AnimeShinbun November 2011 Contests

567d ago ... Hi everyone! It's been a while, hasn't it? After the disappointing level of participation in our August (no entrants) and September (1 entrant) contests, we took a little break from contests over October to do a little brainstorming on how we could get more people involved again. This month, we're going back to basics, but with a few changes to things to bring them more into line with what y...

AnimeShinbun September 2011 Contests

620d ago ... Hi everyone! Sorry for this coming out so late into the month. Things have been a bit crazy around here of late. ^^;; (When are they ever not?) I've yet to see any actual entries for the August contest submitted. I'm not certain if that's due to a lack of actual referrals, or because people weren't sure what they should do to confirm those referrals. Because of that, I'll give a graace pe...

Review Policy

657d ago ... Okay guys, something I'd like to get your feedback on. The current policy on reviews in the guidelines page is as follows "When posting reviews of a product, movie or video game make sure the product is still new and of interest to the community. The review should also be from an established website or publication. Reviews from personal blogs and web forums do not count as a legit source un...

AnimeShinbun August 2011 Contests

657d ago ... Hello everyone! Since everyone seemed to prefer me posting from my own account last time, I think I'm going to make this a habit. ;) I'm actually a little under the weather currently, so instead of one of my usual long rambling posts, let's just get onto the stuff you're really waiting for, shall we? ^^; July Contest Winners: Cosplay Contest: We've seen a fairly dramatic reduction in...

Some response to your feedback

663d ago ... Hey everyone. I'm afraid we're still waiting to hear from the guys on the back-end about how difficult it's going to be to implement some of your suggestions here. I understand they've been a bit busy fixing things up with this new site design, amongst other things. In the meanwhile though, we did have a few suggestions which didn't involve backend changes, so I figured it's past time I gave...

Meta-reviews

685d ago ... Hey everyone. I'm waiting to hear back from the guys on the back-end about how soon we might be able to implement some of your suggestions, but there was one suggestion made by setsuken in particular which I wanted to speak to you all about quickly. setsuken: "Another feature that I'm gonna propose is a bit of a stretch, but I know it'd be nice to have. Currently we have a lot of weekly epis...

AnimeShinbun July 2011 Contests

690d ago ... Hello everyone! I'd normally post this from the animeshinbuncontest account, but I figured you might all appreciate more of a personal touch this month. =) Thank you all for your simply amazing response to our feedback contest. In our wildest dreams, we hadn't imagined getting such a large response, and we couldn't be happier. It may be a week or so until we can get back to you with a fin...

Still wanting to give us some feedback?

696d ago ... In the latest contest blog (which you can view at http://animeshinbun.com/user/blogpost/animeshinbuncontest/517471 ), we asked for some feedback from everyone as part of one of our contests. That blog post is now outside the date that you're able to reply, but there's still a few days left in this month. So, if you've still got something to say, please feel free to say it here. We've alre...

謹んで新年のお喜びを申し上げます

871d ago ... 元旦平成23年 Gantan Heisei nijuusan-nen The morning of January the first, the 23rd year of the Heisei era (2011) 謹んで新年のお喜びを申し上げます Tsutsushinde shinnen no oyorokobi o moushiagemasu. Happy New Year! 昨年は大変お世話になりありがとうございました｡ 本年もどうぞよろしくお願いします｡ Sakunen wa taihen osewa ni nari arigatou gozaimashita. Honnen mo douzo yoroshiku onegaishimasu. Thank you for all your kind help during the past year...

What are your sources?

896d ago ... Looking through the submitted articles here, we often see many of the same sources repeated again and again. The two most popular seem to be AnimeNewsNetwork and Japanator. However, there's plenty more sites out there where you might find news to submit. Here's a few places you might want to check out. If you know any others who can be trusted to get the news out, let us know here. AnimeNews...

Re: Cosplay articles

1020d ago ... Alright people, we kind of need to make a decision on this one. Anime and manga based cosplay will always be here to stay. What about other forms of cosplay? What do you think should be allowable, and why? Let me know. The will of the community will decide our official policy on this one.

Too...many...reviews

1045d ago ... Ouch. Seriously guys, we're getting way too many reviews submitted right now. I know it's the start of a new season in Japan and that it's to be expected to some extent, however the current numbers are really pushing it. There's plenty of actual news stories out there right now just waiting to be posted. I do appreciate some of the contributors holding off from those a bit to try and let the...

What's news?

1097d ago ... Had a few people asking me what can be posted up, so I just thought I'd clarify that a little. Basically, anything relating to Anime, Manga or Japanese popular culture can be posted up. It's hard to give a definitive list, so it might just be easier if you all just ask your questions here so I can confirm things for you, but off the top of my head, just with the things I've already been aske...

Don't forget to look at the tips!

1105d ago ... Can't find any news to post, but desperate to add something so you can get yourself that contributor rank and start voting? Well look no more. Every day, myself and others are contributing things to the "tips" section, which you can view via the following link. http://animeshinbun.com/tips/pending/ You'll also see a link to that in the top bar if you on pending in the menu above. I've no...

Welcome to AnimeShinbun

1111d ago ... ようこうそ、ａｎｉｍｅｓｈｉｎｂｕｎへ I expect most of you reading this will be coming here via N4G, so you should all be familiar with the way things are done around here. For the rest of you though, here's a quick little summary. AnimeShinbun is a new social news site devoted to anime, manga, fandom and Japanese culture, and is part of the wider Newsboiler network of social news sites, including N4G.com...