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0|0|0|||||Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|mdg1||12:46:14|04/23/2017|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Apr-23-17 AT 12:46 PM (EDT)]Seriously%2C look at this premise.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The series is about a high school student who becomes involved in a battle between several characters from manga%2C anime and video games who somehow appear in the real world.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AMore here%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fnew-anime-re-creators-asks-what-if-anime-was-real-1794507914
1|1|0|||||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|Berk||19:33:25|04/26/2017|Magical redheaded swordswoman from popular fantasy novel series moves in with creator.%0D%0A%0D%0APlayed for drama.
2|1|0|||||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|BLUE||09:35:23|04/27/2017|Considering I would have to sign up for Prime%2C and then pay extra for Anime Strike...going to skip this one. I already have Netflix%2C Hulu%2C and VRV. I don%27t need to add %2416 a month to my bill. And I don%27t use Amazon enough to justify getting Prime for that purpose. I hate the business model Amazon seems to be%2Coperating off of...
3|2|2|||||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|Kendra Kirai||11:02:09|04/27/2017|There are other ways to WATCH a CARTOON ONLINE if you know where to look. %0D%0A%0D%0ACoughcough.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C amazon having their own exclusive shows is goddamn terrible.  %0D%0A%0D%0AAlso also%2C screw VRV and screw Hulu%2C neither of which are in Canada anyway. %28well%2C I%27m not sure about VRV but Hulu definitely isn%27t. Also screw Hulu for showing ads even if you pay them to use their service. That%27s bullshit.%29
4|3|3|||||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|BLUE||12:20:49|04/27/2017|I like VRV%2C even if their app needs work. I get Funimation%2C Rooster Teeth%2C Cartoon Hangover%2C Crunchyroll%2C and a couple others for %242 more than CR by itself. Sorry that Canada hasn%27t caught up with the modern world%2C I guess.
5|2|2|||1||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|Gryphon||12:44:21|04/27/2017|%3EI hate the business model Amazon seems to be%2Coperating off of... %0D%0A%0D%0A... Either having practically everything in the universe or knowing where they can get it%2C and delivering most of it to customers in a sharpish fashion%3F  Yes%2C how dare they.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey%27re basically the Sears%2C Roebuck of the early 21st century.  Which is an interesting glimpse into the changing attitudes toward Retail Giants and what they do to get that way%2C because when Sears did the 100-years-ago equivalent of what Amazon does now%2C people sure as shit didn%27t hate on them for it.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
6|3|5|||||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|Berk||16:47:49|04/27/2017|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Apr-27-17 AT 04:48 PM (EDT)]I have no quarrel with Amazon making it so that I don%27t have to trundle off to Sears or pour through a seasonal catalog to see what%27s new.%0D%0A%0D%0ATheir impact on malls has been surprising%2C but more in the sheer magnitude of the change than anything else.
