Maid Café (メイド喫茶)

Sakamoto

12:01 AM

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Q: What manga is this??? Please someone tell me I can't read the language

I don't know this manga and it's really important I found out.

identification-request

Oshino Shinobu

oh, from Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?

I haven't watch it

Logan M

@OshinoShinobu that is a problem.

Oshino Shinobu

there are too many anime I missed for the last 2-3 seasons

now watching wixoss

don't know what should I watch next...

Septian Primadewa

12:30 AM

meowning

@OshinoShinobu watch log horizon and drrr

Oshino Shinobu

nyanpass

already watch those two

but I haven't watch the second season

Septian Primadewa

i recommended Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata, nanatsu no taizai, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso from the last season..

Is there an API for Line by Naver ?

i'm looking everywhere but can't find one..

Line promotion for free KFC chicken can auto reply message, so i assumed there's some API for LINE.

Taisho

12:46 AM

Eric

Wow.

UX.SE has won 9 rounds with an average of 420 days.

Are they intentionally trying to get higher?

Logan M

It isn't hard to get a very large time.

Yuuki

@ton.yeung @ʞɹɐzǝɹ New Fatal Frame coming to Wii U.

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

I'm more interested in the SMTxFE and new FE game

Memor-X

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ i assume SMT is Shin Megami Tensei but what's FE?

Septian Primadewa

12:53 AM

and new animal crossing

Fire emblem

「ブレイブリーセカンド」オープニングムービー

►

Memor-X

ok, so is there going to be a cross over of Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem is there?

Septian Primadewa

bravely second opening, music Ryo (Supercell) feat. Chelly (EGOIST)

Memor-X

@SeptianPrimadewa the Final Fantasy Wikia has Anges as a non playable character, i hope that changes since Edea is coming back

Septian Primadewa

@Memor-X it's fans demand, but everything can change with DLC..

Memor-X

@SeptianPrimadewa putting this out there, i predict the character who's fighting Empror Oblivion learns that he is their father

Yuuki

1:07 AM

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ Apparently, there's a lot of backlash going on from the new SMTxFE details.

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ I'm gonna hold off on the new FE game until I know for sure that they've taken out the stubby "feet".

Sakamoto

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Q: Childhood anime with space travel

My memory is blurry. I remember the main character was a young girl with orange hair. She and her freinds traveled from planet to planet. The evil character was a fat woman. This is all I remember :/

identification-request

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

@Yuuki pls elaborate

Yuuki

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ The trailer seemed a bit too "upbeat" for SMT.

And showed very little FE elements.

Apparently, it seems more like a light-hearted Persona game than an SMTxFE crossover.

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

@Yuuki so basically this:

Yuuki

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ Essentially.

I'm okay with it because I really want to get a Persona game on the Wii U.

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

1:19 AM

china is cracking down on explicit anime: bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32149754

new trigger anime: Trigger Girls

likely going to be the 30 minute short announced before

twitter says not april fools:

The project is due to launch on July 2015! http://t.co/tKo6BFx473

Tweeted by trigger_inc on April 1, 2015 at 8:14 AM

!!tell 20873363 fixit

2

1:35 AM

hmm, i didn't realize Final Fantasy XV may not have a playable female character, they could have added a very boyish female character. however maybe Square is up to something given Mevius Final Fantasy

Maid Cafe - where we star everything @HoiHoi-san says

!!wiki Dailymotion

HoiHoi-san

Dailymotion

Dailymotion is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, watch and share videos. It is one of the biggest video platforms in the world, offering a mix of content from users, independent creators and premium partners. Dailymotion is available all around the world, in 18 different languages and 35 localized versions featuring local home pages and local content. In April of 2015, the first ever Dailymotion original series will be produced. It's called Kayla Kupkake]. == History == In March 2005, Benjamin Bejbaum and Olivier Poitrey founded the Dailymotion website from the living room of...

