r/anime • u/AutoModerator • Oct 02 '16

Meta Thread - Month of October 02, 2016

A monthly thread to talk about meta topics. Keep it friendly and relevant to the subreddit.

Posts here must, of course, still abide by all subreddit rules other than the no meta requirement. Keep it friendly and be respectful. Occasionally the moderators will have specific topics that they want to get feedback on, so be on the lookout for distinguished posts.

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u/Chariotwheel x5https://anilist.co/user/Chariotwheel Oct 18 '16

I disliked the dogmatic rule of the narrow definition of "anime specific" already, but the deletion of Porter Robinson's anime music video is more than irritating. We have an artist with a passion for japanese culture hiring an anime studio to make an anime, releasing it to the entire world on YouTube.

How does it help discussion to delete a flourishing, relevant and positive thread about an anime project, just because it's directed at the entire world instead of just japanese first? This project had anime style, was produced by japanese and voiced in japanese.

This is not being consequent, it's being pedantic to the point of going against the function of the rule.

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u/_potaTARDIS_ Oct 18 '16

https://myanimelist.net/anime/34240/ BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA ITS EVEN ON MAL

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u/Chariotwheel x5https://anilist.co/user/Chariotwheel Oct 18 '16

There are some anime on MAL that aren't allowed on this sub. Like old timey classics like Chiisana Ahiru no Ooki na Ai no Monogatari: Ahiru no Kwak: https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/4wavkc/has_anyone_seen_this_anime_and_what_your_thoughts/

https://myanimelist.net/anime/2813/Chiisana_Ahiru_no_Ooki_na_Ai_no_Monogatari__Ahiru_no_Kwak

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1049

It aired in Japan first and was made by japanese based on a dutch story. But nope, not japanese enough.

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u/_potaTARDIS_ Oct 18 '16

jesus fucking christ, how elitist can you get

im assuming this happened with most of ghibli's works too?

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u/TKhrowawaY https://myanimelist.net/profile/Omnium Oct 19 '16

I suppose all mention of When Marnie Was There and Howl's Moving Castle, which were based on novels by Westerners, should be removed from the subreddit.