7|3|5|||||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|BLUE||20:21:11|04/27/2017|%3E%3EI hate the business model Amazon seems to be%2Coperating off of... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E... Either having practically everything in the universe or knowing %0D%0A%3Ewhere they can get it%2C and delivering most of it to customers in a %0D%0A%3Esharpish fashion%3F  Yes%2C how dare they. %0D%0A%0D%0ASee%2C I LIKE going into stores%2C getting my hands on the thing%2C and so forth. I hate ordering things online. The only things I order online are things I can%27t GET anywhere else. I live in a decent sized metro area for a REASON%2C and the ability to go into stores and get what i want is one of them. I know its the old way of doing things%2C but its what I like.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThey%27re basically the Sears%2C Roebuck of the early 21st century.  Which %0D%0A%3Eis an interesting glimpse into the changing attitudes toward Retail %0D%0A%3EGiants and what they do to get that way%2C because when Sears did the %0D%0A%3E100-years-ago equivalent of what Amazon does now%2C people sure as shit %0D%0A%3Edidn%27t hate on them for it. %0D%0A%0D%0AI didn%27t like ordering things from catalogues%2C either.%0D%0AWhat upsets me about Anime Strike is that I have to buy a service I don%27t really want%2C Amazon Prime%2C and then have to tack on the service I do want for MORE MONEY. And them having exclusives is even more of a pain. If my brother still had his Prime account%2C I might be willing to pay the extra fee%2C but %2416 per month for access to the 2 or 3 shows I want is very steep. Especially as I live in Ohio and the amount of facilities Amazon has in Ohio now means I pay taxes on Amazon stuff because its considered in-state %28or will be considered in-state shortly%29%2C which is just icing on the cake.%0D%0AI realize I%27m not the typical Amazon target customer. And that part of my dislike is a general dislike for %22exclusive content%22. It just rubs me the wrong way.%0D%0A
8|4|7|||1||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|Gryphon||20:59:56|04/27/2017|%3E%3E%3EI hate the business model Amazon seems to be%2Coperating off of... %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E... Either having practically everything in the universe or knowing %0D%0A%3E%3Ewhere they can get it%2C and delivering most of it to customers in a %0D%0A%3E%3Esharpish fashion%3F  Yes%2C how dare they. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ESee%2C I LIKE going into stores%2C getting my hands on the thing%2C and so %0D%0A%3Eforth.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo do I%21  But I live an hour and a half from the nearest town big enough to have a movie theater%2C let alone 30-to-50%25-decent retail%2C and for anything %5Bi%5Dreally%5B%2Fi%5D interesting%2C I%27d have to leave the state.  It%27s great that you don%27t%2C but%2C well.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWhat upsets me about Anime Strike is that I have to buy a service I %0D%0A%3Edon%27t really want%2C Amazon Prime%2C and then have to tack on the service %0D%0A%3EI do want for MORE MONEY.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe hell of it from Amazon%27s perspective is if they did it the other way%2C they%27d have Prime subscribers who aren%27t interested in streaming anime bitching that part of their Prime fees are going to something they%27re Never Gonna Use.  They get the tsuris either way.  I%27m not going to pretend they%27re in any way altruistic%2C they are an enormous corporation with an eye toward maximizing profit%2C but there are other factors in play.  They%27ve gotta play the percentages.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%2416 per month for access to the 2 or 3 shows I %0D%0A%3Ewant is very steep.%0D%0A%0D%0ACompared to %2420-%2430 per disc with three or four episodes on it%3F  Or that much per VHS cassette with %5Bi%5Done%5B%2Fi%5D episode on it%2C if you%27re old enough to remember those days%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI mean%2C I get that if you%27re in a place in life where %2416 is a lot of money%2C then it%27s a lot of money%2C full stop.  I%27m lucky enough not to be there right now myself%2C but I was recently enough that I can remember how much it sucked.  Relatively speaking within the context of the business%2C though%2C it%27s not exactly daylight robbery.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28The hundred bucks a year for Prime definitely is if you%27re not actually using its core services.  I will not dispute that.  I happen to use the %5Bi%5Dshit%5B%2Fi%5D out of it and come out well ahead in any given year%2C because I live in the ass-end of nowhere as previously described.