Memor-X

oh? i thought the PS4 streamed to Twitch and posted to Youtube, was i wrong or did things chnage?

Oshino Shinobu

@HoiHoi-san lol, ok, I'm gonna fix it

Logan M

2:18 AM

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ HotD is "borderline pornographic" now? I have to wonder whether these people even know the meaning of the words they are using. Of course, the original isn't English, so it could be a mistranslation, but if it's accurate, then they've pretty seriously misunderstood the definitions of at least one of the two words.

Yuuki

I'm going to go ahead and say that the average anime aficionado/otaku has a completely different perception of what is "borderline pornographic" than the average person.

Which isn't to say the rating is justified.

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

@LoganM the exact words seem to be 淫秽色情的擦边球

Yuuki

Just... be aware that your understanding of the words is most likely very different from other people's understanding of the words. Case in point, the argument over what is considered NSFW (though that hasn't popped in awhile).

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

the translation is apt in my opinion

Taisho

Logan M

2:30 AM

@Yuuki My understanding of the words is based on the dictionary definitions of them. I realize that other people frequently misunderstand them, but that doesn't make me wrong.

Yuuki

@LoganM English is descriptive, not prescriptive. Thus, the "correct" definition is typically the general consensus.

Logan M

NSFW is a different case entirely, since no one seems to know what exactly it means. But pornography is a well-defined concept that some people just don't understand (deliberately or otherwise)

Yuuki

If you want the dictionary definition to be correct every time, go learn French or something.

@LoganM Also, what do you do with your Force training?

Logan M

That's the same silly deconstructionist argument that people always make, and it's never very useful for anything.

Memor-X

3:01 AM

so it's currently 2/4/2015 2:00 PM. is it still 1/4/2015 anywhere else in the world?

Logan M

Right here it's 4/1/2015.

Because we order dates weirdly.

More seriously though, we've still got 9 hours left before the date changes at the western edge of the international date line.

Hawaii is probably the furthest west that a large number of people live though, which is UTC - 10 (so 7 more hours).

UTC-12 is mostly just uninhabited islands, and UTC-11 is a few small territories.

Memor-X

@LoganM do the UTC-11 have internet?

Logan M

Yes, probably some do.

Definitely there is internet in American Samoa, though it is prohibitively expensive for many people.

Unihedro

3:19 AM

yawn

Memor-X

Anime i am waiting on Hanabee to announce

- Akame ga Kill!
- Aldnoah.Zero
- Beyond the Boundary
- Black Bullet
- Capatin Earth
- Unlimited Fund Works
- Monthey Girls' Nozaki-kun
- No Game, No Life
- Rail Wars
- The Irregular at Magic High School

not sure if i should pick up Case Closed as all i'll get is 52 episode out how like ~2,000

Frosteeze

should avoid Rail Wars

Logan M

Most of those are just bad.

Frosteeze

no, not even bewbs can save Rail Wars

No Game No Life is good because of smart protagoanists

Logan M

NGNL and Nozaki-kun are the only ones I'd seriously recommend.

Frosteeze

3:20 AM

that one too

Memor-X

well i plan to get all of them when they get posted up for pre-orders

Frosteeze

That's a lot lol

Memor-X

@Frosteeze not really, given the average price of $57 (as i get a discount) and knowing that Unlimited Fund Works is 2 seasons that 57 x 11 which is $627, given that these would be released over a few months i can easily get these with my usal $400 a month spend

Logan M

Rail Wars is definitely below average. You could pick a random show any given season and you'd probably enjoy it more.

The rest of them are somewhat debatable. Kyoukai no Kanata is the best remaining one for me, and the rest are all average or below, but YMMV.

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

@Memor-X A/Z will disappoint you

Memor-X

3:28 AM

@LoganM i'd probably still get it though i'd proably put it back in my backlog, with the exception to Accel World, Case Closed and Arakawa i've gotten every anime Hanabee has in their catalog

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ how so?

