Reference Resource Mondays: Is It Back, Or Is It Back For You?

Posted on the 01 December 2014 by Kaminomi @OrganizationASG

Welp, I said RRM would be back on the first day of December. So of course it’s back on the first day of December…and not looking all that different? Well, you’ll have to be the judge of that, but otherwise, my grand plan of watching some of the anime that I missed is not going nearly as well as I had hoped, especially with work hours being a bit crazy at the moment, so I’ll be doing most of my watching now. I’ve temporarily dropped everything that’s continuing on to next season. Will probably not do any interviews until I finish some anime (or maybe will start next year) from 2014. I did record a CR Manga Box video. I hope I can get that ready for this week. Otherwise, expect some projects and something involving an anime list occuring down the stretch in December.

Anyways, without further review, here’s the return of RRM.

2 For 2

“Organization ASG’s Looking For Writers“

And of course I start things off with a shameless plug! Yep, we’re in the market for writers, in case you missed it earlier today. I’m only using this space to point out that I don’t necessarily have a cap for most of the positions. If I think we’re good for certain aspects, then that’ll be all. I guess I can say that I won’t be having 7 writers for the anime feature position, that is for sure! But if we get some really good writers, or those that have potential, hard to really turn that down.

Anyways, if you’d like to write for this blog, just go click the link and go from there. Now, onto actual tidings from the internet…

“My Confession as an Anime Fan“

Let’s just say Jess has one of the most superficial confessions as an anime fan, ever. That’s not a shocking confession! I think everyone values look whenever they want to check an anime out — god knows how many did it for Flowers of Evil — so I don’t see it as a confession, honestly. But I guess that’s her reason, and why she immediately regretted watching Nisekoi. (I can only laugh.)

But that made me think: what exactly would I confess as an anime fan? Not much now that I think about it, except probably only one thing:

I don’t actually mind fanservice in an anime.

There’s definitely been an increase of complaints about that in recent years. To be fair, it’s been justified. The problem is that it ultimately is the be all end all. My only end all is whether or not the anime is actually entertaining. Most shows where bewbs and boys who have girls fall for them like it’s hot manage to be sleep inducing. “But it’s fantasy” is something that’s been used, and more often than not, I can buy that. But let me know of a fanservice anime where it’s actually entertaining, and we can actually talk. For now though, I don’t have an issue with anime that feature fanservice.

I guess that makes me too simple.

Other Posts You Should Read

  • Kaze talks about Visual Novels and while a good amount is pretty much not for everybody in the West, Sekai Project is doing what they can to bring some edited ones over, specifically Grisala.
  • Frog-kun essentially calls out some RC people (specially those that comment) for being shitty.
  • In one of the weirdest things I’ve learned this year, Tomino’s daughter (who lives in the Netherlands) apparently choreographed the eyecatches in Gundam: Reconquista in G.
  • Since I have to take a train to work, I can only go “Meh” at how it is in Tokyo.

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