sometimes online as well. I have two birds and one dog and i love them (They are my children) Ive been watching anime for over a year now, I hope we can all be friends.

Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that in the coming days you will see some updates to the forum pages. I'd like to add in some different sub forums in the Anime section, and General section as well as reorganize the forums a tad. Bear with me, everything will have its place soon. I hope that you all enjoy the new layout and find it conducive to the conversations we all have going on here. I have also recently been doing a few updates, you'll notice some new features on the text editors, as well as updates to the tagging system, as it will now allow you to attach a "spoiler" prefix tag to your future posts. If you have any recommendations for more tags to be added, drop them in the Tag suggestion page. Thanks, Seshi

Okay, here are my two. I tried to make sure they kept to a size that would fit nicely on a post. and #2.

First of all, I just wanna thank the people I followed here for posting status updates cause it weren't for you I wouldn't have any notifications here! Might be active for the next two weeks here. Waah, Definitely old but hey, The Potato /Pudding Ambassador is Back!

https://myanimelist.net/animelist/castigear just started it, it’s about 1% complete.

Hey there! Oh my gosh, i was so frustrated because i couldnt talk to anyone about this topic.. But i just realised that i could join a forum and meet some new people with same interests haha This is my first time on forum so i am still trying to figure how this thing works I just LOVE One punch man, My hero academia, Attack on titan etc. Omg guys im so happy to be hereee

What I think I look like What I actually look like

I just bought a boat

A heartfelt thanks, to everyone who took the time to write a Haiku submission! Your works were carefully looked over this past weekend for the following criterion: 1. Identifiable Spring theme 2. Followed the standard guidelines for a Haiku 3. Given Rating of 1-5 And after careful consideration, the judges panel and myself have come to an agreement on the winners of this contest. First Place: For what is without a doubt, a creatively illustrated imagery of spring. You will be receiving points today for your first place winnings @SAO LILDOOP Congratulations. And Second place: For the clear understanding of the spring theme, and the ability to evoke emotion in the reader. You will be receiving points today for your second place winnings @Keiko Congratulations. Thank you again to all who have participated! I hope you will come back next time so that we can share more poetry together!

I like #2. Though my favorite cosplays are kimonos and if I could honestly I’d be a male character I’ve always liked boys clothing better than girls. 1. Kikyo from Inuyasha - I love her hair too. My hair used to be long enough to pull that off, but not anymore. 2.Also Seshoumaru 3. Kenshin Himura from Samurai X. Also his master.

A couple of years ago I went to a local con as a tennis player just because I really liked tennis anime at the time. Before that I went to one in 2010 as Sakura and dyed my hair and everything I’ll have to get my laptop back in action to find those photos.

Added.

I am hoping to re-open AF member registrations and open staff recruitment towards the middle of this week.

I'm glad this forum is so strongly connected with one another. Everyone is so kind, and sticks together when it's needed. I'm so happy that I came back. It's places like this that make me realize that not all of humanity is bad, even in a negative moment. People still lift others up and shield those who aren't strong enough to do so themselves. Thank you, thank you all so much. I hope to grow more and learn more about the members of this wonderful site.

It’s so lonely in this section! Let’s show some love to our cosplayers and share some tips. It does not matter if you cosplay professionally or just doing it casually. We all have our inner cosplay persona. Share with us any looks you’re working on, have done, thinking about...well you get the point! As for myself, I cosplay casually and mostly expirement with looks and original characters. Make sure it is SFW and keep it friendly! For me here is today’s goofing around pic. Since I normally to light themed cosplays. I have tried to lean more towards the dark-ish looks. Nothing gothic. Perhaps she will be a succubus. It’s the wig I’m showing off mostly.

Yes! After making some changes, my app has finally been accepted for sale. If you guys want to check it out, here is a link. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cc-verify/id1438705119?mt=8 This app is iOS only right now. I might make a version for Android, as I already paid the fee for that years ago, but it has been a while since I programmed in Java and I do not want to bother with Kotlin while my class on Swift is still going on (not to mention I hate how Google makes things hard for worldwide releases, due to having to manually entering prices).