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

Nozaki-kun is a guaranteed win, if it wasn't for the lack of cute girls

@Memor-X there-will-be-spoilers

If you do NGNL, make sure to check out the specials

Memor-X

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ what, everyone dies?

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

@Memor-X ntr fuck-slaine

@Memor-X that's akame-ga-kill in a nutshell

Logan M

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ Chiyo is cute enough to make up for the lack of anyone else.

@Memor-X Accel World and Arakawa are both better than a bunch of those shows.

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

@LoganM not enough chiyo time imo

Memor-X

3:34 AM

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ specials as in those little bonus clips in the special sections of DVD like Sword Art Offline and Toradora Quest for Foodies

Logan M

More would certainly be welcome, but I don't know if they could fit a lot more in very easily. She's in like half the scenes, probably more than anyone else other than Nozaki.

Memor-X

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ ntr as in Netorare?

Logan M

What else would ntr mean?

He's certainly not saying that N. T. Rama Rao plays one of the characters.

Taisho

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

@LoganM Notice To Reader

Memor-X

3:36 AM

@LoganM yeh i've seen both, i had them before Hanabee announced them so i didn't bother getting them a second time. though given the Accel World i had was fan subbed while what Hanabee has the dubbed version

Logan M

plz no dubs

Memor-X

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ which is it then, Netorare or Notice to Reader

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

@Memor-X the former.

Memor-X

spoilers

Logan M

4:05 AM

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ I think the issue is that, while 淫秽色情 does literally translate to "pornography", in the context of mainland Chinese culture it's understood as a much broader thing. China is quite sexually conservative and all talk about the subject is censored. The influx of pornography, sexually suggestive works, and even things that we would see as fairly tame are all lumped into the same basket and often attributed to Western influence.

There's undoubtedly a cultural element here which can't be captured easily in translation. Translating it to "borderline pornographic" misses that. I can't say what the best way to write it in English is, but it's a case of a statement that isn't necessarily factually incorrect in the original language, but the literal translation made it factually incorrect in English.

Logan M

4:20 AM

Movie is a sequel I think.

Memor-X

@ton.yeung i'd think it's squeal as you have a Manga which it is based off it so it would be strange to base a manga off a summary

Curious, where abouts is the Naruto Anime in relation to the Manga

Logan M

@Memor-X manga is done, anime is not anywhere near done.

(at least that's what I understand)

Memor-X

@LoganM i know that, i am wondering how much of the manga the anime still has left to adapt given you have a movie set after the Ninja War but before the final chapter

Septian Primadewa

non canon usually

Logan M

@ton.yeung I think someone on the anime answered this in an interview. They thought that Ga-Rei itself was too comedic and too long to make a good anime, but that the back-story was good and would attract readers.

I don't remember the source.

Would have to look for it.

Just remembered I'm supposed to teach tomorrow.

Guess I should write some notes.

Who is doing this?

Most anime I see are for manga that are still running.

What is TG?

oic

Taisho

4:34 AM

Memor-X

@ton.yeung btt?

Logan M

Anyway I think they'd need some really good reason to make an anime for a manga that ended 5 years ago. The manga rights-holders aren't going to make any appreciable money off it at this point, and the anime on its own probably wouldn't make a profit with the existing fanbase (or at least not as much as they could make by a revenue-sharing agreement).

If it was a majorly popular series like FMA, I could see it, but for Ga-Rei, I'd be quite surprised.

Most adaptations are motivated by the manga publisher rather than the animation studio.

At least, these days that's the case.

Not really a gamble for either party.

For the manga publishers, even if the anime turns out bad, they'll typically get a sizable increase in popularity. If you bring in people at the right point (like near the end of the series) it's an easy way to get a lot of money.

For the anime studio, they don't need to make a profit off the DVD sales, so long as the contract with the manga rights-holders is sufficiently generous in other ways.

