2019 Anime Watching Challenge - Discussion (OPEN until DEC 15)

Ace_Angel said:
So for the challenge I know that movies, shows, ovas, etc. are acceptable if the number doesn't specify what type it needs to be.

But for numbers like (N.14) Watch an anime with more than 16 minutes per episode and a score of or above 8.00, I was wondering if it has to be a show since it says "episode" or if a movie is acceptable as long as its longer than the 16 minute requirement.

ampd said:
(Watch an anime with a main character that is a professional in their field)

for servant x service would it be valid if i put government employee as the occupation theres no specific job title

QueenArashi said:
Hello, it's me again! Can I use the anime "Space☆Dandy" for 26. Watch an anime with a full English title

Dandy is the name of the Main Character but it's also an english word so... Can i have confirmation please?

flipsard said:



Hi, since Dandy is the main characters name that anime is invalid for that item.

MysticGoose said:
So it is totally fine to bold our items, and delete the items we aren't using?

pluvia33 said:
Thanks for the response and glad I could at least point out one legit issue. I almost feel like the level steps should just be an optional title thing, like Angelic. That would solve the issue of if someone has to fix something after inspection via watching new stuff, etc.; if they have to mess with their list that much, they just don't get the "Leveler" (or "Sequencer" or whatever) title. I get that this would kind of up-end the entire gimmick of this year's Challenge and that I suppose one of the key points of the Challenge is to be -challenging-, but I'm unsure how fun this style of progression is for some people.
Edit: Conversely, there could instead be an "Easy Mode" option for the Challenge in which you don't have to follow the level sequences, a kind of -negative- title for those who don't want to follow the levels or find it too complicated/cumbersome. If you end up having to mess up your dates after inspection, you'd be forced to add the "Easy Mode" tag to your Challenge. Just a thought.
Anyway, I'll just be keeping a log of my start and finish dates for anime offline and see how things pan out. Thanks for everything you do!

mozgow said:
I think they mean they watched only the first three episodes and re-watched them this year.
I would also like to know the answer to this question as I was planing to finally complete InuYasha (I've watched the first 37 episodes back in 2014).

PrOxAnto said:
As for the pleasing to the eye part I mentioned, this is my 2018 AWC form; PrOxAnto 2018 AWC - I would love to use the font size and style, I wouldn't change the format itself.

fuyuki said:
I've made some badges but I don't want to donate them now, because I know for sure I'll be still making more and I prefer to donate them in one big batch later. There'll be a few categories, so donating them gradually in smaller batches would create a mess. I was wondering, would it be okay if I made a blog post with the unofficial badges before donating them oficially so that people can use the finished ones already? Or (in case you don't want it to be unofficial) maybe you could link the blog post (after I create it) at the end of the "Banners" post to make it semi-official? Lol sorry for complicating things, but I know I'll be using those badges before donating them (I already am actually) and I don't want it to create confusion.

protoplasm said:
That much I know. I was asking because correct dates have more importance this time around (rank progression), and I don't know if you guys check 'History' etc. so mine would obviously show an inconsistency in this case. But I guess I should just make sure to not fuck up my last anime watched for a rank lol

ScarletCelestial said:
@AWC_Mod or @SheyCroix
I think this may be a very important question. What happens if there is a change to an item criteria or specification after a person has completed that item?
For example, a 16+ minutes bit is added to an item that didn't have it before, but player A watched something 15- minutes. The item was in Novice, but the player is working on Intermediate.
???

darkuria said:
I have a question to avoid possible future fixes. I am the type of person that update a little late my list on MAL, I mean I never enter any date in the advanced of the entry, I don't usually put anime on "watching list", I only put my anime when I finnish it, so it will never be registered exactly the date in my MAL, I know I can do it manually in advanced options, but it is tedious for me. I only register an anime in my MAL when I complete an anime and that's all, and I write the date in the challenge list. Can I do that? In my MAL I have to write exactly the date?

GDHM39 said:
Hi there, is Honda-san the Bookseller from https://myanimelist.net/anime/36317/Gaikotsu_Shotenin_Honda-san
useable for the challenge : (N.17) Watch an anime with a main character that is a professional in their field
I mean he is a Bookseller and i assume he will get paid for his job ...

riyuurin said:
[...] Also, another dumb question 'Watch an anime with more than 16 minutes in total' applies to series and not just movies?

DoubleJEspejwan6 said:
[...] Also, for the "Watch an anime in which your favorite character's voice actor participated," do English voice actors apply too? I know this all seems pretty obvious, but I thought I'd clarify before making any changes.

