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Hi @Dekumyhero, welcome to AF!

Yes I agree My Hero Academia is a good series... am really looking forward to the third series...

Hope you enjoy your stay here.

Hi @Ahriz, welcome to AF. Hope you enjoy your stay here.

Nice to see another Evangelion fan here! What are your thoughts on the Rebuild movies compared to the TV series?

Thanks @Estatia and @SleepyLeoulf!

I'm happy with what I'm seeing. Will call upon both of you when we get our first requests for medals, thank you so much!

On 27/01/2018 at 12:55 PM, Oakmi said:

From just a little ecchi to outright softcore/hardcore what is your take on it and why. Do you feel that it adds entertainment value? Does it detract from the overall enjoyment?

I quite like plausible minor fan service, I mean if a character gets undressed naturally or takes their top off during a boxing or fighting session and doesn't stop the pacing of the main plot - sure why not?

Then you have silly fan service such as clothes destruction (*cough* Dog Days) which gets old quick.

It's true a lot of fan service is oriented around female characters but male characters also get a little fan service too... Shinya Kogami from PSYCHO-PASS comes to mind as well as just about all the characters in Hakuouki.

As for classification labelling, well here in Australia they're a lot stricter here compared to your PG-13 rating... all it takes is one scene to up the rating.

For context, two examples below:

High School DxD (MA15+) - to be expected given it's an ecchi title:

GATE (Season 2) - (R18+) - I was a little surprised given most of this series was quite light-hearted at the start, but then remembered there were indeed some lewd scenes during one of the arcs:

@Yona Hime I am 28.

Cleaning my car. It's time consuming cleaning the wheels, cleaning the interior, the outside and of course drying it.

I used to do automatic car washes but the cost is too much now.

On 28/01/2018 at 9:56 PM, Muco said:

• Visiting the library for learning purposes ( e.g. exams)

Too noisy at home?

This is the episode discussion topic for Violet Evergarden.

General discussion topic:

I've started this topic a little late with 3 episodes already aired but of course feel free to join the discussion at any episode!

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Episode 1: 7/10

These were some of the badges I made on the old AF shop:

Basic renders / crops with a glow applied on top of a gradient background.

If you can make equivalent or better then that's what I'm looking for.

On 29/01/2018 at 7:43 AM, Estatia said:

Whats your favorite anime girl?

Way too many to list! This current season Kouka (BEATLESS) is my favourite so far.

Noire/Black Heart (Hyperdimension Neptunia) is a strong favourite. I also really like Dark Magician Girl (Yu-Gi-Oh), Angela Balzac (Rakuen Tsuhou: Expelled from Paradise) and Sword Sniper Rigel (Z/X: IGNITION). 

Nanoha Takamachi and Yuki Yuna would be my most favourite magical girls.

23 hours ago, SleepyLeoulf said:

Do you prefur Spring or Summer season?

Spring. Here in Perth, Western Australia - Summer can get really hot here, often between 32 to 40+ degrees Celsius (89.6 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit). It's fantastic outdoor weather with clear skies but of course it's much cooler to cool down and our UV rays from the Sun can be brutal.

23 hours ago, AniMeFReaK said:

• What's your favorite food?
• What's your favorite color?
• What's your favorite manga reading style, horizontal or vertical (horizontal means that you have to keep on pressing "Next", while in vertical mode you just scroll down.)?
• Who is your favorite anime girl crush?
• Are you single?
• Which do you prefer, takoyaki or ramen?
• What is the meaning of "life"?
• How did you come with the idea of making AF?
• What do you think of this video?

So many questions!

1. Lasagne is my all-time favourite.

2. Blue. But I also really like green too.

3. I rarely read manga. Having said that, I am reading physical Japanese ones at a very slow pace to complement my Japanese studies. So I don't read them digitally.

4. For a long time, I really adored Dark Magician Girl (Yu-Gi-Oh). But I have far too many favourites now.

5. Yes.

6. Takoyaki is very strong in flavour and you don't really get to choose how it is prepared. Ramen you can choose different fillings and styles so on that basis, Ramen. Having said that I don't eat both very much..

7. The meaning of life? I say just do what makes you happy, within your means. Sort out your essentials (decent place to live) then sort out your resources (money! you need money to live in this world) and invest in a hobby. Having a long term goal in mind also helps too to go against the daily grind (career or long term aspiration).