So even terrible anime these days still do alright financially. Very rarely do they actually lose money.

Memor-X

@LoganM is that way some anime adaptations which follow the Manga faithfully don't keep going further, because they are trying to attract viewers to the manga

eg. Spice and Wolf, Accel World

Logan M

Sorry misread that.

Yes, I'd assume that's one reason.

There's diminishing returns on adding more seasons.

No one is going to start watching Spice & Wolf in season 3.

So unless the anime studio really wants to produce it (because they think it will still make a profit or for whatever other reason) or the manga publisher really wants a season 3 to be made, it just probably won't happen.

Memor-X

@LoganM must not be that bad for Naruto and One Piece (and Fairy Tail)

@ton.yeung just be sure to check your chocobos after it's done, they may have laid some eggs

Logan M

4:45 AM

@Memor-X The model is completely different for long-running anime like that. Those make their profits primarily off TV sponsorships and advertisements, the same way that most shows make a profit in most other places in the world.

I don't think Naruto or One Piece is getting rich off Blu-ray sales.

I'm pretty sure all the big shounen titles have under 1k sales per volume. That might not even cover the voice acting.

How much did it cost them?

That's rather high. Usually an episode is something like 100-200k. Unless they were going for really high production values, I doubt it costed that much.

But I thought Little Witch Academia 2 was supposed to be 40 minutes.

In which case, 500k is still very high, but more believable.

Memor-X

well, the whole "Shut up and take my money" thing seems to work for Unfotable

Logan M

One thing about Kickstarter is that it sometimes leads to overfunding. I suspect that's happening here.

Memor-X

though that's just from seeing Kara no Kyoukai, Fate/Zero and bits of Unlimited Blade Works

Logan M

5:00 AM

@Memor-X ufotable is pretty absurd. Their costs must be through the roof.

bjb568

@LoganM esp when funding potato salad

Logan M

But they probably still make money, since anything remotely related to Type-Moon is guaranteed to sell way more than any sensible person would expect.

Memor-X

@LoganM Unfoatble's motto - keep throwing money at it until it's good

2

seriously, how much more does Unfoatble spend than other studios like SHAFT

Logan M

Well, they do primarily do movies, so it isn't that much of a surprise.

The few TV series I've seen by them were basically produced as if they were movies as well.

Taisho

Logan M

5:05 AM

Speaking of ufotable, I wonder if God Eater will be any good.

Septian Primadewa

if looking from game's opening CG, it will be good..

Logan M

Judging an anime by the game's CG is nonsense though.

Septian Primadewa

LOL

Logan M

Anyway it will probably have production values through the roof.

Septian Primadewa

5:21 AM

FATE UBW quality anime? yes please

Logan M

Yes, the quality is good, but I have to wonder whether this particular series is the right choice.

It isn't as if anyone needed yet another anime adaptation of F/SN. Everyone who likes it read the VN years ago.

Septian Primadewa

GE pretty popular in Japan

Logan M

Yes, it's popular.

What I'm saying is that something being popular means it already has an established fanbase.

Which is good, but if you aren't in that fanbase, it may end up not being particularly good.

So while they'll probably make money off it, from my perspective it's not necessarily going to be any good.

Septian Primadewa

Lets just hoping they start the anime from the very begining

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

@ton.yeung I'm in a bad spot

@ton.yeung it's not that easy...

need to stop time or send d-mail

Sakamoto

6:08 AM

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Q: List of the series of the manga and anime that 's difference (or similar)?

Hi I notice that there are some manga/anime that difference from each other (Akame Ga Kill, Claymore, Full metal Alchemist,..) as well as some manga/anime that are both similar ( One piece, Dragonball,...) I want to read manga and watch anime if they are differnece from each other and just watch ...

one-piece

Sakamoto

6:18 AM

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Q: In Deadman Wonderland, the Red Man is supposed to be Ganta's childhood hero, Ace Man?

