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 No.1[Reply]

Welcome to Sushichan!

Original Samachan.org migration discussion thread at >>>/yakuza/776

This board was made to handle some of the discussion topics that were common on Samachan but not so common on Sushichan. Japanese and Otaku culture as well as Anime-related discussions can go in this board, whether you were originally from Samachan or not. In addition, if you are from Samachan and you're not sure if your topic would fit in one of our other boards, you can post it here. If the moderators think it would be a better fit for another part of the site, it might get moved.

Sushichan Guidelines
* Read the rules! Also take a minute to look around.
* All conversations should be comfy and use polite language.
* Less comfy conversations (within reason) can be had in /hell/.
* NSFW content goes in /lewd/. Keep 3D threads in /lewd/ to a minimum.
* Site meta discussion goes in /yakuza/.
* The /culture/ board is mostly for literature and artwork, despite the name.
* Cute stuff goes in /kawaii/, but it is an SFW board.
* The /arcade/ board has been expanded to include all kinds of games, including tabletop.
* Keep most Japan / Otaku / Anime related topics within this board.

 No.255

Archived copy of Yuno's goodbye message that was posted on Samachan.org before the 4chan redirect: https://web.archive.org/web/20200517154448/https://samachan.org/



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 No.8381[Reply]

Back in the day, it was really difficult to acquire otaku media. This gave rise to countless fan groups of dedicated individuals ready to get into legal trouble, so that others can enjoy anime and games from Japan. Most of these subber and warez groups disappeared over time, as anime blew up outside Japan and became more available. Some of them even transformed into law-abiding publishers, continuing their efforts with less risk and less freedom. Streaming services really brought anime to the masses. Nowadays some series even get released the same or the next day they air in Japan, making the service comparable to bleeding edge fansub groups, that competed among themselves to be the first to drop the next episode of Naruto.

That said, I still prefer piracy over other options. You get the benefits of
- enjoying free stuff
- not feeling bad about getting something, you didn't enjoy
- more often than not superior quality, translation, encoding
- freedom from time and location limits of service providers
- security of owning the data on your hard drive
- feeling good, when finally paying for a series you previously pirated, but enjoyed so much, you wanted to give back
- finding stuff, that is still unavailable through legal purchases
- better compatibility through patches, hacks, jailbreaks (with games)

What is your stance on the matter?

 No.8382

>>8381
>more often than not superior quality, translation, encoding
quality: Maybe. Even waiting months for the BD rips isn't that much better than high tier web broadcasts now.
encoding: Yes
translation: Big yikes. Outside of exceptions of super popular media that still gets fan redoes, and unpopular media that never gets an official TL to begin with.

 No.8383

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It really feels like that era of speedsubs from 07-13(?) pioneered by groups like [gg] were a golden time that we are never going to have again. I don't really mind that though, since I'm not really interested in modern anime and in return a lot of the people who would have fallen into that scene now work on game fan translations which are in their own golden age at the moment.

 No.8384

I miss all the fansub groups, but with less anime I'm interested in coming out, it's mostly just a general regret that fansubbing is pretty dead than anything that affects me much.
It seems like most releases now are either direct rips from official subs or minor edits and I think that's a shame since they're subject to corporate rules that may tone things down a bit to be more PC at the expense of humor. You don't get translator notes anymore and more often than not, the translation is localized, which I've never understood. I'm watching Japanese media, so why do the tls act like I want to avoid honorifics or Japanese names for food and such?

My habit of downloading things payed off when mangadex got hit a few months back. I really hate the way everyone flocks to one major platform like that for their releases instead of having a blog and DDL links. It's convenient but it's also a huge liability and you'd think more people would realize the downsides of centralizing pirated content.

Some of OP's points don't apply to music, but I wish new or smaller vocaloid releases were easier to get. I buy and upload what I can, but I've found only limited options and a lot of less popular stuff just isn't available.

 No.8385

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>>8383
I'd put it more like 2002 to 2010. When bittorrent trackers were available for easy mass distribution, but before official subs became commonplace. The glory days of Scarywater and AnimeSuki.

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>>8381

I've got no way of paying for streaming services or dvd's, so piracy has always been my only option

I used to frequent a site called Animeflv when I first started to get interested in anime. Awful but really fond memories come from that site xaxaxaxa

Bad quality uploads, crunchy audio and awful subtitles. It really was charming

I'll probably keep on sailing for the rest of my life, because most content on this side of the world is unavailable to watch on crunchyroll or whatever



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 No.8359[Reply]

What's the etiquette on anime phone wallpapers?