LunyRem said:
Hello @AWC_Mod and @SheyCroix ! I'm submitting my first batch of banners for this year's AWC! Yay! o/ I only have made 2 pairs right now. I was struggling in thinking of new ideas for designs so these took me a while to finish. xD

That's not all the banners I'll be making because I plan to add some more, so stay tuned! ^^
Thanks to everyone for making this year's AWC happen! :D

Riqueplast said:
Hi @AWC_mod, Sorry to bother, but since I didn't find the "clean" banners for this year Challenge, I took the ones from 2018 and just changed the year.
I didn't find how to "give" them so I am leaving them here:


And for the Manga Challenge:

Nurguburu said:
Can I delete the items that I am not going to use?

nerfsunny said:
For (N.16) Watch an anime with 2 or more main characters where one is as a human child, would Mayoi Hachikuji from Owarimonogatari 2nd Season count?

Watch an anime with a main character that is a professional in their field — state the character and profession; they get paid for their services, like a chef, detective, artist and so on. If unsure, ask in the discussion thread

ManuelB87 said:
For the Item:

Would Shinra Kishitani / Doctor form Durarara!!x2 Shou be a valid choice?

flipsard said:


As long as he gets paid for it, it should be valid.

Watch an anime from the predictive search using a participant that posted directly above/below you

Watch an anime that another participant has completed for this challenge

Watch an anime from the predictive search using the participant that posted on the first page

Watch an active staff member's favorite anime with 10 episodes or more

flipsard said:


Use the first anime you started for the challenge since you originally didn’t watch that for the challenge, though use your original start date if you do the item that requires an old hold or dropped anime.

Bayek said:
On that note, I have a question regarding my start date. Technically I started my first novice item on January 2nd, but I did begin SAO: Alicization on January 1st. Since it might be 50+ episodes, I was hoping to use it as an exception for a different level later on (because of that 50+ exception to the rule). If it isn't, I won't be using it at all. In the event that it ends up being 50+ and I can use it, should I set my start date to that? Or would it be better to set it as the first item I used for novice?

Apologies if I'm over complicating my question. I only ask because I want to avoid any possible confusion when inspection time comes.

TheMightyMushi said:
Would Blend S work for entry 26? Not sure if the "S" part has any bearing.

flipsard said:


Hi, for now make your start date January 2nd but if you end up using SAO, then change your start date to January 1st.

Bayek said:
Sounds good, thanks. And just for future reference, should I state on a separate line that I'm using a 50+ episode anime as an exception to the rule? If so, is there a certain way you'd prefer it to have that information included? For example:

24. [Start Date] [End Date] - blah blah blah blah complete this
ANIME_TITLE
[50+ Episode Rule]

pluvia33 said:
Initial reaction: The "must finish a level before moving to the next" is concerning in a few ways:


3. I'm not sure if this more rigid structure makes the Challenge more fun or provides any other benefit.

plutodiplomat said:


I felt the same way about this year. I watch stuff kind of slowly and even starting at the beginning of the year I imagine I would only be able to complete the novice challenge. Plus a lot of the series I wanted to watch were on the longer side. But the novice level feels pretty simple and some of the more interesting challenges are in levels 2 and 3. So these rules are a little frustrating that I have to start on novice level. Depending on which seasonal series you want to check out, you could see if they slot into the higher level challenges and pick shorter stuff for some of the earlier challenges. I've also thought of choosing shorter series or movies for some of the earlier challenges. I don't think that would be a problem except for the challenges that mention episodes more than x minutes.

Clover said:
just curious.. but if you actually choose to do one of these

what happens when you've already moved on to another section, and the person you used, changes their username/favorites or withdraws their challenge? you're just screwed and have to scrap all progress beyond that point?

Clover said:
just curious.. but if you actually choose to do one of these

what happens when you've already moved on to another section, and the person you used, changes their username/favorites or withdraws their challenge? you're just screwed and have to scrap all progress beyond that point?

TheLightEthereal said:


As long as you take a screenshot to prove that the participant existed or that they had a certain item on their list, you should be fine! You can just link to the screenshot as proof if something were to happen.

flipsard said:


Yes just as stated by @TheLightEthereal
You can take a screenshot of the required information and as long as it includes your username in the screenshot it will still be valid even if the user changes the used anime.

state their username and initial post number; if they change their username before you finish the challenge ,you will have to change this accordingly

link their post here; state their username and the item number they used the anime for; if the user used decides to withdraw from the challenge and modifies their post as such, you will need to change it

Clover said:

well okay

you know.. both of these things imply you'll have to change your entry regardless of whether you have a screenshot or not

Clover said:

well okay

you know.. both of these things imply you'll have to change your entry regardless of whether you have a screenshot or not

Olde-Jo said:
Apologies for the double post, however, I'd very much appreciate if someone could recommend me Anime for these items (preferably not too long):

(N.13) Watch an anime with more than 16 minutes per episode and a score of or below 6.00

(N.28) Watch an anime that finished airing with more than 10 episodes and has a synopsis by MAL Rewrite

Much appreciated.

