Attention! Cloudflare had a massive security fail, leading to a lot of websites possibly bluntly exposing user data. Aside from the fact that everyone probably used on site, specifically Crunchyroll also used cloudflare. Check this thread for more information. Crunchyroll claimed to not have been effected, however a general look into the matter is recommended (see anttirt’s comment).
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Sensible Chuckle
4chanogatari
20pdemau shared a funny story from 4chan after someone allegedly was inspired by Nisemonogatari infamous toothbrush scene.
The Waifu Wall
No need to take ThieVuz to Karma Court… for now. After they claimed that their class in school has a waifu corner, but couldn’t prove in the corresponding thread for they had a free week, ThieVuz went back and posted a photo.
Community
Has anime ever inspired you to start a new hobby?
Anime can be inspiring. But is it actually? sashabr asks /r/anime if anime had ever actually inspired them to try a new activity.
r/anime Seasonal Ranking ~Ep 6 [Winter 2017]
IISuperSlothII is at it again with the fresh popularity numbers of the seasonal half-time.
I made a graphic for the /r/anime awards 2016
The anime awards winner presentation was rather plain and honestly a bit hard to read. This is what CommanderSevan thought too and they went out to fix it by creating their own visual winner picture for everyone to enjoy.
How many /r/anime subscribers learn japanese?
Similiar to the “new hobby”-thread above, but more specific. SmokeArts asks if anyone had taken up learning of the japanese language thanks to anime.
FanArt Rule Changes
The moderation made new changes to the posting of FanArt since it got a bit out of hand in recent time.
Free Talk Friday
zhongzhen93 made a stand for the criticized Free Talk Friday on the basis of the data from erkghlerngm44 .
Special: International Top Lists
Love at First Sight – Day 1 – Setting
Love at First Sight – Day 2 – Music
Love at First Sight – Day 3 – Character Design
Love at First Sight – Day 4 – Weapons
Love at First Sight – Day 5 – Character
VincentBlack96 was inspired by the spirit of Valentine’s and made a bunch of threads about aspects of anime that made redditors fall in love instantly.
Anime
PSA: According to Amazon reviews the Standalone Complex Blu-Rays are terrible
razorbeamz glanced through Amazon reviews and listed comprehensibly why people should rather buy the DVDs than the heavily flawed BDs.
Why is sex in (non-hentai) anime far less common than western tv/film dramas?
xxruruxx replies to the the thread and explains why sex is less common.
The Curious Effect of Western Literature on Modern Female Anime Character Tropes
save_the_last_dance wrote up an interesting and huge essay on the effect of western literature on modern tropes in anime.
Industry
Funimation Data Breach
As if Cloudflare wasn’t enough, Funimation got in trouble for their own data leakage.
Chinese anime director, Wang Xin, critiques the Japanese industry’s animation process
SingularCheese translated an interview of an chinese anime director commenting on the Japanese industry with interesting insights and perspective.
Yuri Lowenthal (Sasuke from Naruto) AMA
English voice actor Yuri Lowenthal held an AMA on the Naruto subreddit.
Other
What’s up with emergency numbers in anime?
Besamel did the wikipedia search and informs about emergency numbers. Nothing big, but interesting nonetheless.
I finally cracked the letters in “To You, The Immortal” imgur.com
This is /r/manga, but it’s too neat to ignore. snowballgarnet cracked the apparent fantasy letters in the new work of the “Koe no Katachi” mangaka.
Thanks r/anime, my 2-year old loved your suggestions!
We did it reddit! Apparently someone gave Comassion the tip of Bananya to show to their kid – and the kid liked it.
So I looped the first part of Little Witch Academia’s ED
CodexVII looped the colourful abstract animation that appears in LWA’s ED. Very pretty and mesmerizing.
Update to Mal Graph
Flajavin updated MAL Graph interface, including showing the development of statistics every day.
Don’t Try This At Home Project – Red Colored Bridge
In their seventh week porpoiseoflife is still kicking, giving out the first 0/5, actually wondering what this project is even doing in the list.
Regular Threads
- Meta Thread – 19th of January
- Non-Airing Shows
- Weekly Genre Discussion – #13 – Mystery
- Merch Monday
- Recommendation Tuesday
- Warm Talk Wednesday
- 3×3 Thursday
- Throwback Thursdays – Grave of the Fireflies
- No Stupid Questions
- Free-Talk Friday
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