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EEspecially as I live in Ohio and the amount of %0D%0A%3Efacilities Amazon has in Ohio now means I pay taxes on Amazon stuff %0D%0A%3Ebecause its considered in-state %28or will be considered in-state %0D%0A%3Eshortly%29%2C which is just icing on the cake. %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C that%27s a pain.  One of the backhanded advantages of living in a state where business doesn%27t happen%2C I suppose.  Maine nominally has a compensatory tax residents are supposed to pay on out-of-state mail-order purchases that would have been taxable if they had bought the same item within the state%2C but as far as I am aware%2C no one ever bothers to do the accounting required to know what it ought to be%2C particularly as it is virtually unenforceable.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI realize I%27m not the typical Amazon target customer. And that part of %0D%0A%3Emy dislike is a general dislike for %22exclusive content%22. It just rubs %0D%0A%3Eme the wrong way. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C no argument there.  I%27m still annoyed about a few of the games that were only available on Playstation 2%2C and that was 250 million video-game-industry years ago. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
11|5|8|||||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|BLUE||23:53:50|04/28/2017|%3E%3ESee%2C I LIKE going into stores%2C getting my hands on the thing%2C and so %0D%0A%3E%3Eforth.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ESo do I%21  But I live an hour and a half from the nearest town big %0D%0A%3Eenough to have a movie theater%2C let alone 30-to-50%25-decent retail%2C and %0D%0A%3Efor anything %5Bi%5Dreally%5B%2Fi%5D interesting%2C I%27d have to leave the state.  %0D%0A%3EIt%27s great that you don%27t%2C but%2C well. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0AMy point to living in a city.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThe hell of it from Amazon%27s perspective is if they did it the other %0D%0A%3Eway%2C they%27d have Prime subscribers who aren%27t interested in streaming %0D%0A%3Eanime bitching that part of their Prime fees are going to something %0D%0A%3Ethey%27re Never Gonna Use.  They get the tsuris either way.  I%27m not %0D%0A%3Egoing to pretend they%27re in any way altruistic%2C they are an enormous %0D%0A%3Ecorporation with an eye toward maximizing profit%2C but there are other %0D%0A%3Efactors in play.  They%27ve gotta play the percentages. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AYeah I get that. I%27m sure Hulu and Netflix users are the same way%2C to a certain extent. Hulu doesnt have any exclusive content currently anime-wise tho%2C AFAIK%0D%0A%3EAlso%3A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%2416 per month for access to the 2 or 3 shows I %0D%0A%3E%3Ewant is very steep.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ECompared to %2420-%2430 per disc with three or four episodes on it%3F  Or %0D%0A%3Ethat much per VHS cassette with %5Bi%5Done%5B%2Fi%5D episode on it%2C if you%27re %0D%0A%3Eold enough to remember those days%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI mean%2C I get that if you%27re in a place in life where %2416 is a lot of %0D%0A%3Emoney%2C then it%27s a lot of money%2C full stop.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m 2-ish years younger than you %28class of 93%2C anyway%29 so I definitely remember the bad old days. And no%2C %2416 isnt a lot to me per se%2C its the %249 for Netflix%2C %2410 for VRV%2C %249 for Hulu%2C etc. Netflix I have partly because of my kids. Hulu has the few broadcast shows I watch%2C but on my schedule %28I don%27t have cable or satellite%2C so no DVR%29%2C and VRV has most of the anime I watch. This Amazon anime thing is just one more thing. And right now they have 4 things I want to watch%2C but what about next season%3F Crunchyroll is sparse right now for me%2C tho I%27m getting to catch up on stuff I missed%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%28The hundred bucks a year for Prime definitely is if you%27re not %0D%0A%3Eactually using its core services.  I will not dispute that.  I happen %0D%0A%3Eto use the %5Bi%5Dshit%5B%2Fi%5D out of it and come out well ahead in any given %0D%0A%3Eyear%2C because I live in the ass-end of nowhere as previously %0D%0A%3Edescribed.%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AMy brother is a borderline NEET %28ask BZArcher%2C he%27s friends with him%29 so he uses the hell out of Amazon%2C he just let his Prime lapse when he lost his job for a while last year. I understand the appeal to some%2C trust me. Just not my thing.