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  • LockedOnTargetLockedOnTarget Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Considering how ridiculously overzealous Square is being with their censorship here I don’t think it’s out of line to suggest they would do something like that.

    I don’t think WeedLordVegeta is trying to say it’s what the culture demands, more that it’s what Square thinks the culture demands.

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  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I've been looking for some new stuff to check out, but I've also run into the stupid problem with my brain where I find myself subconsciously disregarding shows that review around 7ish/10. It's annoying because I know there's fantastic stuff that gets lumped with dumb ratings.

    Folks, help me stomp this mental hangup and gimme your mid rating faves.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Basically any sports manga is a solid choice for 7/10

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lasbrook wrote: »
    The idea of paying a monthly fee for something that uses mobile game energy is disgusting, I pray for their complete failure.
    As far as I can tell it doesn’t have a monthly sub. You can use money to buy coins which you use to read chapters. There’s like 3 currencies in this thing. UP, which is your free stamina, XP which you get via ??? and also first time coin purchases, and coins. No idea if the coins at least cost less to read a chapter than the other two(I doubt it) but I’m not about to find out. Oh, also you can’t use normal stamina to read the latest three chapters of a series.

    Thankfully the library is like 90% isekai trash so there’s only like 2-3 things I want to read anyways. It’ll just take months.
    You're right, it's technically a 3 day 'sub', rather than a 30 day one (you're only ever unlocking a (third) of a chapter for 3 days at a time before it relocks).

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited April 13
    It adheres to censorship trends for manga and anime that have been released in Indonesia based on the fact that it still adheres to awrah in large parts of the country, its not a perscriptive statement or judgment in any way

    then apologies for the misconception. tone through text always hard to interpret, etc. also their solution for this imo seems lazy and frustrating. i don't really have a dog in this fight but if they can region-lock/unlock youtube videos, there's definitely the technology to gate censorship similarly.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    At least they were creative with Tenchi Muyo on Cartoon Network, just draw new outfits.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Whippy wrote: »
    It adheres to censorship trends for manga and anime that have been released in Indonesia based on the fact that it still adheres to awrah in large parts of the country, its not a perscriptive statement or judgment in any way

    then apologies for the misconception. tone through text always hard to interpret, etc. also their solution for this imo seems lazy and frustrating. i don't really have a dog in this fight but if they can region-lock/unlock youtube videos, there's definitely the technology to gate censorship similarly.

    Yeah I definitely could have been more clear that this is based on my specific understanding of Indonesians policy, I just get my hackles up when people go 'what WEIRDOS would want a thing censored' when there is a religious answer for it that's adhered to in at least one major country that square markets to

    I do think the app itself is lazy and predatory and wish the conversation was focused that way

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Yeah nah, putting up with gacha mechanics for a manga app that can't even get arsed to do different releases for different countries is not happening for most people.

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Basically any sports manga is a solid choice for 7/10
    And for recent, Birdie Wing is a solid 7.

    The beginning is way more chaotic/interesting than the back half, but it's still got all the normal hits when it comes to competition anime.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Fortunately, the fact that manga sections in most bookstores are booming seems to be an indication that the physical format is miles from dying off.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    That's true for tanks but actual physical magazines are slowly beginning to go all digital

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    That's true for tanks but actual physical magazines are slowly beginning to go all digital

    For niche stuff, absolutely, but the major brands are still kicking.

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    That's true for tanks but actual physical magazines are slowly beginning to go all digital

    Yes, and? Is the same model that Webcomics/Webtoons stumbled into: Digital for throwing stuff at the wall and see what sticks, and "what sticks" gets tanks. Big brands will likely stay on physical the longest thanks to institutional and cultural inertia (people would throw a fit if they couldn't go and buy Jump at the store anymore), but smaller companies can't afford to do so.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    The censored knee is not far off from what Indonesian broadcasts of stuff like Anima Yell have received, there was a whole hullabaloo late last year about that, which obviously got coopted by the vagina bones crowd

    And publishers are going to be wary about Indonesia specifically as it becomes much more aggressively conservative about media regulation- see steam origin and epic disappearing yesterday because of a new policy going forward that platforms must register with the government and provide user data

    The censorship on the app as is is a lazy solution to a nuanced issue, which tracks for an app developed by square

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    That's true for tanks but actual physical magazines are slowly beginning to go all digital

    I was unaware manga magazines were ever much of a thing in the west. Then again, I live in a country that hasn't had translated manga releases in about ten years.

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  • ElaroElaro Who am I? What do I want?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    TNTrooper wrote: »
    Not only does the censor make stuff look even more explicit it just hits random stuff. Like a knee cap.


