Optic

On 4/30/2018 at 1:18 PM, Wedgy said:

I like the simplicity of the Yume theme, but it would be even better if it were dark/night mode themed which is much much easier on the eyes than a white theme. Would it be possible to add a dark/plain version @Optic? 

There has been a number of requests for a plain dark theme again, so I will add one sometime tomorrow. 

Thanks, I will start a conversation and we can continue from there.

My mother found K-ON! to be fricken hilarious, so that answers that question.

My father is indifferent to anime.

At work, I do try to avoid talking about anime unless of course my colleagues like anime.

Hi everyone,

I am looking for testers to try out a new Quiz module.

This module will allow you to create your own multiple-choice quizzes and attach images to each question.

Please let me know below if you are interested.

Hi everyone,

I am currently reviewing the Creative Corner section and considering archiving it.

This section was created back on the previous platform where we didn't have the combination of Blogs, Clubs and Gallery. So it became a bit of everything where you could showcase your creative works as well as your channel/page (provided you met the minimum criteria of 10 posts to reduce SPAM).

I feel Blogs are better to promote your personal works as you will get front page exposure.

To acknowledge those  with their own pages/channels, whist in the interest of preventing the anime discussion forum areas from being cluttered I propose adding a new Link Directory to allow promotion of pages/channels. Of course we would still have criteria in place to prevent new members from joining just to post their link (e.g. minimum 10 posts, member for x weeks, etc.)

What are your thoughts?

As per title - would that be a missed opportunity?

I played Persona 4 on the Vita and thoroughly enjoyed it before I finally dived into both Persona 4: The Animation and Persona 4 the Golden Animation - both which I REALLY loved!

Should I wait until I start and finish playing Persona 5 before diving into the animation adaptation?

Hi @Lala - welcome to AF! Hope you enjoy your stay here.

I (still) haven't seen Fairy Tail at all so I don't know that scene or character. But that to me looks like she's using an ability or transforming?

When compared to other anime titles I personally think that's fine and seems to be the norm - it reminds me of Kill la Kill where their outfits would literally dissolve into shining light and silhouettes during transformation scenes. Similar to magical girl titles - yes they become naked when they transform and show some skin but it's mostly a silhouette right?

Look at it this way, it could be so much worse... such scenes could be deleted altogether. Some of the US adaptations do that...

Hi Envy, welcome to AF! Hope you enjoy your stay here.

3 hours ago, EnviousEnvy said:

I found this site through a random Google search (not even kidding here)

Naturally I'm curious what query that might be. Feel free to PM me your response if you prefer.

I look forward to seeing the final fight.

Triela was really badass with her shotgun at the start of that season!

Episode 13 (6/10)

There has been a lot of filler but things are finally starting to look up towards a climax...

16 hours ago, Mojofier said:

What I was getting more at was if you felt a portrayal of a character didn't really suit their core nature (regardless of contrasting forms), would you feel comfortable "modifying" them in a way you see fit and more true to their personalities? 

Thanks for the clarification. For me, that would be a no. First impressions are hard to shake. To me it wouldn't feel right. To use Noire as an example, she works extremely hard, to the point of making her little sister Uni worried. She is a tsundere. She rejects help from others. She is portrayed as having no friends (rather brutally by Neptune). By that nature, she is pushed to open up and rely on others more.

Yet in the spin-off game Hyperdevotion Noire, she was the protagonist of her own game instead of Neptune. Initially it was bizarre for me seeing the roles reversed, suddenly she had gathered a huge army of generals and it seemed her hard work had paid off. To me that felt odd given our previous first impressions of her.

*cough* @SanguineTear

17 hours ago, Mojofier said:

Their personalities do seem to change but it still retains their core nature. In other words, I've noticed that they are the same individual, but whatever restrictions they may have had in their normal forms are liberated in their HDD ones.

Yes that is true. Now that I think about it, in the HDN anime there are much more interactions of their HDD forms and others in their human forms. But the games have more dialogue which better explain their thoughts whereas the anime is more fast-paced.

Also I haven't actually played the SeHA spin-off yet, still on my list to play. 

17 hours ago, Mojofier said:

And here's another mind twist: let's say if a character wasn't intended for a particular demographic, but you felt it would work there. Would you feel comfotable 'breaking the rules' to enjoy it because you feel it suits that character's personality more over what it was originally intended for?

Not sure to be honest. But I feel there are enough spin-offs to portray this. Wasn't there an idol game spin-off for HDN?  I haven't played it but the characters look cute in their idol costumes.

And I'm pretty sure there was a event in Megadimension Neptunia VII where the characters were all cosplaying as fantasy characters (Noire and Blanc were wearing magical girl costumes)

And in the Fate stay/night series, there is a title called Fate/kaleid liner which completely changes two major characters from being serious into magical girls. Completely changes the serious nature of the show into a humorous yet cute comedy.

17 hours ago, Mojofier said:

What's this HDN forum theme?

You can change the forum theme on the lower left corner. A few different backgrounds in the HDN theme to choose from.

Not a huge fan of Japanese idol culture myself.

I quite like some idol groups in anime though.

I feel a big reason Japanese idol culture is so popular in Japan (and I'm sure in other countries around the world) is they're shown as being "perfect" and really "cute". 

@ssjup81 may be able to provide more insight as she is living in Japan.

What about you @AlbatrosDVa? How do you feel about idol culture in general?

@SanguineTear I would go for never eating pepper. They say it has great health benefits vs salt.