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EEspecially as I live in Ohio and the amount of %0D%0A%3E%3Efacilities Amazon has in Ohio now means I pay taxes on Amazon stuff %0D%0A%3E%3Ebecause its considered in-state %28or will be considered in-state %0D%0A%3E%3Eshortly%29%2C which is just icing on the cake. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EYeah%2C that%27s a pain.  One of the backhanded advantages of living in a %0D%0A%3Estate where business doesn%27t happen%2C I suppose.  Maine nominally has a %0D%0A%3Ecompensatory tax residents are supposed to pay on out-of-state %0D%0A%3Email-order purchases that would have been taxable if they had bought %0D%0A%3Ethe same item within the state%2C but as far as I am aware%2C no one ever %0D%0A%3Ebothers to do the accounting required to know what it ought to be%2C %0D%0A%3Eparticularly as it is virtually unenforceable. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EI realize I%27m not the typical Amazon target customer. And that part of %0D%0A%3E%3Emy dislike is a general dislike for %22exclusive content%22. It just rubs %0D%0A%3E%3Eme the wrong way. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWell%2C no argument there.  I%27m still annoyed about a few of the games %0D%0A%3Ethat were only available on Playstation 2%2C and that was 250 million %0D%0A%3Evideo-game-industry years ago. %3A%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0AAnd console-exclusive characters for the same game on different systems. I still curse Squeenix for putting Kingdom Hearts games on%2C what%2C 5 or 6 different platforms%3F What the hell%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI realize that we%27ve diverged hugely. I love the way the anime industry has gone for the most part. Simulcasting is great. I just wish I didn%27t need 4 different services %28five%2C really%2C but VRV%27s 8-in-one takes care of part of that%29 to watch everything simulcasting.%0D%0AAnd I don%27t pirate stuff. Except the newer Macross series%2C because fuck Harmony Gold. And oh my god are Japanese Blurays expensive %28Macross Delta%21%29%2C which is why I am balking at getting another streaming service right now.%0D%0AJust give me one service that has everything I want%2C is that too much to ask%3F
9|2|2|||||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|jhosmer1||07:37:45|04/28/2017|%3EI hate the business model Amazon seems to be%2Coperating off of... %0D%0A%0D%0AThen don%27t pay them and wait. The show will eventually be available legally through another means. %0D%0A%0D%0AWhen I first read %22Our Witches at War%22 I wanted to watch the Strike Witches anime. I looked around%2C and found that it was on YouTube%2C put on there by Funimation%2C so it was perfectly legal. They even had the subtitled version%2C which was my preference. But they were censored%2C which I found annoying%2C both because it was rather ham-handed and %3Ccough%3E other reasons.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo I looked for the uncensored and found that it was available on the Funimation app. I paid for it%2C but the app was pretty terrible%2C and they didn%27t have much else I was interested in%2C and the Movie was only dubbed. So I finally bought the anime and movie on disc and cut out the app.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m sure if I waited long enough%2C the uncensored subbed version of it all would be available on one digital platform or another %28I currently use Amazon%2C Netflix%2C Crunchyroll%2C Hulu%2C iTunes and%2C reluctantly%2C Ultraviolet%29. %0D%0A%0D%0A%28I don%27t like UV because it puts my movies off in another %22cloud%22 that I tend to forget. If some discs I bought didn%27t come with free digital versions%2C I wouldn%27t have it at all. I don%27t even use iTunes that much anymore%2C mainly because I can play Amazon on my living room TV using my Xbox.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyway%2C my point is%2C you%27re not really paying Amazon for the show. You%27re paying them for speed and convenience. You get it fast%2C and you get it now... and as someone who had to get money orders to send to semi-shady fan-subbers for VHS tapes of anime once upon a time... well%2C I%27m feeling a %22Get off my lawn%21%22 moment %3B%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Man%2C some of the fansubbers were bad... there was one... Antarctic%3F Arctic%2C that all my friends thought were hilarious for the poor quality of their translations.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AWait a year or three%2C and you can probably get a Blu-ray of the show for about %249. Wait five%2C it might be even less.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A
