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  1. Hi everyone, A vacancy exists for a Community Manager for AF. This position is perfect for those that are passionate about anime and wanting to share that passion to other fans using their previous community administration experience. Duties Engage with members regularly throughout AF including Forum discussion topics, Clubs, Blogs and the Gallery. Organising seasonal community events. Implementing and maintaining Achievements and Trophies within the platform. Upkeep and addition of new themes. Assisting moderators as an escalation point for community queries and resolving member disputes that may arise. Mentor moderators in line with Community Guidelines and adjusting the guidelines as required. Selection Criteria Previous experience with community engagement is required. This experience can be from managing a guild, server or social networking site. Experience with the Invision Community platform or similar forum platforms would be desirable but not essential. Friendly and courteous manner with good written English. Benefits This is a volunteer position - I will provide technical mentoring with you for this platform and you will gain full Admin CP access to help mould the community to meet a shared vision to better unite anime fans from around the world. You are also encouraged to restructure the structure of the platform as you see fit, within scope of the above duties. There is a 1 month probation period for this role to assess suitability. If you are interested in this position, please send me a message directly outlining your experience and what interested you in applying for this role.
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  2. I may be 70% done with the first chapter on my webtoon. Which is called "Geisha Epic" by the way. So it means I'm close to uploading this on webtoons.com and Tapas. Which brings up the question, when will I upload chapter 2? How often will I update? And most webtoon artists will say, weekly is the best. It's a good rule of thumb or is the industry standard. And I don't agree with that. The one chapter a week thing started in Japan with Shonen Jump. A magazine containing manga. Any Japanese manga artist who wants to succeed needs to be published in Shonen Jump. That's the only way their manga will get popular. This was before the Internet age. Since Japanese manga artists needed Shonen Jump more than the other way around they had no choice but to follow the rules of Shonen Jump. And that is to release a chapter a week because it's a weekly magazine. And that is the only reason why one chapter a week became the industry standard for Asian comics. There is no other reason. It's not like Shonen Jump did a scientific study that showed one chapter a week is the optimal schedule for human beings to read manga. It's just because they're a weekly magazine. So why release a chapter a week? Why not every two weeks? Or every month? There are manga out there that update monthly. Why do webtoon artists outside Japan who don't need Shonen Jump, who don't need a big publisher anymore because it's the Internet age and you can self-publish, why are you still following that rule? When you don't have to? You can publish anytime you want. Every day, every week, every two weeks, every month, every year, it doesn't matter. Just don't think that it has to be every week because that's the best practice or whatever. Now I know webtoons.com pretty much copied this from Shonen Jump. They also give out contracts to good artists where they get paid a lot of money but have to make one chapter a week. Which is fine. I actually have no problem with that because you get paid. And that's the thing, it's okay if you're getting paid. So you who is probably a part-time webtoon artist, who is just doing this on the side and is not making money from it, why are you following this one chapter a week rule? At least get paid for it right? Stop making it hard for yourself. But why is a week not enough to make one chapter? How many weeks is needed to make a chapter? Actually, seven days is enough to make one chapter. But seven days is not enough to make one QUALITY chapter. Any comic artist can put out a chapter a week. It's easy. Just cut corners. Lower the quality for one. Make it black and white. Don't draw backgrounds anymore. Stop adding details to drawings. Cut down the page count and so on. The problem is when you want a quality chapter in one week. It's like wanting a big house that is also cheap. The fastest car but it has to be cheap. The best smartphone but it has to be cheap. It's not possible. You usually get what you pay for. It's like this, a great story, good looking art, updates twice a week. Choose two. You can only choose two. You can't have all three. So you have a webtoon that updates twice a week and has a great story but bad art or a webtoon with a great story, great art, but doesn't update regularly. You can't have it all in life. I will admit though that nowadays readers are expecting one chapter a week whether it be manga, webtoons, manhua, whatever. They demand weekly chapters. Again it's Shonen Jump who drilled this into our heads that comics should come out weekly. But it doesn't. To answer the question, what will be my update schedule for "Geisha Epic"? Every two weeks or every four weeks. I think that suits my lifestyle, schedule, and art style just fine. Because that's the point of self-publishing right? You call the shots. What do you think? What are your thoughts on this. Comment them below.
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  3. Hello everyone, its been a while! I stepped down as your community manager sometime ago... Since then there has been a void that our lovely moderators have graciously been filling. After seeing this post, I wanted to reach out again, since I never formally announced that I was taking my leave. Speaking more to this topic though, I would encourage you to apply for this position if you are interested in leading our community base online. We could use someone who likes to be engaged with the community, and has the time to put into this role. If that sounds like you, then please reach out to Optic! He is a wonderful mentor, and I'm sure you would like to work with him on creating more content for Anime Forums, and helping the community that we love to grow and thrive. I will be around as well, just not in an official capacity for now. Feel free to reach out to me, though I may not be online as frequently as I used to be. Best wishes -Seshi
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  4. Today’s premieres: Higurashi~When They Cry~Sotsu - They actually started us off with 2 episodes this week. As noted above, this is the series I have the highest hopes for & the premiere certainly didn’t disappoint. Since you need to already have seen the original series plus Kai & Gou to understand what’s happening, there is a considerable time investment involved. But if you’re into psychological horror, I’d still recommend (8/10) Peach Boy Riverside - based on other viewers comments the events of the first ep are actually a ways into the manga series, but I personally didn’t find it particularly confusing. Sally & Frau both made good impressions on me. The fan service moments were of the blatant/pointless variety but not what I find offensive. Hoping it keeps going in a good direction (7/10) Scarlet Nexus - generic set up & cheezy dialogue. And the CGI monsters just look ridiculous. That kind of surreal imagery might have worked in Madoka Magica (or Pink Floyd videos) but not here. One & done (5/10)
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