I love all the anime communities.

Thanks! Interesting book. My sister read “Why Nations Fail” from the same author so maybe I should read this one. But yeah, I’ll update the policy to include the clause and just try to word it nicely.

Thanks! As for the discretion clause, it only applies to admins removing/banning things. Mods are free to manage their communities as they see fit. As much as possible, I’d like to make instance rules detailed so nobody can claim abuse when a catch-all rule is used. Although I know I can make up rules on the spot, I’d like them to be well-documented at least. But you’re right, it’s hard to predict the future. For now, I think I’ll include it to see how things will develop first.

Thanks!

It is. A lot of anime are like that (Monogatari, High School DxD, etc). I didn’t specify the term “ecchi” because IIRC it also just means “hentai”. Only in English does it mean “no sex”.

It happens sometimes lol. The weirdest community was dedicated to a celebrity and the first post was a video of him shirtless o_o.

It’s one of the reasons why I don’t agree when people say “just pick any instance, it doesn’t matter”. It does matter!

Yeah that’s more or less why I’m having trouble with the terms. Because it means different things in different regions. In this case, I think I’ll emphasize moe more.

I’m also concerned with using the term “Japanese media” specifically because a lot of things produced today aren’t Japanese origin. Like Genshin and Wuwa which are Chinese, and Blue Archive which is Korean. MiSide is made by Russian developers.

I remember this. Really crazy how this was all orchestrated. The girls were trained to be part of pranks unaware that they were going to commit murder at the end.

Interesting mix of responses here. I think it’s not a matter of copying art style though. I think it’s more to do with the death of creative labor. Especially with how labor intensive Studio Ghibli films are.

But I learned some time ago that we’re in “the age of curatorship” so maybe we’ll just continue filtering out AI stuff the same way we try to filter out “brainrot” or “slop content”. Unless of course, you actually like any of that (and I do like to watch these from time to time myself).

With the current situation, it’s also interesting that Studio Ghibli hasn’t said anything yet. Or at least I’m not aware of any legitimate statements yet. Maybe Sudio Ghibli isn’t bothered by it at all.

Anyway, I think it’s good people actively resist AI. It’s here to stay unless laws limit or prohibit it.

I watched two movies the past few weeks:

• Genius Party

This is a collection of animated short films from different directors. The two notable ones here for me were Masaaki Yuasa and Shinichirou Watanabe. Happy Machine (Masaaki) was my favorite! The little baby character (and the overall vibe of it) reminded me of Pendleton Ward’s Adventure Time.

There were other really quirky ones in the collection too. Deathtic 4 was different from the rest. It was 3DCG and I don’t know the language (it sounds European). Interestingly, there’s a scene there where the zombies said they were fighting “injustices” and it shows them trying to pick a fight with two girls wearing a US flag and USSR flag suits (it was funny). Genius Party (same title as the collection) was chaotic and fun while Limit Cycle was really (intentionally) boring (it’s about a salaryman).

The more “normal” ones were Shanghai Dragon, Doorbell, and Baby Blue (Shinichirou). Shanghai Dragon was partly in Chinese because it’s set in China. I think anyone familiar with Japan-China relations will raise eyebrows here because it portays a poor China and a technologically advanced Japan, but at the end it was the Chinese boy who saved everyone through his imagination as opposed to the technology of Japan. Doorbell reminded me of Satoshi Kon, and Baby Blue was maybe my favorite for the “normal” shorts.

• Ghost in the Shell (1995 movie)

I had this in my watchlist for a looong time (because it’s a certified classic) and I’m happy that I did not watch it earlier. I don’t think I would have appreciated this at a young age. I think this is the second Oshii Mamoru movie I watched. The first was Angel’s Egg which was pretty much the ending of GITS. There’s already a wealth of information and reviews on GITS especially by Western writers so I don’t really have to say much here.

But I noticed how spirituality or religion always ties with technology in anime. People who’ve seen Serial Experiments Lain probably know what I mean. It’s very similar to GITS. Evangelion is another example. Also, it might sound a bit odd but it reminds me a bit of the “programming” in Angel Beats too which I complete last month.

(Also Major Kusanagi is very beautiful. Holy shit.)

This week I might watch Genius Party 2 and maybe look for an older series to finish (maybe more Masaaki Yuasa stuff).

Have you tried the Caddyfile from Lemmy-Easy-Deploy?

I’m not sure about the others, but the last guy (from Oregairu iirc) was definitely pretentious. Like being vague about his ideas just to appear smart and productive. The hand gestures was the best part.

Though they couldn’t even manage to do that without sticking the bitch in the scene

I read the Scum’s Wish manga. If I recall correctly, there’s an extra chapter of her some time after the events. I think that was the very last chapter too. Now that you point it out, it does kind of seem like the story centered around her a lot.

For some reason though, I actually enjoyed this manga lol

I found this video essay interesting. The style is a bit different where narration is text on screen but I found it enjoyable without an audible narrator.

I never really thought about the trains in Hideaki Anno’s works but now I’m a lot more conscious about it.

In my opinion, the cause of “the burden of animation” is being underpaid and overworked. If there were better laws that can address these issues, we wouldn’t need to resort to AI.

But for in-betweening, I assume you’re referring to something like CACANI but that’s a bit different from generative AI I think. It behaves more like 3DCG because the lines are vectors.

The clip is from a documentary where Miyazaki works on a 3DCG short film (something completely unheard of). You can watch the documentary here. I do like the point he makes:

(Suzuki) “So, what’s your goal?”

(Guy) “Well, we would like to build a machine that can draw pictures like humans do.”

(Miyazaki) “We humans are losing faith in ourselves.”

Could you send an email to help@ani.social so I can take a look? Thanks!

Monogatari Series

Oh boy I (finally) finished Angel Beats! You know, it’s a terrible idea to watch this in the library. It’s hard to hold back those tears when there are people around.

Anyway, this week I’m watching Genius Party and Ghost in the Shell.

It’s always nice to see these two together