    One manga censored every instance of the letter Y

    If this is true, it's the most damning and hilarious thing about Squeenix's decision to trust a ML program with censoring. Like, LMAO.

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    Children's rights are human rights.
  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Peewi wrote: »
    That's true for tanks but actual physical magazines are slowly beginning to go all digital

    I was unaware manga magazines were ever much of a thing in the west. Then again, I live in a country that hasn't had translated manga releases in about ten years.

    Oh I'm talking about Japanese magazines; cj is right in that the monopolies will still stand tall but the magazine that witch hat atelier is being published in is going all digital for example

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    The take I saw on twitter that makes the most sense is that it's some kind of machine learning algorithm gone awry, most likely in an effort to cheap out so they don't have to actually pay people to figure out how to deal with each region's regulations.

    Which, yeah, that sounds like the kind of hack ass tech bro solution that SE would try.

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    There's nothing "nuanced" about it, countries worldwide (including the US and Europe) are quadrupling down on conservativism and companies have to play ball to be able to access the market at all because they have the power. That's it.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I mean, yes and no

    There are countries making progressive changes for economic reasons (see the gender diversification of the Saudi workplace to help compensate for the upcoming shift to alternative energy and less dependence on Saudi oil) while also doubling down on social conservatism (see the declining freedoms of expression under the current Saudi regime)

    Indonesia's not too different

    You're right in that these are things that companies need to be aware of to play ball but that would simply cost too much money so why don't we make ourselves look like idiots by making an AI try to navigate this for us

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    And back to manga, Ruri Dragon is officially on hiatus:

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    The censored knee is not far off from what Indonesian broadcasts of stuff like Anima Yell have received, there was a whole hullabaloo late last year about that, which obviously got coopted by the vagina bones crowd

    And publishers are going to be wary about Indonesia specifically as it becomes much more aggressively conservative about media regulation- see steam origin and epic disappearing yesterday because of a new policy going forward that platforms must register with the government and provide user data

    The censorship on the app as is is a lazy solution to a nuanced issue, which tracks for an app developed by square

    excuse me the what

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Rip to my favorite bones :(

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  • Dongs GaloreDongs Galore Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lycoris Recoil is a nice entry into the classic genre of schoolgirls with guns

    good animation + cute girls and wholesome characters so far

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Jragghen wrote: »
    So watched summer anime in a nutshell and I now realize why the slavery talk happened again. Yeeeesh. I thought that manga was a porn, the hell did they make a series out of that?

    Made by the same people that did Interspecies Reviewers, yay. I mean, one of the worst things that Shield Hero has done, and there's a lot of them, is being the show that made people realize that you CAN get away with making your protagonist buy slaves and still call him the good guy and anime fans will lap that shit up.

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    Jragghen wrote: »
    So watched summer anime in a nutshell and I now realize why the slavery talk happened again. Yeeeesh. I thought that manga was a porn, the hell did they make a series out of that?

    Made by the same people that did Interspecies Reviewers, yay. I mean, one of the worst things that Shield Hero has done, and there's a lot of them, is being the show that made people realize that you CAN get away with making your protagonist buy slaves and still call him the good guy and anime fans will lap that shit up.

    It’s ok because the slaves want to be slaves

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    Jragghen wrote: »
    So watched summer anime in a nutshell and I now realize why the slavery talk happened again. Yeeeesh. I thought that manga was a porn, the hell did they make a series out of that?

    Made by the same people that did Interspecies Reviewers, yay. I mean, one of the worst things that Shield Hero has done, and there's a lot of them, is being the show that made people realize that you CAN get away with making your protagonist buy slaves and still call him the good guy and anime fans will lap that shit up.

    It’s ok because the slaves want to be slaves

    Yeah, like, it says a lot that even hentai has more dignity than that because they don't try to pretend that their rapist protagonists are good people.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I mean, yes and no

    There are countries making progressive changes for economic reasons (see the gender diversification of the Saudi workplace to help compensate for the upcoming shift to alternative energy and less dependence on Saudi oil) while also doubling down on social conservatism (see the declining freedoms of expression under the current Saudi regime)

    Indonesia's not too different

    You're right in that these are things that companies need to be aware of to play ball but that would simply cost too much money so why don't we make ourselves look like idiots by making an AI try to navigate this for us

    I'm not arguing against this or anything I don't want to set anyone off by looking like I'm accidentally starting some argument that looks like the shape of one they've heard a thousand times before that I have no idea about it.

