I think rebranding would make it more interesting to a wider range of people — after all, the only true “beginner” anime is targeted towards kids. Even then, a lot of them could still be difficult for some people.
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Week 6 thread is up!
That’s the final week of season 1, so I think I should poll to see if people are interested in an offshoot.
Are you interested in an offshoot club to watch season 2 and 3?
- Yes
- Maybe
- No
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Oh, realised I voted in the BAC home thread and not the NNB home thread, but people have started voting so I’ll leave it here.
Also, there’s three hours on the poll for the next non-offshoot anime 
Right, the poll ended in a 3 way tie that wasn’t there an hour ago. So I’m going to hold a runoff poll for the weekend, and hold my vote until after the poll closes in case a tiebreaker is needed.
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Wow I thought for sure だん飯 would win
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Me too, and I was rooting for it because I like when a nomination comes in at the bottom on one poll and then wins the next one.
@araigoshi I voted maybe for season two and three because 1) I am very far behind, but once I finish season one I’ll probably want to watch season two, and 2) it will depend on what anime we watch next.
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Runoff poll: also a three way tie.
Maybe I should solve this myself by voting for ダンジョン飯
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In that case, I’m reserving the right to be a tiebreaker
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ダンジョン飯 is the winner of the offshoot poll
@PotatoDancer - are you ok to run the weekly threads?
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I will try. Pointing out any obvious mistakes or something would be appreciated. I’m new to this.
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I made a home thread!
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Shirobako
Natively: Level 33
Summary
Aoi Miyamori and her friends from her high school anime club have recently entered the world of real anime production at Musashino Animation. This workplace comedy mixes a wide and interesting cast with some surprisingly honest reflections of the anime industry work culture and gives some insight into what it takes to make your favourite shows while still being entertaining throughout.
Availability
Prime Video (WW)
Netflix (EU)
Hulu (JP)
Personal Opinion
This is one of my favourite anime, and I do think the high rating might be a little overdoing it since the anime does explain itself quite often. I really enjoyed the references to the anime industry, and also the adult and more grounded cast makes for a nice change too.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Fun workplace comedy
- A ton of anime industry references
- The cast and setting is relatively closer to reality 90% of the time.
Neutral
- It mostly doesn’t actually assume anime production knowledge, so while there’s going to be a lot of specialised vocab, it doesn’t assume the Japanese audience knows these either and explains them (and a decent number are English loan words)
Cons
- It is level 33, so harder again than ダンジョン飯
- There are like 100 characters (it does give documentary style name tags for everyone’s first few appearances and if they haven’t been on screen for a while)
Preview
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Also I’ll start the next poll on Sunday, so you have this weekend to get any last minute nominations in!
Actually, I forgot ダンジョン飯 was 24 episodes, never mind, poll will start January 18th.
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Been mildly considering rewatching that, actually…
Poll time for the next anime!
As a reminder, the current ongoing anime ダンジョン飯 is a two cour anime, so will continue until March 1st. This means the winner of this poll will start in mid-March. I’m just using the extra breathing room the two cour anime gave us to align our “poll ahead” times to the book clubs. I think most people are using streaming services rather than ordering physical media from Japan.
Current Nominations
- ハイキュー!!・Haikyuu
- お隣の天使様にいつの間にか駄目人間にされていた件・The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
- デキる猫は今日も憂鬱・The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today
- ノラガミ・Noragami
- 青い花・Sweet Blue Flowers
- ユーリ!!! on ICE・Yuri!!! on ICE
- ガヴリールドロップアウト・Gabriel Dropout
- Shirobako
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Based on current weather forecasts, there’s a decent chance I will have no power when this poll completes, so might be a few days late confirming the results
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Good news! I still have power.
Also, 1 day to go
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So ノラガミ is our winner! @hotdogsuplex , as the nominator, are you ok to run the home thread and weekly threads?
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Home post has been shamelessly copied made:
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