Tea or coffee for the rest of your life?

Those scenes to me would be extraordinary fan-service in mainstream titles (though not a mainstream genre of course). I don't feel it is censorship as a whole, as there are many explicit titles out there that are uncensored (which don't leave much to the imagination). 

If it's too explicit (to the point of being pornographic) then you can't even broadcast it on TV. It would go straight to DVD/BD ..

Hi @RepentantSky

Thanks for your honest feedback.

I feel there has been a grave misunderstanding and feel the amount of hate is a bit harsh.

10 hours ago, RepentantSky said:

I do not like that so many different sub-forums have been grouped into one club like this, and in fact I find it extremely frustrating.

10 hours ago, RepentantSky said:

I don't like updates aren't going to be put in their own threads so that they are easy to access, and I outright hate that any feedback we want to give now feels like it has to be done in a club.

These sub-forums are still forums in their own right. Just as you have found this topic, new topics and replies will still appear on the front page (as part of the earlier change to expose all public/open clubs on the front page).  If you don't want to view each forum via tabs on this club, you can still filter them on the front page if you look underneath "Club Forums" - it is a little cluttered at the moment but that is being cleaned up and worked on to ensure only active clubs are visible on the front page.

10 hours ago, RepentantSky said:

I don't like seeing that tab looming over every page I click,

I agree this could be better refined and am still evaluating different placement locations.

10 hours ago, RepentantSky said:

I also hate that this was done with what feels like no consultation with anyone here publicly, and that's being treated like a lounge when it feels like a requirement. Clubs are supposed to be something people join of their own volition, not because they want to say hi to people in a forum they just joined or because they have an issue with something that happened on the forum like a bug or error that's obviously not supposed to be there.

Clubs have different types. This particular club is a "Public" one.

There is absolutely no requirement to "join it" in order to create topics within each of the sub-forums/tabs.

The intention of moving the official AnimeForums.net sub-forums into a "club" is to make it easier for those new to forums to Introduce themselves, provide feedback and find our guidelines easier. The Guidelines tab is now actually a "Blog" so it will be article based - a better match than discussion topics given the nature of guidelines.

10 hours ago, RepentantSky said:

This is a bad idea in my opinion, and I feel like it should be removed immediately and I request that from now on when you have an idea like this Optic that you do what you used to and ask everyone here what they think about an idea you have before forcing it on them.  

Common feedback we get is that it's not obvious to newcomers how to use a forum, especially if they haven't ever used a forum before. Another common complaint we get is activity, each of the sections of AF still feel like islands in isolation, especially the Clubs. These recent changes were made to help bring activity from Clubs onto the front page, and creating a nicer on-boarding experience, whilst consolidating our guidelines under  one umbrella instead of separate topics.

Each of the changes I make have always the best of intentions in helping to improve the experience of all our members both in the short-term and in the long-term. I'm sorry you feel this way, but I only ask you give it a chance. If it doesn't work out then I am open to reverting the changes.

Hi @Animesta_MidnightLove welcome to AF!

I have moved your topic into General Anime and also adjusted the title to make it easier to find.

Thanks @Wodahs, in future please feel free to start a conversation with me or create a new Feedback topic so we don't clutter the existing topics here.

3 minutes ago, Wodahs said:

this is the other thread where your post is in between the other two with greeneyes comment above yours and firths below

Hi @Wodahs yes that is the intended behaviour with the Q&A format, as I have marked that post as my answer it will push it to the top.

1 minute ago, Wodahs said:

why is the post you just made in this thread (and another you just made) ended up in the middle between the older posts ? seem odd to read esp when you quote both and I only see one above then hello theres the other below your post

Hi @Wodahs, this specific forum type works in a Q&A style format. When a post is marked as "Best Answer" by myself ((or the topic author) it will automatically be moved to the top.

Hope that explains it.

@seemore_bhutts @Roxeg should be possible.

Any particular Re:Zero characters? Rem? Ram? Emila? All three?

Hi @Estatia, feedback noted. @Wedgy described the current correct behaviour.

We can adjust it so pinned topics appear across ALL areas but this would quickly become overwhelming as it would quickly make the first  page on the homepage very overwhelming if there are too many "global pinned topics"

I agree having pinned topics had more effect when the forums were all in individual pages.

As topics are also appearing across from Clubs now this would be even more overwhelming.

Hi @Greeneyes and @Frith

Sorry I missed this during my absence.
The challenge with background image themes is everyone is using a mix of desktops, mobiles and tablet devices. The first Sci-Fi theme you were referring to I believe was the very first theme, however that approach was quite glitchy hence the reason why we changed to this framework.

The transparent background image approach I felt was the best way to make it look good across all devices.

I can look into making a darker plain theme without a background image if it helps?

I agree with the above - there are just so many themes and topics covered by both anime and manga.

@Norvath I think you should try diving into other genres. If you're after something more thought provoking, maybe look into anime with sci-fi psychological thriller themes?

Maybe even go on a hiatus, you'll be back with a thirst for more titles.

Hi @ShenmueOutLoudAgain, welcome to AF.

I personally am not a huge fan of anime conventions/fairs. A big reason for that is the quality of them here in Western Australia is not great and merchandise being sold is often more expensive than just importing it (i.e. buying it online).

I would probably attend more if I was closer to the US or in Japan (*cough* Comiket and Wonder Festival in Japan - newest releases of merchandise are showcased there)