KomaDoll said:


N.13 I thought I have watched lot of trash animes, but apparently most of trash it's still bit above that 6 xd I did manage to find this one though if OVA's are ok to you: https://myanimelist.net/anime/1855/JaJa_Uma_Quartet , also found this spin-off that's also OVA: https://myanimelist.net/anime/281/Akane_Maniax

N.28. Apparently quite many animes have synopsis by MAL rewrite, so you could just pick sth on your plan to watch like Angel Beats?

Titadou said:
Or since you can chose the items in the list you should just take another if you're not sure, it's easy

flipsard said:

There are many specific situations that could change the outcome of what you need to do/fix.

Take screenshots of any items that use someone else or things that could change, if they include your own username the majority of the time they will be valid.

If for some reason or another your item is invalid even with a screenshot then you will be told why when your form is inspected and will be required to fix it.

Clover said:

Is it easy to change the items on your challenge list? yes. Is it also pointless? yes. If the only provided solution is switching to a different requirement, then everyone should just save themselves future headaches and pretend these type of requirements don't exist, since the end result will just be the same anyway.


is this an Anime Watching Challenge or Take A Gamble On Screenshots Maybe Working Challenge bc I'm getting the feeling it could double as both :c

SheyCroix said:

Awesome~ Looking forward to the others. Will be adding those soon

Kuromii said:
Oh, thanks a bunch! Those are very helpful, but I was actually referring to these:

and so on... they're all very much matching, and to break the streak since 2015 would be quite sad...

Dysp said:
If anybody's interested in a spreadsheet to plan their AWC I just finished half-ass-converting i_yuuko-chan's 2018 spreadsheet for this year and added some functionalities.
- Name parsing from URL
- Unfulfilled items are striked if section if completed
- Page 2 is a single cell ready to copy in the sign-in post

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12pk_48vOEQLW6yFGrR-UIfy8-mF9viizB8t3tcxoZxQ/edit?usp=sharing

This may be what you were asking for.
NB: The tests are quarter-assed so PM me if something is supposed to work and doesn't so I can tell you it's a feature

MysticGoose said:
Okay two questions
"Watch an anime with 2 or more main characters where one is as a human child "
I imagine this wont be an issue, but what if the series has several kids under the age of 12 listed as main characters?
"Watch an anime with a main character that is a professional in their field"
Will Sugimoto from Golden Kamuy count for this, he's a professional soldier

dixcloxure said:
(Ap.03) Watch the last movie of a Movie-Series
Could anyone explain to me what this means? "last movie"
Can I just watch any from the whole list?

animegeek4life said:
If we successfully complete the challenge with two official restrictions, will both of them be listed or will we have to pick only one title? I am definitely shooting for the Master of Drama title, but also tempted by the TV only restriction as well. I wanted to ask early on before potentially wasting my time. If life gets hectic, I am going to have to choose.
Thank you!
Good luck everyone~

Black_wind said:
Ok, while I'm here...we are supposed to watch fave anime of active staff member. As long as we don't use one of those retired people are we fine? Because the person I chose was logged onto MAL for the last time in September, so I'm not sure if that counts as "active".

Hackser_ said:
Might be a dumb question, but
13. Watch an anime with more than 16 minutes per episode and a score of or below 6.00
14. Watch an anime with more than 16 minutes per episode and a score of or above 8.00
Is it okay if the anime is only 1 episode?

snovieanime210 said:
Question: Would Gotoubun no Hanayome count for "(N.17) Watch an anime with a main character that is a professional in their field"?
He's a tutor, and he gets paid for it, but I just want to make sure.
(I'm mostly unsure about if being a tutor is a "profession", because it's referred to as a part-time job in the synopsis.)

starfishalliance said:
Since formatting is even more important this year I want to make sure this is okay before I get too deep into the challenge:
I've moved the actual challenge lists outside of the quote boxes because the numbered list was showing up consecutively as zeroes. It also allows a bit of extra room per line which I thought was nice. Everything else formatting-wise for the challenge list is exactly as it's supposed to be. Here's my sign-up post for reference. Also, is there a specific way we're meant to list the start and finish dates? Like January 3rd vs 01/03 or what have you.