10|3|9|||1||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|Gryphon||12:41:07|04/28/2017|%3Eas someone who had to get money orders to send to %0D%0A%3Esemi-shady fan-subbers for VHS tapes of anime once upon a time... %0D%0A%0D%0A%22laser disc demo tape%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Hell%2C most of %5Bi%5Dthose%5B%2Fi%5D weren%27t even %5Bi%5Dsubbed%5B%2Fi%5D.  If you wanted to know what was going on%2C you had to print out a translated script you found on a Gopher site somewhere on the school%27s band printer and watch the show with a stack of unseparated wide-carriage fanfold in your lap%2C trying to follow along.  And the translations were usually literal%21  You think Google Translate is bad at translating Japanese%3F  Boy howdy.  My understanding of what the hell was actually going on in %5Bi%5DMegazone 23 Part 1%5B%2Fi%5D and the first three %5Bi%5DBubblegum Crisis%5B%2Fi%5D OVAs is permanently impaired.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%28Man%2C some of the fansubbers were bad... there was one... Antarctic%3F %0D%0A%3EArctic%2C that all my friends thought were hilarious for the poor %0D%0A%3Equality of their translations.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AArctic.  Antarctic was%2Fis the comics company.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlthough%2C thinking about it%2C weren%27t Arctic%27s subtitle scripts deliberate parodies%2C not attempted translations%3F  Or was that someone else%3F  No%2C that was someone else%2C I can%27t remember their name now.  Seems to me it was a riff on Pinewood Studios or some such%2C but it eludes me.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
12|4|10|||1||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|VoidRandom||01:33:43|04/29/2017|%3EAlthough%2C thinking about it%2C weren%27t Arctic%27s subtitle scripts %0D%0A%3Edeliberate parodies%2C not attempted translations%3F  Or was that someone %0D%0A%3Eelse%3F  No%2C that was someone else%2C I can%27t remember their name now.  %0D%0A%3ESeems to me it was a riff on Pinewood Studios or some such%2C but it %0D%0A%3Eeludes me. %0D%0A%0D%0ATo the best of my knowledge%2C Arctic%27s attitude was that fast and plentiful was better than good. It  made copyright litigation less likely and paved the way for quality commercial releases by proving the market. They also had a policy at the time  of withdrawing subs from distribution when commercial versions became available. %28eg. http%3A%2F%2Fanikionline.com%2Ffame%2FArctic_Animation%2Frobert_woodhead.jpg%3Fx %29 There were things to fault them for%2C such as having %22shipping charges%22 that were notably more than the actual cost of shipping%2C but I think they were a net benefit.%0D%0A%0D%0A-VR %0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%222%22%5D%28Source%3A Lived in Vancouver at the time%2C watched many an AA fansub my housemate brought home%2C heard a lot of whining about their product%2C and worked with Brian Edmonds who introduced me to AA then later took over management of r.a.a.c%29%5B%2Ffont%5D %0D%0A%22They copied all they could follow%2C but they couldn%27t copy my mind%2C %0D%0AAnd I left %27em sweating and stealing a year and a half behind.%22
13|4|10|||1||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|Mephron||12:49:05|04/29/2017|%3EAlthough%2C thinking about it%2C weren%27t Arctic%27s subtitle scripts %0D%0A%3Edeliberate parodies%2C not attempted translations%3F  Or was that someone %0D%0A%3Eelse%3F  No%2C that was someone else%2C I can%27t remember their name now.  %0D%0A%3ESeems to me it was a riff on Pinewood Studios or some such%2C but it %0D%0A%3Eeludes me. %0D%0A%0D%0APinesalad Productions%2C  makers of %22Dirty Pair Does Dishes%22 and others of that ilk. Probably all the stuff is on YouTube now.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22Martha%2C I think you%27re getting a little carried away with your adjectives.%22
14|5|13|||1||RE%3A Re%3ACreators%2C aka UF Core%3A The Anime|McFortner||15:38:24|04/29/2017|I know that you can find Revenge of BD and Dirty Pair Duz Dishes on YouTube now.  Those are the only two of the four I%27ve found so far.  Here%27s their one %28and only apparently%29 blog entry%3A  http%3A%2F%2Fpinesalad.blogspot.com%2F %0D%0A%0D%0AMichael%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22 color%3D%22red%22%5D%22Oh%2C shitski%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22black%22%5DMichael C. Fortner%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22green%22 size%3D-1%5D%22Maxim 37%3A There is no such thing as %22overkill%22.%0D%0AThere is only %22open fire%22 and %22I need to reload%22.%5B%2Ffont%5D