It's... um.... a start....

I really wish I took web design so I could help out.

lol that'd be great xD

Web design isn't the problem, it's template and typing, lol.

We only started inputting information yesterday after setting up the HTML's and plugins, so it'll look dry and empty, but if you click reviews, then any link besides Okamisan *Fell asleep while doing it lol* then you'll see the format in which reviews will be organized and shared, and we have several ideas to expand it further, we just want to finish filling in the list and make all the pages.

I already created an account, but uh.... It still has some refining to do. Also, what's with the profile pictures? The picture I wanna use exceeds the limit or something. I'll probably revisit in a little while once it gets running. What's the point anyway? Is it supposed to be a large database like MAL?

Koufuku Graffiti, (Gourmet Girl Graffiti)
Oh boy, am I glad I get to tell you about this one. I guess one might say it was a relatively mediocre slice-of-life let's watch all of these cute girls do cute things anime. Or, you could say it is everything any anime really needs:

A) Lesbians... Maybe. (Definitely).
B) Food ****. Flat out orgasmic eating here.
C) Shaft. The studio, not what I'm sporting while watching it. Well, sometimes.

Serious talk though. Despite it not really doing anything to stand out when compared to a lot of other works, I found myself highly enjoying Koufuku Graffiti. Maybe it was the relaxing atmosphere. Maybe it was Ryou's soothing voice. Maybe it was all of the foodgasming. Actually, it probably wasn't that. Despite that being the main draw of the series, (aside from the whole "maybe lesbians" thing) the erotic eating actually started to be too drawn out.

Being Shaft you know that the art, and animation was top notch with a masterful use of the color palette, but what really stood out of me was the sound direction. Not the music, but the actual sound itself. Whoever chose to make Kirin have those bubbly footsteps should be given a ******* medal. Nothing too memorable OP/ED wise, but the ending after the ED during what might be a preview? I dunno, I didn't really pay too much attention. Anyway, during that part they have the absolutely most adorable song/animation segment.

Overall, Koufuku Graffiti is well worth a watch. With a heavy emphasis on relationships, and feelings of loneliness, and insecurity it does have it's touching moments. By the end I was almost tearing up.

I already created an account, but uh.... It still has some refining to do. Also, what's with the profile pictures? The picture I wanna use exceeds the limit or something. I'll probably revisit in a little while once it gets running. What's the point anyway? Is it supposed to be a large database like MAL?

Question: how many video game light novel/manga/animes are out there?

Examples:
.hack//Sign
Log Horizon
No Game No Life
Sword Art Online
The Rise of the Shield Hero

Requirements: Essentially, living in the video game world, either naturally (Log, NGNL, Shield) or artificially (.hack, SAO). Cannot be a game in the real world taken from a video game (example: BTOOOM).

Roots of the idea can be from any media (.hack was originally a video game I believe, the rest are from web novels or light novels).

beyond the boundary and the movies

http://www.animegrinder.com

We ditched the home page till we can get a graphics designer, at which point a news section will be added that'll update a long with MAL, ANN, and CR.

We also set up an 'editor' rank to anyone who wants to add to the site. The template to create pages is available to copy and paste, then you just fill in the blanks and add images - wallah, you've just expanded the site.

EDIT: You may need to register wit the forums to make the account.

EDIT2: problem found and fixed, registry is now possible.

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!!!!!! A!!!! MOMENT!!!!

Renovations made to make the site look more attractive. Banner was created and submitted by VAHZZ, great job on it.

I'm already enjoying having our own forums. Fixes on the Karma system will come SoonTM

Renovations made to make the site look more attractive. Banner was created and submitted by VAHZZ, great job on it.

I'm already enjoying having our own forums. Fixes on the Karma system will come SoonTM

Very nice. Enjoying the evolution of the website.

Side notes: Will you be giving out elevated positions to some of us? I wouldn't mind being a moderator, if that isn't too much to ask for.

Also, what's the difference between CodeMirror and TinyMCE?

I'd also be careful of allowing some pictures such as gifs. The last thing I need is to have a page that reminds me of MySpace and epilepsy. Maybe signature limits?

Signature limits will be in placed at a later time, people do tend to go crazy with them and just spam a huge signature, which makes threads looks very chaotic.

as for ranks - yes, there's a level of trust already built between all of us, so ranks for the forums will be given out as needed. There's even separate ranks for the website for those who want to contribute further. Neither ranks will allow much power outside of deleting articles, kicking, and banning. Random, useless do nothing ranks can be created too, just for title purposes.

as for your question, Code can be used as a plugin for tiny, one works with HTML, the other Java, so they tend to work compatibly.

but i honestly know very little about it, our web master would have more information.

Avatars are being looked into, it seems the default setting is something like 32x32 or 50x50, we'll be checking to see if we can't increase the size.

. Don't know of any useless/witty rank off the top of my head, but good to know they can be done. I may want something like that, if I can manage to think of a good one. .

Actually, I've got mine up to 200x200. I'll tinker around and push the limit to find out the actual limit for the Avatars.

Vahzz

Aliases:
The Humanoid Cyclone Typhoon (gaston)
The one who skates through your dreams (mandoza)
Stupid eel (sir raven wing)
Shitstain (myself, GJR, Cat)
The **** (the entire forums)
King of **** (everybody knows my rightful place, long live the king)

whos cat?

Accel World comes up again. This time I get a bit of a preview. Interesting that it comes from the same mangaka as SAO. Again, on the watch list.

Aahhh... I was hoping to stay away from DanMachi. It's great, but it atttempts to say it's a game, when really it's more like a Mythological adventure with side elements of a gaming terms and a descending level dungeon. But it does meet criteria in a sense. (Also, having the same VA as Kirito from SAO didn't help because the main character sounds EXACTLY like Kirito with a slightly higher pitch. I couldn't get the image of Kirito out of my head as it attempted to establish our main character, whose name I barely remember as Bell Cranel.)

Rewinding a bit to .hack, I remembered why I dropped it now: The pacing was so slow, I pretty much fell asleep and had to rewind a couple of times just to understand what was going on. That and I felt like I wasn't going in chronological order the further in I watched it. I'll attempt to pick it back up.

*sigh* Btoom came up. Again, I would classify that as "survival" than "video game". And while our character come from playing the video game, the fact that it is in the real world ticks it off my list.

Ah, that really long name of a show (I think it's "Problem Children Are Coming From Another World?" and what - how did I even remember that?). Now this show and NGNL are really really similar, more than Children is to SAO. Which is funny because this made the list, but NGNL was "Honorable Mention". Ok...

Speaking of Honorable Mentions...

Zero no Tsukaima? What? The only thing similar is that he was portaled into another world, but just randomly sucked to it for no reason beyond "I summoned a familiar". Which is pretty much a really sloppy way of bringing a main character into this fantasy world, in my opinion. Also note, fantasy world, not video game world.

NGNL. Read Children above.

Mirai Nikki. Haven't heard. Research required.

Guilty Crown. I know of the video game, but I didn't know they made an anime. But then Street Fighter and Tekken animes should have made this list of honorable mentions as well... ah well...

Angel Beats? What? There's more in common with Haruhi than anything close to SAO...

Fate/Zero. Fate/Stay Night. Just basically any Fate series (yes, including Prisma) are more related to Btoom than SAO.

Druga. Same as Mirai.

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Anyways, thank's for the video. Helped me remember Children, but I'm still sketchy on DanMachi. It gets plus points for Hestia, but again, mythological adventure rather than video games imo.

Don't forget actual avatars. Though, DUST forums may or may not get the chance to change forum pictures in the near future.

I have said too much.