8. With AF I just wanted a place where anime fans from around the world could discuss anime and their interests in a comfortable and SPAM free environment (there is so much toxicity these days on both social media and other communities). Also many many years ago the anime community in Australia wasn't very big at all compared to America and other countries, so being able to reach fans from many countries around the world is a great feeling. Thankfully the barriers to anime are much lower these days but it's still a nice feeling getting visitors from all different countries.

9. It reminded me of how much greater µ's was in the original Love Live! series compared to Aquours in Love Live: Sunshine.

I haven't seen Blue Exorcist, though it does look quite interesting. I usually prefer Sci-Fi / Action titles. It seems you like quite a few supernatural titles.

I'm looking for volunteers that are decent at Photoshop (or equivalent graphics application) to help create a set of badges for our upcoming relaunch of the AF Shop/Points system.

We will look at creating a set of popular anime characters and can branch out to different characters based on member requests.

If you're interested in helping our community out in this role, please let me know below or send me a direct message!

@Yona Hime OK, I'll take your word on it.

15 minutes ago, Yona Hime said:

i saw the first episode of Arslan Senki and i didnt relate to it.. should i give it another try ? 

Hmmm... well the key difference is from what you described is Romance. There is virtually none in Arslan Senki, but it does have great action scenes and great strategic battles IMO.

So looking at two of the titles this season so far, BEATLESS and Darling in the FranXX, both have protagonists/MC that are relatively weak.

Weak as in they sulk quite easily and hesitate (unless they are driven to act due to a crisis, and even that isn't a guarantee)

How do you feel about such characters?

So revisiting this topic again this year.

I've been making extensive use of Asana for several months now. (not to get mixed up with Sword Art Online's Yuuki Asuna!! )

It's actually targeted towards enterprise work projects, but I find it works really well as a personal organiser, works great as as an extensive To-Do list. And you can create multiple projects within it if need be and even upload file attachments inside.

I did try a few different ones including Wunderlist and Trello but ehh, I think Asana works best for my workflow. I have separate projects for personal RL stuff, one for AF and one as an ad-hoc to-do list. It has a very solid smartphone app and I think that's the key difference, if it's consistent you're definitely more likely to use it. Certainly beats sticky notes!

Ah Yona of the Dawn? I had to dig back a bit as the same sounded familiar and sure enough... yes I was actually going to watch it years ago as another member pointed out it was similar to Arslan Senki (quite liked the action/fantasy scenes in that).

Looks like I'll definitely have to watch it soon.

(Split your post into a dedicated welcome topic for you.)

Welcome to AF!  Hope you enjoy your stay here.

Ooh Noragami, that Bluray is actually sitting on my shelf and has been on my To Watch List for sometime (just been caught up with a lot of currently airing titles). Would you recommend it? It looks like a action/supernatural title. Is it more action or more supernatural?

It's not in my nature and AF Staff shouldn't be biting other members !

Unless... you know another member that does?

Kouka on the other hand ...

Oh @TyCoya this topic was meant for personal questions! In future feel free to start a topic in AF Feedback/Support for any suggestions.

But that's okay, to answer your question - not at this stage. The Activity tab is emphasised more to make it easier to interact with other members. As a workaround you could put a direct link to that "About Me" tab in your Signature. 

I can't draw anything other than mind-maps and concept charts. So definitely no. 

Feel free to ask Optic anything...

... I don't bite!

Also don't report AF issues/feedback here, use the proper section for that.

Hi @TyCoya anyone can start a club. You can’t make one on the same topic of an existing club.

There is currently a soft limit of 3 clubs you can create and manage.

Of course you can join as many clubs as you like (and leave at anytime) but you will want to limit them to your own interests of course as the alerts could quickly become. 

Yeah, looking forward to it too!

Currently, I've manually featured clubs based on amount of content / recent activity.

Episode 3 (7/10)

Hi @Bery,

Looking at MyAnimeList for Great Yamato No. 0 (Dai Yamato Zero-gou)

It finished airing on June 15 2007.

Nobody has licensed it. A rare Yamato title indeed.

Your only chance probably is to track down the Japanese DVDs, and even that is out of print. Could only find a second hand copy on Yahoo Auction JP:

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s551066923

What anime is that picture from? Looks tasty.