    I'm just curious how gender diversification helps offset shifting to alternative energy and depending on saudi oil? Because they get more workers to help drive the economy?

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  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I'm watching the first episode of Overlord IV and, uhh, I learned something new about Ains.
    Apparently he has a tiny mouth on his neck, which is how he speaks. Weird.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I mean, yes and no

    There are countries making progressive changes for economic reasons (see the gender diversification of the Saudi workplace to help compensate for the upcoming shift to alternative energy and less dependence on Saudi oil) while also doubling down on social conservatism (see the declining freedoms of expression under the current Saudi regime)

    Indonesia's not too different

    You're right in that these are things that companies need to be aware of to play ball but that would simply cost too much money so why don't we make ourselves look like idiots by making an AI try to navigate this for us

    I'm not arguing against this or anything I don't want to set anyone off by looking like I'm accidentally starting some argument that looks like the shape of one they've heard a thousand times before that I have no idea about it.

    I'm just curious how gender diversification helps offset shifting to alternative energy and depending on saudi oil? Because they get more workers to help drive the economy?

    This is basically it, I've only really read one book one the subject from an outsider perspective so I want to dig in to it more though

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    Jragghen wrote: »
    So watched summer anime in a nutshell and I now realize why the slavery talk happened again. Yeeeesh. I thought that manga was a porn, the hell did they make a series out of that?

    Made by the same people that did Interspecies Reviewers, yay. I mean, one of the worst things that Shield Hero has done, and there's a lot of them, is being the show that made people realize that you CAN get away with making your protagonist buy slaves and still call him the good guy and anime fans will lap that shit up.

    It’s ok because the slaves want to be slaves
    That's specifically just Raphtalia, and Shield-Dude is weirded out by that. Especially when she suggests it to another woman who wants to get stronger; Dude actually says he doesn't want any slaves. Still, the new girl is added, and while he treats her well, by the end of the season he shows that he thinks it was a bad decision and that he looks down on her for volunteering to become a slave.

    Also Raphtalia is (again) permanently no longer his slave, even if the new girl still is.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Sorce wrote: »
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    Jragghen wrote: »
    So watched summer anime in a nutshell and I now realize why the slavery talk happened again. Yeeeesh. I thought that manga was a porn, the hell did they make a series out of that?

    Made by the same people that did Interspecies Reviewers, yay. I mean, one of the worst things that Shield Hero has done, and there's a lot of them, is being the show that made people realize that you CAN get away with making your protagonist buy slaves and still call him the good guy and anime fans will lap that shit up.

    It’s ok because the slaves want to be slaves
    That's specifically just Raphtalia, and Shield-Dude is weirded out by that. Especially when she suggests it to another woman who wants to get stronger; Dude actually says he doesn't want any slaves. Still, the new girl is added, and while he treats her well, by the end of the season he shows that he thinks it was a bad decision and that he looks down on her for volunteering to become a slave.

    Also Raphtalia is (again) permanently no longer his slave, even if the new girl still is.

    Right, the hero (a slave owner) thinks slavery is not the best, probably. Not enough to like... stop owning slaves or do anything about that, but he's vaguely opposed to the idea, in theory, probably. He's such a good egg!

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    He straight up says he's not a good person, though.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Notice how even when a hero has immense power they rarely seem to use it on anyone of status. Or on the systems they know to be wrong. I want to see an isekai where the protagonist finds out slavery is a thing and personally pays a visit to the location to kill the leader of the operation. Or hell, murder some nobility for once.

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Madican wrote: »
    Notice how even when a hero has immense power they rarely seem to use it on anyone of status. Or on the systems they know to be wrong. I want to see an isekai where the protagonist finds out slavery is a thing and personally pays a visit to the location to kill the leader of the operation. Or hell, murder some nobility for once.

    Doesn't World's Greatest Assasain starts with everybody on a slave auction getting offed? I do remember that.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Jragghen wrote: »
    So watched summer anime in a nutshell and I now realize why the slavery talk happened again. Yeeeesh. I thought that manga was a porn, the hell did they make a series out of that?

    Well you see, people will pay money to see sex, so...

    In a fit of bad decisionmaking I read this particular manga a while ago out of morbid curiosity. I can confirm it is basically a bad porno.
    Not every chapter has sex scenes, but the ones that don't feature sex also notably don't feature things like a plot or character development that would give it something else to sell on besides the titillation, to an even greater degree than these kinds of books usually don't feature those things. I'd actually have a decent opinion of it as porn comic if it weren't for the rancid premise? But alas, sex slave stories are in in the japanese lonely boy power fantasy market right now.

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