After all, if people would mind their own business, they'd never be looking at your phone to begin with. But it is something you might be bringing out in public areas, so maybe ecchi/guro type content is inappropriate? Or should you avoid anime images altogether so you don't get associated as one of those depraved otaku types?
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 No.8369

>>8368
It's probably just a gallery image.

 No.8370

>>8366
topkek
>sauce

I have an anime wallpaper but it's pretty tame. Just Sayaka from Madoka Magica. Anime is incredibly popular these days.

 No.8371

>>8370
>topkek
4chan still dead, eh?

 No.8377

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>>8371
It's up. Have an anime wallpaper, sushi.

 No.8487

>>8359

As long as you don't put anything pervy or waaay too colorful, you'll probably be OK.

Having a wallpaper of Chainsaw Man is not the same as having one from a slice of life show, like for example, K-ON

That said, from personal experience, I've found that people will first look at your physique and demeanor, and then attribute more traits to you, based on your wallpaper. (Without the wallpaper being the focal point but rather, an extension of who they think you are)

I'll give an example

Back when I was in highschool, there was this guy that not a single person in my classroom liked (Me Incluided)

He wasn't BAD or anything; just a very akward person to be around..
He made unfunny jokes, said stupid stuff in the wrong moments, made reaaally weird remarks to the girls of the classroom and also, ranted about his life in a very dramatic and simplistic way whenever he was given the chance to do so

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 No.8439[Reply]

You're welcome (^ヮ^)/
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 No.8474

>>8473
animators playing 3D chess while we're playing checkers

Also >>8471 is being bankrolled by scamco? I might have to watch just to see what happens. Can't wait for them to pay JC Staff to divert all their best animators to this gacha show and let OPM quality suffer instead.

 No.8475

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Hercule cut her hair and is out for revenge I guess.

 No.8484

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>survive a suicide or maybe murder attempt
>suffer brain damage resulting in memory loss (but memories are depressing so this makes you a happier person)
>finally get the courage to talk to the gay man you've been stalking (you can tell he's gay because of his geometry emissions)

Debu OL is looking pretty good.

 No.8485

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me on the left

 No.8486

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wow this guy's just like me



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 No.7971[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

>>6517
Last thread hit the bump limit.

Stream starts every Saturday at 20:00 UTC or 21:00 UTC depending on daylight savings time (16:00 EDT/13:00 PDT). See each week's announcement for the UTC time.
https://cytu.be/r/SushiStream

We usually watch one older show as a "main feature" as well as keep up with several currently airing shows as voted on by the community. We'd love for you to drop by!

Things we've watched before: https://pastebin.com/pgK1NFDJ
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 No.8479

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>>8477
Roll over so nurse golshi can take your temperature.

 No.8480

Looking forward to the stream!

 No.8481

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>>8478
Aw, thank you sushi

>>8479
G-Golshi-chama, my heart isn't ready for that kind of thing yet… C-Could you take me to dinner first at least!

 No.8482

I'm still a bit sick but I'll try to stream as much as I can tonight

 No.8483

Thanks for the stream! I look forward to the next one!



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 No.7693[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

The 27th anniversary of Hunter x Hunter's first chapter has passed by recently, and I thought it might be a fun idea to stream the 1999 anime series.

Stream link: https://cytu.be/r/GreedIsland

The stream will officially begin on March 13th, 20:00 UTC. See you there!
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somthing came up can't make it 2morow

 No.8452

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>>8451
Accidentally read this standing up, almost threw out my back.

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Today's stream is moved to Sunday, 21:00 UTC.

 No.8455

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>>8454
sorry to hear that tch…

 No.8476

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We are currently watching HxH, episodes 104-107 of the 2011 series! Join us at:
https://cytu.be/r/GreedIsland



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 No.7848[Reply]

Recommend me some good BL sushis
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 No.8460

>>8459
…There's also Banana Fish which is very explicitly BL but it's less about the romance, although it's there… And The Summer Hikaru Died is also BL but it's even less about the romance I think, I actually haven't watched it yet… I watched Devilman though, there's definitely some BL there, but it seems unrequited (I recommend watching the OVA Devilman The Birth over Devilman Crybaby because Ryo has actual feelings in the original and… actually, the original manga is best, it's not too long I think, some of the spin-offs are gayer than others: I think Crybaby just ended up too far away from the source material and the BL stuff between the main characters wasn't as good as in the original imo).
For explicitly BL romance anime, I think Given seems pretty good, but I've only read volume 1 so far (seems tragic but in a good way). I've heard from people that Doukyuusei is the most realistic BL they've seen, but I haven't watched it yet, so idk.