Slicercore said:
So I read the Restriction Notes on the challenge sign-up thread, and I'm still a bit fuzzy on how this works exactly. I'd like to try and get the Angelic title, so could I get an example of what restrictions I'd have to use in order to get that title, and how I would format it on my Sign-In and Turn-In posts.

Bayek said:
Just got a small question about color codes. Is it alright to use a different color for each level? For example, I was thinking of using each level's color for their respective completed items. For example:
Novice for Novice
Apprentice for Apprentice (is this too bright?)

XSquiggleSX said:
Looked through previous ones and have another slightly different question on
Item #26: Watch an anime with a full English title. I want to used Drifters (OVA)
Would that be ok with the (OVA) part?
Thanks!

TuyNOM said:
Hello ! o7 For anime requiring a duration higher than 16 minutes, we must follow this duration or follow the desired duration? I read your example but I'm not really sure anymore.

ampd said:
(Watch an anime with a main character that is a professional in their field)
for servant x service would it be valid if i put government employee as the occupation theres no specific job title

ManuelB87 said:
For the Item:

Would Shinra Kishitani / Doctor form Durarara!!x2 Shou be a valid choice?

Clover said:
just curious.. but if you actually choose to do one of these

what happens when you've already moved on to another section, and the person you used, changes their username/favorites or withdraws their challenge? you're just screwed and have to scrap all progress beyond that point?

Bayek said:
On that note, I have a question regarding my start date. Technically I started my first novice item on January 2nd, but I did begin SAO: Alicization on January 1st. Since it might be 50+ episodes, I was hoping to use it as an exception for a different level later on (because of that 50+ exception to the rule). If it isn't, I won't be using it at all. In the event that it ends up being 50+ and I can use it, should I set my start date to that? Or would it be better to set it as the first item I used for novice?
Maybe I'm over complicating my question. I only ask because I want to avoid any possible confusion when inspection time comes.

Titadou said:


So I made my own if you want to use it! maybe I will make the old like this too hey that's not bad

Titadou said:
Oops for Mal Rewrite there's a club with the animes -> here <- Did they forget the link ?

FrozenRoy said:
Oh, right, I do have a question after all. If I don't have an anime in my forum set, should I just say N/A, or?

SheyCroix said:

They did say "watched them weeks ago", which means last year.
Still, stands as stated. Rewatched anime won't be valid. You can always use it for the on hold item tho

SheyCroix said:

As someone said, you can always use other items if you don't like the risk with those items

SheyCroix said:

As stated in the extra title section:
"Final title would be: [duration] master of [genre] [type] during [seasonal]"

25. Watch an anime Featured in an article from 2018 onward — link the article used; the anime must have the "Featured" tab

ManuelB87 said:
Just du make sure i understood it correct.


https://myanimelist.net/featured/2270/MAL_Staff_Picks__Anime_of_the_Year_2018
Hinamatsuri is a valide choice from this article right?

Half_Bl00d said:
My question is, do I have to add to my list anything I watch for the challenge immediately after starting it, or can I just keep adding stuff directly to the Completed section when I finish it?

Clover said:

I don't like to live on the edge \o/ i also kind of really like the sound of that angelic whatever thing tho

on an unrelated note, does Jonah work for the requirement that asks for one human child? it says he's a child soldier, but no specific age so idk if I can use

ManuelB87 said:
Just du make sure i understood it correct.


https://myanimelist.net/featured/2270/MAL_Staff_Picks__Anime_of_the_Year_2018
Hinamatsuri is a valide choice from this article right?

Olde-Jo said:
Apologies for the double post, however, I'd very much appreciate if someone could recommend me Anime for these items (preferably not too long):

(N.13) Watch an anime with more than 16 minutes per episode and a score of or below 6.00

(N.28) Watch an anime that finished airing with more than 10 episodes and has a synopsis by MAL Rewrite

Much appreciated.

SheyCroix said:



It's stated on the rules to not change the font size, so please don't do that. (@mozgow)
The font style, as long as it's readable, I don't see a problem with it. Do avoid cursive and weird ones.

nits_ said:
💠 Legend: Watching - Completed - Inactive/Plan to Watch

what does this line mean ? i see this in sign up forms n i'm thinking of participating this time.

nits_ said:
💠 Legend: Watching - Completed - Inactive/Plan to Watch

what does this line mean ? i see this in sign up forms n i'm thinking of participating this time.