I barely watch Deadman Wonderland two months ago, when I watch the first episode on Adult Swim. I saw the Red Man kill Ganta's classmates and other episode Shiro was passed out in dark basement with this older gentle man. As soon Shiro wake up it wasn’t her, she was a different person and she gra...

deadman-wonderland

Hakase

can we consider this the end of Stackagochi and remove those pins?

nhahtdh

@Hakase: Feel free to do so

We are 6 internet ahead of the runner up anyway

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

I think everyone stopped playing/caring

Asada Shino

Nyanpasu~

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

@AsadaShino nyan pass where

Asada Shino

6:32 AM

:3

nhahtdh

to /dev/null

jk

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ I still have my bot running, lol

But I do think we should restore our star list to what it was

Logan M

If we're up by 6, and there's presumably less than 6 hours left (assuming they use UTC-12 midnight as the stop time), the runners-up couldn't even realistically catch up if we stopped right now.

(not that I plan on stopping; this was never really about winning so much as getting as high as possible).

In case anyone is still interested, Code Golf has a bot that pretty consistently gets 235-day wins now. Not sure they're actually using it though.

ʞɹɐzǝɹ

that's pretty impressive

nhahtdh

@LoganM If they use it, they will save around 20 minutes per win, still not enough, though

Logan M

I think 210s is possible with really good strategy.

(and some luck)

nhahtdh

6:38 AM

Is there any luck involved?

Logan M

Seems to be at least a little bit. We don't get the exact same times each run.

nhahtdh

Hm...

Logan M

@nhahtdh Yeah, 235 vs 280 is not a huge advantage. They'd need almost 21 runs just to overcome a 4-win lead.

And each run still takes over an hour at that pace.

Sakurai Tomoko

7:16 AM

nyanpasu~

Hakase

pannyasu

Sakurai Tomoko

Pancake = Pantsu Cake

pancat

7:31 AM

pancatsu

Sakamoto

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Q: Neon Genesis Evangelion ending

Are the endings: 1) Shown in the series 2) Shown in the 3rd movie different/alternate or are they same but in different places?

neon-genesis-evangelion

Madara Uchiha

@Hakase what do you think?

Hakase

nice star icon!

Asada Shino

:o

Fanshee

Hakase

but that shadow… maybe make it 0px 0px 1.5px black or something so that it looks like outline instead of a shadow

Madara Uchiha

7:44 AM

@Hakase Not prominent enough methinks

Hakase

hmm

Madara Uchiha

text-shadow:    -1px -1px 0 #000,
                 1px -1px 0 #000,
                -1px  1px 0 #000,
                 1px  1px 0 #000;

Doesn't work well either

Frosteeze

is it possible to have the star not on top of the picture? like beside it somehow

Madara Uchiha

@Frosteeze Not enough space

Gao Weiwei

@MadaraUchiha What is this for?

Hakase

7:50 AM

how about this

text-shadow: 0px 0px 2.5px black, 0px 0px 2.5px black, 0px 0px 2.5px black, 0px 0px 2.5px black;

Madara Uchiha

@Hakase I think I've got it

Hakase

it's a bit overkill but it might just be the only way to get an ok outline

oh nice

Madara Uchiha

Now it's fairly readable

Hakase

does there have to be that zoom effect?

I think the number of stars doesn't really matter when they're already displayed either

I'd hide the star icon and counter by default and show only on hover

Madara Uchiha

@Hakase That's possible

Let me commit the changes so far

Hakase

7:53 AM

well of course it is :p

opacity 0 and 1 on hover

Logan M

@Hakase Is this putting the full-size image into the side-bar if I use it in conjunction with the thumbnail script?

At the moment the one I'm seeing over there seems to be the original.

Hakase

with combination with unthumbnailing script it's replacing with fullsize image

Logan M

Should probably change that if possible, considering some of the images are rather large.

I don't know if that's easy or not though.

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