…Really, I mostly know really really old BLs, like Junjou Romantica (kinda problematic because of the assault stuff, but it has some nice romance drama too; the show is about 3 different romances so you could theoretically skim the episodes of the ones you don't like, but there is a bit overlap…), Sekaiichi Hatsukoi (very similar to Junjou Romantica, just a bit less problematic), Hybrid Child (sad short stories I think), Kizuna (even older than Junjou, there's assault stuff, not good, but I think they also had some interesting glimpses into the era and stuff), Fake (similar vibe as Kizuna, same problems ig), Kachou no Koi (has some assault stuff too but otherwise it's friggin hilarious), Sukisho (has many silly episodes even though the story's probably supposed to be more tragic since it's about a guy with amnesia finding that he has multiple personality disorder and his other personality is romancing another guy who also has the same thing and stuff and there's some mystery and all; also I think it's funny that there's not a single woman in this entire anime, if you think you see one, no, that's also a man lol), Ai no Kusabi (I watched both the old version and the remake, it's mostly tragedy and sci-fi with some cool visuals, but I found it a bit confusing, it has so much assault and slavery in it tho, it's so bad, not as terrible as Maiden Rose but it's hard to recommPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

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>>7848
>>8460
After writing all this, I belatedly realised that you never specified that it had to be anime actually, so BL manga could be fine?
I do have a small list of BL manga I liked and was going to re-read or check for updates, with descriptions I wrote for myself, I hope that's ok:
https://myreadingmanga.info/hino-youhe-kimi-no-gin-no-ashi-eng/
[HINO Youhe] Kimi no Gin no Ashi (ex-pianist traveler meets dutch amputee para snowboarding star)

https://myreadingmanga.info/yuukura-aki-karasugaoka-dont-be-shy-eng/
https://myreadingmanga.info/yuukura-aki-karasugaoka-dont-be-shy-volume-2-eng/
[YUUKURA Aki] Karasugaoka Don't be shy!! (Delinquent Justice Gang Leaders having a comedy romance, mc is a very cute tsundere)

https://myreadingmanga.info/syundei-ganbare-nakamura-kun-eng/
https://myreadingmanga.info/syundei-motto-ganbare-nakamura-kun-eng/
[Syundei] Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!! (school romantic comedy with beautiful homage to old artstyle and gags)

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 No.8462

>>8162
Fudanshi exist, the author of Tougen Anki is one. I'm a fujo, but I know fudanshi irl, most of them gay or bi. Isn't it natural to want to read about people like yourself? Although I personally mostly started reading BL to avoid the misogyny I found in the shoujo romances I picked up as a kid at my library and also because I wanted to see men being more cute or submissive or at the very least not at all abusive to their gfs and that was harder to find than just reading BL where, even if there is abuse, I at least don't feel like I have to identify with the person who's being abused all the time (I did find some actually good and cute shoujos later, but by then I'd already started reading BL lol, it's good). Nowadays I read more korean jousei romance webtoons tbh but I still like BL, good romance is good romance.

 No.8464

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>>8459
Speaking of SK∞, S2 when? It's been years since they announced it was greenlit and nothing yet.

 No.8466

>>8464
I checked out its twitter account and it still says only that it's greenlit https://x.com/sk8_project while the news on the official website talk mostly about some OVA https://sk8-project.com/news/?p=1
Plenty of time for me to watch S1 before they even announce the release date of S2 I guess. You have my condolences though…



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 No.8348[Reply]

remember when we had a thread for currently airing anime? no wonders no one wants to post here anymore with this mod team… anyway i liek clevatess
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 No.8429

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only one way to settle this

 No.8430

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how do we feel about tomboys?

 No.8431

>>8430
lol
I missed those comments.

Tomboys should be respected, not shamed.

 No.8432

>>8431
A respectful board. Good to know there's no gross fetishizing otaku here.

 No.8444

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DO NOT touch the Chisa.



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 No.8393[Reply]

nice pantsu bro
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 No.8422

The anime called Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express will end in about four (4) days. This anime will be missed.

 No.8423

didnt realise this got an anime, i loved the short

 No.8425

>>8423
It's still pretty short, eps are around 3 minutes each

 No.8433

How do you feel about the ending?

The humor veered more towards slapstick than deadpan, i wanted more of the same and it was new but fun nonetheless.

 No.8436

>>8433
It was fun



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 No.6208[Reply]

20th anniversary soon
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 No.8104

I think railgun is a pretty cool guy eh shoots coins and doesn't afraid of anything

 No.8160

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Still wearing shorts underneath

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>>8160
Perfection…
That outfit is based on Itsuwa's fairy maid costume
Misaki is also getting a figure based on Kanzaki

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the future is now

 No.8424

>>8102
Feeling a little parched all of a sudden…



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