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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [Week 48] (ani.social)
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Hi everybody! It is time once again for a weekly general thread! This is the place for all your anime-related thoughts that you don't want to make a whole post about. Some thought-provoking examples may include:

  • Is it just me or did Shield Hero peak during the Spirit Turtle arc?
  • Why can't all the other streaming services have players as nice as HiDive?
  • I am loving Spy X Family, would Domestic Girlfriend be another good, family-centered show to follow up with?

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[–] e0qdk@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

I've slowed down in posting a bit lately, but I'm still here!

Started watching Penguindrum (輪るピングドラム) after seeing @cacheson's post over in !anime_irl a few days ago. I watched a lot of it a few years back, but never finished it. Trying this time with the dub; sometimes if I have trouble making it through a show switching from sub to dub (or vice versa) helps. (e.g. Space Dandy and B-Gata H-Kei worked way better for me with the dub). I think a lot of the show is still going to go over my head though given it's connection to certain events from 1995 (apparently), references to Japanese literature, etc. that I am not super familiar with since I am not Japanese. The show does have a lot of strange and amusing imagery including many gags of penguins doing very silly things though -- which I enjoy! I'm grabbing screenshots and will probably post a few in the coming days.

I had some time off recently and used a good chunk of it to work on a custom art tool. I finally got fed up enough with KolourPaint and The GIMP while trying to make some images for the (non-anime) !sockpuppetsociety community to try to write something that's better suited to my own needs. I think it might help me make some anime fan art too eventually. I've got an idea in my head for a really silly bit of fan art that's motivating my choice of what tools to implement. I'll share the resulting image with you all -- if I can figure out how to make it; I'm not particularly great at drawing, so may take me a while, even with computer assistance...

Speaking of fan art, I posted my composite of Mew from Wolf's Rain over in !animepics a while back, but I don't think I linked it here yet. Improving my workflow for making custom composites like that is one of the other things motivating my tool design.

I also noticed yesterday that @MentalEdge made some new "moe" communities including !officemoe. I tossed in a Shirobako office party screenshot to help kick it off. Curious to see what others will post!

One other thing bouncing around my head right now -- people seem to be in a bit of a Sailor Moon parody kick over in the AI gen communities lately. These Sailor Moon Pickle and Sailor Moon/Cthulhu Romance images were the two I found most striking (so far), but there are a bunch more in a variety of styles over in !imageai if you are curious.

[–] wjs018@ani.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's an interesting idea to switch from sub to dub. I might have to try that sometime. You mentioning Penguindrum reminds me of when I visited Tokyo. I stayed at a ryokan in Ikebukuro and right down the street was a bar that had live penguins in the bar. So, it was like an aquarium mixed with a bar. I didn't actually stop by and try anything, but thought it was really random. Here, I found an article about it!

Looking forward to the art submissions!

[–] e0qdk@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That’s an interesting idea to switch from sub to dub. I might have to try that sometime.

I especially recommend it for comedies. I sometimes rewatch old shows with the dub instead for variety as well. It can be amusing to find recognizable voices from games and things. e.g. I rewatched Scrapped Princess earlier this year and when one particular character showed up, I was like "That's Welkin!" (from Valkyria Chronicles) -- Dave Wittenberg voiced them both in the English version.

I stayed at a ryokan in Ikebukuro and right down the street was a bar that had live penguins in the bar. So, it was like an aquarium mixed with a bar. I didn’t actually stop by and try anything, but thought it was really random. Here, I found an article about it!

Thanks for the link! I'm not quite sure what to make of that. I guess it's kind of like a cat cafe, but more... out there?

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